May: The sun is out again, so let’s talk about happier things.

May 2024

Note from the editor, Purva Grover

We’ll confess, the rain and the storm did leave us scared. We prayed for everyone’s safety and hope you and your loved ones are safe. The natural crisis taught us many lessons about resilience, patience, and volunteering to care for others. Our hearts respect strangers’ courage to help one another and how the authorities and staff worked tirelessly across departments to offer aid, solutions, and more. Our prayers go out to those who suffered, and we hope they can emerge stronger from what they underwent. We’re fortunate to live in the UAE, where everything is done to keep us safe.

The sun is out again, so let’s talk about happier things. We learn why adding fibre to our diet is a good idea; another expert teaches us how to prepare for a recruitment drive. A book review by one of your peers inspires us to read. The fact that many of you are fantastic storytellers comes alive in the fiction submissions that have come our way. We enjoyed reading your poetic submissions as well. “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it originates from emotion recollected in tranquility,” said William Wordsworth. Please continue exploring this creative expression genre and see where it takes you!

Have a bestie who likes to be in charge all the time? We know you love that friend, but sometimes it can get too much, right? Find tips on how to deal with such friends. Art can inspire us in myriad ways, be it teaching us to be more expressive or inspiring us to do more for the planet.

As always, we’re eager to hear from you, and we encourage you to own this space and colour it with your thoughts. This is your canvas, your notebook — use it to share your talent with one and all.

Until we meet next, keep reading, shining, and creating.