Here’s how that changed in tough COVID times. — I am very bad at Maths. That also translated for me into ‘I don’t understand anything much about Finance, planning, saving blah blah’. I started earning a very low salary. So low that I was not eligible for tax cuts. However as years went by, I forgot to notice that…

How to address this problem that pushes us back by miles — A friend of mine reached out to me. Her marriage was falling apart. She had a one-year-old kid. She used to be my colleague at work in earlier times but had left her job since then to concentrate on ‘family’ life. “How are you thinking of leaving your home town…

How focus and clarity helped me make the biggest decision of my life “What? You bought your house already?’’, asked my boss with a certain amount of fascination. He was one of the few people I had confided in when the first seed of ‘buying a home’ germinated in my…

And helps them face disappointment in a mature manner — As kids, we are stubborn. We want what we want. And we do not accept anything otherwise. Or the alternative, sometimes we are so scared of asking what we want because the anticipation is that either we will get yelled at or the answer will anyway be a big fat…

My tryst with learning to paint As was the case with many across the globe, COVID has given us the blessing of extra time. The time otherwise spent in commute, loitering around with friends, or eating out with family is now suddenly free. And the worse thing that one can…

A Heart of Gold. — I had a 6 PM meeting with my boss. And at about 4 PM my head started hurting badly at work. I couldn’t find him anywhere. “Text him and tell him you are leaving for home”, said a colleague of mine. Well, it was a logical thing to do. …

Travel tales about India’s largest salt flats — The Rann of Kutch This article is based in B.C. I mean, Before Corona times :) When travelling equalled adrenaline and experiences equalled wealth. One such travel experience is that of me visiting The Great Rann of Kutch. An isolated, white desert…

Some inspiring stories on my country’s Independence Day. — For all it’s flaws, some running deep into generations and decades, I find my country, India extremely fascinating. It is a shining example of how many in this country have every reason to fail, to give up, and to step back, but they rise and shine as if adversity was…

A sneak peek into our interesting lives on World Left-Handers Day “Fold your left hand and put it behind your back’’ — said Mom. Inevitably my left hand would reach out to grab the food. Mom would beat it away. “That is not the right hand!”, she would exclaim. Somehow…