ASIA: Colorful Roses From South India Spread Fragrance Around the Globe
Next time you present a bouquet to your loved one or while welcoming a guest, thank the people of few villages in Krishnagiri district in south Tamil Nadu in India. Millions of these petite and fresh...
View ArticleDiscrimination Due To Menstruation
Universally, women and girls menstruate. The age may vary for every young girl, but the experience can be traumatic, sometimes even deadly. I recently came upon two news items that shocked and saddened...
View ArticleSRI LANKA: What do You do When you Chose the Wrong School?
What are you supposed to do when you can tell that the school your kids are in isn’t exactly what you’d like a school to be like? Not everyone has the luxury of just moving kids from school to school...
View ArticleWorld Voice: Malaysian Women Balancing Business Appearance and Homelife
How would you react if someone said you needed to “look” better for work? Would you acquiesce or question it? Most of the world is under different stages of working from home due to coronavirus. While...
View ArticleIndia: Voices of High School Students: Altruism from Youth #YouthDay...
On the International Day of Youth, World Moms Network – Senior Editor, Purnima from India, met with a few young high school students. Read on to find their take on the state of affairs of the world,...
View ArticleLockdown Reflections: Musings From a COVID-19 Warrior’s Wife (Part1)
Jennifer Burden, the founder of World Moms Network, asked me to share my family’s COVID-19 story from India. I have been reluctant because our hearts go out to so many I know, who have lost family and...
View ArticleLockdown Reflections: Musings From a COVID-19 Warrior’s Wife (Part 2)
My husband's COVID-19 experience has awakened many feelings that seem to be coming to my conscious mind in layers, in time. The post Lockdown Reflections: Musings From a COVID-19 Warrior’s Wife (Part...
View ArticleHappy International Women’s Day!
It’s been over 10 years since World Moms Network published its first post. We’re still all here in the trenches. Planning new things for 2021. Watch this space over the next few months. We are...
View ArticleMy Race is Human…and Asian
When you walk down the street, can you tell what nationality I am? Can you tell from the color of my skin that I’m American, besides being Asian? Or even more so, an Asian Jew? These questions may not...
View ArticleThe Pandemic, Traveling and the Power of NOW
World Moms Network changed my life. The first time I traveled out of my country was in 2013. Jennifer Burden, Founder of World Moms Network, celebrated. She couldn’t stop talking about it on social...
View ArticleChoosing Wellness and Going with the Flow
Truth is, if you had told me a few months ago that I would be writing a health and wellness story right now, I would have answered you with a great big “Srsly? Well, here I am, seriously writing that...
View ArticleProtecting Family Time From Screen Time
Socially distanced but digitally connected. That pretty much sums up what happened globally when COVID-19 hit us in 2020. Who would have imagined that in order to stop the spread of the virus, we have...
View ArticleNot What We Were Expecting
My 16-year-old son left for a summer study session this morning, only to message me from the train station thirty minutes later. Oops, it had been cancelled. Now a long day in the oppressing heat and...
View ArticleEvolving Maturity: Sometimes 23, sometimes 3
“Why aren’t babies born with their own unique manuals?!” used to be my constant refrain during the growing-up years of Abhishek, my science-loving, planet-conscious geeky son. As infancy, toddlerhood,...
View ArticleFatigue: The Invisible Symptom of Covid-19
Fatigue. Sure, we all feel it now and again. But recently, I seem to encounter this word more than usual. It pops up on my Instagram feed and lingers in the air from overheard conversations at work. A...
View ArticleBeing An Indian Daughter – The Dark Side
In India, when a girl is born, her parents start saving up. Buying gold, opening fixed deposit accounts, you name it. You’ll now be thinking, “That’s wonderful! Such loving parents ❤“. Well, think...
View ArticleDiwali – Celebrating the Spirit of Light and Love
So, whatever you do on this Diwali day, enjoy the light in your heart, the love in the air, and peace in the universe. The post Diwali – Celebrating the Spirit of Light and Love appeared first on World...
View ArticleBuilding Resilience on the “Surf-Board” of Life
If there is one skill that most of the people on this planet have been compelled to nurture, since March 2020, it is arguably RESILIENCE amidst change. True – there may be many different shades of...
View ArticleMy Race is Human…and Asian
When you walk down the street, can you tell what nationality I am? Can you tell from the color of my skin that I’m American, besides being Asian? Or even more so, an Asian Jew? These questions may not...
View ArticleThe Pandemic, Traveling and the Power of NOW
World Moms Network changed my life. The first time I traveled out of my country was in 2013. Jennifer Burden, Founder of World Moms Network, celebrated. She couldn’t stop talking about it on social...
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