Blogs here are bursts of inspirations. I hope they do the same for you, inspire you to share your story and also to give permission to speak up, learn, connect, and grow.
Before sending that E-mail
We spend long long hours in front of our digital devices and meet less and fewer people directly and more and more electronically. We have our "talking informally" culture and our obvious "texting" culture dictating our communication behavior. We have become...
A positive way of life
"Phool ko aankha ma phoolai sansara........" by Ani Choying Drolma One of the most soul soothing Nepali songs that has crossed borders. It is one of the few songs that I sing to my daughter, her Nepali lullaby along with numerous- Old McDonald, Hush little baby,...
Why celebrate Women’s Day?
I never knew Women's Day was celebrated as a day for men to express their love, appreciation, and/or respect for the women in their lives. As March 8 neared, I started receiving messages like "Happy Women's Day!" and my facebook started showing news and events related...
Women and Men are Equal??
Today has been one of those days where I felt pain, pain of feeling what a woman means to the society at large. Watching the documentary on Jyoti Singh, I thought of what she meant to be and now what her legacy is: spreading light on the often subdued, often ignored...
Giving the gift of access to education,one kid at a time
As we hurried to get to the Protect Kids Dream second fundraiser, a little late than we had planned, 10 active members of the team along with a few other helping hands were scrambling to put the show together. Besides their busy work schedule, the members had: 1....
Stick or Carrot? Which would you choose?
I let you in on my first hand experience at KIPP Austin in my last blog. The experiences like this has got me thinking more about the carrot and stick approach to building up motivation to people's life and their in general. How people are motivated seems to be one...