Protecting children from stress during the Pandemicon May 2, 2020As grownups we might not be aware of the amount of stress and fear our children are experiencing during this COVID 19 pandemic. I was no different until my twelve-year-old son came to me in the morning and shared that he had a nightmare about people getting infected in our neighborhood. I was terrified to […]
Living for Possessions or Meaningon April 25, 2020Oprah Winfrey while delivering Herry’s last lecture at Stanford University said, “The only way to live a meaningful life is to know your SELF and to know WHY you are here”. She went on to say “Open your heart and say the only prayer, which is ever needed, THANK YOU God for this moment, for […]
Work from Home: challenge or opportunityon April 9, 2020Ronald Heifetz, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and co-founder of Cambridge Leadership Associates said “Yesterday’s adaptations are today’s routines.” Over 120 years we have learned how to make our employees more productive working in a traditional office environment, writes Derek Thompson in […]
World Autism Awareness Dayon April 4, 2020Ahmad is a government employee who works day in and day out to make both ends meet for his family of six. All of his kids are school going and his wife is a homemaker. Their life might have been just like any other middle-class family of Pakistan, but their eldest son Shan makes them […]
World Downs Syndrome Dayon March 23, 2020Predominant glooms of pandemic COVID 19 shadowed the celebrations of world Downs syndrome day at Geneva and worldwide. In December 2011, General Assembly of United Nations declared 21 march as world Downs’ syndrome day and since 2012, this day is celebrated worldwide to appreciate the company of the most loving and cheerful people around. People […]
Uncommonly strong common womenon March 13, 2020Fatima starts her day before sunrise. After offering her prayers, she feeds and milks the cow, cleans up the shed and sweeps the courtyard. After that she starts cooking the breakfast and also shuttles between kitchen and bedroom to get her three children ready for school. Her husband suffered an accident afew years ago and […]
Disease X: a pandemic?on March 3, 2020The generation gap is a nightmare for parents in today’s world. I frequently find myself sharing the strange media interests of my kids in order to stay updated about their world. The other day I was watching a movie titled World War Z. Not being a big fan of Zombies, I didn’t enjoy it that […]
International day of Persons with Disabilitieson December 6, 2019As we grow older, few pre-conceived notions tend to lose their meaningfulness. It also occurs that we start to delve in the ocean of spirituality. But of course, each bite of spiritual experience that we assume we are having, has a heavy dust of worldly logic on it. “Normality” is one such notion which intrigues […]
White Cane Safety Day – 15 Octoberon October 15, 2019My first introduction to word ‘blind’ was through a personality who was a true personification of bravery, vision and conviction. I was just a kid when I saw Mrs Fatima Shah’s interview on national television. At that age, I was unable to grasp all that she was explaining, but her grace, confidence and oration kept […]
The unfurling optimistic side of Pakistan – the second storyon September 3, 2019“The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being” — LeeIacocca The population with special needs is among the most neglected and overlooked part of our society. Many of us only think in terms of charity or pity for them. Today I […]