There is time for everything, something elders told me in the past. I see the point in it. The fast pace of our generation has made us more machine. There is an app for everything: eat, walking, exercising, etc. We built machines for leisure. We are now a slave to it. Our betterment is nothing …
Author Archives: Atul
passion
Passion has become poison and, marketers, brands or, gurus are minting money out of it and propagates over various social media platforms or page3 or via YouTube. The side effect: everyone is passionate about everything because they are chasing their peers. Passion has ended up becoming an invisible unicorn. True passion comes from within, not …
Cricket
Those were the pre-liberalization days when Television or Telephone or, Scooters were for riches. In our village, we had a family with a television. They also had a battery backup. After all, electricity was scarce too. Those days, Sharjah Cricket tournaments were hot. By some magic or betting, India and Pakistan would always end up …
route
A founder’s life is a roller coaster ride, someday painful while another with happy surprises. There is no end to it. One has to be or act like a router between customers, team, and other stakeholders. In the end, a founder is responsible for the journey of the rocketship. They decide and take the route …
Sahara
Sahare ki talaash me zindgi gujar zati hai kuch ki,kuch dafan ho zate hai adheer umer me. Apni iss zindgi ka humne aisa kya kiya zo zindgi zahanuum se mehsoon hoti hai hame akele? Kya ye hum hai jo dar-bedar bhatak rahe hai apne chaahat liye, ya ye zamaana hai jo kar raha hai hame …
Mine
I have been seeing a trend where we define an invisible wall defining mine and yours. It results in creating a divide and resulting in chaos. We add my name to everything: friends, work, loved ones, or our wealth. The constant urge of multiplying mine or keeping control of it is making us worried or …
Converse
I remember how attracted I was to converse shoes. From my first salary, I visited Sarojini Nagar market and bought half a dozen colors of it. Among all, I liked the red one most. I was watching too many vampires movies those days and attribute my likings to it. What I am going to tell …
Coco, the cat
Coco was not an ordinary cat; Rudra’s life circled around it. He had surrendered himself to Coco. He would care for Coco like his own child. I was surprised to see Rudra maintaining a checklist of food, exercise, vet visit. I had never seen him taking care of his life with such clarity. Every decision …
Settle
I keep getting asked about settling down.I have never understood the meaning or context around it. Is setting down a pipe dream or invisible unicorn most of us are chasing. Or is it a kind of social construct? In short, who defines the life checklist, planner for us?
plan
I have seen people living life with plans at a small and finite granularity. I have also seen people living life moment to moment. In the former case, when a plan misfires, misery kicks in. While in a later scene we accept things as it happens. I am not saying we should have a life …