American author Richard Bach's illustrated Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) is one of the most inspiring books in the self-help and...

My sister and I grew up hearing that we should always say and think good of ourselves and others. Our mother used to tell us that that an...

I have no plans to stop working. I hope to remain active in a professional or personal capacity for as long as I can. A trip to the bank...

It’s time to see what I can do To test the limits and break through No right, no wrong, no rules for me I’m free Let it go, let it go…...

The sun was barely shining through the clear blue sky of a winter morning when I visited my 82-year old mother who has Alzheimer's and...

On October 7 this year, I completed thirty-six years in my career as a journalist and a content specialist. During the course of these...

Books do more than just inform and entertain us. They also help us to see through the good times and bad times, and inspire us in ways...

“Smell that? That’s the smell of new comic-books. Oh, yes!” — Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) in The Big Bang Theory I remember when I read...

Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits,...

The pandemic may be over but Covid-19 has changed the way we live, work, do business, communicate, travel, socialise and entertain. Most...

Living in a city apartment usually means less liveable space which makes it necessary to use every square foot judiciously. This is why...

Home is where one seeks comfort, indulgence and hygge (pronounced hoo-gah). SELF, the lifestyle website, quoted Meik Wiking, author of...

I enjoy writing for myself. I have the freedom to be more creative and write as I please on a topic of my choice, and besides, it gives...

Photo: Krakenimages/Unsplash Last week, my friend turned 56 and at the lunch get-together where we, a group of ladies in our 50s, met,...

There is a scene in the American sitcom Friends where Chandler (Matthew Perry) is upset because he comes across an old home video of a...

Sukhakarta Dukhaharta, harbinger of light and dispeller of darkness, is one of the most popular aratis, or devotional songs and hymns, in...

I count myself among the fortunate ones when it comes to making a career out of doing something I love. I have been training students in...

During the time I worked as a trainer for the IELTS exams (International English Language Testing System), one of the questions in the...

I grew up listening to my mother say Dhairyak bread in our native Konkani, a dialect spoken mainly along the western coast of India. It...

It has become fashionable to drop the phrase carpe diem, especially on social media. It means enjoying the present moment. To seize each...