3 no-s to get rid of bad habits
Want to get rid of a bad habit? Here’s something you should definitely try.
Stones that talk— A walk around temples of Bhubhaneshwar #1
News alert: Indian artisans of Odisha proved science wrong some centuries again. Walls can whisper and stones can talk. 🙂 This is what you will feel about the temples of Bhubhaneshwar. They are made up of stones that tell stories, and sculpted walls with whispers of history. If you love …
Understand yourself better with the Five Whys exercise
Do you ever feel sudden emotions that you just cannot understand? Stop and do the five whys exercise before you act rashly!
Slaying Dragons, Rescuing Ourselves— what Shrek movie taught us
I love animated movies because they convey deep meanings in a light way. One such movie is Shrek— a typical fairy (ogre?) tale where a cursed princess is imprisoned in a castle. She is ultimately rescued by her knight in shining armour, an ogre called Shrek, and they both live …
Calming Down when Panic Strikes
What to do when panic strikes? Here’s a great advice I got from my dad.
The Ten Second Rule to persevere in tough times
A tip on what to do when the going gets tough. The Ten Second Rule will help you persevere and think through things rationally before taking a decision.
Stop to Smell the Roses
It was a usual weekday morning. I woke up with groggy eyes. Chugged down some black coffee to wake my senses up. Heated up the breakfast prepared last night and ate it while watching an episode of my favourite family sitcom. As the clock struck 8, got ready and packed …
Quiet Love
My friend’s dog bit through my slipper in such a way that its left strap was holding together by a single thread. I used that broken chappal for a year because I was always so preoccupied with life. One day, I went out for a walk in my garden and …
Blind Trust
I remember when I first left my house and started living in a PG, everything seemed nice and independent. It was just that one day, one moment, when I was crossing a busy street that I saw a father in front of me take the little hand of his daughter, …
The Three Circles
In psychology classes, our teacher made us draw three concentric circles of relationship. The common centre of the three circles symbolised us as individuals. In the first (innermost) circle, we had to plot ten points, each point being a person closest to us. Let’s call these people a general term …