I am called a weirdo in my group of friends. Most of the times I am proud to justify I am different from them and the rest I would like to stick to the title of weirdo. It is a concealed pleasure to be both, to know that you are being someone who you want to … Read more
Eye Contact: On a sweltering hot day, with the sun at its peak, I was out with 2 of my guests from a different country, walking around the city. Imagine, If an Indian describes weather to be very hot, what would a person from the west describe it as? It was far easy for me … Read more
Are you a person who tries to escape meeting new people? Or are you the one who hides out with the fear of being embarrassed? Or are you the one who is wishing to be more confident? Well I was all the 3 earlier. I was so shy that I always asked my friends to buy … Read more
There is one constant beauty in LIFE, the idea of moving forward, the thought of growth, the pleasure of increased opportunities and the improvement in the quality of our life. However in all of our lives, there are those incidents which pull us back, which make us question ourselves, which make us think whether we … Read more
The 4 minute Mile The story dates back to 1954, it was a time when it was considered to be impossible to run a mile in 4 minutes. And people actually made fun of the ones who even tried. It was considered a herculean task, infact an impossible task to run a mile in 4 … Read more
Yesterday I went to the beauty parlour and after my grooming I paid the lady. As always the most common problem was regarding the change she had to give me in return. She searched for few minutes and said to get the change from the neighbouring shop. I went in search of it. I found … Read more
WHAT IS THIS OPPORTUNITY? What are opportunities anyway? I have come across quite a lot of interesting quotes about them, some more interesting than the others and it is quite confusing to come to a single definition. I finally boiled down to the definition by Dictionary.com, it just means – a situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal! . Or in other words, there is … Read more
A few days ago I came across a question on a Quora “What’s the point in living if everyone dies?” I was a little taken aback at this question and I was wondering as to why would someone post a question like that. It felt that it was portraying negativity all through. And as usual we … Read more
I drove back home yesterday night and the stray dogs which welcomed me regularly on my colony had grouped up I was a little irritated and also curious to see so many of them together. As I went closer I saw them being fed by a man. A single man feeding about ten dogs. I know … Read more
“You have all the time in the world to learn everything that needs to be learned – and you have less time to unlearn it” – Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers I have often cribbed about the society and its dogmas I have had this conversation with my team mate so many times that … Read more