You always have yourself!

This is a story across 20 years, that I still can’t believe. 27th August 2002 – I took my first ever flight in my life. It was for the USA. Papa had to take a Rs. 55,000 loan to pay for the one-way ticket. I still remember the scene at the Delhi airport. My...

Focus, and lack of it

Focus is something we choose for our own selves. For the life that we have chosen. Our career. Focus makes us accountable. But there is another perk of that focus: The right kind of focus leads us to stop focusing on what others are doing wrong, and start looking for...

What is happiness?

Happiness is not about experiencing something new or something exciting. It is continually experiencing what you already have, in different ways. And this also means that happiness is rarely about doing more. Instead, it is about having the time, space and wisdom to...

What if?

A lot of us do not want to live by the conventional route. We want to explore and challenge ourselves. But our fears hardly let that happen. What if I fail in singing? What would I tell my parents if I couldn’t earn as much as Sharma ji’s son? What would my friends...

A peek into the future

If we were given a chance to peek into our future, we’d certainly not miss it. What if we knew that the way we live our days is setting up our foundation for our future? This also enables us to change our past, because the present of today is the past of the future....