I think it’s time I try, It’s where this love affair began, after all. But what if I have forgotten? What if it doesn’t flow? I know there’s no formula, It doesn’t have to rhyme,[…]
Tag: Life
Published!
Yesterday, my open letter to the matric class of 2017 was published in the Pietermaritzburg-based The Witness newspaper in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. I’m a former SABC radio journalist and spent over 15 years on air.[…]
Changing hate, changing fate
Race. We are a nation obsessed with race. We pull the race card too quickly. Instead of celebrating matriculants who excelled, many have chosen to make it about race. I have seen a flood of[…]
To South Africa's matric class of 2017
As the hype over the new year begins to fade, there’s another hype that goes into overdrive, unnecessarily. Matric results. This is an open letter to the matric class of 2017, and one that I[…]
My giant leap of faith in 2017
Procrastination. It’s never been my thing. As a journalist, I have always been driven by deadlines. Get the story now, or someone else will get it. That was ingrained in my mind. No second thoughts.[…]
Let's bring back the carefree in childhood
The good old days… Why do people reminisce so much about those days, yet not try to re-create at least some of those magical memories for children today? I can already hear the reasons –[…]
What you really need…
I am here! I survived Black Friday, Black Weekend et al and even Cyber Monday, without so much as the temptation to scan through the online or print space for those big bargains. No, I’m[…]
GREATER GOOD
How does a parent get over the loss of a child? It’s a question that is being asked too often in South Africa nowadays. Young lives are being lost fighting terminal diseases, in horrific road[…]
Mother
How to inculcate strong values in children amid other competing interests – a young Hindu mother’s perspective Paper by Maya Jagjivan Kalicharan presented at the Regional Hindu Conference – a joint initiative of the Hindu[…]