We live in a world where our survival depends on how others perceive us. The reason why beauty care, fashionwear, or social media thrives. The burden of validation impacts everyone. The person seeking validation and people in their circle. Sometimes I wonder which came first our ego or the craving for validation. Or is anger …
Author Archives: Atul
complex
Have we made our life complex with our needs, actions, and desires? We want love, we seek attention and we crave independence. As a result, we end up building a complex maze of wants. We end up being angry, depressed, and sad when desires are unmet. We get stressed, overwork, collapse and go down further …
ethics
Any relationship is fruitful if it’s built on some ethics. We are mammals and we do see and observe things. We do have emotions. The more I venture out into this uncharted territory I feel isolated, be it personal or professional life. The importance of ethics is rotting with the generation. Is it the progress …
Manipal
After living in metros for over two decades, I am moving to Manipal, a small town in coastal Karnataka known for engineering/medical college.It also has an adjacent temple town named Udupi which I want to explore. Moving out of Bangalore is simple: to indulge in nature and water sports. I also have half a dozen …
mirror
One of our mind’s negative manifest is mirroring.We expect things to be as they were in a job, relationship, or life.The reason is our laziness and comfort.It adds a barrier to our life and affects our progress. We start comparing our new companion with the old one.We start comparing the previous job perk with the …
entrepreneurship
My biggest challenge with entrepreneurship is the amount of hype it gets. We are not some modern gladiators or in the fashion parade.We don’t need all the media boost and appeasement.Some end up calling themselves entrepreneurs just for the glory and wrong reasons. Entrepreneurship is like any other occupation to solve customers’ pain, work with …
focus
Focus is our most valuable currency. We are living in a connected world where everyone is seeking our attention. It is on us to decide what to prioritize. The same goes for running any business. It takes lots of sweat, will, and luck to make it a success. But above all, it requires focus. There …
Maverick Effect
Harish Mehta is one of the NASSCOM’s founding members and has written a book titled: Maverick Effect. The book talks about his life journey keeping NASSCOM at the center. I was not aware of what all went through in the journey of making India an IT Nation. The role of NASSCOM as a lobbying body …
diverse
I have been to over five states of India in the last 15 days.It makes me more humble.It affirms our country’s diversity.Every state has its specialty and problem.I wonder what keeps such a diverse state together as a country. Is it our will to live and represent a unison or our need for roti, kapra, …
cycle
I am at my home in Sitamarhi, Bihar, visiting my parents. I was born and studied till class 10th here. It’s like waking to memory lanes and walking across the gallis and fields. Many things have changed post-COVID, one being I see many houses ending up vacant. The owners have passed away. The kids have …