By Amitabh Sharma Jenny and Stephanie are close friends, they go to bed late, wake up late, the last thing they do before going to bed and first thing as soon as they get up is to say a prayer and reach out for their smartphone … teens we tell you. … well no, both…
By Satyendra Our desires play a vital role in deciding the direction of our lives. If a man is cursed with a desire to amass a colossal amount of money…an amount which he does not deserve because the capability to handle that money is not present, then that acquisition may become the cause of that…
By Dibya Prakash The phrase maa ke hath ka bana khana evokes a deep sense of nostalgia and comfort, as the love and care that a mother puts into her cooking truly makes it incomparable. The emotional connection and the warmth that comes with a meal prepared by a mother cannot ever seem to be…
By Amitabh Sharma Last week, we got an insight into Aunt Anna’s life, her transition from Cuba to Jamaica and then the United States, where she took upon herself to see her granddaughter Angelique through in academics. We get inspired from people’s lives, and especially what they do. Anna is one such person, who doesn’t…
For a senior citizen who has stopped working every rupee saved is like a rupee earned. This is where Section 80D of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is an important tax saving clause that every senior citizen needs to understand. This section empowers senior citizens to claim deductions on medical insurance premiums. A senior citizen who…
By Ananth Kuckreja The other day I was reading the newspaper in which there was a report of an elderly woman in her late 80s being abused by her son and daughter-in-law. This reminded me of a similar incident of elderly abuse that took place in our next-door neighbour’s home in Sonepat a few years…
By S. Aadinath My mother, who is now in her 70s, suffers from mental illness. She needs constant care and we have to be doubly careful while looking after her. Doctors have diagnosed her with schizophrenia. She began to suffer from the mental illness after my elder brother died of dengue, about five years back….
By Amitabh Sharma This is the story of Aunt Anna, born in Cuba, and whose family moved to Jamaica when she was a child. Soon, both Jamaica and she became inseparable – the island became her home. Aunt Anna spent her formative years adapting to the new culture. She met a wonderful boy, who became…
By Dibya Prakash I lost one of my distant relatives last month who was 75. He went through a traumatic phase of life wherein his better half left for the heavenly abode four years ago. The agony multiplied because he had no children. Despite our efforts to comfort him in his loneliness, he somehow remained…