Guest post by Drona Dewi My grandma, I call her Budhiama (elderly mother in Nepali), who isn’t old but aging gracefully is actually an epitope of budhi (intelligence in Sanskrit). How many people get the chance of celebrating their birthday having their mother beside them? That one lucky soul is her son, my Tulobau (Big […]
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Guest post by Andale Seaworne A few years ago during Quran Tafseer (interpretation) classes in Ramadan, the teacher was going through an ayat (verse) and there was one statement she said that really made me take a step back, “Don’t hate bad people, hate the bad that they did.” This was a new statement that […]
Guest post by Norbert Sari I’ve always found the idea of being on an airplane strangely cozy. I flew for the first time when I was 14. There’s nowhere to go, nobody can enter or leave, you have a chance to disconnect and the excitement of travel and arriving to your destination is enticing. I […]
Guest post by Norbert Sari Spain has fascinated me ever since I set foot in Barcelona in October 2016. In the following year, I visited several cities and regions in the country, but it was not until August 2017 that I completely fell in love when I first visited Andalusia. Two years later, in July […]
Guest post by Sharmeen Wasim We have all heard this phrase before. ‘Boys will be boys’ has not only made negative actions forgivable, but it has also robbed the potential for men to become better people. So many times, parents have accepted negative behaviours in young boys claiming that it is normal and so many […]
Guest post by Asif Murad Umrani The whole world is in an absolute bizarre situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We could not imagine that this virus would choke the entire world with such anxiety and destruction. It is the first time since the Spanish Influenza in 1918 that we are suffering from nights becoming […]
Guest post by Naureen Charolia “I feel so blessed today.” “Life is terrible.” “I can’t tell you how happy I am today.” “I want to give up on life.” “I am on cloud 9.” “I feel extremely worthless today.” “My life is better from the rest.” “My life sucks ” There are hundreds of such […]
Guest post by Samia Asim It has been a month since my children have been at home because of Covid-19. The government has shutdown schools for safety. The more we keep them at home, the less they’re going to be at risk because children can get germs easily: while playing, studying together, interaction with other […]