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Monday, March 30, 2015 1:00:01 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Bits of Heaven:
Sarah said, "Most of us lucky ones live many lives on our sojourn on earth. We assay many roles, we experience varying circumstances. We Live. And we make amazing memories while we do that.My dad was a very senior doctor in the Indian Railways, and we traveled a..." more
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 5:15:26 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Do unto others as they would want you to do:
Sarah said, "So we are back to my favorite topic - charity. In a previous write-up, I discussed how giving away money from a stockpile of it is not necessarily noble. By extension, the concept also applies to giving away time when you have a lot of it on your..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:44:29 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Paris #JeSuisCharlie:
Sarah said, "Here we go again. Another attack on free thought by three depraved, maniacal cretins. It takes a special kind of evil to shoot in the head a police-officer already down on the ground. And a disconnect from any and all things human to walk into..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:00:16 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Hold on tight!:
Sarah said, "So I was wondering what happened to those times when God parted the sea for Moses, when dreams instructed you on what to do, and things happened with one prayer? When God actually did respond, by speech or otherwise?Now, communities pray together..." more
Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:47:24 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled We Present Us:
Sarah said, "I have been hearing about extravagant weddings that make me wince. I know of vacations that create more stress than relaxation because the purpose was to be 'seen' on vacation. Our lives somehow get dictated by the kind of Facebook status we can..." more
Monday, March 11, 2013 11:16:09 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled For it is in giving that we receive:
Sarah said, "So here I was, in a lovely hotel enjoying a to-die-for breakfast in a city I did not like much. The buildings reminded me of New York, the people, of New Jersey. The city is a bunch of artificial things and even more artificial faces that seem to be..." more
Friday, December 21, 2012 9:53:11 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Gunning for the gun:
Sarah said, "Sometimes I wonder what a person was thinking when they come up with ridiculous ideas. Does not help my sanity, but I do wonder all the same. The guy who made the guillotine and the sadist who designed assault guns. And retarded parents like those..." more
Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:18:37 AM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Missing Something ?:
Sarah said, "Have not all of us felt a pang of missing something so much it feels like a real loss? It could be a time in life, a place, a friend who moved away? The sweetly sad feeling of deprivation is equally strong whether it is a home you had or just..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 7:14:54 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Birthday thoughts:
Sarah said, "So I think birthdays are overrated. If the day you are born is the one you need to celebrate OVER others, then it is a sad life; and maybe one you should not celebrate anyway.Every day that one is blessed with is a special day, and if most days go..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 7:14:54 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Propriety and props:
Sarah said, "This has been festering for a long time. This frustration that I feel when institutions try to police individual behaviour. It might work in elementary school, when children need the guidance for right and wrong, but..." more
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:22:56 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled :
Sarah said, "The sun rises, glowing anew Into the day I drag my feet With my heart so bruised and blue I cannot another challenge meet. Each breath I take weighs on me Like something I have that I deserve not In my life for all to..." more
Monday, July 16, 2012 3:08:45 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled You, Now:
Sarah said, "It is ironic that it is after I wrote an article about how life tests you, I am thrown one of its biggest trials. And like I had said in my write-up, it is not pleasant. I cannot begin to imagine what it feels like to be told you have an advanced..." more
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 4:32:06 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Enjoy that test:
Sarah said, "Every entity in this world goes through a test period - an individual, an organization and even relationships.We may not recognize the 'tough time' that is a trial of our character for it is only in retrospect that we see how it..." more
Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:15:30 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Being Loyal:
Sarah said, "When Greg Smith exposed how his company was bolstering profits by giving clients wrong advice, everyone on that conscience-deficient Wall Street immediately denounced him as 'disloyal'.How would you define loyalty? How important is loyalty on the..." more
Friday, March 2, 2012 11:28:23 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled The end or the means?:
Sarah said, "Today Shakespeare really irritated me. 'All is well that ends well'. He picked such an inane platitude as a title for his play. By that yardstick everything in the world is rendered meaningless because everything- and everyone..." more
Friday, October 7, 2011 1:17:10 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Who you are should be what you are:
Sarah said, "For once I could follow up on time on the tragedy of the plane crash in Russia that killed young hockey players. The investigation revealed pilot error. That was just a euphemistic way of saying that the pilot was cocky and overconfident, and the..." more
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:32:26 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Back home:
Sarah said, "http://theviewspaper.net/back-home/Written when we had 'decided' to move back to India. :/I remember a British neighbour I had befriended when we moved to New Jersey. We were both feeling our way around in this country, getting licenses and..." more
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:35:39 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Travails of travel:
Sarah said, "They say travelling opens the mind. I drove across northern USA from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific. And I know for sure it does nothing for the mind. It does a lot for the heart.The drive, as it may be called for want of a better word, was not..." more
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:17:15 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Thoughts on Terrorism:
Sarah said, "It seems to me that terrorism is always front page news nowadays. Whether it is bomb blasts in Mumbai or a man throwing acid on a woman’s face – the horrific stories continue. Terrorism is defined by Dictionary.com as: 1) the use of violence and..." more
Friday, July 15, 2011 7:32:47 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Strong Ideals:
Sarah said, "I wrote for the Viewspaper recently about youth and its idealism. The strength of an upcoming generation lies only in its idealism. It is that which drives its energy, it is that that gives it its identity. But this very characteristic that seems..." more
Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:13:44 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Belonging:
Sarah said, "One may be at one place for years, then decide to move on without even pang of loss. So how did something that did not even warrant a fond reminiscence hold one for so long? There are many things that make a person bond with an external entity- be..." more
Saturday, May 7, 2011 2:21:58 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Rasha' s essay:
Sarah said, "Civility is kindness, compassion, decorum, and propriety of action and expression. It is the best of virtues in all its forms. Aristotle once said “It is not enough to know about virtue but we must try to have and use it”, and so it is with all..." more
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:30:33 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Live your values:
Sarah said, "I signed in today to see if I should just close down my blog. It's been one of those weeks where everything seems pointless. As far as I can tell, I have done no major memorable thing. Thankfully nothing bad, but sadly nothing good either. It..." more
Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:15:50 PM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled Women and work:
Sarah said, "I am trying to figure out why women are generally such an unhappy bunch. I think it is because we have drifted so far away from our natural selves that every day has become a burden. We are unhappy because we never seem to achieve what we need. We..." more
Monday, July 6, 2015 2:04:20 AM
Sarah Alam wrote a blog post titled The Education Fraud:
Sarah said, "Today I was really riled up by Global Citizen's post : 'If girls would complete their primary education, maternal deaths would decrease by 70%'.Someone please explain this daft statement to me because I cannot see how having completed..." more