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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]As a kid, I wanted to conform. I didn’t have a penchant for sticking my neck out and standing out this way in society.
Oh, you went to Europe?
Yes.
Where all did you go?
Germany and Denmark.
That’s it, just two countries?
Ya….. I was cycling. :)…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I want to share a few thoughts on being single. I mean being single after the typical Indian marriageable age. For most Indian communities "marriageable age" passes once you cross late 20s and early 30s. It has now been a few years since I wrote my 'How To Be Awesome By 30' post,…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Parent:"In India one shouldn't cycle. The traffic is too risky"
Me:"in India one shouldn't do a lot of things cause it is too risky for eg: crossing the roads"
*parent agrees whole-heartedly*
From a long time I have been noticing that social acceptance makes people FEEL SAFE. Note that it only makes them feel…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Random conversation in a yoga center far, far away,
Monk: At the end of the day, you should be happy
Me: *looks unconvinced*
Monk: isn't it?
Me: Really? Is happiness the most important thing?
Monk: I don't know
I also didn't know then. At least I couldn't articulate at the time my problem with making 'Happiness' the…
From solo traveling to spirituality to entrepreneurship, I keep choosing to do stuff that is statistically uncommon. So when I am sitting with a bunch of people, I am usually different. Earlier I had some hesitations - is it okay if I did this? What would people think? But, over the years, I find it…
Recently a work colleague was telling me about a friend who was cribbing a lot about her boss loading her with a lot of work. She was working on weekends while the boss went traveling. My colleague suggested to her that she get a boyfriend. I thought this was a really bad suggestion. We didn't…
Resolutions can only happen after a round of self evaluation. Make this is a conscious process to evaluate your life, looking at various aspects. And then arrive at a resolution rather than ad hoc.
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]One of the things that are fundamental in life are your thoughts. And part of my spiritual journey and life is to think correctly. It means no rote repetition of what people keep saying but looking at the realities.
Trust is a word often used, but mostly in a very wrong…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]There are some experiences that have a more fundamental impact on your life while others last in your mind for a while but they don't majorly really change anything much.
Should be noted that you may be thrilled, get mental kick over something but fundamentally it may change nothing. So there…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Have you tried to logically think out life situations? But your heart says something else. It can be a toss up and a situation that a lot of us may have faced at some time or the other. The proverbial heart v/s mind scenario.
Over time I have realized that this situation…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Dear Family,
Recently something shook all of us up. The news was shocking and we were all very concerned for the people involved. It was sensitive and it was something that we wish never would have happened. But it did, and we were informed of it.
Once being informed as part of the…
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2014 for me has been a significant year. This is the year I have come out of the closet, a little. Usually people come out of the closet with socially unaccepted secrets like they are gay or are HIV +ve or some such matter. The reason they were not talking…