The personal is political

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Be open and speak. Transparency must hold the key - at home, at work, in

public life. What say? If there is a secrecy regime in public life, it might be seemingly compatible with transparency at home, but it isn't. A person carries their nature with them wherever they go. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 1, 2010

if your husband is assaulting you, how do you deal with it?

There is both a physical and an emotional baggage. Maybe, just maybe, you have learnt karate and can appropriately deal with the physical dimension. Karate won't deal with that. What's more. He keeps assaulting you. Then what? Cry that it's your fate. No. Deal with it. have some peer counselling... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Very personal I can't tell everyone only you...

Very personal I can't tell everyone only you Very personal I am only telling you Sasha Very personal i can't tell anyone only you Very personal I am only telling you Manda Very personal not to be told Sasha is telling Maria about me Very personal not to be passed on Maria is telling Meena about me... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Being secretive is good? bad? depends?

Someone has an illness in the family. They don't disclose cos they feel insecure or that it will work against them. But when they get info about others, they gossip all over the place, which means they are not consistent. Also why should we feel insecure about our illnesses. We are what we are... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Where does love for humanity and love for the country and love for the

family converge? Or are these separate streams of love that run parallelly and can never meet? Is it that one can be wonderful with love in the family and hopeless with love for humanity? Or vice-versa? is it tenable at all? Or do core traits reflect in one's life in whatever one does, in the way... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

I would ideally like to swim, but...

I would ideally like to swim, but I can't always be swimming against the tide Sometimes I'd like the tide to carry me with it I am OK with floating sometimes but not forever It takes effort to keep afloat and move nowhere Then is the option that is left for me - to drown in the high seas? One thing... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

When one can stilll communicate despite differences with another, that is a

sterling quality; it keeps the communication channels open and helps to change things for the better for everyone. in an increasingly intolerant world where opinions different from ours are not respected, we need to hold up a mirror to such persons, so we can begin to emulate them. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 16, 2010

We are all busy. In the hustle and bustle of life, we may have no stretches

of time for a neighbour or for anyone who needs extended help. But as we keep working, we may find that there are ways in which we can indeed do our lil bit to help just in the course of our work. Many hands make light work, we tell the world. why not apply that philosophy at our own day to day... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

I complained because...

"I complained because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet" But I need shoes all the same. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

what goes round comes around...

Share and care What goes round comes around Share and dare What goes up comes down Share and fare what goes out comes not in:-) Sign in to see full entry.

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