The Conversation Between Krishna and Karna
A friend shared a wonderful conversation between Lord Krishna and the great warrior Karna. Karna starts narrating how unfair life had been to him – his mother left him at birth; he did not receive his training from the greatest teacher because he was not from the...
Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva, The Trinity At Work
Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, Shiva the destroyer of evil are worshipped by millions the world over. People seek them in places of worship to connect with the Higher. But there is another place where this Trinity can be found - in our workplace. Our work...
Listen To Your Heart
Often, we want to do something, have a strong feeling, and yet stop ourselves, only to look back and feel that maybe we should have. If we look back, we may well discover that over time, we had a string of moments when the inner call was loud enough, but we didn’t...
Greatness Lies In What We Don’t See
Last evening, it was a treat watching Novak Djokovic play in the semi-finals of the Rolex Masters tournament in Shanghai. At 37, he took on a younger 25-year-old World No. 7 Taylor Fritz, and the performance by both players was music on the court. On our drive back to...
Life Changes When We Decide We Want To Change
There are many things about our life we want to change. We have often tried but landed up with half-hearted attempts and partial success. Over time we wonder why we cannot bring about the changes we know we want, we are capable of making and yet are not making...
Break It Up Into Smaller Parts
Often we get overwhelmed with a situation we are faced with or a project we have decided to undertake. Even as we start with enthusiasm, the tasks and complexity that present themselves can feel too much to handle. When we review things not as one huge whole, but as a...
When We Lose Our Smile, We Lose A Lot
As simple as it seems, our smile reflects much more than we may have realised, making it one of the most precious things in our life. If we are not careful, we may become materially richer but not necessarily wealthier because despite all that we have, if we lose our...
A Mistake I Thoroughly Enjoyed
I read about the play – ‘A Perfect Murder’ being staged at Opera House. Being an Alfred Hitchcock adaptation I enthusiastically went for it, buying an extra ticket from a lady at the venue. Seated next to her, I overheard her asking her friend, “ I hope you understand...
Unpack The Day
To live a full life we want to make the most of our time and pack our day doing things we enjoy that will give us purpose and meaning. Time is the one thing that we cannot reverse, we must make the most of it. Our decisions and quality of life improve significantly if...
To Find Ourselves We Have To Lose Ourselves
Self-importance can become a big silent factor for us. Even though we may outwardly maintain a certain demeanour, our internal makeup often gets disturbed. It remains so for days and sometimes months when we feel offended, hurt, or criticized. The phases of feeling...
