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Donkey Ears

Have you heard the story of donkey ears? Well in case you have not, let me give a summary of the version my grandmother told me. So there was this King who developed extra long ears like a donkey’s ears because he used to eavesdrop as a kid. But he was quite insecure about his ears so kept them always covered under a turban/crown or some head gear. The only person who got to see his ears was his…

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How does Worry work?

Do you ever feel stuck on a thought that you simply cannot move it aside to do the rest of the things in your life? For example, say you are waiting for a delivery, it was supposed to be delivered by morning but you still have not received it yet. So you wait. But you got other things to do too. But you don’t want to. Or you feel stuck. You want this one thing to be sorted so you can do the next…

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It's a New Year

Statistics seem to say that the first month of the year is often the most depressing. Makes sense. People can tend to be overwhelmed by all the resolutions they took, the goals from previous years that went unachieved, the hangover from the expensive peer pressured holidays, forced celebrations, missing out on celebrations, loneliness, excessive socialising, unmet expectations, disappointments,…

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Bhutan Musings - Day 2

Day 2 was technically my second day at Bhutan, but in the proper sense of travel, it felt like Day 1. Because the previous day, all I had going was hopping from the auto to the airport, from the plane to the cab, from the cab to the immigration office and then the hotel. The check-in and immigration stuff went quite smoothly, so except for the long walk from auto drop off to departure I felt…

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What SHOULD you do?

Written on Oct 17, 2023 Have you ever been so stumped by your own thoughts , so much so that you simply have no direction of what to do next? You have the time, you have the resources, you have ideas, so many in fact, but then you are not sure what to do exactly. I am at that point. I have lots of ideas, lots of pending stuff that I would like to do, but I seem to not move a muscle to actually…

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Everything has a value and everything loses value except for ...

Written on Aug 15, 2023 Have you ever wondered how we humans came to associate some value to everything around us? We seem to somehow quantify the importance of stuff around us by attaching some kind of value to it. It is as if the entire world operates on the basis of how valuable it is to us instead of it just being as it is. There is no single thing that comes to my mind that I don’t see as…

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Why should we love cats ?

Written on May 15, 2023 This may not be the million dollar question that requires a great deal of research and study to answer. And for a lot of us cat lovers, the answer is just so obvious—what is there not to like about cats? They are adorable, fluffy little devil’s spawns who just command love and are able to get it too. Even the evil-looking, hairless sphynx demands so much respect that we…

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The Power of a Manager

Written on 23 June 2023 I recently read a short story by Anton Chekov. It is the story of a government clerk who literally dies out of stress thinking he has somehow offended his superior at work. While the story kinda stands as an exaggeration of how heavily bureaucratic societies work, one cannot ignore the much relatable aspect of it that every single employee goes through. More than the…

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People I Like

Written on 4 Oct, 2018 “There are three types of people I like, the ones I want to impress , the ones whom I want to be impressed with and the ones in between” There are so many people in this world. But my little mind can only care about a few  people at a time. It is true that I feel for some strange soul in a war ridden land or for some poor kid who may never get to have a single scoop of…

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Start Button

Written on 14 Sep, 2018 “Is it wrong to expect  a start button in life?” Have you ever wondered how something starts in your life? The exact moment something comes into being. I like to think of those instances as the pressing of a start button. The day I wore my first uniform was the day I started my school. The day I wore my Id Card to work was the start of my career. Now there could be an…

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Good Bye

Written on 5 Aug, 2018 “Is anyone good at it? I know for sure I am not” I was just watching this reality show where a contestant was eliminated and every other contestant had something to say about the one leaving. The same happens during the farewell meetings we hold for fellow employees. Everyone is so polite and has many good things to say. But I m never good at those. Even if I do manage…

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Regret

Written on 4 Aug,2018 “You can’t help feeling it even though you know it is useless. Or is it?” I like to feel that regret is a useless feeling. People say it is useless to fret over what’s done. Keep moving and give a fresh start. But seems like its not. It is the most useful feeling that you can ever have. It is what cautions you, it is what helps you make better choices the next.  When you…

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The Eclipse

Written on 29 July,2018 “Do these stuff really matter?“ There was an eclipse the day before yesterday. I was so excited for it. It was the longest eclipse in a while and the moon was going to be all red and bloody. But then it was too cloudy and I was too bummed out that I missed watching the blood moon.  All the excitement I had over the past few days meant nothing in the end. I was eager but…

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An urge

Written 27 July,2018 ” The itching you get to do something and yet don’t know what that something is” I just got an urge to do something productive. I could draw, I could study or I could write something but I just don’t feel like doing anything. Yet I have this urge to be productive. Somehow the relaxation and sense of achievement I get from binge watching anime or any other TV show just…

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Funny noises

Written on 26 July, 2018 “You don’t even have to read any further. This post is gonna be boring” I tried making some funny noises today. They were weird but not funny. I kinda felt silly and embarrassed.  And I tried to placate myself, “Well why am I embarrassed about something no even is ever going to see”.  But then a horrendous thought hit me. What if I do accidentally in a hyper state let…

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All is Well

Written on 17 Feb,2021  All is well that ends well But when do you know when things end? Is today the end? Is tomorrow the end? Is death the end? But no, there is no end.  All is well because there is no end.  There is more to come, there is more to go.  All is well, because you know never know the end.

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Forgotten Efforts

Written on 17 Feb,2021 I had a doll, so beautiful and pretty,  A dream of mine that came into reality.  I prayed for it, I begged for it and I got it. But now the doll lays boxed up  With all other stuff that is washed up  Is that how it feels, to work for something so hard and then realise it doesn’t really matter? What would then make anything matter? We take efforts that may be…