Kavya Chugh shares her volunteering and interning experience with Wishes and Blessings! It has now been more than half a year that I have been volunteering at Wishes and Blessings and slightly less than that of my journey interning as a writer, but throughout the time that I have been honored to be associated with […]
“Sexuality is who you want to be with. Gender identity is who you want to be in the world.” – Hari Nef What is the difference between gender and sexuality? Gender is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male, female, or intersex. There is more to gender than just […]
Media has become a huge part of our lives. From performing its function of connecting us with different members of the community to providing news about what is happening all around the world- it is the most powerful weapon on Earth with the ability to make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent. And that […]
A small act of compassion can go a long way in giving back and bringing about a positive change in someone’s life.“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples” were the famous words of the benevolent Mother Teresa. She is the epitome of how […]
In the first half of the 20th century, science fiction familiarized the world with the concept of artificially intelligent robots through movies. By the 1950s, we had a generation of scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers with the concept of artificial intelligence (or AI) culturally incorporated in their minds. But the field of AI wasn’t formally founded until […]
80,000 hours is the amount of time an average human being spends working, or in other words, pursuing a career. And these are the hours that define the two most important aspects of a person’s life – success and happiness. So, what do we do – listen to the head, or follow our heart? Choosing […]
The elderly are full of wisdom and worldly knowledge owing to their lived experiences. This is why we approach older people for guidance and often take their advice before making important decisions. Unfortunately, in the era of fast-moving life we tend to forget or become ignorant towards their needs. Furthermore, Covid has not only imposed […]
In wake of the recent events of humanitarian abuse in Afghanistan, here are a few poems which capture the dread, suffering, and horrifying experiences ordinary people have to endure when war and violence disrupt the homeland. Walk Home Feet shuffle on the sandy soil Underneath lies a wooden stage, But the echoes in the auditorium […]
Throughout the world, the proportion of old people is growing, while the attitudes of families towards their care are simultaneously changing. What were previously considered the normal results of ageing are being increasingly recognized as the result of illnesses, deprivation or externally or internally inflicted abuse, and therefore avoidable. Unlike developing countries, the developed ones have […]
Wishes and Blessings has a volunteer wing called ‘Squad for Change’, where individuals wanting to bring change in society are coming together to share ideas and build a network of changemakers! While on-field visits are put on hold due to the lockdown, volunteers from across the country are working hard to come up with unique […]
