What's your plan B when things go wrong?
(Column in Khaleej Times dated 8 Sept, 2022) Recently, my computer refused to boot even after repeated attempts. I took it as a tantrum...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
A GOOD LIFE IS ALL ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE
(Khaleej Times column dated 23 August, 2022) Last week I woke up to a Shamaal outside that had blotted out everything outside my window....
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
WHY TOO MUCH OF POSITIVITY IS NOT A GOOD THING EITHER
Precisely two weeks after I was tested positive for Covid, I am still reeling under its after effects. Something that was expected to...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
PARENTS MUST HAVE CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN
Parenting is not a pushover anymore. In our times, parents didn’t ‘raise’ us. We just grew. Parents did what came naturally to them in...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
LOVE YOURSELF MORE TO LOVE OTHERS BETTER
When India celebrated and slammed in the same breath its first sologamy event a few weeks ago, beyond all the hype and heckling I saw it...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
KEEP AN OPEN MIND, LISTEN TO DIFFERENT SOURCES
I’ve just got out of a creative writing class with my three 10th graders. It was a highly interactive session with discussions based on...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
PARENTS, TEACHERS, PLEASE LEVE THE KIDS ALONE
My biggest woe as a highschooler was having to wear a uniform that I detested: a long, pleated skirt made of terry cotton tied at the...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
Of Good Old Days and Real World Connections
(Opinion column in Khaleej Times dated 2 May, 2022) How often have we reminisced the good, old times in our casual conversations,...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
Watching a War from Far
( My KT column dated 6-8-2022) I am writing this piece right after a disrupted dinner. It was a meal that I had to drop midway because of...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Oct 16, 2021
- 3 min
How do we conquer the fears and frustrations of old age?
There is no way we fight it. How then do we face it?
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
What Should We Do For Our Children As They Go Back to School?
As our children return to school, many of them striding up with backpacks for the first time in nearly 17 months, my loving thoughts are...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Oct 11, 2020
- 5 min
Not a Mad Man
Ravi isn’t ‘mad’, I reiterated to myself. He is merely sick at heart, like people who are ill with other things.
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Oct 11, 2020
- 5 min
Some People Just Cannot Die
You know, appa, I never believed you could ever go from the face of the earth.
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 17, 2019
- 4 min
The floods are your fault: Why I think we are primarily responsible for the devastating flooding all
(Published on DailyO) When we choose AC comfort or our own vehicle over public transport, we are harming the environment. It’s not just...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Jan 22, 2019
- 3 min
How to beat the self-doubt blues
(Published on DailyO) ‘You are very talented,’ someone texted me recently in response to a random piece I had written and shared on...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Jan 22, 2019
- 3 min
A Letter To My Student On The Eve Of His IIT – JEE
(Published on momspresso.com) My dear child, I will be spending the whole of today and tomorrow thinking about you. Primarily praying for...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Oct 25, 2018
- 4 min
Why I, a Malayali woman, won’t speak about the Sabarimala verdict
I knew it was coming. Sooner or later, somebody will ask me this – As a Malayali woman, what is your opinion about the Sabarimala...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- May 8, 2018
- 2 min
TIPS TO ENJOY POETRY
1. First, drop the feeling that poetry is written by highbrow folks for an elite set of people. No, it is not written by and for scholars...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Apr 2, 2018
- 2 min
I’m thinking of a time before whatsapp…..
I am thinking of a time before Whatsapp, before Facebook and even before the internet. I am picturing in my mind (in fading flashback) a...
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Asha Iyer Kumar
- Aug 14, 2017
- 4 min
Hello, Are you OK?
I hadn’t heard of singer Sinead O’Connor until her meltdown video trended on social media recently. Here was another celebrity openly...
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