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Whenever we plan something, when we choose the ways to reach a destination, and the mode of operations, we have to take a call. Either we focus on the journey or on the destination because most times the choices for both contradict each other in terms of comfort and involvement. This is an age-old debate,…

I understand, conceive and store words by connecting them with emotions, feelings and experiences. When I was very young, one of my aunts asked my cousin and me, “What is the meaning of taste?” I must have been 4 or 5, he was 7 or 8. She asked me first and I said, “Madhuram” (meaning…

I was in Tokyo, Japan at the beginning of this year. I was busy in the daytime and in the evenings didn’t get much time to chill because almost every hotel, restaurant, and shop closes around 8:30-9 p.m. One night I was not feeling sleepy, it was around 2 a.m. I thought I’d go out…

From the 20th-century on, art forms, especially films across languages, always had a hero who was involved in a problem. A problem appeared in front of him, he got involved in the problem, sometimes it may not even have been his business but he still got involved – he engages in it, he makes his…

Many of us drive cars and ride motorcycles and some of us, of course, might fly choppers and aeroplanes and even sail ships and boats and whatnot. Driving is an art, it gives you freedom, it helps you to save time. But the process of driving itself is therapeutic. When we drive, almost all of…

The Malabar parotta or the Kerala parotta is one of the most popular food items in the state of Kerala. Beyond all differences, Keralites love the parotta with pride. Kerala parotta has a variety of combinations, the most famous (the most controversial for people in other parts of India) combination is, of course, parotta with…

Of course, I can wake up early, I do when there are certain defined requirements but, in general, I am hardwired as a night owl than an early bird. I think I’ve followed the same sleep cycle for, maybe, the last 15 years. Many people have asked me why I am so and what keeps…

A few months back when I was spending time with my nephew, we were in a place where 4G bandwidth was comparatively low. He took my cellphone and started opening apps, he opened one, waited for 3-4 seconds, the app took time to load the data, he closed it, picked another app and did the…

A friend of mine was discussing his idea of a coffee business, from procurement to flavours and selling that product completely online and stuff like that. I was listening to him keenly, his dream was really interesting, and he asked me, “Do you know when we started drinking coffee, especially Indians?” I thought maybe, like…

The human brain is the most evolved organ on this planet and we know that neurons in the brain make us who we are. Within neurons, there is a particular set of neurons called “mirror neurons” which are said to play a role in the development of humane qualities in us compared to other primates…