I am about to take your mind on a journey. If at the end you do not find it adventurous, find me by all means and throw at me a soiled blow! I have come up with three approaches to help you understand. First, picture a bucket in your head. The bucket is filled with
Category: Adult
“Blah, blah, blows the light out”
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” Henry Ford. Uncertainty does not score high; surprises are more likely to be shocking than pleasant and when humans are set on a particular, definite, ‘fun’ way, most don’t like to try out other things that they are unsure of. That must explain why most people oppose new ideas,
Purpose-driven generation
We live in a world today where it is often said to be the best time in human history to be alive, with technology at its peak there has never been a greater leap in development as of today. We have self-driven cars, we can command ‘Alexa’ or ‘Siri’ to do our biddings as we
Evolution of a human being
Homo sapiens are a unique presence on this unique planet. In the only planet that supports life, human beings are the only species that has been able to evolve over millennia. From originating as hominids within the Australopithecus species, we gradually evolved into complex, thinking, powerful organisms. Our origins, the history of our ancestors and
If wishes were horses, then what would beggars ride?
The allure and power of an automobile engine is a product of its speed, acceleration, towing capacity. These three different phenomena of physics are measured in a simple unit: horsepower, a unit of measure to compare the amount of work done at a certain speed. The term was first mentioned in engineering texts the 1700’s
Real People
Sometimes I don’t feel real. Everyone else seems so solid, so complex, and there’s little things that I feel give me away as an impostor. I don’t smoke, never have, and in the middle of winter it feels almost unnatural. I like the way the smoke curls in the air too, even if it fades,
Want Transformational Innovation? Do Not Listen to Customers!
(1) If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. — Henry Ford. (2) It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them. — Steve Jobs The above quotes from two pioneering leaders are
Who am I?
As we are growing up, we learn the benefits of being surrounded by family, dear people, and comfortable home. All that makes us feel protected, safe and happy within the boundaries of our comfort zone. But can we always be happy there? Aren’t we meant to strive for more? At home, while we are still
The Foundations of our Oscillating Ramifications in Desires
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” – Henry Ford. Discuss. I want it all, just like everybody else. It is never enough; there is always more I can do and have but there is always more than everyone can do and have. And irrespective of whether or
Yesterday VS Today
“A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” – Anonymous Life is another name for ‘struggle’. As we are born, we are destined to work hard throughout our life to achieve what we never had, what we desire and what and where we want to be! Not everyone is born rich.
Killing the Panopticon in Us
A glance at Foucault’s epigram appears to be contradictory – if not fully, at least partially, especially when I am influenced by Descartes and his Cogito Ergo Sum [I think therefore I am]. A common ritual is that of understanding what we are and the idea of becoming someone, which is in sync with that
Blooming in the Charred Rubble
I am so grateful that I am an evolving, dynamic human and not a static character in an unconscious state. Thankfully, we are all dynamic characters in our own book of life, manifesting our reality as we see fit whether we realize it or not. I am a 44 year-old woman, wife, teacher, writer, reader,
Personal Upgrades
Ghaaa…it’s been a wild ride these last few…years? I was thinking mostly about just the last few weeks though. You know that feeling, I don’t know how to say it, of safety that you get after you’ve thrown yourself into the abyss of another massive life change but you’re following your soul’s call, and though
Elementarily wrong, my dear reader!
“I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.” – Michel Foucault One of the best books I have read in my childhood and adolescence is the Sherlock Holmes series, mostly written
The Color of Blood is Love
Does “love attract love?” No, do not ask yourself whether it is a million dollar question. Just before the partition of India (T and P should have been in capital letters), one man says, in anger, “an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind” (Gandhi). Whatever attracts B to A then means
Hate Not To Be Me
Hate is a word from which evil rises. They say where there is good, evil follows. The evil follows in legions, flocks of humanity, to destroy that individual that is unlike the hate they wield – they are the wicked. How does a baby grow in to this red, harsh world? Parents that were broken
Courage to Break the Mould
I find that as I grow older and move further from clearly defined lines of identity, when my roles and what was expected of me were clearly defined (like being a student etc.) I reflect more on the importance of being and becoming. I ask myself, as countless others have, who/what am I, and what
A different kind of twitter
Do you know what happens when a famous person enters a room? The mood changes instantly, like the place has been doused in adrenaline. There is an electricity in the air. Everyone suddenly becomes aware of every movement that they make, what they say, and how they sound. There is this undercurrent of nervous energy
Nature Versus Nurture
Humans are the most experience-dependent species that have ever existed. Genes play a role in forming what we are but it largely comes from our experiences. Humans have the ability to perform an action and then reflect on it as well as correct it. This simple loop is behind all of humanity’s greatest achievements. “I
A Transformation of the Mind; the Vital Key of Life
“The human brain is primarily a pattern recognition system. Once the mind has identified a pattern; it latches on to it very quickly and will continue on in that direction instinctively. The moment the mind identifies a pattern, it automatically follows it through and once our brains have caught onto the logic behind something, it