Ayesha DhallMar 10, 20201 minHappy Holi! A time to spread hope and joy! Today is Holi, the festival of colours. It has always been one of my favourite festivals. This year the celebrations were muted due to th...
Ayesha DhallMar 2, 20201 minI feel shocked and ashamed!The situation in my city escalated and took a terrible turn. Last week there were communal riots in the North East of Delhi. 46 people of...
Ayesha DhallFeb 24, 20202 min"How-to" build integrated communities... a few examples!Most of us would like to live peacefully with people of all strata - social, religious, economic, gender identities etc. We would like to...
Ayesha DhallFeb 14, 20201 minA Soul Connection : Having the same taste in music Youtube channel T-series clocked over 100 million subscribers this year, they became the most watched channel in the world. The content o...
Ayesha DhallFeb 9, 20201 minLight hearted soul searchingJust watched a few episodes of a YouTube series (and a podcast) called Metaphysical Milkshake. Actor Rainn Wilson who was part of the sit...
Ayesha DhallFeb 5, 20202 minA women led protest against the Citizenship LawShaheen Bagh, a peaceful sit in protest led by Indian women in a predominantly muslim neighborhood in Delhi has been in the news for many...
Ayesha DhallFeb 2, 20202 minGhiora Aharoni's exploration of interfaith co-existenceToday is the last day of the India Art Fair 2020 being held in my city. I found Ghiora Aharoni's assemblage sculptures particularly thoug...
Ayesha DhallJan 31, 20202 min'Visit My Mosque Day' at Bengaluru'Visit My Mosque Day' is a practice followed by 250 mosques in Britain, who hold an open day for people from the neighborhood. An initiat...
Ayesha DhallJan 28, 20201 minTwo heartwarming interfaith stories from India in the last few days...We celebrated our 71st Republic Day on 26th January, a day the constitution was formally adopted for governing the country. India is a co...
Ayesha DhallJan 17, 20201 minExploring an interfaith community for young adultsThe Interfaith Observer seems like a good repository of articles by researchers, scholars and volunteers. I will probably see myself goin...
Ayesha DhallJan 10, 20201 minSmall and big protests against the Citizenship Bill continueIn the last few weeks, the newspaper headlines and breaking news have moved away from the protests against the Citizenship Bill. Protests...
Ayesha DhallJan 8, 20201 minReligious tourismEngagement of Indian people with religion takes place in several different ways; rituals, festivals and pilgrimages are some of them. The...
Ayesha DhallJan 5, 20201 minYoung people are generally less religious affiliatedI am a young adult and as I am becoming more aware of my religious identity, I am also beginning to realise that it plays almost no part ...
Ayesha DhallJan 4, 20201 minReligion a force for brands to pay attention toReligion is a powerful force that drives the social behavior of Indians. I had undertaken a research project on ascertaining the demograp...
Ayesha DhallJan 3, 20201 min"....You and I are sons of one faith..." Kahlil GibranKahlil Gibran a Lebanese-American writer and philosopher, whose books are simple and very profound. My father used to quote from "The Pro...
Ayesha DhallJan 1, 20201 minIndia's Partition : a National Geographic filmI am continuing with the theme of the Partition of India. A few months ago, I caught this amazing National Geographic television show by ...
Ayesha DhallJan 1, 20201 minHappy New Year!Beginning the year with a quote by the Sufi mystic Rumi, which describes people to people relationships quite simply, "I belong to no rel...
Ayesha DhallDec 29, 20191 minPartition Museum in AmritsarHave you heard about this? Well, it is a multi-media museum which creates a vivid and heart rending narrative of the Partition of India. ...
Ayesha DhallDec 29, 20191 minRaimon Panikkar: a champion of Interfaith dialogueI heard about the late Raimon Panikkar during the Y4RH panel discussion. His biography is fascinating - he had a Hindu father and a Cata...
Ayesha DhallDec 27, 20192 minNinety percent Indians feel religion is very important in their livesWhile writing my research paper and analyzing the topic of religiosity of Indians, I came across the World Values Survey by a non-profit,...