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8th Day

Of Happiness, Hibiscus and Hungry Birds

Today, one of my favorite articles, is from Krishnaraj Iyengar, who has written about happiness, or more specifically how Finland has been named the happiest country in the world second year in a row. What makes its people so happy? And what exactly is happiness? 

Fighting for what exactly?

Are all rebellions of the common individual worthy? What about when in that rebellion the common individual is pitted against the common individual?

My Mom (and Other Mothers)

Today, Sunday, 11 May, is Mothers’ Day. I agree with those who feel that keeping just one day aside, annually, the second Sunday in May, for the celebration of the one individual whom we can take for granted to love us unconditionally is not enough. Every day belongs to our mothers.

The lull before the storm

Winds whipped up the deep dark waters of the river Muri Ganga which stretches for four kilometres from the delta island of Sagar Deep (which means “sea island” in Bengali) to the first port on the mainland, called Lot Number 8.

60+ is a fresh start

GenS Life, a platform built for seniors by seniors is rewriting the rules of ageing

Rising above rage

On an August afternoon six years ago, I called my good friend Kumar Tiku, author and United Nations project developer who happened to be a displaced Kashmiri Pandit. 

Sweet, not sour

I have been to Murshidadab and Malda many many times as a reporter covering various issues, including communal feelings. I have invariably found that the common people do not differentiate between religions and prefer to live harmoniously with each other. In fact, I found that it comes so naturally to them that they don’t even think about it.