Category Archives: Musings

There are over 8 billion humans living on this planet Earth, each having an unique story to share. Their childhood, school, friends, the good things in life, the not-so-good things in life, the struggles, the successes, and their unique experiences and views. I truly enjoy conversing with people from different backgrounds, understanding their point ofContinueContinue reading “The Human Stories – Part 1”

I have always been fascinated by the concept of “Happiness”. Plenty of articles and books published, many movies produced and lot of songs written on this very important human feeling. Happiness is subjective, but everyone truly desires to be “happy”. People are always in a pursuit of happiness. This reminds me of the amazing movieContinueContinue reading “How to be happy – Seneca’s Wisdom”

I must have watched the Movie “CBI Shankar” a hundred times as a kid. Apart from the dynamic Shankar Nag, the star cast comprised of Legendary actors of the era. Vajramuni, wow, where can we find a better villain than this Man, so powerful on screen. He is on par with Amrish Puri from theContinueContinue reading “Pioneers of Kannada Alternate Cinema and their Coastal connection”

The Teaching profession holds a highly respected position in contemporary society, as it did in the ancient civilizations. For sure, the ones in the noble teaching profession (the passionate ones I mean) demand complete admiration & respect. These are the ones who have given us an academic view, fostered an unfettered interest for a subject,ContinueContinue reading “Happy Teacher’s day everyone”

Amidst the chaos and uncertainties around this “covid era”, people are more than ever contemplating on how they spend Quality time with family. Although we keep hearing this term, I am always curious about what the “quality time with family” actually means. One day when I was winding up my daily Work-From-Home routine, my daughterContinueContinue reading “Spending Quality time with Family”

“If by giving up a lesser happiness a greater happiness could be found, a wise person would renounce the lesser for the sake of the greater” – The Dhammapada “Alexa, play Cant feel my face…”, my daughter requests whilst doing her homework, the order is taken and the song is played, instantly. If she hasContinueContinue reading “The Lure of Instant Gratification”

The Beijing 2022 winter Olympic games’ opening ceremony was yet another masterclass from the middle kingdom on how to unleash the human potential along with technology in delivering a spectacle, visual treat to the eyes. Although not a big fan, the winter games bug hit me, more so as we lived in China during thisContinueContinue reading “An Ice Skating experience”

Well, its that time of the year. A year has gone by, a new year is knocking at the door, staring at us with new possibilities and prospects. Here we go again with the new year resolutions. We all know how most of the resolutions end, after weeks or sometimes even few days of energyContinueContinue reading “Routinize your Resolutions”

The proverb’s traditional story is about highlighting the faults of our educational system. Here is a re-spin: A farmer had a lot of animals in his barn, the regular livestock’s, some animals picked from the wild, some from the rivers and he loved them all. Someone asked him one day “Which one is your mostContinueContinue reading “Don’t Judge a Fish by its ability to climb a Tree”

My grandmother was a religious lady, and as the sun set everyday, she would cajole me to sit in front of God’s chamber and sing few devotional songs. At the time, I didn’t understand the purpose and was not too keen, but for some reasons it felt nice, and hey it did keep my grandmotherContinueContinue reading “A tale of two legendary poet composers of Ancient Karnataka”