5 things about success

If you want to be successful, you should know these 5 things about success: 1. “I want people to know I am successful” is a trap. You want that phone, that car, that salary, that brand – to look good.You want people to talk highly of you. Truth is...

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 entire...

On long-distance relationships

When I tell people that Ruchi (my wife) and I had a long-distance relationship for 2 years when I was studying in the US, an obvious question is “How did you two manage?” And the answer – as crazy as it may sound, is in part – “because we...

Keep asking questions

Recall the time when we asked a question in class and our teacher dismissed it as a stupid question? Suddenly we felt alone. The entire class laughed at us.We felt the teacher doesn’t like us anymore.We wondered why we asked in the first place.The best thing would...

Keep going, my friend

In 2012, I was 32 years old.And weighed 90 kgs! All my life, I had treated my body like a dustbin.Dumped it with bad food at erratic times, with total disregard. An accident led me to work on my health. At that time, my colleague Ajay Singh gifted me a very tight tee...