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was laden with laziness, procrastination and breaking the illusory comfort zone. (Is it really breaking it if you do something you like?) At times I need triggers. It had been 1.5 years since I had taken any break (read real vacation) at work. For that matter break of any kind. So I decided to go to…
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I recently did an 11-day trek in the eastern Himalayas (Goechala) and these are the things I learned.Past learnings here. Sharing is way more than caring. It’s practical. It’s effective. It’s efficient. After bearing the inclement weather for a couple of days, we, a bunch of strangers, immediately switched to the strategy of sharing chai…
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*Not the cold you feel when the temperature is low, but the lung condition that causes my nose to bleed water.When life gives you cold and incessant sneezing which causes you to take a break from all screens, this is what you do:
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Book Love 2016 here!I started 2017 with no particular books-plan but with a renewed library subscription. I also bought a lot of books in 2017. One each month. Few for myself. Few as gifts for others. Also bartered and loaned books. I ended up reading 35 books! Considering I have a day job I am…
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And the last post summarizing all the individual books I read through 2017. Another book love post will follow soon.My daughter’s mum by Natasha Badhwar: I <3 Natasha Badhwar. To say that I had read this book before I even read this book, would be accurate. This is a compilation of Natasha’s weekly Mint column…
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The end of the year is here! And I cannot wait to indulge in writing about books I read in the latter half of 2017. Earlier 2017 books here and here.Fantastic Beasts and where to find them by J.K. Rowling: Finally picked this book by JKR. I love the Harry Potter universe and I could live…
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Please believe me when I say that until this year I did not know how to meditate or why I should meditate. I mean if I made a list of things I learned in 2017, then ‘meditation’ would go to the top. Also, please! You don’t ‘learn’ how to meditate. You just do it every…
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This past week has flown by. Travel, work, Diwali, meeting aunts and uncles, helping parents fix things at home (fixed a Chinese lighting set using good old soldering techniques learned in Junior College, with Fathership watching over as lead technician and Brothership helping out with getting the soldering paste and cord from local electrician 😎), Diwali…
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I did some impulse shopping last Sunday. Went to watch Newton, came out feeling really positive and saw a very pretty dress hanging on a mannequin by a shop window. Made a dash to the changing room-tried it-it fit me!-paid the bill-and came out of the shop beaming. Even more than before.Now a lot of…
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I have always thought good doctors are not humans. I mean they are these weird, different, responsible (I know gross generalization) species who do what they do because they have issues. Good issues like they want to help, comfort people and humanity. And bad issues like they don’t want a normal life and don’t mind…