Only desis would drive 10 hours to eat mangoes! My husband and I drove back from Toronto last weekend, having gone on a Mangomania trip…
The message behind the words is the voice of the heart - Rumi
Author: Mino
Always challenging the norms I called my youngest maternal aunt on her birthday. She is almost 90 now, and thankfully still independent. Her son and…
One of my favorite poems from Hafiz is about the Sun, and how it lights up everything and never says “you owe me”. That is…
As a dialogue practitioner for decades, I have taught and coached people in the power of listening, especially in polarized situtations and in conflicted groups…
Before relationships are damaged One of my best jobs was with a management consulting firm in the late 90’s which had a tagline of “Releasing…
I was sitting at an Iftar, and confessing to a friend that I did not fast again this year, due to health reasons or were…
Ramadan 1445 started tonight with the first taraweeh prayer. For those of us in grief about the prolonged and barbaric violence against the Palestinians in…
Harnessing our invisible powers In my last blog, I shared a story about a key that had been lost for decades in our house. I…
Accept, Endure, Embrace, Heal, Pray On my to do list was to talk to a locksmith to get a key for the door to our…
A delicacy made up of strange combinations Food as Language Our samdhis (son’s in-laws) love to host friends for small dinners with specialty food. This…