The Young Professionals Debate is one of my many highlights from the recently concluded World Water Week 2024, held from August 25–29, online and on-site at Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm. This year’s debate focused on “building bridges to a water-secure future.” It raised the question: is conflict a necessity for water security and resilience? “Let … Read more
The days are counting and I am truly looking forward to the evening of Monday, November 13, 2023. It is World Kindness Day and in the company of a few friends and strangers, I will publicly share with the world this new book titled Random Acts of Kindness. Inspired by one little, very random act … Read more
8 billion people: the problem is not the population, the problem is the inequality. In November 2022, the world’s population crossed 8 billion people, according to UNFPA’s 2023 state of the earth report (keep that in mind when next you hear someone say there are 7 billion people on Earth). I know that a popular … Read more
About a year ago, I wrote about how most people in their 20s and 30s haven’t quite figured out what to do with their lives. Even today, I believe that is still the true case for many. Year in, year out, many people just keep trying this and trying that, with the hope that one … Read more
Parents aren’t perfect. Many have made mistakes, varying from small mistakes to grave, seemingly unforgivable mistakes; and while most of them are living with some sense of regrets about how they’ve raised their kids, it doesn’t negate the truth that there are things worth appreciating about our parents. For those, whose parents are still alive … Read more