adversity

I find it intriguing how people react to similar situations in very different ways, and wonder why this is. One mother who loses her child to malaria goes into complete meltdown but another will lobby the government to provide extra help...

HOW ADVERSITY BREEDS RESILIENCE I.J. Singh Every life has trying times that we would like to sidestep. But they are inevitable and there is no running away from them. But adversity may, in fact, be necessary to a purpose-driven productive life. Guru Granth, the Sikh scripture, clearly...

Journal of the Australian War Memorial "Great in adversity": Indian prisoners of war in New Guinea Peter Stanley {1} Hitherto little attention has been directed to the experience of Indian prisoners of war in South-East Asia, and much of that had concerned the formation of the...

Mool Mantar - Affirmations Amidst Adversity by JASTEENA KAUR DHILLON In moments of reflection during the silences that briefly emerge between the noises of my work, between the crackle and fire of guns and bombs, and the torrents and thunder of rains and winds, I try and get...

Chardi Kalaa in the Midst of Extreme Adversityby JASTEENA KAUR DHILLON It has been a great life so far, well that is the way I feel when I sit with my "chai" on my cushions on a quiet Saturday morning at home. I am elated to know that I am...

Guru Tej Singh's story of adversity and success Job Security http://www.sikhnet.com/Sikhnet/news.nsf/6e4adfca2814ed9b87256c450079181e/9635a2289b07b3c887257058005de60a/Body/169.35BA!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif Gurutej Singh describes how job rejections led to the founding of the...