Pauline | September 20, 2022
“I’m so tired!!" My husband jokes that that’s the statement he hears from me most nowadays. Our family moved into our new home in a small community in Orissa two...
Continue ReadingPauline | March 12, 2022
We’re three months into the new year and once again, uncertainties have been the norm, with Omicron and the response to it. Our family has been in transition for the...
Continue ReadingPauline | November 12, 2021
A few weeks ago, I was a part of a small gathering. We were sharing about our lives and a new family that joined began to share. They were the...
Continue ReadingPauline | March 12, 2021
Our lives are constantly busy. Whatever our roles, age or commitments, we live in a noisy, activity-filled world. This may have looked very different this past year with the pandemic,...
Continue ReadingPauline | December 9, 2020
2020 has been a really difficult year for many around the world. I've had friends and family who have lost jobs, lost loved ones, struggled through difficult challenges, experienced intense...
Continue ReadingPauline | September 30, 2020
I was born in a town in Manipur. When I was 7, my family moved to Pune, where I continued to live until I was 22. These two places were...
Continue ReadingPauline | May 27, 2020
When I was a student in Bangalore, a mentor suddenly fell ill and as she lay in the hospital for a long period, fighting against failing organs, I remember a...
Continue ReadingPauline | February 14, 2020
Last year, I went back to work after a six and a half year break. During those years, I freelanced for a while, in a completely different field and I...
Continue ReadingPauline | December 5, 2019
The stores have had their Christmas decorations up since mid-November. Each year, the big electronics store across the street from our apartment complex blasts Christmas pop music for well over...
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