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...
I just watched the latest Pixar animation movie - 'Soul'. It is a must-see even though not at the same level as their other movie - 'Inside Out'. Before we get into the actual blog a word about the creation process for these movies. Pixar movies generally speaking come from a ver...
Make Your Life Easy(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BTF2LLD), and You Can Do It(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086986YFL) are two of the books that I have authored. And they both start with the chapter on Suffering. My preference was to begin them with Grim Reaper, but my husband ma...
It is time for my annual Vipassana retreat blog.
Like all things this year, Vipassana retreat centres(http://dhamma.org) have been closed in most places. At the beginning of the year, I thought I might be able to do it in a centre - but as the year progressed that possibility...
Meditation, Spiritual, Journey, Self, Isha, Tolle, Yoga, Consciousness, Presence - these have become buzzwords today. Almost everybody I know is aware of these things even if they are not actively practising. There is an aura or mystery around the whole spiritual journey which fe...
I had given a talk to OSU - MBA students last year. And one of them asked me a question, 'I have seen the movie Dangal in which Aamir Khan had to fight with society and sometimes even his daughters to make them into national wrestling champions. I want to know how the experience ...
Have you ever been in a situation in your life where it felt like 'THE End Of The World'? Like, nothing would be ever right in your life again. What will people think of you? How will you ever get out of bed and face life again?
And here you are, reading my blog hale and hearty ...
I just finished watching a movie called 'Is Love Enough? SIR' by Rohan Gera. It is a love story set in Mumbai revolving around a prosperous guy who falls in love with his maid. There is a scene where his friend says, 'You cannot date your maid.' The guy responds with, 'Keep that ...
Have you ever wondered why the CEO gets the corner office on the topmost floor? Have you ever wondered why everybody has to rise when Judge enters the room?
There is a distinct hierarchy everywhere - in hospitals, airports even in Restaurants: head chef and a sous chef, Pilot an...
Adam and I were walking with Aki - our fabulous Shiba Inu pup one day. It was a hot summer day, and Aki was dragging his feet. We ran into another couple with their Shiba Inu pup. We exchanged notes, and they continued walking with their white Shiba Inu pup leading the way, happi...
'Stay hungry, Stay foolish' is a quote from Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford in the year 2005.
As per Quora, it means that one should never be content with what is, nor consider oneself an expert. There is always more to do/gain ("stay hungry" for knowledge) and m...
There is a lot of news about the suicide of the Bollywood Actor - Sushant Singh Rajput. It has raised questions on the powerful few who own most of the industry - which movies make it, who is the hero etc. Soon after that, there was another post from a singer stating that it is t...
So, I have been watching a standup comedy show called - Comicstaan on Amazon Prime Video. This is an Indian show featuring Indian comedians. I stumbled upon it - watched the trailer, loved the jokes and got hooked to it.
I have watched other standup comedians too, mostly western...
I have recently discovered Self-Compassion. I knew it was the right thing to do; it is something we should practice. But as we all know, there is a vast difference between knowing and knowing, right? When the student is ready teacher appears.
I watched the video by Kristen Neff ...
Recently, I have started noticing different things.
There are a lot more people who are walking their dogs.
I see father/son going on a walk.
I see mother/daughter running with their dog.
I see families going on bikes together.
I see couples walking around the park.
Wi...
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...
For reasons unfathomable at this point, I had watched Karate Kid sometime ago, and the line that stood out for me from that movie was - 'We think with our eyes.' We see something that feeds into our mind, and we create our lives through that.
It is very much like a computer - yo...
When I started my Bollywood Dance Class - I had no idea that it would be so much more than just dancing or driving Monday Blues away as I said on my website. What do I mean by this?
One of my very first clients was a hen night or Bachelorette party. It was the bride and her frie...
In the old days, farmers would let a piece of land be without crops for a season as it would regain its fertility. This land which was left as it is was called fallow land. There was another technique called crop rotation which involved rotating crops in a fashion to replenish th...
I am sure all of you have used rubber bands - they are very elastic. If they were stiff, then there is no point in using them. Each rubber band has its breaking point, but for the most part, they are flexible when it comes to holding things together - be it a small bundle of pens...
It is 2020, a new day, a new year, a new decade. Technically speaking, this is just another day with twenty-four hours in it. Non-technically speaking it is a big deal. People stay up till midnight to usher in this new dawn. Resolutions are made, relationships are built or broken...
I have talked about this topic in a few of my previous blogs. But every time I am in London, I am reminded of my global nomadic tribe despite living in Columbus. I cannot deny the almost visceral feeling that I am home while in London. Every fibre of my being relaxes knowing it h...