Deepa David | January 16, 2024
I still remember the day so clearly. It was June 20, 2023. It was around 8 am. My dad called to say that my grandfather had passed away. I remember...
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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 ReadingSusan Narjala | February 5, 2019
The other day, an ad from an insurance company popped up on my Facebook feed. A smug-looking man smiled from my computer screen and the tagline read: Complete Protection from...
Continue ReadingRuth Davidar Paul | August 9, 2017
Overcoming fear... As I sat drumming my fingers on a metaphorical table, mentally assessing various ideas to write about for this month’s topic, I realised that this was something I...
Continue ReadingRuth Davidar Paul | February 6, 2017
Relationships are thorny, prickly things. You find yourself coasting along, fairly smoothly for a while, when out of nowhere, a speed-bump appears, throwing you off balance. Tempers fray, words are...
Continue ReadingSamantha Abraham | November 21, 2016
"Whatever you do, don't go to Jordan. Egypt, sure. Syria, maybe. But don't go to Jordan. Better yet, just don't go anywhere there at all." By the time I...
Continue ReadingKim W Freeman | December 25, 2015
“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” – Luke 2:14 The view from my sofa makes me squirm. Books...
Continue ReadingEmily Lewis | December 14, 2015
Since I was a little girl, I've had a dream to visit Paris at Christmas, a dream of ancient streets wrapped in snowy silence and midnight mass at the Cathedral...
Continue ReadingRuth Davidar Paul | September 10, 2015
The UN says that the current global refugee crisis is the worst since World War II. These past few days have been a wake-up call. The recent news stories about...
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