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T0 MY MOTHER , WITH LOVE.

 The grief of loosing you is like being a small child who has lost her way to home and  desperately wants to reach there but the tragedy is that she can never go back again. When you left, I wanted to go with you. I despairingly wanted to die with you. I wished Allah allowed a provision where you can die along with someone you love. But the fact remains that ‘you cannot die with the dead nor can you bring back the dead.’ Having said that , I also know that a part of me has gone with you forever. I can never be the same person again. With you gone, I lost ME.   There were so many moments after you left where I wanted to call you and pour my heart out,  moments where I wanted to tell you how you were always right, how you always knew what would happen with me, moments where I also  wanted to call and comfort you by saying that " mama you worried a lot, see all is fine at the end". But ‘All’ can never be fine ever, no matter how many things I achieve. A major ...

EMPATHY IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19

                           EMPATHY IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19 “Empathy” is the ability to understand another person’s feelings, mood or conditions. Its like imagining that we are walking in their shoes and understanding what they must be going through. The famous Opray Winfrey once said and I quote , “ The struggle of my life created empathy, I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.” Now, when the world is going through unprecedented times, having attacked by a deadly virus leading to lockdowns and loss of livelihood, empathy is what we need to develop. This time is not only about self isolation, its also about discovering yourself. Discovering that materialistic   pleasures and luxuries were the least essential needs in life. When the lockdown was announced, we rushed to collect basic items to survive, like everyday...