Month: October 2020

We read and see a lot of things about fitness, how to enhance the physical body but people are less concerned about their mental fitness or, specifically, the enhancement of the brain capacity and its performance. I came across something many years back and I try to do that whenever I am free and it’s…

Last week a friend of mine called me when he had a difference of opinion with another person and that person started sharing something about him on social media and started cyberbullying my friend on social media. My friend asked me if he should do the same back because he knew about certain vulnerable points…

I have a watch that I have kept with me for the last 25 years. A watch with a green strap and a red digital kind of dial. This watch is special, it shows only one time all the time — 10:10. It is a toy watch that my father bought for me when I…

Our ability to see and experience the world through our eyes, vision, is a precious gift which we cannot take for granted. Our eyes open up as windows to the wonders of the world. The system of our eyes is complex and exquisite. When light falls on an object it reflects, the reflection passes through…

The southern Japanese island of Okinawa is known as the place which has the highest concentration of centenarians (people who live over 100 years) in the world. Many studies have been done on the longevity of people in Okinawa. The Spanish author and scientist Hector Garcia, who has researched this has written a popular book…

I still remember a day I was in school. I had a headache because my house was being painted the previous day and I can’t tolerate the smell of paint. It was before lunch break and the teacher asked us what is your ambition, who do you want to become in life. My friends had…

We experience the world through our senses, our capacity to see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. Each of our sensory organs has a broad spectrum of receptivity. There is a Zen practice in which you pay attention to your environment by concentrating on very minute things with your senses, and it’s a beautiful experience of…

The book “Sapiens” written by Yuval Noah Harari is very popular but only recently did I get a chance to go through it. It is an account of our species and the journey of 300,000 years of evolution on this planet, from the rise of our ancient ancestors, to our current place in this modern…

A couple of years back, I happened to meet a sculptor in Bangalore and spent quite a long time with him. Every creation has its own way of execution. I always wondered how a sculpture is made by a sculptor. I asked him, “How to do you do it?” He told me that when he…

I am a very lazy person, especially lazy about waking up early in the morning unless there is something very important to do. A few months back I met my grandmother. I asked her how she manages her exemplary lifestyle because she wakes up by 4-4:30 in the morning, immediately has a bath and only…