It is almost 50 years, since I started on my professional journey. It was in Jaunpur, a district of Uttar Pradesh, in a small school, run by religious nuns. It was mutually beneficial as they needed a trained teacher and I needed to do something with my life. The Principal…

Once you reach your 60’s or 70’s one tends to gravitate towards articles and videos which tell or rather attempt to teach you, how to ‘age gracefully’ — better called ‘Aging gracefully’. I am often told that I am growing old gracefully, perhaps, because, I give that impression. …

As a child I loved to climb trees. Climb trees and sit on a branch to read books. Then a book introduced me to the mountains. I am talking about one of my favourite books as a child — Heidi by Johanna Spyri. How I longed to climb the mountain…

Something has been troubling me over a period of time. Something that I fear is affecting the future of this generation of children, adolescents, the youth and older people too. I also believe that it is a global issue. Let me share a few incidents that I have encountered. At…

I decided on my theme for this blog at the end of May. And I have got down to writing it only today, the 20th June. My mind has been on overdrive and spinning like a top, caught up in a dichotomy of thoughts. The ‘this or that,’ ‘the black…

Last year, May 2022 we celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary. Hubby was quite particular that it was a celebration to thank the many people who were a part of our journey that spanned the 50 years. I think we were remiss in that we missed out inviting and thanking a…

I have been doing Career Counselling for the last 35 years. I always ask both parents, or at least one parent, to attend the career counselling session of their child. In a recent case, the father did not attend and the mother was accompanied by the maternal grandmother of the…

Let me introduce myself to you! My name is Jeeveetha, I am 36 years old. I am married and have two children. My son is 14 years old and my daughter is 12. My husband is a welder who works on and off. That is whenever he gets work. I…

Recently I had an occasion to hear Father Lawrence, a Redemptorist Priest at the Holy Ghost Church, Bangalore, India. He began his homily with a rhetorical question — ‘Why do I need to persist in prayer?’ He answered the question by saying that, ‘Prayer keeps my attention focussed on God’…