There are testing times in our lives and, solutions come down to staying sane and holding together the originality. Will it be good or virtuous to become someone you are not because a doctrine, pact, or relationship requires you to be? How can you give the best of yourself after the transformation? It is easy …
Author Archives: Atul
Perfect
We chase perfection. Be it profession, possession, or relationships. This quest ends up being a curse or some burden. The definition of perfection is governed by society or someone else and, we are chasing it. The more we fail towards achieving it, the more distracted from reality. Humans are animals and, the hyper-competitive world is …
Race
Thanks to Capitalism and society’s modern outlook. Our priorities have changed swiftly. It is all about acing in a career at any cost. The best job, best professional achievement. But at what cost? Leaving personal life, family around? Why can we not have both together? We peak at our professional prime and, personnel life gets …
monster
Are we humans or monsters? I don’t know. But most of us are living with an anger balloon. We carry our supreme ego. We want to be the best and correct with everything. A waiter is treated like trash for his mistake. A cab driver gets treated like a robot. We have taken our gardener …
clarity
We aspire to seek clarity in life, work, relationships, in short, every sphere of our life. But is there an end to it? How are we seeking clarity? By taking the least traveled path or society’s playbook? Are we all not individually different? Why do we have to get into the same treadmill where actions …
Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer reminds me of a philosopher who was super pessimistic about the society around him. I am not judging on his life’s philosophy. Leaving the external world around him must have taken a lot of courage and living in solitude with his poodle named Atman. Schopenhauer read, translated, and was influenced by Bhagwad Gita. …
books
Gift books to your loved ones. Reading adds so much perspective to our life. One can swim in a wide variety of subjects: arts, science, philosophy, nature, history. I was with Ashish in Delhi last week. One of the days, I took their kids for an outing at Khan Market for book shopping and eating. …
Yadoo
Samet laye hai yadoo ko apne sang. Khatte, Mithe yadaain.Reh zainge Zindgi bhar dil ke kisi kone mae. Kitna kuch to hai zindgi me hamare, kitne panno ko hum yadoo se sanjo rakhte hai. Hum zee zate hai in yadoo ke sahare. Ek alag galiyare me kilkari karte hue masoom ke maafik bhatakte rehte hai …
actions
We take some actions in an instant. We don’t think about the repercussions of it in the future. We go with the flow. Not always, it ends up as desired. In some cases, it leaves a scar that takes ages to heal. We get into doubt and self-questioning, cursing ourselves. What is right or wrong, …
trust
Trust comes with an unconditional belief that the actor involved will take care of us in good faith. It can be your partner, employer, customer, mentor, or client. Once we get into doubt or question our alliance, we are doomed for distress. If we trust someone, we should trust unconditionally. There is no middle ground …