Category Archives: Self Help
Change Your Silly Beliefs…Instead of Your Religion.
Long, long back, many, many years ago, an older woman who was an enthusiastic gardener declared that she had no faith whatsoever in assertions that someday scientists would learn to predict the weather accurately. According to her, God controls the weather and prayer was the only way to understand and forecast conditions. During one summer, […]
Having Prayers Answered at the Right Time
It’s no good having our prayers answered If they are not answered at the right time: Long, long ago, in ancient Vedic India, prayers and Hawan/Homam, one of the Vedic rites, were said to be so scientific in application that when sages and seers prayed for rain, there was never any drought in the region. […]
Analyzing Expertise
When I was a child, the word “expert” gleamed in my thoughts like a star. I thought of experts as someone special. They had higher degrees. They wrote books. They appeared on television. I assumed they had access to knowledge that the rest of us could hardly aspire to. But as I grew older, my […]
Dear Pappa, I don’t know if I miss you
I feel pain every time I remember you, or see something you loved or hated or some random incident I know you would have commented about. Sometimes I know exactly what you would have said. I know the look on your face and the tone of your voice just like you were sitting next to […]
A Tale of Hope in Adversity
I was severely sick and hospitalised after positive results of the COVID-19 test in February 2021. I got up slowly from my hospital bed, leaned into the washbasin and splashed some water on my face. Suddenly, I was coughing uncontrollably, gasping for my breath. Dont know what caused this reaction… whether it was lung infection, exertion […]
Bounce Back! No Matter What.
Live Life to the Hilt!!! Two decades back, I experienced one of my most serious depressive episodes that ended up nearly taking my life. But, through a series of events, both of mis- and fortune, I survived. Usually, it’s recommended to take about two years off from any stressful work before returning to full society, […]