Understanding how to restart your life
What happened that morning is still fresh in my mind. I had got up with a lot of ideas that disguise themselves as dreams. Some of these ideas had also arranged themselves into sentences and I was eager to write all of them on my laptop before other activities decided to bully them into jumping...
Unconventional portrayal of Human-Nature interactions
Nature, like good branding, loves simple ideas. There are no complex routes prescribed, no obfuscating insights to master, no impossible-looking flow-charts dotting the path, and no shiny slogans cover them. For instance, if research shows that one-time-use plastics are harmful for the environment, a simple resolution to not use plastics by the common man is...
Yoga, fragrances, and relationships
Yoga is more than the relationship between businesses and politics though our news agencies would deny this vehemently. I insist that yoga, relationships, and fragrances go together. By the way, when they are moving ahead as one, they last longer than any Eau de Parfum or Eau de Toilette if I may add. No limits...
Fitness is all about seeking the right balance
‘Life is one big gym…’ I began, but before I could go any further, Specky, my wife nodded her head in disagreement. She said, ‘Oh! Come on. Life can also be Talkatora Garden, right? People can go there and walk without having to pay anything. Why must life be a gym? Why must it be...
My selfie notes
Surely you’ve heard people calling a selfie as something superficial, a beautification of the mundane, and an activity that can potentially harm life, relationships, and our links with the future. Come on, a selfie isn’t a villain but a quaint art-form that is still evolving. I would rather say that seeing a good selfie is...
Smart technology respects age
My father is eighty-seven and tech-savvy. I mean he has a smartphone that he uses for forwarding pictures and texts on Whatsapp and has his profile on Facebook. No, twitter timelines move too fast for him and he laughs, ‘This one needs me to be too precise and I like telling only long-winding stories.’ There...
Surges, strikes, and skills
Cabs have always been the source for intense discussions. Our decision at home to go for a car was because we were not happy with cab-culture in Delhi. From drivers unwilling to give you a metered ride to those who asked for sums that even the Gods would have refused, this city had trouble written...
No blue, no green
We are living in times when even newspapers are carrying rep[orts of how wells are drying up and how water bodies in cities have been usurped by those wanting to construct houses and commercial complexes over them. Leakages in pipes supplying water to homes invite severe protests and action from authorities. Political parties invest money...
The day BoVo impressed my wife
It was evening and almost time to go to the cinema to watch Padmavat. Specky, my wife, asked, ‘Is there any way we can listen to some sort of a synopsis of this movie? I mean, we hardly have enough time to sit and read reviews.’ ‘Yes, of course,’ I said, ‘Google on the mobile...
To shop or not to shop
Smartphone users are a fickle breed. They get fascinated with clicking pictures and then become a part of a selfie wave. There are some who are constantly on the look-out for the best audio experience. Then again there are those who are forever bothered by the number of photos, videos, songs, and movies that they...
Between a house and a home
Between a house and a home Stand dreams and a groaning wallet So from store to store I roam Until the right balance is met. Lines like the ones I’ve just penned may not be true for everyone but the fact yet remains that the final conversion of a house into a home happens only...
Getting fit is almost like writing a short-story
There is one story that invariably comes to me mind whenever I see my friends tying themselves into complex knots when pursuing fitness. These friends go around with long lists of what to eat and what not to eat, time schedules that appear to my mind as roaring dictators, actionable plans that leave no space...
