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What Makes a Podcast Truly Great? My Top 5 Picks
In today’s incredibly busy and fast-paced lifestyle, one of the areas I’ve heard people struggle with is, finding time to read. People feel inspired, become more informed or feel entertained by reading books. However, there are alternatives that fulfil the same craving: inspiration, information, and entertainment. Believe it or not, we live in the ‘podcast…
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Hazara Culture Day Celebrated in New Zealand
Think Again, by Adam Grant discusses some complex yet psychologically and scientifically relevant matters that determine our thinking, henceforth, the outcome drawn from our inherent capacity, mindset. The book presents lessons we can adopt for improving the decisions we make in conflicts, leadership role, relationships, or social interaction. Adam Grant’s interpretation can challenge the mindset…
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Breaking the Parental Burnout: How to Stay Balanced, Energized and Inspired
Wonder by R.J.Palacio is arguably the most heartfelt and inspiring children’s book. It’s a story of Auggie Pullman, a young boy born with Treacher Collins syndrome. Through kindness and empathy, Auggie overcomes prejudice and becomes a symbol of courage in his community. In the 2017 movie adaptation, Jacob Tremblay plays the role of Auggie while…
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Parenting in the Digital Age: How to Build Real Memories in a Screen-Filled World
Parenting in a world of constant notification is not about rejecting technology – it’s about choosing balance. When we set our phones down, we show our kids that our time with them comes first before any notification. Barbara Johnson wisely puts it as, “To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in…
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The Greatest Gift a Parent Can Give: Time
Because in the heart of every child, time equals love. If this amazing experience of parenthood has taught me anything, it’s that the most valuable gift a parent can give is ‘time’. It is simple to lose sight of what really matters amid job deadlines, housework, and never ending to-do-lists. Yet, amidst all the noise,…
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In the Heart of the Hazara People Lives Baba Mazari
In his bestseller book ‘Sapiens’, Yuval Harari dives deep into the characteristics of humans that separate us from other living beings. This characteristic has evolved over not just decades or centuries but over millennia, helping us (humans) become super creatures, at least in our theory. He stresses that ‘cooperation’ has brought people of different ages,…
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The Swift Strategy: Turning Passion into a Powerful Personal Brand
With revenue of $2.2B, the Eras tour has become a case study for media corporations and economists around the world. Over 10.1 million people attended the tour across 152 shows in 51 cities and 5 continents. The numbers are staggering, the economic impacts are being studied in universities. New terms, Swiftonomics, the Swift Effect, Swift…
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Interesting places to visit in Auckland
Did you know about New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori) before Lord of the Rings? Did you know anything other than its Cricket team? Did the country become known to you because of its female prime minister, Helen Elizabeth Clark? Did you find New Zealand interesting after All Blacks’ haka performance in Rugby World Cup 2011…
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Happy Māori New Year – Manawatia Te Matariki
Choosing the ‘ethnicity’ option was never such a sternly dubious experience if I should write Afghan or South/Central Asian while completing a registration form. Yes, Hazara was deemed inferior on the list of ethnicities in official documents in Afghanistan. Yes, the institutionalized prejudice in recognizing the Hazaras was formidable, and that we felt profoundly strangers…
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The best prayer is not asking but ‘thank you’
Over the last 2 months, I have keenly reflected on this piece to make it sound positive and personal yet inspiring. While driving to work, I heard on The Tony Robbins Podcast, “The best prayer is not asking but thank you.” That has stuck with me since then and even shared it with my colleagues….
