Raising a child is filled with challenges – sleepless nights, tantrums, tending to a sick child, endless scheduling and deadlines, remembering to fill out numerous forms for doctor visits, schools, games etc. Women are built to take on these motherhood challenges and overcome them. The go-getter executives, the office secretaries, the nurses and the scientists, …
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Friday fathers are visitors who get to come to a familiar bed after sleeping in different hotels, only to leave again on Monday mornings. While the families enjoy the fruits that the labor and career of Friday fathers bring, all the luxury comes with a pretty high price tag. The financial cost of all the “stuff” can seem dislocated from the true cost, which is, time away from home.
When I crossed the oceans to be in the United States, I did not just bring back memories, I brought my own East with me. My perception of the cultural and social mores and the belief system that defined me—all came with me. When I crossed the oceans to be in …
Feminism only calls for gender equality in the social, political, and cultural aspects of society! That is it - nothing more! Some want to talk ill about feminism but we promise, it really is less controversial than it seems. All it does is call for equality of gender in the social, cultural, economic, and political …
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She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails - Elizabeth Edwards For years, there's been a consolidated effort to veil a certain type of abuse - verbal abuse. It is pervasive among the South Asian communities in the United States, yet not widely discussed or dealt with. …
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There is a new app in the market called 'Class Dojo', a behavior tracking app that lets the teacher know who was paying attention in the class or who was showing respect. Parents can also keep track of how their precious ones are doing at school using this app. Do we need to track everything, …
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George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four was published in 1949. The novel talks about official deception, secret surveillance and manipulation of recorded history. In the novel, all of this happens in another realm. Orwell seems to be prescient about today’s society. Our realm is being constantly monitored by either the government or Google or many others. …
A good, hot cup of chai can transport any Indian to her or her own heaven....
I came home from listening to the young girl who had left her job as a merchandising manager - her life among the Guccis and Pradas and all things higher up in the ‘most desirable list.’ She renounced the world. Just like that and became an ascetic … hardly interested in any worldly possessions. In …
The cobblestone road that let millions walk on its uneven, hand-laid stones for centuries also allowed us to tread on them. The feeling was surreal. Michelangelo, Casanova, Bernini, the Popes, prisoners, lovers, criminals and sages had left invisible footprints on them. Inhaling deeply and feeling the charisma of old world charm around us, we walked in …
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