RELATIONSHIPS: COLUMNS AND STORIES
Relationships
My life is a web of relationships. The great Indian joint family.
Messy, loving, crazy, contradictory, complex, never easy
But it defines who I am and what I value.
Connections: between people, place and time.
Do relationships make you or do you make them?
With love comes the ability to forgive. Only if you are able to forgive can you overlook slights, flaws, mistakes and miscommunication
While the Dalai Lama talks about loving-kindness meditation as a way to bridge divides, it is essentially about assuming goodwill.
Relationships are defined by connection
Connections can happen perchance but require care to flourish. Ultimately, it is these connections that define the human experience.
This web of connections floats to the surface in cultures such as India, where people are forced into proximity, thanks to density. What you do with (and to) the people around you defines character.
How you behave in times of stress depends on how you value what is at hand.
Relationships and connections are supreme in the path to happiness.
Relationship columns
Life lessons from grandparents
When wondering if what you are doing is right or wrong, remember anything that you can’t share with your parents is wrong...
How to surrender to a higher power?
In which I talk about self-surrender or sharanagathi, as the Hindus call it.
Prenups? Yes or No?
This legal document breaks down into numbers and decimals a relationship that is based on the sacred.
The many languages of love
Hearts, flowers and cuddly teddy bears are not the only way to express affection.
How to uphold family values?
A month ago, I sat my husband down and announced that I wanted us to have a discussion on family values with our children. “I don’t want them to grow up like us,” I said accusingly. “
What are Indian family values?
What are Indian family values? Would individual principles work in a population that is largely contradictory, inconsistent and boundary-free?