Pooja Sodhi's Blog
Social media is abuzz with people posting photos of empty offices and their desks as they left them months back; it is with some trepidation that they are returning to the office - some because it is required and some people as an experiment. What is going to be the new normal post Covid Lockdown... Continue Reading →
It is going to be two months of lockdown in India soon and for some of us we have already reached this milestone. Under the Covid lockdown work from home is a reality and businesses are already gearing up for this new normal. In the recent past, managers always were suspicious of employees availing work... Continue Reading →
Historical events of importance are documented not just by facts and figures but also through the human stories and visual images - whether it is the mushroom cloud photo of Nagasaki bombing during World War II or the photo of the green eyed Afghan girl in 1980s in National Geographic or closer home the black... Continue Reading →
Blessing in disguise ... this is what I hear or read around me. In the midst of not just nationwide but global Covid lockdown, people are happy to see blue skies, hearing the sounds of birds and observing the star laden night skies. But how did we come to this stage? That these natural phenomena... Continue Reading →
A couple of days ago India celebrated its Constitution Day - the day when Indian Constitution was adopted by constituent assemble paving the way for becoming a Republic and for holding the first general elections of the country. India having gained Independence quite late in the timeline of many other democratic countries could take advantage... Continue Reading →
In last one week Twitter has lauded two major judgements by Supreme Court of India and one by High Court and thereby redeeming judicial independence from polity. In the 70th year of Independence, the abolition of Triple-Talaq, reaffirming Right to Privacy of individuals - while are good decisions, one does wonder why it took so... Continue Reading →
So the Finance Minister at a function last week commented that with the kind of population India has there are bound to be queues. And I have been patiently waiting for the chaos and queues to get shorter at the banks before venturing to deposit and exchange my savings in Rs 1000 and 500 notes. Each day... Continue Reading →
It is that time of the year when every second car has a tricolour fluttering; social media sports either people dressed up in tricolour or changing their display pic to flag pnemonics. It is the time when websites, newspapers rehash the old pics, list of patriotic songs and obviously Nehru's speech of "tryst with destiny".... Continue Reading →
On International Women's Day, it is sad to see messages justifying the reason for being a woman. Especially since in India Devi is worshipped in most corners of the country. As an Adi-Shakti, she epitomises the essence of Shakti herself, she represents consciousness, and she is the symbolism of Prakriti. She is Ardhnari without whom... Continue Reading →
Peace, happiness and joy ... Simple wishes for 2015! I wish for all... For a tolerant world. Let's be compassionate. For religious tolerance. Let religion be inclusive. For safety of women. Against physical violence or mental harassment. For cleaner environment. We owe it to us. For terror free society. Irrespective of caste, creed, religion or... Continue Reading →
RIP Margaret Thatcher! For the generation of us born in 70s, the names of Margaret Thatcher along with Indira Gandhi and Sirimavo Bandaranaike was synonymous not only for the women politicians, but also for the women who made their mark as the first women Prime Ministers of their countries. In that era where the women... Continue Reading →