THINK POSITIVE

It was an early summer hot noon and I was sitting after a hefty meal when I heard one of my friends shouting. His friend was making an apology for a small mistake that he had committed. He was trying to tell him about how it was not intentional and was just a mistake. But, my friend was going on and on shouting about his mistake and saying he should not have made one. Normally, I don’t interfere when two people are arguing but, this one was going on for quite some time. Seeing the pathetic condition of the other, I jumped in and tried to settle them down. It took quite a while before they settled down. Later in the evening when I was sipping a cup of tea, I remembered an incident wherein a friend of mine had made a serious mistake that had badly affected me. Although it was a big deal, he had me convinced that it was not intentional and I had forgiven him. It was none other than the same person who was not ready to forgive his friend. This made me think, Isn’t it in our n

It was in early November when my friend Vipin invited me to attend his wedding at Azamgarh which was on 16 th Feb. 2020. Since I did not want to miss his wedding, I had decided well in advance to attend it. My initial plans were for a couple of days and to fly in and out from Varanasi. But, it was nearly a year since I had been on a long tour. My last one was the amazing tour of Nepal in December 2018. Time had come for me to revitalize my mental well being, which I always get from traveling. So, I decided to avail a few more days of leave and visit the less explored North East of India. Two of my friends who were also invited decided to tag along. We obtained the Inner Line Permit (ILP) through online from the Arunachal State Govt. which was very hassle-free. We attended my friend’s wedding and spent a couple of days exploring Varanasi. Later, we arrived at Guwahati at 06.30 pm on 18 th Feb. Although, it was still evening the early sunset times of the North Eastern states

As I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, a question popped into my head when he said that he is not happy doing his current job and is doing it only for the sake of money. Is money really that important? – was the question. Immediately I asked him, “What would you like to do if money was no object. How would you enjoy spending your life?” He quickly replied, “I wanted to be a school teacher.” I was surprised because I never expected it from a friend who is a tech-savvy, spent almost a decade in the leading IT firm and who always seemed to be happy with his job. At that moment, he imagined his life as a teacher. Mere thinking of his life as a teacher brought a different kind of smile on his face, something that I had never seen before. It was a smile of content which vanished soon after he came back to reality. Are we all doing the things that we don’t want to, just for the sake of money. Why does money matter so much? I scratched my head for a couple

We cannot deny that every one of us is now affected by the spread of COVID-19 in one way or the other. The whole country is under lockdown. As a matter of fact, most of the other nations are too. We, the social animals, cannot go social now, at least not physically. Our daily routines are disrupted. Everybody is scared because things are not under control. Rumors are spreading everywhere. This has caused fear in our minds too. No doubt the dense clouds of COVID-19 have surely put us in darkness. But you know what they say; every dark cloud has a silver lining. Our carbon emission is at an all-time low. The air is cleaner. Other animals are so relieved and are like; what is going on..!!. Did humans just vanish from the earth. For most of the kids, they are happy that their exams are canceled. I mean who would have thought of moving to the next grade without any exams. If I was a child now, then nothing else would have brought me more happiness. Kids, who wished to spend m

The biggest scare I faced last year was on my birthday which was a couple of months ago; when I realized that I will be entering my thirties next year. This gave me few sleepless nights. Never ever I was so worried about getting older. This was further influenced by my family who were pressurizing me to get married soon  One day, I took a pause from my routine to have self evaluation of the last decade of my life and how happy I am today. I compared my present with myself 10 years ago, the year 2010 where in I was in college for my graduation. Ah..! What wonderful days. Those were the days of empty pockets but with no responsibilities and pressure.   So where do I stand today? I asked myself. Well, today I have a great job, a bigger home, a car, a sports bike & all the gadgets I wished for (not that I need them). Do these things make me happy? Of course, they don’t. Not entirely though. So, why do I wish for even bigger materialistic things? What really gives me happine