There is a kid inside us, irrespective of our age. This kid needs pampering and care. This kid side of us is not open to everyone. Our life is limited so are friends and loved ones. That kid within us gets pampered and reciprocates. Please find that small group to be yourself.
Author Archives: Atul
Unpredictability
We are more and more entering the era of unpredictability. Be it our life, economy, or environment. Things are getting less stable than before. Making peace with uncertainty is the only way out. We can be more responsible with our actions. Someone has said, we humans thrive, mutate and get better in chaos. Also, adaptation …
Body on Fire
Last week I picked “Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It.” The title says it all. The book is written by practising doctors and gives good advice about our body and how it fights inflammation. The book is a simple read, and anyone with knowledge of …
Gnome
Last week was fun reading “Matt Ridley: Genome” book. The book talks about our building block: Gnome. There are too many things to unpack from the book, one being we all in the animal kingdom has the same source. The other thing author talks about is how newer technology like gene editing will cure many …
learning
Life is a never-ending learning process. Whatever happens to us: good, bad, or ugly; it teaches us and cements us for a better tomorrow. Once the learning stops, our will to live starts deteriorating. Remember all the fights you were part of the college football team, siblings, friends, or ex-lover. They must have taught you …
slow
We are so much in a hurry that we have forgotten the joy of slow. We grew up in the era of pen friends and priced international calls or Internet usage and connections. It required lots of thinking, and we had content to converse over. We are overburdened with mobile notifications with less substance to …
crowd
Our urge to know everything, be part of every conversation and accomplish as much as possible in a shorter time is making us clueless and miserable. The virtue of mastering one thing and making a life out of it is undervalued. Like hoarding furniture, clothes, or gadgets, we feed our brains with too much information …
simple
I feel happy reading tech or medical books and journals that simplify content for non-core users. I am currently reading Matt Ridley: Gnome and Body on fire: Monica Aggarwal, Jyothi Rao. One talks about human GNOME and the other about how what we are eating is making us sick. I liked the simplicity with which …
World
The more and more I see war in Russia-Ukraine, the more I feel sad. It gives a clear indication of a divided world. One side is NATO and US, and the other is Russia. The sudden need for weapons has increased, and nations like Germany are increasing their Defence budget, buying more weapons from the …
U-turn
So, are we moving on, asked Shreya?As if we have any other option, replied Sanjay. Shreya got admitted to a college in the US and wanted to reboot her life. She had no time for long-distance relationships. Sanjay stayed in India to build a non-profit providing education to unprivileged kids. They were together from the …