Become More by Giving Up
I have always had this question in my mind. How do I become more? How do I become more of a human being? As humans we are privileged because we have the faculty of intelligence – we can distinguish...
View ArticleWhy are we here?
Is human-ness a chance occurrence? Or do we have some special purpose? Why is it that only we can do all these different things and other animals cannot? It is privilege no other creature enjoys. So...
View ArticleAre you a Good Student?
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey (American Philosopher) You might be thinking “What is he talking about?”But hear me out. We are all students of some...
View ArticleOn Why I Write
For more than 10 years now, I have been a corpoarte worker. I have changed more jobs than an average Indian (5 jobs), and I have changed more industries than average (3 industries) in search of that...
View ArticleHow can children learn so fast?
Learning is a life-long process. But the rate at which we learn decreases as we grow older. Children are fast learners. Under normal circumstances, a child can learn 4-5 languages from a very early...
View ArticleDuties versus Rights
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. Andrew Carnegie Duties are those which must be done given one’s place or phase in life. A student must study, parents must look...
View ArticleArise awake and stop not till the goal is reached!
You think you are awake? Think twice. You think you are doing fine? You could do much better. You think you have achieved all your goals? You have not even reached the shore of the ocean you want to...
View ArticleTake up One Idea and Make that One Idea Your Life
So much to do and so little time. Yet we are wasting our time. We have the potential for greatness. But not the zeal. We are like dead batteries. We need a massive jolt of charge to bring us back to...
View ArticleStep out of your comfort zone
The Comfort Zone In a regular job, as the monthly paychecks keep on coming in with relentless regularity, we enter what is known as the “comfort zone” – a state of monotonous mediocrity, mundane...
View ArticleYou are Infinite
You are Infinite they say You are Infinite, our Great Rishis have said. But what do they mean? Men are mortal, they are finite in size and a resident of a finite earth which is bound by finite laws of...
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