We are a 70-plus-year-old independent nation now. Our democracy is the biggest in the world. Yet the current trend I am seeing ends up being the same during the election. Caste and religion are still playing central issues in elections. The discussion should have been on job creation, education, health, and food. I am reading …
Author Archives: Atul
validation
We are a living validation machine. We are one of the millions in the faceless world of the internet. We want compliments from others. People we have never met to like, comment, and compliment us. We are hollow from the inside. We carry smiles for Instagram. Our relationship is testing waters, but we are a …
Face
The advantage of believing in what people tell you on your face is that you don’t have to worry about the game they play. We live in a world where people play games. They will say something and mean something else. We have strategists, influencers, and others in the job profession for the same reasons. …
run
Our ego is behind all our rage and anger. The way we react to others with unmet expectations. Our life is not about running around and making the world be at our fingertips. There are things that we don’t have control over. We need to let it go. Not doing this will make us a …
Sane
The life of an entrepreneur is hard. Still, many of us knuckleheads take the stride. We are swimming in uncertainty and unknowns. What keeps the journey going is the self-belief and going against all odds. It is easy to draw a month-on-month salary and enjoy weekends and family time. The amount of stress and overall running …
maturity
People say maturity comes with age. I feel it comes with experience, circumstances, and upbringing. We see youngsters starting to earn early on because they have to feed their parents and siblings. If they do not do it, everyone will sleep empty-bellied. It is maturity that the kid has taken responsibility on his shoulders. He …
nothing
There are some blank days in my life when I wonder what I am doing. These are the days when the brain keeps fighting with the ghost, an imaginary devil whose job is to keep fighting me and making me believe about nothing. When I say nothing, it simply means why are you running? What …
parasite
There are few types of people, few who will suck your blood to the core. They will usually be critical about anything, pessimistic, and blame the world for their miseries. They have all the knowledge about the world, money, and how to suck energy and blood from others. They will excel at everything from showing …
delay
We are creatures of delaying decisions. We will suffer in a relationship, but the sunk cost will cause us to suffer. Things are not working well with business, but instead of calling it quit, we will continue spending time with the hope of things improving. The same happens with giving feedback to employees, kids, or partners. We …
robot
What we want from life is companions. People who stand by us in all stages of life. We have added various names: partner, lover, wife, or whatnot. In short, we want someone who understands us, whom we understand. We are living in a capitalistic society and money has a role to play it in. Money should …