• Why is suffering blissful?

    A JOURNEY WITHIN AND BEYOND Unraveling the Paradoxes of Happiness, Pain, and Enlightenment We are suffering the life. Until we discover that life is not happening to us, we are happening to life. A mind that is not liberated is caught up in the drama of daily life. A mind that is liberated uses the conflicts…


  • Unwrapping the True Gift of Connection and Kindness

    BEYOND THE BOX The best gift you can give this season It can be a gift for men, or women or a gift for your mom. Every season we ponder upon the best gift ideas for our loved one. I was doing an online course where the instructor on the last day asked us to gift something…


  • Parents make mistakes, Forgive them

    CRUX OF MODERN FAMILY, SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY We have seen our parents growing up I grew up with an alcoholic father which depredated my mother’s mental health. My father passed away 8 months ago. He had the Liver disease. I am staying with my mother to support her. She is perfectly fine now. Has a lot…


  • Be Conscious, not Cautious — We live in a polarised world

    YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF ILLUSION Change begins with you When I used to work with marginalised communities in India, I saw power and glamour play a vital role in shaping the collective consciousness of the community. An aspirational image that we call mainstream, and a constant chase by the so-called weaklings to participate in the mainstream.…


  • I Forget

    FORGETTING IS FREEDOM Navigating the Ephemeral Dance of Love and Hate I read, write and draw. And forget about it. I fight, love and relate. And forget about it. I am glad, happy and sad. And forget about it. I am bliss. Forget it. Love is as resentful as hate. All the ships in the friendship, love-ship, partnership…


  • I keep secrets, I am honest

    POWER OF TRUTH Navigating Resistance on the Spiritual Path with Honesty Resistance, Resistance, Resistance! The mind has so many ways to create resistance. When I feel resistance, I always know that I am trying to hide something. That, I am not being able to honest about something. It is largely because of the spiritual nature of my…


  • Sound in the Buddha's ear

    THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR EARS Where does the sound come from? Around four years ago, I started hearing shh sound in my ears. I went to many doctors to check my ears. They suspected it was Tinnitus. But I wasn’t going crazy. I was becoming more and more silent. I knew it had to be related to…


  • Bring contentment to life, you are short on time

    HAPPY? What have you done for yourself? We are moving towards death by every ticking sound of the clock. Tik-tok, tik-tok.. We got no time. When we were young days were long. I had so much time in the day that I could spend hours gazing at the birds and Gazelles in the Forest. When…


  • How to be consistent, without following a discipline

    TEAR OFF YOUR TIMETABLE Find your rhythm of creativity The edutainment industry is diverting people from a rat race to a herd mentality. When I read books about “being successful” I feel everybody talks about the same trends in the industry which are bound to wear out shortly. As an artist, as a writer and…


  • Creativity begins when you exhaust what you know

    SAID EVERYTHING WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY? I can still write. And I am surprised. I am empty. When I started with the blog, I had so much say, and too much to write. I couldn’t stop and help but write. Now, I stare at the blank screen, wondering; How many times will I tell the…