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It was quite a journey from the farms till the store, where some people arranged me and my friends to live on a vegetable crate. I had ripened up a bit, when I finally got picked up by a lady. I was then   packed, billed and brought to her home. Her children loved mango pickle is why she apparently bought me, I understood from her conversations. It was rather cold, and I was glad that she did not take me out of the paper cover that the shopkeeper covered me with. Good for me.   In the evening, she opened the fridge and took me out. A small portion of me was cut and salted thoroughly to be enjoyed by the children.   She took a bite and from what she expressed; I understood that she is not probably going to pickle me. She kept the rest of the mango inside the fridge, this time without the cover. I froze. I hoped that the family would think of making a warm meal with me or pickle me. The coldness of the refrigerator made my skin freeze to hardness and the juice in me began t

With new opportunities also comes to fear and self-doubt. How can we navigate these very strong forces in order to reach our fulfillment? Deepa Sriram (Technical Writer) , Senior Technical Writer (2017-present) The best way is to define the fear in as many words as is possible in the given situation. The next would be to ask ‘So what?’… How does it matter to you if your fear comes true? In situations like work, it will be at the maximum an extended learning time and coping with the new role and such minor issues. Always one rule has worked for me: If it is coming to me and I take it, it is because I have to learn from it. If I don't take it, then maybe it is correct for me at this point in time and that is why I let the opportunity go. Fear and self-doubt are only common in every walk of life… Just believe that it is OK to do anything that won't kill anyone or rob their account or steal their peace of mind. Any action that

It was a shock to see this WhatsApp news item that brought the sad demise of one of the successful businessmen. I dismissed the thought with a sigh at the first instance. Next mention was when I heard someone talk about the same loss. This time, I got thinking about it a little. About an hour ago, many hours after the demise of this gentleman, I read a silent news ticker on a television channel on the same sad demise. That’s when I dialled a friend of mine. For a strange reason, I felt disturbed about the death of this businessman, who is not related, or known to me. It was a suicidal death. Suicides instigate a fit of anger in me all the time, followed by a deep sadness.  I thought it was selfishness at the outset when one person cannot think of anyone else but self when taking such devastating decisions. Try as I might dismiss this news as just another world news, I cannot. I said, 'loneliness and ego could have caused the suicidal thought like most other suicide cases'

The adage is true and while I am a strong advocate of nurturing good habits, I also suddenly notice that some habits can develop into a little more than nature - Obsession which causes pain to self and the surrounding. Trait, Character, Nature are terms that have very thin line difference as I see. The trait is something that is inherent but gained from one parent. Character is something that you consciously or unconsciously build. Nature is what you came with.  These can be changed/restricted/improved/practiced/avoided with some conscious efforts. Whether we want to do it, is based on the individual’s mindset. With this understanding, if ‘Habit is second nature’, it takes some effort to ensure that we have the right habits because it is linked with our nature. When we say ‘right habit’, it is always circumstantial. While the right habit is to remove your shoes and go inside a home, in a cold country, if you walk barefoot in a non-carpeted home, you may end

What’s interesting to you today, may not be as interesting tomorrow. Interesting is only true as long as the curiosity exists. Interesting is a possibility, if you are able to dock your priorities for a short while in between. Withdrawing from the real world gives interesting turn of thoughts on any given challenge that is working you up. Interesting is the mind, that is as powerful too, to decide what is interesting. In unsettling matters of head and heart, it is interesting to note that often there is no mind. Interesting is largely your opinion. Interesting is a mere adjective in most scenarios. Interesting is a complement of Boring to remind us that there is a crest and trough in the sine curve of the ECG which shows we are alive. If interesting interests you Boring should also naturally interest you. That we lose interest is only an indicator that we are done with doing something in a certain way, or done with doing something altogether or want to explore do

Today, hardly anyone needs to step out of the house, except for a walk to take in the fresh air. I mean, everything except air to breathe seems to be available online. Retail industry in close thought-partnership with e-commerce makes it easy and competitive for us, everyday users. I love to go to the shop in person and shop because it makes me feel good. Little did I believe that online shopping can give me a good experience until I had no choice the other day, apart from logging in to Flipkart and buy a dress for myself. With that convenience came a sigh of relief and also laziness these days, that when I think shopping, I think Flipkart… This lasted until I met with someone who said that all his books are always from Amazon and he hasn’t visited a bookshop in a long time… Which almost stopped me mid-sentence. What??!!! Not visiting a bookshop?? This person has wasted his years I thought until I had to buy a book for an immediate requirement from Amazon. While these

For those of who you have known my posts, you would have noticed that I keep posting interviews with some people on and off. It just happens in my mind and the next thing I type off questions or if they are reachable, I walk over to talk to them. Today, when a friend of mine in office finished seven years, I asked if he can give me some answers to some really easy questions which can help the juniors get to where he is : Seven successful years of exemplary service with an organization. Here are my questions and his answers: Recall something from your first working day in this company other than the regular new induction formalities: From my 1st day here, as I got a tour of the building, I was excited to see how there was no hierarchy and even the founders had the same cubicle as mine. Say one of two traits of yourself that you think brought you where you are: From my initial work days, I remember how I was awed by people around me. It looked like I need to chall

News, Inventions, Discoveries, Art, History, Findings, Economics are all the results of  thoughts, ideas, creativity, beauty, actions, dreams, hopes, responses, reactions and much more  that originate in the minds of people.  The world is full of these!   Where do these come from?? We all have a little of all these gifts within ourselves. A part of these we radiate out to the little community/neighbourhood we are in at any point in time - Road, Office, School, Shop and wherever else we go to each day, that goes back to the World, making it as wonderful as it is.  It is like an energy ecosystem that completes in a cycle, a basketball that bounces up on every treble, or an echo atop a mountain that reverberates back to us what we send out. What goes around, comes around to complete the circle.  If we were to imagine ourselves at the centre point of a circle, with our dreams, hopes, aspirations, reactions, responses, purpose, emotions (and many more psycho-social-emotion

Antonym of the word happy is sad. Goes to say that the word sad is just a word. No more, no less. We often complicate life with these oldest language construct Antonym. Graphs taught us positive and negative as much as Chemistry that taught us cations and anions. Astronomy has Night and Day as opposites while Science brought in Full x Empty, Fast x Slow.  Kinder garden text book has these: Tall x Short Good x Bad Big x Small Heavy x Light Beautiful x Ugly Black x White While we fully well and clearly see that these are just words, we often give a heavy weight to one side of the cross mark. The cross mark x in writing an antonym is in itself a mere indicator that we are seeing polar ends of any given idea. Park the thought right there. Now lets ask ourselves: Who said that only the left hand side is ‘good’ and the right is ‘bad’?? Is your left eye precious to you than the right eye?? Same with all the parts of your body. We want left and right to be

I went to watch the movie URI in a theatre after a long time, with the little pre-cursor that the site Bookmyshow offered and the reviews were very good too.  Congratulations to the awesome movie crew for making the movie as grand a success as it is. Phenomenal try and great emotions displayed very well.  Check out any weblink for the awesome star casting, music, direction, lyricist, cinematography and everything else that you think is important to know before reading my views. With due respect to the Nation’s defense and salute to the Indian Flag and all respect to the Army men who safeguard our Motherland’s frontiers and the political, social, religious beliefs of the land, I present my opinion here.  Now, this post is only about my personal roller coaster thoughts upon watching the movie and is not definitely influenced by anything except my inner self. Any resemblance to yours is probable, and definitely, this post is not intended to hurt or disagree with anyone

It is important to change things, pattern, order, mood, routine, clothes, food… Monotone can hit us in a very, very subtle way. Multiple subtle hits can cause a ridge of damage to our lives and the surrounding lives. If you have  been in the same place for a long time worn the same/similar colored clothes have met the same people for years now have kept things exactly at the same place every single day over the last few years been to the same places regularly been following the same TV programme been doing the same exercise in the same order for the same number of minutes every day been eating the same items in your breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner times been sleeping and waking up on time, no matter how busy the rest of the household/community is on an occasion been reading the same author been walking/riding/driving on the same road to and from somewhere then you are on the way to what I call  ‘ Monotone distress’ Always , everyone cannot get a change in all t