Lost n Found...

Does it ever occur to you that you feel lost? When you feel that something is simply not right? When you find yourself on a cross road and don’t know where to go? Well, at least it has happened to me. Not once, not twice, but many times. Whenever it happens to me, I try to do some soul searching.

Character Makes a Gentleman or Does it???

Once a foreigner asked Swami Vivekananda," Can't you wear proper clothes to be a gentle man? " Swami Vivekananda Replied," In your culture TAILOR makes gentlemen, But in our culture CHARACTER make gentlemen "

Dukh to Apna Saathi Hai...

Just now I listened to the song “Raahi manwa dukh ki chinta kyun satati hai, dukh to apna saathi hai...” from an old movie named “Dosti”. Just pondering how true it can be and how much we cannot understand this.

Money, Money, Money...

Remember I told you about a boy which I overheard while traveling in Metro??? As I said, there was more to his talk than what I discussed before. Here is the part that I want to discuss today.

Options We Have and Choices We Make...

Few years ago, I was having a discussion with a friend of mine regarding “God's will” and its influence in our life. One thing that he said impressed me a lot and has forced me to think and rethink ever since. He said, “God doesn't govern our fate or destiny, it's us. He simply gives us options, we make the choices. These choices lead to some more options and more choices and finally we get what we call the destiny.” As the title goes, life is indeed full of choices. It's course is set by the options we have and the coices we make.

“I wanted to be...” a story of dying dreams...

Yesterday, while traveling in Delhi Metro, I overheard a boy talking on phone. He was, I guess, some 24-25 years of age. He was dressed well, decent and sober. But there was something that was bothering him. I don't know what, but I could sense it from his appearance and talks that he was tensed, even on the auspicious occasion of Durga Puja. A part of it, that I actually want to discuss today, was as follows... (most of the conversation was in Hindi, I am translating that in English for the sake of my readers)