It’s time finally to unleash the emotions. I've hesitated many times to share about what is essentially a very deep personal journey...But can't hold back. Calling it a roller coaster of emotions doesn’t quite sum up the range and depth of feelings in the last couple of weeks - ever since Sadhguru’s surgery has been… Continue reading Game, Set and Match
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Rose Tinted Glasses
Well, this began in part as a resolution to write more regularly but it’s also something that’s been on my mind for a while now, albeit as a vague thought process. A couple of conversations in the last few days have just served to catalyse it into a more lucid expression.
Growing up, I was quite often termed, in varying degrees of exasperation and amusement, as too optimistic, naïve, idealistic (and consequently, unrealistic). A high school friend would constantly caution that I was looking at the world through rose tinted glasses. “You don’t understand how people can be”, my mother would bemoan, quite sure that her daughter would not survive in the ‘big bad world’.
My defense then, as it is now, is that the world is what you make it to be. Quite simply, what you reflect is also what you see. Or, at the risk of being too reductionist, it’s the age-old adage of believing in good for good to happen.
In times when we are increasingly assaulted by news of crimes that highlight human depravity, I understand why this seems like a churlish thought. And thereby, a disclaimer here...I do know fully well that the world, people or just life in general doesn’t work as simplistically as that. And that being careful and watchful is imperative to the times we live in. I have no disagreement there.
It is the pervasiveness and intensity of our carefulness that troubles me.
My story with Isha
When the scandal broke about people being held captive at the Isha Foundation, I didn’t even think it was a big deal… emotionally distraught parents taking a dramatic route for what they thought was their daughters’ wellbeing. Amidst everything else in the country, a story that barely deserved a mention in the media. But true… Continue reading My story with Isha
Marrying the profound and the popular
For a while now, there’s been much talk about nationality, culture, what they represent and how one identifies (or should identify) with them. Amidst all the ideological engagement about these things, a couple of events really got me thinking about the context that culture, religion and the like frame in our lives. One was a… Continue reading Marrying the profound and the popular
JNU AND THE VIOLENT PLAY OF DEMOCRACY
Call me silly and emotional, but I am a proud Indian.. the kind that will tear up when the anthem plays at a sports event and get emotional when we win a medal and the tricolor is hoisted. I’m proud of the country, its journey and everything it has stood for. If this defines me… Continue reading JNU AND THE VIOLENT PLAY OF DEMOCRACY
Turning 28 – Single and jobless!
Well, just that title would seem to merit sympathy, even if I were to read it myself. I can almost feel 20 year old me wincing at the very thought. It's been a few weeks since I turned 28 and I find myself single and jobless (at least in the traditional sense of the word)..… Continue reading Turning 28 – Single and jobless!
Volunteering for International Day of Yoga
Few experiences in one's life really stand out. Not only for how much they have offered but for the opportunities they have presented and how much they have allowed one to grow. The last 4 weeks have been one of those times. When I heard about International Day of Yoga for the first time, I… Continue reading Volunteering for International Day of Yoga
Why the Kumbh Mela?
“But why on Earth?” has pretty much been the first question that people have been asking me ever since I’ve wanted to go to the Kumbh Mela. Even after I’ve come back, that’s the first question people ask me before wanting to know how the experience was. While some like my boss have explicitly asked… Continue reading Why the Kumbh Mela?
A New Year, A Better Year..
The end of a year inevitably brings with it a sense of reflection. Most of us, in differing ways, look back on the year, assessing the highs and lows, celebrating the successes and discussing the mistakes. Some of us wait for this time to think about what we can change while some of us even… Continue reading A New Year, A Better Year..
Baptized By Fire
"Some people are born with a golden spoon," they say. "Some are unlucky," they say. But is it all that simple? Is the golden spoon really what it seems? After all, don't they also say, "All that glitter is not gold!" Maybe it's a curse, or worse, a mirage. Worse, as it makes you believe… Continue reading Baptized By Fire