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in April 2019

Startling Obedience, Simple Joy

It’s not often that an auditor with an MBA from the U.S. changes career paths to become a Montessori teacher. It’s even less likely that they would start a preschool in India with the sole purpose of reaching out to underprivileged children. But, then again, Saraswathi Padmanabhan, is not one of those people you meet often. Her unique ...

Beauty From Ashes

I remember seeing the grainy newspaper picture of a charred station wagon. It was 1999 and I was doing my undergraduate degree. The picture was so startling, the story behind it so horrifying, that it sliced right through my usually-frivolous preoccupations to sear itself on my heart. The incident prompted the most hardened person to cry out, ...
MEET SUSAN

I love words. But you probably figured that out by now, considering this website essentially collates my words on the web. Read More…