How do we connect? More often than not, it’s the comfort of familiarity that helps us connect. We connect with family because they know us like no one else does and they accept us, with[…]
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Let’s talk about the light(s)
I loved seeing my social media feeds light up with pictures of lamps, prayers, sweetmeats and colourful outfits in celebration of the Hindu festival of lights – Diwali – over the past few days. I[…]
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Now!
It’s month-end Sunday. It means we survived the tumultuous month that was; and almost a week of stage 4 loadshedding that wreaked havoc on our personal and professional lives. The matric class of 2021 is[…]
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The school run
I did the school run more than four times in the past week. Brave, right? It must be the 5G that made me do it! Yes, I’m finally fully vaxxed and feeling slightly less apprehensive.[…]
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Serendipity
Noun – “An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident” as defined by yourdictionary.com Life is a series of serendipitous moments… moments that spring up amid the mundane; moments that[…]
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Removing the Rhetoric: Women at Work
“Mum, do you know what the division of labour means?” asked my 10 year old son, enthusiastically, at the end of another interesting day at school. Of course, in typical mum fashion, I pretended not[…]
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Why love is red…
I cannot donate blood. Because I need blood. Sometimes, desperately. In July last year, my health deteriorated rapidly and I was admitted to hospital. It was not an easy decision for our family doctor to[…]
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“Over the Rainbow”
We need to support local. There’s something special about supporting a local establishment, product or service business because there’s more heart than profits that’s the motivation behind it. Professionally, I have profiled many small businesses[…]
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Trauma, Truth and Tears
Tell the truth and shame the devil. Nothing is more important than the truth. The truth will set you free. These are sayings we know and use in daily conversations. As a journalist, the[…]
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Books, Bollywood and Blogging – with credits to Chetan Bhagat
I love reading books – that’s no secret. I have many cupboards brimming with books. And that’s only because I had to dismantle my bookshelf in our childhood home when my parents moved out. For[…]
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