Vijay’s* father was dying, and his mother did not have the money to save him, so she exchanged her eleven-year-old son’s labor for 10,000 Indian rupees (an advance paid in exchange for manual labor), thinking it would save her husband. Alas, the father died, and the child was deprived of an education and taken byContinueContinue reading “Let Them Dream”
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#Livesmatter
The brutal killing of a man thousands of kilometers from home, on a continent I have never been to. I am neither black nor white, I am brown, and yet this brutality meted out to George Floyd still affects me and I wonder why? Is it because of the visuals that stun me on everyContinueContinue reading “#Livesmatter”
Online Classes – For better or Worse?
From online classes for KG kids to professionals, the classroom has shifted to the confines of our home. Summer art classes, workshops, and seminars can now be accessed via Zoom or other video conferencing devices, and for the affluent and wealthy, isolation doesn’t seem so bad. So, the question is, are these opportunities evenly distributed,ContinueContinue reading “Online Classes – For better or Worse?”
The Migrant in Jesus
God closes doors sometimes to protect us from danger, He may not always open another door but He always does it for our good. But when we shut doors on our fellow beings, we begin to play God and in doing so we choose whom to keep in and whom to keep out. We takeContinueContinue reading “The Migrant in Jesus”