Articles by Pooja Thakkar


May: a month to bloom together

May arrives like a deep breath after a long season of waiting. It is the end of the school year and the beginning of summer dreams. Calendars fill with exams,…


Becoming the destination

In every culture, community begins with gathering. Around food, around conversation, around shared presence. But sometimes, without realizing it, we build our lives like waiting rooms – places where we…


The art of being included

There is an art to inclusion – and most of us don’t truly understand it until we have felt exclusion. Being left out rarely announces itself loudly. It doesn’t always…




The Easter egg that says “I owe you”

Every spring, we step outside with baskets in hand, chasing pastel-colored Easter eggs scattered across green lawns. Children run with laughter, adults carry cameras, and somewhere between the sunshine and…


It’s you versus you

There’s a quiet competition most of us carry every day. Not with the person next to us. Not with the ones ahead of us. But with ourselves. It’s you versus…


Lucky enough for kindness

March has a personality of its own. It arrives in shades of green, carrying wishes of luck, four-leaf clovers, and cheerful greetings of “may the luck be with you.” At…