In any weapon training, when you learn to shoot, you need to align three points – the back of the rifle barrel (‘backsight’), the front tip of the rifle (‘foresight’), and the target’s center. Seems pretty straightforward. But next comes...
Is a 20 kg rucksack too heavy? Probably yes, but only if you carry it on your back. If you put it down, it has no weight at all. The same goes for our worries. We often carry way too much burden in our heads. Why not put them down? But this sounds too simplistic...
Recently, on CNN, I saw this heart-rending, yet inspiring story of 20-year-old Joe Dimeo receiving the world’s first face and hand transplant. Badly burnt in a car crash, Joe’s face and arms were practically destroyed. Yet, despite the overwhelming tragedy, he...
If someone does a 6 hour Netflix binge and feels great about it even a week or month later, then in my opinion, he is doing ok. Maybe, he should do more of that. I may not agree with his choice, but I don’t have the right to judge his choices just as he can’t judge...
Till the age of 32, I did not know what good writing meant. Nobody taught me or demanded it from me. Throughout my schooling (in Kendriya Vidyalaya) and college, ‘quality writing’ was not even a thing. I doubt if even any of my English teachers knew how to write well....
