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Social Media – A big motivator

  A 365 day challenge with Mother Earth Remember March 2020, when the scare of a new infectious disease COVID-19 was at its peak, when suddenly thousands of people were dying of this new epidemic never heard of before when the entire world had shut down and most of us were asked to hide behind …

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Black and Blue Sari

Black and Blue Sari Black and Blue Sari is the first book the author, Kamal Dhillon has ever written. She doesn’t know, there may or may not be more to come. She talked to the editor of TAOM at length about her book and the circumstances that led to her first attempt at creativity. It …

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Cannot let bygones be bygones

While looking at the videos of Abhinandan being beat up by the Pakistanis when his fighter crash crashed in enemy territory, I wish he had read the first chapter of the recently released book 1971: A War Story. Might have helped him in hiding his identity Quoting verbatim from Wikipedia on Geneva Convention ‘The singular …

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Remembering Cairo

Looking at the chaotic scenes on television on the streets of Cairo, I couldn’t help but reminisce about the days I spent in the city when my father was posted there as a diplomat of the Indian Embassy. My memories of the city are happy and sweet, of a city which welcomed foreigners and opened …

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Marriage – A mathematical formula!

Once again, they had to spend thousands of dollars to research and come to a conclusion that marriage, which is the most challenging institution requiring love, commitment, effort, and compromise can only be successful if the partners are at least five years apart. Well, I would say……..you could have looked to India, especially ancient India …

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