I was a born rebel—one of those rebelling without a cause. Do not ask me why, but if you ask me to do something, my first instinct is not to do it, even though I will do it eventually. I have always been making my own rules - rules are meant to be broken sort of mentality. Undern...
I woke up this Tuesday feeling disoriented - like not sure where I was. And as I continued with my meditation, exercising, that feeling persisted. And when I went to walk Aki, it hit me that I was in Columbus and had just returned from a stimulating three day weekend in New York....
A young woman lost touch with her dad as a child when her parents divorced. As she grows up, she desires to meet him - she finds out that he is dead. She wishes she had made an effort to reach out to him sooner.
A woman's in-laws shun her because she could not produce a male hei...
In the ten-day Vipassana(http://dhamma.org) retreat, Goenka Ji tells us a story about Kisa Gotami. Kisa Gotami was the wife of a wealthy man of Savatthi(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savatthi). Her story is one of the more famous ones in Buddhism(https://en.wikipedia.or...
I recently watched the movie - 'The White Tiger' on Netflix. It is one of those movies which has more than just a basic storyline. It depicts India, and it's culture - things that probably most Indians don't even think about anymore. But it goes a lot deeper than that. I have not...
When you read a book, do you wonder about the blank spaces around the words? Do you wonder about the blank pages on which the letters appear?
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When you enter a room, do you think about the space in the room? When you use the furniture, do you think ...
I had a dream that I was in a marketing office with my friend. My friend was having issues with her peer, and we were walking down the corridor to the boss's office. All of a sudden fire alarm start - annoying kind, Kiiiiii-Kiiiii Kiiiii. We look at each other and assume it is so...
I love solitude, the difference between being lonely and alone. Nature and a crowded city both let me be - which is why I find them both very soothing to my soul. I enjoy watching movies alone, eating by myself, going to cafes on my own. Best of all, I like to travel alone becaus...
One's progress in childhood is marked by how soon you can answer the question, 'What's your name?' And if you are also aware of your parent's names - you are going places.
As a newborn baby, you are utilizing your five senses to the fullest. Your understanding of your mom is thr...
I just finished a week of an exciting event called - Give Back Hack. It is an event where strangers come together and form teams around something they are passionate about - and then turn it into a working idea by the end of the weekend. And due to COVID this year it was a week-l...
"I certainly do not think. Hence, I hear the words that come out of my mouth at the same time as you hear them. This means that there is nobody teaching anybody here."
This is what Eckhart Tolle says to his audience in one of his retreats. It is funny when you hear it the first ...
How many of us daydream every day to escape from our daily grind? Imagining about writing a novel, buying your dream house, creating a reading nook in your home, your job as a CEO, your successful business, having kids, going to exotic places for vacation.... the list is endless....
All of us have been part of at least one of the following scenarios.
SCENARIO 1: Seen a kid, niece or nephew and commented on how much they have grown? - 'Oh My God - she has grown so much.'
SCENARIO 2: An uncle, aunt or somebody older than you comment on how much you have gr...
I recently finished reading the book - 'Girl On The Train' by Paula Hawkins. She is also the author of 'Gone Girl' which is also a movie. She is one of the rare authors who use unreliable narrators in her stories and does it well too.
This book is also very similar. I got caught...
Before 2020 I was living my regular routine - going to work, getting things done and accomplishing the goals I had set for myself. I also spent a considerable amount of time with Wild Tiger Tees. Wild Tiger Tees is a social enterprise which Adam, I and three of our friends formed...
A few days ago, NASA launched astronauts to the space station. And a few days ago George Floyd was killed as a result of police brutality or racial injustice as some of us would say it.
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Somebody in your team made a m...
Coronavirus seems to have crept on us from something that was happening elsewhere to becoming a global pandemic. When it first started, I never anticipated the impact it will have on the entire world. Even after we discover a vaccine, I suspect life as we knew it might not return...
If something is unfair and nobody is aware that it is unfair - is it still unfair?
I am writing this blog right after watching the Bollywood movie - 'Thappad' which translates into - 'Slap'. And I am writing this caught up in an emotion which can only be described as 'Outraged h...
My dad has been talking about this guy called Sri M for a couple of years. Sri M has written a few books, and my dad has read them all. The topic of Sri M came up again recently, and I decided to give his books a try. I share my dad's kindle - clicked on the book and voila downlo...
Coronavirus - Let's start with THE topic on everybody's mind. Even if you do not want to hear about it you have no choice - it is impacting almost everything. We finally gave in to the fear that we might have no food at home (which made no sense) and Adam decided to make a trip t...
I just watched the movie Parasite. (Disclaimer: there might be some spoilers below). It is a Korean oscar-winning movie. The premise, plot and complemented with the acting. It is not a light watch - instead, it left me feeling very heavy in my heart for reasons that I cannot arti...
In India when I was growing up, corporal punishment was allowed (it is illegal now). I still remember the punishments where one had to stand up with both hands up - straight and other was to bend down and put your hands underneath your knees and touch your ears (Called as the Mur...
At our village market a cow got free and was trying to eat the vegetables off the stalls - the owners and the customers shooed the cow away, and then life went back to normal.
During the cyclone in Tamilnadu, a few of the trees just fell.
During winter the trees shed their leav...