Board Games - Bonding Better with Family Members
There is a saying, Families that eat together stay together. In many families, although sadly on the decline, eating together one time a...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min
Giving up the need to be right
A wise man once said, “Avoid arguments if possible, especially if impossible”. Arguments are no doubt a part of every relationship and...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
All complaints of loved ones do not have to be attended to.
Boundaries for self People who are important to us in our lives, our spouse, children, parents, siblings, friends etc will come and...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 22, 2022
- 2 min
Teaching loved ones to carry their umbrellas
Like Helicopter Parents, there are Helicopter Spouses and Helicopter Siblings too. “I have to enter the kitchen to do something and my...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Don't expect people to work hard for your quirky needs
A relationship would always mean a compromise. The moment we have a relationship and live with someone, (parents, spouses, siblings,...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
MAID IN INDIA
Day 1 “She has quit the job”, the wife started, bitterness and anger rising in her. “Why are you saying that?”, her husband asked...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Being Non-Judgmental – The 40-60-80 Principle
We were headed on the Bengaluru – Hassan highway in my cousin's car. The weather was glorious, the road smooth and the conversation...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
The Apostrophe Connections in Our Life (In India)
Recently I ran into my friend who had come down from the USA where he stayed with his wife and two kids. Catching up with him over a cup...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min
The Art of Gifting
Recently an athlete from the Rio Olympics was gifted a BMW car by some sports association. The athlete wanted to return the car as the...
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Sarita Talwai
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
Covert Patriarchy
. I am guilty of endorsing it. I promote it when I go shopping with my daughter and coax her to buy 'suitable clothes'. I foster it when...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
Giving 'silent company' to people
"Give me some silent company" Recently someone came home and asked, “Are you busy?”. I replied, “Just answering some emails”. “Can I just...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
Why are you like you, be like me.
A conversation between father and son: “You are eating sweets in the end. You should eat it before you eat the curd rice” “No, I don’t...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
As an adult child, how to handle your parents' arguments and fights?
In our culture, adult children keep in constant touch with their ageing parents, many living in the same house or at least on two...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
Things that don't matter with people who matter
Harmony in relationships is priceless. Especially in relationships that matter to us – our close family, friends, colleagues. Many...
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