The United Nations in Sri Lanka following the idea of the UN Sectary General's Special Envoy on Youth - Ahmad Alhendawi, became one of 20 nations so far to implement the first ever United Nations Youth Advisory Panel. This exciting new initiative [so new that the existing 20 panels have all been around for under 6 months at best] is ...

(This I wrote a long time ago during my time at the University of Sydney. And when I found it today and re-read it, it reminded me of two amazing women who taught me what a feminist truly was. I had never applied the label to myself before that (Although I believed in equal rights). In the time I knew ...

So I started talking about shoes and heels and my love for them and began to source some 'I wish I had them' pictures from Tumblr to blog about.Blogger is lame and will only let me do it three at a time. So as promised...PART II! (Side note...why is it that Part II always sounds...very anticlimactic?)I just don't even need ...

(See Part One, Two and Three - this section covers the Amanda Knox Trial and the Oscar Pistorius shooting. Also the last section I will be sharing, the conclusion is not as fun to read) 5.1) Amanda Knox TrialOn November 2nd 2007 British student Meredith Krecher’s body is found in the villa she shared with Amanda Knox in Perugia, Italy. ...

(I can't imagine how anyone could not love this piece. Its touching, emotional, simple and really lovely. Came across this on Kottu a while back and had to share. You can find Subha's Blog here and the original post here)Happy Birthday, Ammi.Thank you for Pedro Almodovar.Thank you for T.S Elliot and Virginia Woolf and Germaine Greer.Thank you for that time ...

So the time has come. After 2 years of scribbling almost everything in my obsessive compulsive way - the last page of the original Little Pink Notebook as been written in.When I revamped the blog a few months ago, with a new layout and name - it was this notebook that I carry everywhere with me, and scribble in constantly, ...

On Saturday evening with a full heart, I boarded the plane at the Ahmedabad airport in India to return after an incredible 3 days attending 'Shape South Asia'. This was the regional South Asian Community meet of the Global Shapers Community taking place for the first time, hosted by the Ahmedabad Hub with Shapers from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, ...

What happens when you put 356 passionate, remarkable, loud, very special and stellar people; from 156 different cities spanning over 150 countries together for 4 days in the beautiful city of Geneva?The experience of a lifetime (please forgive the cliche).Who are the Global Shapers and the Global Shaper Community (GSC), you may ask? You can explore the various Hubs, Shapers, ...

If this is indeed the last summer the world will have, then my dears I am quite pleased with it. I have a rich, satisfied feeling – the same one you get when you have a mouthful of creamy tiramisu and its meeting at exactly the right speed. This summer has been rather like that - wonderful, decadent and lovely. ...

My Little Pink Notebook achieved the following 10,000 page views since the blog was created in 2008AND1900 points thanks to voters on PaperBlog since I have been hosted on the site a month agoI feel amazed. And thrilled. Thank you everyone who reads this nonsense!

This amazing video by Katie Makkai, a veteran poetry slammer - defines the word 'pretty'.You can't NOT think when you watch this. You just can't."This is about the self-mutilating circus we have painted ourselves clowns in. About women who will prowl 30 stores in 6 malls to find the right cocktail dress, but haven't a clue where to find fulfillment ...

There is something about lyrics that you hear and just connect with. That to me is very much a big part of the beauty of music. The following comes from Taylor Swift's 'Mine'. Incidentally the Glee cover is also amazing and you should give it a listen.I was a flight risk, with a fear of falling. Wondering why we bother ...

(I was invited to write this piece by the International Federation of Journalists (Asia Pacific) who along with the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN)launched a special capsule report Media's #MeToo Moment which shines the spotlight on sexual harassment at media workplaces in South Asia. This capsule report was launched ahead of the release of the 16th edition of the ...

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - President Barack Obama The world waited with bated breath - most of the international community seemingly taking to social media to pray and hope the 'Yes We Can' mindset ...

I look for warmth in your smileAnd sincerity in your heartI look for laughter in your eyesAnd passion in your touchI don’t look at your pastOr your mistakesI don’t look for where you’ve been But where you are goingSo don't look at mineI hope you look at meFor dreams that grow biggerAnd a smile that sometimes waversHope that occasionally fadesBecause ...

I haven't done a random personal update in a while...so for my mysterious readers here we go. I type this in my Intellectual Property Law lecture. The discussion class where basically we rehash what was covered in the last lecture. Boring.I've started pinning on Pintrest which is fun. Its a good place for me to group these random things I ...

(Fictional prose after a long time - although this is not quite a short story, somewhere in between. Pain, frustration, love and fear - all best written than felt as they say. Enjoy!) She glared at him, for the first time in years feeling the full force of anger rise up within. It wasn’t anger alone in the cocktail ...

(Judge me - I enjoyed watching Desperate Housewives. It was like a guilty pleasure of mindless, funny, bitchy television that I indulged in.Easily my favourite character was Bree. The Bree of later seasons, once she had gotten some shaking up and scandal under her belt - but she never lost her hilarious uptight wit that resulted in some excellent lines. ...

(I don't normally share other people's work on my blog...no particular reason, I just don't. But occasionally I come across something that is beautiful and lovely and strikes a chord and I decided that I SHOULD share it. So the first one is from Zainul Meeadh. You can find the original post 'You're so Pretty' here and his blog 'Lil' ...

(So more sharing of other people's work. Poetry this time from Mr Wasaam Ismail. Anyone who reads this with regularity *cough*my mother*cough, will remember the review of 'What If' I did in 2011, a play that he wrote, directed and starred in. I couldn't find his blog to link you guys, but eh hopefully it'll turn up somewhere. I love ...