In a line

Lines are good. We all stood in them in the school assembly. And then we grew up. To go to college. And then office. But the lines still existed. In a coffee shop. In an airport check-in gate. In a metro. With only one difference: Our teachers were not there anymore,...

Do this in your 20s

Spend time with people nothing like you. So that it opens up your mind. Build a routine. So that it gives you the discipline to do the things you should be doing. Workout. To respect your body and keep it productive and fit. What else would you...

Stop!

Stop seeking attention.Stop seeking validation.Stop seeking goals that you never wanted in the first place. When you stop seeking what is only an external metric but drains you from within, that is when you truly grow and start fulfilling yourself. The best growth...

A good life

DDLJ is one of the most popular movies in the history of Indian cinema. No wonder, almost every person I know loves that movie. However, there is one favourite scene of mine from the movie, which a lot of people tend to forget. It is about Simran’s...

Fail often

How to deal with failure? Fail often. Not the kind of failing in exams, or making a disastrous life decision. Rather the smallest of things. Asking a stranger for money.Greeting a stranger in the elevator.Sending that cold email to the CEO of the company you want to...

Being right or doing right?

I am right.What I did was right.I am always doing the right thing. Vs I could have been wrong. Let me know the truth versus figuring who is right and who is not.There is more power in knowing the right thing to do, than to know who is right. Smart people, when they...