Originally written for the incredible women of India When it comes to a relationship, conflicts are inevitable. No matter how compatible you are, how much in love, or how ‘peace loving’, there will be arguments. It’s scientifically impossible for two people to be wired the same, there will be one of you who squeezes […]
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In Pursuit of Happiness
Originally written for the Incredible Women of India I have rarely met someone who hasn’t said ‘I just want to be happy’, at a certain point in their lives. We’ve all run after the unicorn named happiness at various stages in our lives and some of us are probably still running to capture that image of […]
Being Inclusive
If you are progressive, reasonably open-minded like me, and believe in letting people live their own reality, it’s very natural to think of yourself as inclusive. Before we move on with this blog, let me clarify what I mean by being inclusive. – In short, it’s countless small things you can do to make someone […]
Me-time
At the centre of our universe is balance. Rich or poor, hard or soft, clingy or indifferent, we are forever looking to attain the perfect equilibrium to make our lives better. Cause too much of anything can result in stress and burnout. Sometimes in the race towards this crucial equilibrium, we forget to ration the […]
Chooseto Challenge
This women’s day I #choosetochallenge the labels that define me the obligations that are laden on me the boundaries that are thrust on me the respect that’s refused to me This women’s day I #choosetochallenge The need to be superwoman The need to be perfect The need to be good The need to be available […]
Lockdown Diaries III – Being Kind to Yourself
Lockdown is hard on everyone – for different reasons. Not only are we being restricted in our movements, but also in our social interactions, some people haven’t seen family members and friends for months. However, before lockdown started we were all under different kinds of pressures which centre around the goals we had for ourselves, […]
Lockdown Diaries II- Ways of coping
As we discussed in the first blog in this lockdown series, most of us are suffering in some way due to lockdown whether it is cabin fever, overwhelm or anxiety over money and work. Whilst some of the problems can’t be solved quickly, especially whilst the situation remains the same, there are ways of alleviating […]
Lockdown Diaries – Trying to do everything.
The latest lockdown in the UK is affecting everyone in different ways – but it is a pretty safe assumption that everyone is feeling it. For some, who live alone, it’s the isolation. For others, it is the pressure of working from home and home-schooling at the same time. There is a feeling of their […]
Expectation series IV – Personal Expectations
Since the lockdown started in March 2020 we have all be piling more expectations onto our already overburdened shoulders. Many of us have said to ourselves, “I should use this time at home to …” followed by a series of goals such as get fit, write that book, finally sort out the loft. The list […]
In conversation with Osman Haneef the author of Blasphemy – The trial of Danesh Masih
On paper, we are a free world, a world where we have the right to choose our beliefs, do what we love, and exist how we want. But is this really true? A quick look at social media or the news will bring forth the stories of bigotry and discrimination. The world which welcomed mass […]