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Big Hearts Make A Big Difference: #GivingTuesday #ProjectWhyDelhi

Big Hearts Make A Big Difference: #GivingTuesday #ProjectWhyDelhi

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Our much-anticipated, first meeting with dear blogger friend, Damyanti Biswas (D) in Gurgaon’s Mad Tea Pot café, Wishing Chair, turned out to be serendipitous. I say serendipitous because D shared with us stories of hope from Anouradha Bakshi’s life-altering initiative for women and children called Project WHY. The Project WHY stories were one of unrelenting courage, grit, determination, unsurpassed pain, yet an unstinted spirit of a flag flying high. Over copious doses of Himalayan Rose-Ginger tea and latte we brainstormed…

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Grow Old With Me: #WordlessWednesday

Grow Old With Me: #WordlessWednesday

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“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in His hand Who saith “A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!” – Robert Browning 31st August 2013, Before Sunset My parents, enjoying a quiet evening in our balcony. This is soon after Ma was detected with the Big C. She had returned from the hospital a week…

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Why Have I Been AWOL? : #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs

Why Have I Been AWOL? : #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs

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“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau Yes, I have been awol from my blog for way too long. What on earth is awol? Absent without leave. You might be wondering what’s eating into my love for blogging. Well, a few things. Here in India we manage to find ample time to engage in our passion, work and hobbies, if we have good helping hands…

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The Child is Father of the Man: #WordlessWednesday

The Child is Father of the Man: #WordlessWednesday

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My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth

Stand Pretty Amidst Adversity: #WordlessWednesday

Stand Pretty Amidst Adversity: #WordlessWednesday

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“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records”. William Arthur Ward

Diwali 2018 From Our Doorsteps: #WordlessWednesday

Diwali 2018 From Our Doorsteps: #WordlessWednesday

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   May the light within you always shine brighter than the circumstances outside you. That is my little wish for you, this Diwali and always.        Diwali 2018 From Our Doorsteps: #WordlessWednesdaY 7:36 PM., 6th November I welcome you to my home, for a little peek into the festival of lights or Diwali.  My ten-year-old along with our help made this rangoli. Happy Diwali, amigos. Keep shining your light, with all your might!     @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@   A…

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