‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling

Sharing one of my all time favourite poems, ‘If’ as weekend inspiration. The poem is full of inspiration, motivation, maxims for living well and is a blueprint for personal integrity, behaviour and self-development.

Ten ways that make me

Our ways of thinking, feeling, behaving and decision making define us and make us the person we are. I am … More

Let children see the good and bad in you

As parents point children to see not just the good in you but the bad in you. Don’t make it look … More

Being a girl child in India

The Indian constitution today treats women and men alike and bestows upon them the same rights and duties. There are … More

From Learning to Knowing

With children, we normally associate ‘learning’ to represent all activities of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviours, skills, values, attitudes, and … More

On Children

A century ago, in a war-torn world, the Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher Kahlil Gibran wrote Prophet in 1923. In … More

Trust a better guide than belief

I define ‘trust’ here as a process of reaching a firm judgement that something is true. This is one of … More

Using beliefs as means rather than end

Most of us are products of societal learning and conditioning. Based on the communities and traditions that we have been … More

All love is Self-Love

We all have at some point in life experienced love. It may be the love of people, of animals or … More

Is an apology enough?

Apology and forgiveness do not cancel each other. It takes a lot more.