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What options do you have, really?

What options do you have, really?

They tell you that your whole life flashes before your eyes. It kind of does, when you are hanging on a steep cliff by a single tiny rock that threatens to give in any time and all you can see below is seemingly infinite distance to the ground. Don’t ask me how I...

The Tao of Sanil 4 – Raising Mom

The Tao of Sanil 4 – Raising Mom

So this month was Sanil’s 9th birthday. The thing with Sanil is that he loves his birthdays… that I am sure all kids of his highly-attention-seeking-and-totally-getting-it generation do. But he loves them so much that he starts planning the next one before the current...

Wait, are you forgetting something?

Wait, are you forgetting something?

The ‘you’ who you are, maybe? Life is pretty fast-paced these days. You have to put your best foot forward at any endeavour, be it professional or personal, to be of any consequence. With so much happening, life could be a constant marathon of proving your worth out...

The Tao of Sanil 3 – What is it about Winning?

The Tao of Sanil 3 – What is it about Winning?

“So I have been blessed with this teacher and guide, who decided to be born through me. My son Sanil, almost 9 now, has always been full of inquiries, observations, deductions and theories… Ever since I can remember and ever since he started communicating, we’ve had...

The Strangeness of it All!

The Strangeness of it All!

India is a strange country. We are strange people. I’ll say. The observation becomes a wee bit in-our-face when we are celebrating our festivals. Like today I celebrated Durga Ashtami just as countless others. Some more observations here: I worshipped little “Srishti”...

The Virtue of Not Knowing

The Virtue of Not Knowing

So I was at this impromptu dinner where I laughed so much that it hurt my cheeks (really grateful for I had had such rough time in the past couple of months). We talked about all sorts of things under the sun or beyond it. There was this German guy who was telling...

Can Passion be Created?

Can Passion be Created?

Taking up from where I had left off in the last blog on self discipline, a natural question that arises is: if passion is what it takes, how does one find one’s passion? Deeper yet, does everyone have a passion? Is there something for everybody, discovered or...

Understanding Self Discipline or the Lack of it!

Understanding Self Discipline or the Lack of it!

I would say that I have had a love-hate relationship with discipline of any kind. A part of me feels that “things happen”. Trying to push things into happening is unnatural, even brutal. Anything that doesn't come on its own is an imposition that serves on one. My...

Try Another Day…

Try Another Day…

Facebook and Apple will both cover the costs of egg-freezing procedures up to $20,000 for individual employees, according to NBC News. So what are you saying, Facebook and Apple? I have no intention to jump to any conclusions right away based on preconceived notions....

Just Chill?

Just Chill?

I have nothing against chilling. Believe me, I don’t. I can dance the whole night away – completely chilled. In fact, I belong to that rare class of chilled people who would be happy to spend their entire life reading books in a hammock by the sea side. But sometimes...

Dropping the Efforts

Dropping the Efforts

“Lie down on your backs. Drop all your efforts… and relax…” Oh how I like the sound of these magical words I keep waiting for every minute of my one hour plus yoga session in the morning! Don’t get me wrong, I love my yoga sessions but the call for “final relaxation”,...