I suffered a second-degree burn on my right palm and fingers last week. For a bit there, right before I almost passed out from the pain, I thought there existed no word in the dictionary to define what I was experiencing. It was sheer torture. And while I was in…

Adieu, RBG. I remember vividly when my parents would go to my school to collect my progress report — it was on one of those second Saturdays, and funnily enough, I’d look forward to it whenever I’d top the class! It was my moment of glory when Sister Flavria would…

Perhaps even after… If you are WFH, you can relate to this. Those 5 minutes of chit-chat, when you are waiting for the rest of the invitees to join the call, a typical question is, “Hey, how’s it going?” I tracked this for a few days, and the responses are…

Remember the trip to the theme parks in the BC (Before Corona, chuckles!) days? The Pendulum, Drop Tower, Roller Coaster, Reverse Bungee, etc.! Come to think of it, these dare rides are predictable — you know the risks involved. While you are at it, you let your hair down, you…

Here’s how you can change the narrative. Ved Vyas (author of the Mahabharat) must have been a divine soul. Else he couldn’t have possibly crafted a masterpiece such as the Mahabharat, which serves as a metaphor for our lives even now. It is also a sheer coincidence that I write…

I watched Gunjan Saxena on Netflix. The film talks about how Flight Lieutenant, Gunjan Saxena makes history in her journey from aspiring aviator to India’s first female combat pilot in the Kargil War. Despite all the controversy surrounding this film, I was immensely drawn to the character portrayed by Gunjan’s…

Today is Ganesh Chaturthi (A Hindu festival). It is a family tradition to bring home the Ganesha (the elephant-headed god in Hindu belief) idol with great joy. I remember as a child, my dad and I would go on an idol hunt and spend copious time looking for “the one.”…

How to create a winning mindset. When you watch an action film, do you look at the pawn from the villain’s army who goes flying on the ground from being beaten up (rightfully so) by the hero/heroine and ever say, “That’s who I want to be”. That fallen, corrupt, pathetic…

It’s a nice sunny Sunday and I decided to make me some guacamole & boy did it turn out amazing! I was looking forward to it ‘cos I was making it after quite a long time. It took me back to the last few months when had I spent a…