Yesterday our younger son Abeer graduated from St.Andrews. Rashida has beautifully penned this for him and Amal. When I look back to when my sons...
When Parents Finally Graduate
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Why Families Break Up
Even though we know that a strong family is a source of strength and security, this beautiful microcosm often disintegrates, leaving much hurt and...
Thought For The Day
Love You Dad
There are some people who live life on their own terms, not out of arrogance, but from inner self-confidence and understanding of life that their...
Hanging Up Our Troubles
We carry our worries and troubles with us. Even though we understand that it does us no good, it is human to worry, and not so easy to...
Five Lessons I Learnt From My Mother
We learn a lot from books and articles. Some of the most powerful lessons can be learnt from a human book who are part of our life. One such...
Taking A Stand
There are times we need to speak up in life. Our willingness and ability to stand up to a situation that we know to be wrong shapes not just society...
Building Strong Institutions
Institutions survive individuals. They serve society for generations together, playing a vital role in creating value in the lives of people. And...
Guide
A compass Guides our direction. Explorers and travelers would have been lost but for being guided. We too are on a journey. A Guide to help us along...
Family
Family is the building block of society. Strong families make for a strong nation. The strength in combination of diversity in the family can...
When Parents Finally Graduate
Yesterday our younger son Abeer graduated from St.Andrews. Rashida has beautifully penned this for him and Amal. When I look back to when my sons were born, 24 and 22 years ago I feel as if time has flown past… from being completely dependent on us and sleeping...
Why Families Break Up
Even though we know that a strong family is a source of strength and security, this beautiful microcosm often disintegrates, leaving much hurt and anguish. Even though the role of family in our lives is so clear, we may not be so clear as to why seemingly happy...
Thought For The Day
Love You Dad
There are some people who live life on their own terms, not out of arrogance, but from inner self-confidence and understanding of life that their security does not come from the opinion of others, but from their own integrity. Dad was one of them. As I reflect on the...
Hanging Up Our Troubles
We carry our worries and troubles with us. Even though we understand that it does us no good, it is human to worry, and not so easy to compartmentalise life. It would be wonderful if we had a way of hanging up our troubles and picking them up when we need to deal with...
Five Lessons I Learnt From My Mother
We learn a lot from books and articles. Some of the most powerful lessons can be learnt from a human book who are part of our life. One such blessing in my life is mom from whom I have learnt five key life lessons. The ability to give unconditional love comes from our...
Taking A Stand
There are times we need to speak up in life. Our willingness and ability to stand up to a situation that we know to be wrong shapes not just society and our families, but us as well. And in case we are living with the belief that it’s better not to get involved and...
Building Strong Institutions
Institutions survive individuals. They serve society for generations together, playing a vital role in creating value in the lives of people. And we’ve all been part of them – schools, universities, hospitals, companies, social organisations and many more. And in our...
Guide
A compass Guides our direction. Explorers and travelers would have been lost but for being guided. We too are on a journey. A Guide to help us along the way can make all the difference to our effort. Today on Gurupurnima, I was reflecting on three of the...
Family
Family is the building block of society. Strong families make for a strong nation. The strength in combination of diversity in the family can be very powerful. But this diversity can become differences. The natural tension between individual aspiration and...
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