Category: Life
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Our lives are the story we tell ourselves. It is amazing how much we are conditioned to think against ourselves. If we are thinking something good about ourselves, chances are we are not doing it sincerely. Why is that so? Because we fear that we may jinx something which is happening in the background and…
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A few days ago, I read this book ‘Who moved my cheese?’. There was one question in it- What would you do if you weren’t afraid? I put this as my WhatsApp status and got a few replies. And I also realised something- maybe the question is not about what I would do if I…
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In 2013, I had this plan of driving my brand new i20 on the Golden Quadrilateral route. (Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata) Itineraries were made and then torn away to give way to the new ones. Friends were informed of the soon-to-be-confirmed one hell of a trip. It was just waiting to happen. It never happened. Today, in 2023,…
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I watched Ranbir Kapoor starrer Rockstar in 2011, the weekend it was released. It was a normal movie for me at that time. A few years later; I watched it again on some channel to kill time. It was the same. Nothing different. No difference. And recently; I watched it again to kill time. Something…
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Time travels fast. Two years ago, I was writing my name on the society register everyday before going out. Those were unknown, unseen times. We were in the middle of government imposed lockdown due to rapid spread of COVID-19. Apart from essential services, everybody had to stay home. As I had to go out for…
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In today’s world, we will hardly find a guy/girl who has everything. Most of us need more money, some need respect and status; a few need the latest LCD and a Ray-ban aviator. You got the drift. Well, I would like some me time. Some free time to do things. Things I know I will…
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Growing old each day, lately, I have realized that my already overburdened brain should not be used for storing unimportant things like tasks and contacts but for more important things like people and happy memories. Hence, I started keeping a small notepad with me to note down certain things- a kind of to-do list (without…
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4 years ago, I posted 2nd of the 2 questions I have ever posted on Quora- “What to do to have an opinion on everything?” The good folks there poured their unabated wisdom for me. Read newspaper, blogs, feeds, newsletters and what not. I read a few of those, got bored and never opened Quora…
