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Why does one undermine the contribution of a homemaker? And why is it assumed that only a woman can be a homemaker? When new acquaintances tend to get more familiar, …

I have never written about racism as I didn’t feel I was qualified, having never experienced any form of discrimination in my life. But that is precisely why I feel …

On Friday 17 April 2020, after another 861 people with coronavirus died in UK hospitals, the UK announced another 3 weeks of lockdown. It is necessary to save lives and …

It was a Friday, the 21st of February, when for the first time Italians started to understand that Coronavirus would not be just an isolated and a distant Chinese problem …

New Delhi, the city that is in my soul and my blood, the city where it all started for me as a kid and for a lot of others, this …

Air tickets? Done…Hotel booking? Done…Sightseeing Tours? Booked…Special attractions? Disneyland, Eiffel Tower, Waterloo, Kinderdijk and Keukenhof…We ended up watching their YouTube videos from our living room sofa. Not so bad, after …

January 26th 2020 — My family and I relocated from USA to Tokyo where I had accepted a new role with a leading Japanese corporation. This is our second stint …

India has been in a lockdown for over a month now, and I have been working from home a few weeks before the lockdown came into force. The first couple …

Coronavirus  has subjected people to  unfamiliar psychological and existential pressures. Things we’ve taken for granted- easily accessible healthcare, social contact, even food- have abruptly been threatened or curtailed. This can …

The coronavirus pandemic is driving levels of disruption, change and uncertainty that are utterly unfamiliar. Few people have experienced such upheaval before. Isolation and uncertainty can erode mental health. It’s …

Scientists have always differed over the exact definition of what a pandemic is. One thing everyone agrees on, however, is that the word describes the widespread occurrence of disease, in …

Resilience is an essential life skill for all, particularly children. It is the ability to recover from difficult events. Building resilience can help children learn how to cope, find solutions …

Zeners or Generation Z – the preteens and teenagers of today are not quite the same as us when we were of their age. The zeners are living different times …

The rapid spread of the Coronavirus around the world has triggered a sense of panic among the people. Keeping cool during such times is important to effectively deal with this …

Generation Z or Zeners are the preteens and adolescents of today, born from the year 2000 onwards. In this article, author Mukta Basandani discusses the challenge of parenting zeners, sharing …

Zeners or Generation Z are is far superior in their thinking, learning and activities. Further they are exposed to a wide spectrum of learning opportunities as well as platforms to …

 Children are perhaps the greatest and the most wonderful gifts from God for most parents in the world. This has been so for ages, from time immemorial. Yet in this …

The world we live in is fast-paced and the need for new skills is growing by the day. You have to memorize tons of information and learn as many skills …

Mental health disorders could cost the global economy up to $16 trillion between 2010 and 2030, according to The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health. That’s more than the GDP …

The title of this article might trigger some negative reaction for the wrong reason, a few minutes later it is going to be clear what it refers to.  The example …