Mala's Blog

Over three decades ago, I decided to shift from a non-vegetarian diet to a vegetarian one. This was a big move, but it was much required...

In the fast-paced, often isolating world we live in today, there are so many among us who silently struggle with emotional turmoil, deep...

My iPhone has been ringing for an hour now. I’ve got a missed Facetime call from my daughter abroad, a request for payment from the...

Anxiety has become a common mental health problem in today’s fast-paced world. Contrary to popular belief, It is not limited to any...

I’ve been spending my Saturday mornings in a way that’s extremely special to me. A very dear friend of mine recently underwent heart...

Time is a cruel mistress. The ground that you walk on now once saw a young, energetic lot that ran the show. With their vigor, they ran...

It’s a beautiful rainy day in the city, and I’ve just settled in my living room’s corner chair looking at the mist outside. Somewhere in...

One of my closest friends rued the other day that she got updates about her children’s lives through Facebook more than she did from them...

I believe happiness is a state of mind. Even the great Hellen Keller agrees with me. She once said that happiness depends very little on...

Every woman my age has experienced it; every woman navigating her way through life has seen it; and every young girl taking her first few...

What does it truly mean to be a woman? Even after six decades of existence, I often find myself wondering what the essence of womanhood...

One moment can change the day. One day can change your life. One life can change the world.         There’s a story about a mountaineer I...

Should parents be friends with their children? A balance has to be struck. Raman entered the ashram with his shirt torn and a cut across...

“ Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have...

Like Tom Hanks in `Castaway’, we are all living on our own islands. Hanks’ character, a social animal like all of us, craved human...

Here’s a little story. Chintu was playing in his garden when he noticed, in a small dark patch of shrubs, a butterfly struggling to get...

Imagine a ball of string that is all knotted up, tangled, twisted and knotty, a large mess whose ends can’t be found, and unravelling and...

Each one of us is unique and the world needs more of that. I believe that my uniqueness began when I got my first strand of grey hair....