Category: Reflections

Lately, most of my days pass without saying anything beyond the usual: pick-up times, groceries, quick routines. The basics. But there’s a different kind of conversation I miss—the kind that isn’t about logistics. Just simple, pointless chitchat. The kind that reminds you you’re still part of someone’s world in more…

So, apparently, my biggest fear about making a work comeback is not technology, or interviews, or even explaining why my career break lasted longer than most Netflix series!! Its not!! My VIP-level, front-row-seat FEAR is this: “I am 44. Is that not TOO LATE to start again?” BAM! That’s the…

Forget the Pencil Brand — Raise Kids Who Think We’ve looked at how easy it is for parents to get caught in the frenzy PART 1 We’ve seen how schools keep us stuck in the cycle PART 2 The question now is gentle but important: how can we choose differently,…

Are Schools Turning Us Parents Into Walking Wallets?? If Part 1 was about the parent frenzy, Part 2 is about the machine that keeps that frenzy alive: the school system. Because let’s face it — schools know exactly how to keep parents dancing, spending, and scrambling. Every year, the ritual…

O Man We need to Stop Treating Year 5 or for that matter any New School Year Like a NASA Launch!!! Every August, the school-prep season begins. Parents break into overdrive. Shops are stormed, phone calls go unanswered because they’re flooded, WhatsApp groups buzz like stock exchanges. One parent’s on…

I will be real — I hate waiting .. yes we all do but maybe I am in that “chosen few” percentile who cant stand the word WAIT! As if to add toppings to this Wait Cake I then have the silence, the in-betweens, the “Trust God” clichés that people…

FAILURE It was the  24 June 2025 and a thought crossed my mind… Why do we hate the word FAILURE so much? Is it not the Perspective … that  makes or breaks? Because when the perspective is right — even a so-called “negative” can be flipped on its head. We…

Last night, I made Dosa for dinner. Or at least, that was the plan 🙂 Like every time I cook something with a little extra effort, I was excited — maybe even a little proud. I was doing something good for the family. Something simple, healthy, made from scratch. I…

Hey you all lovely people… This is probably my first “open up” article about self. Why am I doing it? Because I love being Me!! 🙂 Yes!! That’s Me being me!! Okay, now let’s get real: I have done my studies and all, but trust me — nothing in there…