Hello everyone and welcome to the We Are The World Blogfest, Month 5. About 5 months back I signed up for this blogfest that concentrates on the good in humanity and aims to spread cheer and bonhomie through stories and news reports of acts of human kindness. Since then I’ve made friends, connections, learnt a…
Content Warning: Contains references to violence, strong language and disturbing imagery. Reader discretion advised. Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca BULLSHIT! Pardon me, Mr Seneca, you may have had a lot of faith in humanity, considering you were talking about humanity when it was just discovering…
Fifteen years ago, a middle-aged couple’s home was broken in. The thief took away money, jewellery and a dysfunctional laptop. Two weeks later, that house had been put up for sale in the papers. Another two weeks later the thief found the couple staying with his own aunt as tenants, one of who was disabled and thus unable…
Crash!!! “What the… “, he looked back to the source of the sound, only to find a broken aquarium on the floor. His first thought was, ‘Thank god there were no fish in it’. The crash had sent nearly the whole pet shop into a shrieking frenzy. He sushhed all the poor, frightened animals assiduously.…
It’s the second month of this Blogfest and we I have already seen a great many not only joining up, but also responding with kind words on stories shared by those involved in this blogfest. Each day we come across news or instances of violence, depravity, meanness and loss of humanity. The Blogfest attempts to bring a…
A few days back I came across this great initiative started by a fellow-blogger, Damyanti and her Co-hosts, where they try to bring some positivity, humanity and brightness into this dark period of human history, which has known evrything from death due to natural disaters, to war and terrorism. Each day when we read the…
Jeni G.J. Crumpled Piece of Paper I hardly have ten minutes to reach office on time. Today, the bus stop is more crowded than usual. “How far is Government Hospital”, a lady asked in a feeble voice. Her appearance startled me. She looked like she had not eaten for weeks. She was left with no…
