From Borrowed Answers to Intimate Truth My life is surrounded by definitions.It is human nature to sum up everything into something familiar — something that can be labelled.I don’t live in a box, yet society wants to put me in one.Some known lenses to see through. Some reference point to gaze at and understand. Ahh, … Read more
Rituals Before Inspiration When you are asleep, the mind explodes helplessly.The gates are resting, and the boundaries are blurred between real and unreal.Some nights are insightful dreams; some are nightmares.Nonetheless, the day you start largely depends on how you slept the previous night. Studies from scholars like Freud suggest that a dream is an unfulfilled … Read more
On honesty, privacy, and the quiet difference between surviving and being I wake up at three every morning to write these blogs.I am awake and aware while my world is still sleeping. Quietly. And then life begins—at a familiar rhythm of roles, responsibilities, and identities.I make sure I am done writing before sunrise. Before accumulated … Read more
Resolution of energies that lingered longer than they should have I was brought into the spiritual realm by a sudden awakening in 2017.Before that, spiritual reading was a tiny part of my life. After it, it became the soul of what I read and what I expressed. My awakening was too young and fragile. It … Read more
Trees, family, and the quiet work of letting go This house was built 25 years ago, and the year we moved in, I found a mango tree near the house.I shifted it to the vacant plot in front of the house, and our home was complete.It found a garden. Years went by, and the garden … Read more
Society, Fear, and the Illusion of Control Society is built on rewards and punishment. The moment tribes began to function as communities under authoritarian rule, corruption followed. The same is true of families. When tribes were divided into families, parents gradually took on the role of controllers. And control is almost always enforced through fear—by … Read more
On flourishing, virtue, and the quiet luxury of living on one’s own terms What is an unmarried man in his 40s doing in a country that is obsessed with marriage and children? I will never forget the day when I was about to be a father. My girlfriend rang me to tell me the “good … Read more
An inquiry into illness, impermanence, and awareness Is our growth really confined to the physical condition? I got stuck with a lifestyle disease, and it changed my perspective on life completely. Hospital visits, tests, and online counselling sessions suddenly became an integral part of my life. I gained weight, all the blood tests were off … Read more
It is remembered—when no one is watching Ethics is not taught. It is remembered. Human society and the human condition widely rest on the dilemma and debate of morals and ethics.We judge ourselves. Individually and collectively. Are we doing okay? Is this good or bad? Human nature, by design, is bipolar. In the world that … Read more
Why life was never meant to be controlled, perfected, or feared—only lived. Life unfolds as it is—uncertain, fragile, organic. Like a flower before bloom, existence is neutral, neither promise nor threat. We cannot be certain of the outcomes of our actions or the resolutions of our energies. We can gaze and estimate, but ultimately, it … Read more