I read this excellent post on Tiny Buddha a couple of days ago, and it was so brilliant that I dwelled on it for hours later. The crux of what the author Brad Alexander says is: Once you achieve a significant goal, you will not be the same person you were when you set out … More A divine journey
Sometimes I thirst to write a book on parenting. Not about nappy changes and feeding schedules and handling teenage angst, not about the external requirements or the duties of it. But about the internal — what shall I call it — the inner upheaval it brings about in you. No, upheaval is a tame word. … More The alchemy of parenting
I was wondering to myself one day: “Am I on the right path? Am I doing what I am meant to? Am I fulfilling my potential? What more can I do right now to make my life worthier?” My mind then flew back to these words from the Bhagwad Gita that I’d read recently, of all … More A dose of gyaan
This morning, as I sat in a traffic jam, I could not help observing two women arguing violently in the car in front of me. They must have been sisters though they looked very different. Both were screaming into the other’s face. The one in the passenger’s seat, a pretty 20-something, then walked out to … More Anger anger everywhere
For the past couple of days, life has poured on a double dose of work on me. And this, after I grumbled to my God that I had a lot on my plate already. But besides exhaustion, what really bothers me are the sleepless nights. I’ve had these phases several times in my life — … More Enter the demons
Of late, I have been making conscious changes in my thinking process and ways of responding to situations in my life. Recently, we got into a ‘parking spat’ with a neighbour. Even as the other lady argued aggressively, I found myself completely calm and inwardly focused despite the tense situation. I observed my own heart rate and … More Minding my retorts
My favourite niece got married last night, a culmination of a series of functions that lasted almost a week. In this time, lessons in life peeked out at me from various nooks and corners, especially those in letting go and detachment. We choose our family: Nowhere has this been clearer to me than at this wedding. … More All in a day’s wedding
There is no “right path” or “wrong path” but only the path that you’re on. – Neale Donald Walsch I just realised a couple of days ago that I don’t know too many working moms – and the ones I know are usually those in the government or teaching sector where they get home by … More A path of my own
Someone messaged me yesterday that his guru had warned him, “You are going up now but beware, you will come down soon.” I comforted him that whatever happens is for the best, and that there is no ‘up or down’ really. All evens out in the cycle of life. These events are temporary, anichcha. Our little … More The real ‘up and down’
Last month, I met a part-time photographer in Whitehorse, Yukon. About 25 years ago, he’d been living in Toronto and going through very difficult times in his life. He decided that he needed to leave the city somehow, but didn’t have a clue where to go. So he opened the map of Canada, closed his … More Fearless in Auroville
On boarding a long-haul flight from Amsterdam to Vancouver, I found my aisle seat and sat down, waiting to see who my companions would be. Two 70-something Dutch women walked in a few minutes later, looking at me with some suspicion and what I thought was judgement. “They must be racist,” I thought, not realising … More The inside story
Something had been awry lately. And for the life of me, I couldn’t put my finger on it. The only clue I had was these damn acne, running furiously around my face, digging in with their jibes and scorn, taunting me in that horrid sing-song tune, “You’re doing it wro-ong, you’re doing it wro-ong.” I … More The pimple path
When your child’s behaviour is at its worst, that’s when she needs you the most. I’d read this a few years ago in some parenting article, but had never really applied it. My elder one’s bad moods only became more rebellious and insolent as she grew older and each ‘fight’ only led me to become … More Fight club
Of late, I’ve been feeling constantly tired. I first thought it was perhaps due to an increased workload (we’ve just taken on a second on-stand publication). Then I reasoned it was due to a continuous schedule that didn’t give me reprieve even on weekends. Perhaps it’s the demands of two teenagers, and the messes they … More A small choice
For some strange reason, I went and hit ‘clear data’ on my HTC Android phone today. I thought I was just making space (every now and then, it tells me that the phone memory is up, so I clear data in certain programs). But to my shock, it wiped out everything – my settings, my … More Reset and restart
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