Reflections

A friend like you?

Oftentimes, we might have experienced the famous 'sixth-sense' scenario, the rare episodes that we cannot describe in words, but which have helped us come out of difficult situations or saved us from prospective discomfort or inconvenience. It is natural for us to attribute such happenings to coincidence, luck, faith, destiny, prayer, etc, but in reality, it is our intuition that paves the way to the next scene in our personal drama of life. Each one of us possesses within us

Ever wondered what the difference between tea & chai is? Well, 'tea' is like inviting someone to your house whilst 'chai' is welcoming...

Ooooooo... What a treat to the eyes!! 52.5 kg 😁I knew and had this feeling that I had lost some of my kilos!!! But I could not verify...

How many of you have had the experience of being greeted very pleasantly either by known friends/acquaintances or family or even by total strangers in the street/mall or any other public place? I have had innumerable such experiences of pleasantries being exchanged between myself and the friendly other. Since I tend to greet everyone jovially, such an exchange comes naturally to me. If you look at it how much of your time or effort goes into giving a genuine smile to those yo

Among the many memories of several festivals I enjoyed during my childhood days in Gujarat and Delhi, I very fondly remember the...

The whole concept of bullying has many repercussions. It's not merely one isolated act, rather, it often stems from certain kinds of thinking patterns, the type of upbringing, personal childhood experiences, inner values, and individual accounts of karma (actions). During my childhood, I never encountered bullying, primarily because I am a resilient and strong person. Over time, my strength only grew as I developed the power to face challenges and understood the concept of ka

Ever wondered why even after we strive to achieve the maximum in a given time, many times we are not content? It's due to our race for...

I can never forget my new-motherhood days when I relearnt the word "motionless". As hard was the process to make my little one sleep, it was even harder to transfer her from my arms onto her bed!! It would sometimes take a few km of walk inside the house to lull her to sleep. After all that effort, one would not ever dare to dream of a woken-up baby let alone see her awake in reality. I would use all the force within me to shift her from my arms to the bed, making sure to not

It's not unusual for the middle-aged population to start doing what their senior counterparts, i.e. the older generation do! And that is...