Do we know what others are going through? How do we know pain and challenges in our life are more than the rest? How can we compare our life with others? We are all granted a limited amount of life on this planet and, most of it is painful and, the quantum can differ momentarily. …
Author Archives: Atul
Chota Hanuman
We all would call him Chota hanuman. Somehow on Tuesday, he would show up in our mohalla visiting door to door, wishing everyone good luck. When happy, he would read our palms. I remember mom feeding him and slipping some coins into his pocket. Like a baby, his face would light up. What was his …
Chase
It’s amazing how each one of us is chasing one or the other things. It can be a woman/man, money, or a new job. Our chase becomes an addiction and, we start living in it most of our life and decision, an action of ours gets directed to this grand chase. Everything else becomes secondary …
right
At times it becomes difficult how can listen to so much advice. Where ever we go, whatever we do, we have someone around with their experience to share. As a growing human, it can become a pain in the ass. Our friends, family, and superiors might have their own way of seeing the same issue. …
Stable
Nothing is permanent in life. Things change concerning a partnership, relationship to friendship equations. A good chunk of our time gets spent with people around us. Is it possible to pick friends or mentally stable acquaintances? Because at times, it seems our relationship is ending up to a therapy session, where instead of spending quality …
Aura
Each one of us carries a world within. How we talk, respond, act, reciprocate creates a unique aura about us in our circle. We get liked, disliked, or attracted by our subscribers. The world sees us via their own lens and most of it comes down to our aura. As a leader it becomes more …
Grinding it out
I remember Karthik suggesting a dozen autobiographies last year and, Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, was one of them. Since I had seen the movie on Netflix, so skipped reading it. Last week I was bedridden due to cough/cold, that is when I picked up few books, this was one of them. Ray Kroc is a legendary …
Master Switch
I have liked Tim Wu’s writing. The master switch is the second book I finally got to read. The book talks about various monopolies and technological advancements in the information age. The book starts with the early days of innovation from the telephone and stopping at google’s mega empire. I had the 2011 published book; …
outing
It was one of those yearly team outings, where the entire organization heads for a retreat. The management talks about the roadmap, growth plans over lots of alcohol and food. For Vishal, the senior analyst, it was a special occasion. He wanted to propose to Rajni for marriage. They both have been at the firm …
Pressure
The positives and negatives of the Internet are known to us all. This generation is under pressure to show and share. Social media is the go-to destination for all announcements and achievements. In the 90’s most of us mostly lived reading comics, watching MTV, and fighting over batting in the cricket field. I feel the …