“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart. Ponder your thoughts about what according to you is the most beautiful thing. Draw a picture and write a few lines about it. The work is to be done on an A4 sheet.” This was theContinue reading “It is not hard to be kind…”
Author Archives: Gunjan Kapoor
Ripple Effects of Mindfulness
It was last week that we went on a vacation to the Nilgiris. As things were getting back to normal, we had planned a vacation and traveled using public transport, unlike the short trips earlier in the safety of our car in between the waves of the pandemic. The kids had boarded a plane afterContinue reading “Ripple Effects of Mindfulness”
To the sister, I have never met…
With a broken heart and deep hope I had penned a few lines on the Afghan crisis. Sharing the same… You are a breathing living beingJust like me or any other womanSitting at my homeI hear the gunfire rang outThough a helpless spectatorI feel a numbing pain To the sister, I have never met The situationContinue reading “To the sister, I have never met…”
Cooking and Boys
It was in July that my elder son asked my opinion about which online hobby class he should pursue as part of his school curriculum. Me and my husband normally ask our kids to look at the options themselves and make a choice on their own. We try to limit our role to an advisoryContinue reading “Cooking and Boys”
रिश्तों की पाठशाला
रिश्ते कैसे निभाए जाते हैं बन तो बड़ी आसानी से जाते हैंपर बन जाएं तो निभाए कैसे जाते हैं मिलना लिखा ही होगातभी तो मिल पाए हमरिश्ते की समापन तिथि कीभनक ही कहाँ थी हमें तब पर आगे क्यों नहीं चल पाए हम रिश्ते कैसे निभाए जाते हैं कुछ रिश्ते हमें मानो रास नहीं आएठीकContinue reading “रिश्तों की पाठशाला”
Celebrating Freedom…
As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, sharing a few lines with a different take on what independence means to me.
Kids and resilience in today’s times
It was during the virtual PTM for my elder son few days back that her teacher asked if I was keeping a track of his notes being up to date in the notebook, if he is following the schedule and the tutorial videos have been seen and revised at his end for better understanding ofContinue reading “Kids and resilience in today’s times”
The Year That Was…
Life is not obliged to turn the way we plan, and this year has surely proved it. For almost everyone the way we have been living our lives has changed this year. While reflecting on the year gone by is what most people normally do during the last few days or last month of theContinue reading “The Year That Was…”
कुछ दिनों से…
पक्षी तो पहले भी चहचहाते होंगे या शायद चीख कर कुछ कहते भी हों हमनें कुछ ही दिनों से सुनना शुरू किया है हाँ, कुछ दिनों से आसमान नीला सा ज़रूर दिखने लगा है कुछ दिनों से रूठों को मनाने का मन करता है और जो रिश्ते पास हैं उन्हें संजो कर रखने का मनContinue reading “कुछ दिनों से…”
Entangled
When the mind is entangled With thoughts, worries and pain Past regrets, we cannot change Anxiety of the future, we cannot see During such moments of chaos and confusion We are desperate to find an immediate solution Break the pattern and pause to reflect Letting go will keep the anxiety under check Do not holdContinue reading “Entangled”
Beyond Stories 