Gerald D'Cunha

“When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers.” Sanober Khan   M y wife had just returned home, late last evening, after making a presentation. One of her seniors, who she always admired, had done the major part of the presentation. “She is too good,” my wife said as she walked into the house, “I wish I could do presentations like her.” I had just finished watching the following video from AGT (America’s Got Talent) … and I had watched it, back-to-back, thrice…  T he goose bumps were still there on my body… The spell hadn’t left me, yet… Inspired, I had, instantaneously, decided to create a blog around it…The quote had been already typed: “When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers.” Sanober Khan   “Come here,” I called my wife, “read this.” You see, even in my wildest dreams, I will not be able to sing in my own house, leave alone like Putri Ariani, and leave alone on a gigantic s...

  It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok If you’re lost We are all a little lost and it’s alright It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok, It’s ok If you’re lost We are all a little lost, and it’s alright (From the original song ‘It’s ok’ by   Nightbirde)   ‘G race’, ‘Gratitude’, ‘Acceptance’, ‘Peace’… we use these words so regularly; but, I would say, so loosely, too. These words assume a spiritual dimension only when we express them from the depth of our existence… When we meet ‘Life’, and fear no death. Life of Jane Kristen Marczewski, who wrote songs and sang them under her professional name ‘Nightbirde’, testified to what I have just said in the preceding para. On February 19,2022, at the age of 31, Jane lost her battle with breast cancer. From the time she was first diagnosed with cancer in 2017, Jane was declared ‘Cancer-free’ twice. But, the disease returned to haunt her, again and again. During this painful period, Jane had to undergo enormous amount of, both, ...