It’s not easy to let go; To not feel the pain in your soul. It’s not easy to pick yourself up; To dust off, to take another step.   It’s not easy to smile in pain; To not feel alone, not feel strain. It’s not easy to open your heart; …

  When the path ahead is unclear and the going is tough, When the road ahead is strewn with stones rough, Hold my hand and trust my instinct, I’ll take you through life, on to paths distinct.   When you are depressed and are feeling sad When the things around …

For the past few months, I have been addressing working women on the topic of “Transcending Emotional Barriers”. In the sessions held, I have had the privilege of meeting women on a one-on-one or group session. The undercurrent of the discussion and the ensuing colloquy has always centered on the …

“The most important thing in my life is – ME!” Sadly, although this is the truth, yet most women in India fail to acknowledge & subsequently embrace this truth. We are encumbered by societal viewpoints and bogged down by family constraints. As a result, we lose track of elevating our …

A woman dons many hats. She is a wife, a daughter-in-law, a mother, a sister, an employee and a friend. She is the stable front to all the instability or upheavals that a family may face. In a family she is the constant in a constantly changing world. I-Cube sessions …

Having grown up in the defence services as a “Fauji Bachcha or a Fauji Brat”, I call myself a child of India. It’s impossible for me to say that I belong to a certain place only in India because I have grown up in so many wonderful places. I am …

Any mother would concur that there is nothing more upsetting or depressing than dealing with a bleary eyed cantankerous child early in the morning on a school day. I mean let alone the fact that working mom’s have to get up at the crack of dawn in order to cook …

It had been a particularly tiring journey.  In fact, this particularly tiring journey was undertaken to escape a particularly stressful few months in Mumbai so, the journey merely ended up adding to our already tired souls. A last minute decision to escape the stress of big city life had made …

When you travel to the uplands of Bali in Indonesia, amid the jade green rice fields & dense forests, you can espy many coffee plantations. Most of these plantations offer what they term a, “coffee experience or tour”. This experience consists of a trek or leisurely stroll amid the plantation …

  It was the most perfect sunset that I had ever seen. The sun was a fiery combination of yellow and tangerine as it sank low into the horizon and literally melted into hues of orange ocher. The clouds parted to showcase this splendor and encased the setting sun amid …