In 2018, everyone is selling happiness. Be it Tinder, new bigger iPhone or your boss. Writers have become millionaires by teaching you how to be happy. What exactly is happiness, is it something one can buy or own? For some getting extrinsic appreciation acts as motivation. This is what has made all social media apps …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Cascading anger phenomenon
Let me explain the Cascading anger phenomenon with an example. 1. Shyam is a software developer. 2. One morning he gets a SPAM call. He gets furious. 3. His maid offers breakfast for him. Shyam shouts at her because it has little extra salt in it. 4. Shyam takes his car, shouts at his watchman …
Obsession
1. We are obsessed, since birth we are taught to be obsessed. It can be family values or maintaining the leftover fame of our forefathers. 2. We are granted name along with religion/caste, yet again we are told to be obsessed about the same. 3. We enter school and taught math, science, English again we …
Dreamers
Are we on our own? Who dictates on our course of action in life? Our thoughts, our dreams, what we want to be? Is this life we are living, is this what and how we wanted to live? Every 40-50 years world gets an outlier. Someone who gives a fuck to the status quo. Benjamin …
Emotions
A human mind is a complex operating system. The circuitry neurons, chemicals and it’s effect on us is a research. Philosophers, sophists, mystics and religious gurus have been teaching us to live a rational life. But is it possible? 1. You will get angry after being cheated by your partner. As a result, there will …
Minimalism
Minimalism as a concept has been around for centuries. Japanese are pioneers at it. Rest of us are living in consumerism. We are living in a world where preachers of marketing dictate our choices and guide us. Marketers and brands are selling us: more is good. Bigger soup bowl, bigger iPhone, bigger car, bigger house, …
Other India
India is a country of villages and agriculture plays a major role in our economy. The population plays a key role in power dynamics during elections. Still, they are most oppressed, silent and lacking on all government benefits. The incredible part is, even with all the shortcomings they are hopeful. Every parent aspires to see …
Respect
I keep reading in magazines or on social media about respect and its importance. I interact with people from various sections of society on a daily basis. If I start treating them according to their pocket sizes, I will make a big ass of myself. Learning can come from anywhere, It has nothing to do …
Depression
Depression is a modern-day plague. There are shops, establishments, and organizations in the business of curing depression. Depression is a multi-billion economy. Books, therapy, yoga, mindfulness, good eating, exercises are on sale. Few of us do need clinical help, psychotherapy, and medicines. For the rest of us depression is a modern-day self-created epidemic. There could …
People
Socrates, Plato, Ben Franklin all had one thing in common. They all mentioned the importance of people around us. People foster the growth of a commune, a society or an organization. The interpersonal relationship trumps over organizational or project affiliation. Screaming over Twitter about the hiring problem and employee attrition will not help. Finding the …