Some people describe perfectionism as their quality and hobby. They are proud of it and boast about it. Why not? I think it is something that we believe qualifies us as intellectuals and ranks us high on the scale. But one thing I have learned later in life is to unlearn perfectionism. It does not …
Some people have the ability to talk to strangers on the phone for hours. They just pick up and know that on the other side sits somebody with the ability to speak. They know that these scattered mumbles and fragments of words actually mean something, and they begin responding with their own voices. Connection happens. …
This is a realization article. Now, I don’t know what it means—if this term doesn’t exist, then I’ve just invented it. In my dictionary, a realization act is something that made me realize anything in this life, something I’ve been doing all along but has turned out to be either wrong or not quite right. …
I know that in this life we nurture too many dreams and wishes, setting an array of goals for ourselves. We sometimes raise the barriers too high and make things unnecessarily difficult for ourselves. We become too harsh, setting restrictions that are impossibly elevated for our own spirits to reach. But I would like to …
This is about faith, and I am writing about it. That is quite an irony because at this point I should have been the last person in the world to do so, but here I am, and I’ll be doing it because it is in my hands. So if I were writing it with my …
In life, we are often taught to climb this treacherous mountain, because on the summit lies the elusive success. Not only is it steep, but labyrinthine as well, and sometimes it is in this overwhelming density that souls lose themselves, who they truly are beneath the surface. Maybe when we do set out in search …
Five Acts of Kindness. It sounds small — almost shy. What can five random gestures really do? But think of it like that famous “ek chutki sindoor” — one tiny pinch that changes everything. Just like how Ramesh babu didn’t know the power of ek chutki sindoor, we are unaware of the impact, these random acts of …
You know, I sometimes wonder if people wonder what happens after happy endings. Like, you’ve read the whole story, it began with some troublesome society or some part, and then it moved on towards a climax, you perhaps lose some of your favorite characters, or just make the bonds with some new ones, and the …