Every year November 13 is celebrated as World Kindness Day and is a national holiday in many countries including United States, Canada, Australia and some parts of South Asia. Introduced in 1998, the day was observed as a part of the World Kindness Movement with a pledge to build a kinder and compassionate world.

At a time when the world is still dealing with the pandemic, the impact of what the world has been through since 2020 has diverted attention to individual well-being and kindness to oneself, more than ever in recent years. Dr Ruhi Satija, a city-based psychotherapist says, “We can only do that if we are kind enough to accept that we need a change. When someone extends kindness to us, we notice and it makes a difference in how we feel and view life. We need to think of how it can be translated into an act of self-kindness.”