Sujatha Bagal is a writer based in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. She also blogs about parenting, travel, books, movies, food and politics at Blogpourri, which she started in Bangalore to document life as an expat in that city.
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The rudest city? They don't hold doors, but they aided each other when it was needed. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Humanity, compassion, empathy. In the end, that is what World Wide Help is all about.
Most human relationships, fortunately or unfortunately, do not thrive on material rewards alone.
My approach to the penalty shoot-out changed drastically as I watched the duel at midnight between England and Portugal.
How to survive "in an insane world in which the line between truth and fiction has completely blurred."
The family stuck together against tremendous odds, forsaking cushy lives in relatives' houses so they would not be obligated to anybody.
A story of determination, perseverance, kindness, love and good humor getting the better of adversity.
It is in those moments when I can see myself being a monster that I remember the movie Life is Beautiful.
Instead of looking outward for the sources of our problems, we would do well to look inward.
Taliban claims responsibility for Indian engineer's death in Kandahar.
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