Running your own race


Essays

The other day I got a call from a friend. He was concerned about the package and promotion his peers got. He got a decent hike as well. But that didn’t make him as happy. How Rancho topped the class was a bigger concern for Farhan and Raju rather than them getting passed. Happens with […]

July 25, 2021

Breaking the closet


Essays

I’ve always been an introvert as far as I can remember. But I don’t seem like an introvert when you meet me now. Inside that shy guy still prevails, but outside I display assertiveness. It took me lot of understanding of my behavior and lot of effort to mold my personality into what one may […]

July 5, 2021

Going beyond falling


Essays

Whatever you do you will fall. Sooner or later. That’s the truth of it. Every high has to be followed by low. Every success has to be followed by failure. There is nothing new in this. What most of us don’t realize is we are not completing the larger journey soon enough to witness this […]

June 26, 2021

Honesty is the best policy


Essays

This English proverb is so simple that people often take this as a joke. In the so-called real world, honesty doesn’t work, we hear. How we feel agitated when someone breaks the line and gets ahead of us. We’ve all seen how people have benefited by engaging in corruption-coercion and benefited. Not necessarily though. What […]

June 16, 2021

The Hero Fallacy


Essays

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a hero. Not the one in Cinema. But a real life hero. Whom everyone loves. Who, as shown in movies, fights for good. Saves the world. Who is talented and often without flaws.  When I started working, I worked like a hero. Someone who […]

June 16, 2021

Doing things that matter


Essays

As I begin writing this essay I am scared that I shouldn’t focus on how readers should perceive it, rather I should focus on what I originally intend to say. Creating perception is precisely why we do a lot of the things. If you were given an option of not doing anything at the office […]

June 15, 2021

Staying True


Essays

Have you ever stopped using Social Media for a bit? I did. It feels great in the beginning , then the lulls set it and finally you crave to get back. But you can’t. You start by taking baby steps, checking your account sometimes. And then comes the big dilemma. It goes something like this: […]

June 5, 2019

3 Habits


Essays

Ever felt that surge of energy while you are watching that inspiring movie or reading that awesome line somewhere that filled you with positivity and goodness. You are motivated to do things, all charged up to jump right into the action, but then you are in the middle of something so you wait, and start […]

May 15, 2018

5 Minute Break


Essays

For a moment forget about everything and walk with me. Forget that you have to sleep at 12 so that you can get up by 7 and be at the office at 9. You can be up till late and watch that movie or read that book or maybe both. Forget about the certain way […]

March 17, 2018

Artist or Manager?


Essays

People, my dear friends, are essential of two types. Like they say in old cliched movies, people who think by their heart and people who go with their brains. How often do we hear – follow your heart, do the right thing, enjoy the process etc. There are some people who actually take it to […]

March 17, 2018