Imagine this place- beautiful with lush green mountains and valleys, adorned with fragrant flowers and silver streams bearing crystal clear cool waters. This magical land where everyone had enough, all were treated equal, there were no crimes and people were happy! Too good to be true? This is infact the description of my native, Kerala, in an age- old story behind Kerala's unique festival Onam! The gist of the story is that when Kerala was ruled by the generous King Mahabali

When the pandemic began, I observed that besides the uncertainties and quickly adapting to a new way of living, many of us were forced to fully embrace the digital world. Along with words like unprecedented, economic downturn, social distancing and resilience, Zoom, virtual connection, reskill, upskill, and reinvent became common words. I was quite caught in an action frenzy at the start of the pandemic. The term slowdown simply didn't apply to me. I felt like I had so much

Today morning, as I heard my father's gifted voice in a melodious song he had sung on New Year's eve, I became very emotional. A month back, our family went through a rough time when my dad fell and suffered a bad head injury. It was totally unexpected as dad has always been this healthy, hearty and happy person living his life to the fullest. I frantically started looking for the next flight to Kerala (India) from Singapore. I just wanted to get to my dad and mom as soon as

Today is officially the start of 'Circuit Breaker' in Singapore- which means everyone stays at home for another month except for essential services. There's no denying that it is a tremendously difficult phase. It's also naturally worrying thinking about the future. It is all real! It's absolutely okay to feel sad, anxious, frustrated, angry. Do vent it out- talk to friends and family, cry it out... But worrying for long can cause anxiety disorders which could lead to other