I was shopping in the market,when they all flee,Saying, “death by coronawill come to thee”I stopped by my friend,who would not see meSaying, “We are quarantined,My wife and me”So, I sat down in a restaurant,But […]
Category: Opinion
Why I stopped watching the News?
Sunday night news, everyone in my family was watching it except for me. I watched news occassionally earlier but only recently have I started despising it. In times of pandemic when everyone is stuck in […]
Being Overly Competitive
Ever met someone in your life whose sole purpose of living seemed to compete? Did you not wonder what keeps them going? What was it with their unstoppable desire for power? When would they be […]
Furiously Happy – Book Review
Does the cover of this book make you smile? (because I completely fell in love with it. so much so that I bought the kindle edition last month.) That scary-looking, overly delightful raccoon is very […]
Why things go wrong at work? (Theory)
Do you wonder why things are not looking good at work? Why does your hard work not pay off proportionally? Why is it that Tom, Dick & Harry got promoted while you are stuck here […]
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Last month, I picked up this book as I was intrigued with its title. It took me only a week to finish this read and all this time I had many Aha moments, where I […]
The Indian head wobble
If you’ve ever witnessed an Indian wobbling his head,
You’ve probably wondered “was that a yes or was that a no“? OR
Perhaps you thought there’s something wrong with that neck
while he viscously nodded to your speech?
The Habit of People Pleasing
There is a fine line between being nice and being a people pleaser. Do you realize when you’ve leaped your boundaries to make someone happy? Do you know, when to say “NO”? Can you stand […]
My Top Five Reads since 2019
I realize, I’ve been reading but haven’t been writing about the books I’ve read so far. That does no good, considering the short term memory I have. 🙄 So last weekend, I spent some time […]
The Conundrum of Indian Marriages
There never has been enough clarity on why marriages are a big buzz in India and the latest addition on Netflix portraying “arranged marriages” adds more to this confusion. I hated the show (although I […]
The Perks of being Judgemental
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1. You get a chance to self reflect
2. The world owes you for your charitable framework
and more [..]
Happiness is a Myth
Happiness is unreal. Our own instincts are designed against it. There are thousands of books on the topic of Happiness. The self help industry is basically obsessed with this subject. Happiness is not a natural state of our minds. If it were, why would we need to learn to be happy? [..]
Are you being overly defensive?
Have you been in a situation before where you came out defensive? Did someone set your alarms off or did you bring up your shield even before the attack occur? Were you called overly emotional […]
What is it like to be around “Resentful People”
Disclaimer : This is not a self help article , so don’t be worried about getting any free advice. 😛 If you are looking for some, you are better off reading LinkedIn posts that offer […]
Finally I’ve finished this 1000 pages book
In the beginning of March, when Covid 19 had not become a phenomenon yet, I bought this bestselling book on suggestion of my spouse. He read this book when he was young and it left […]
I wouldn’t have known North Korea without this Book
Few years back, if you were to ask me about North Korea, I would tell you – it’s just some country in East Asia. I didn’t know then about the totalitarian regime in North Korea and how distinct it was from South Korea. Neither did I know, how life in North Korea differed from rest of the world. [..]
God save humanity!
Close to 75000 species become extinct every year. This is nearly 1000 times the natural rate. (Thanks to the human intervention). We have 8.7 million species today. At this rate, all of them will be […]