While on vacation with my parents and my younger sister in a town set in the Himalayan foothills, I came across a renowned fortune-teller. He bestowed this knowledge on me that I was about to meet a tall, dark, stranger who would be my soul mate. For a 19-year-old who grew up in the romantic …
Picture yourself smiling ear to ear with no cares in the world and your heart fluttering with happiness. You feel so light, like a feather soaring high up in the sky. Oh, I am literally living this feeling. While perched on my bar stool and leaning on my kitchen counter, I am inhaling my favorite …
“Stand straight, do not slouch.” Music to the ears, right? I am sure most of us have had the privilege of hearing similar words of wisdom from our parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles and so on — the list is endless. Jokes apart, truth be told, they could not have given us a better advice …
The words confusion, or mayhem have a very negative connotation, but what if, in some instances, they turn out to have a positive effect? That is what the word Gadbad did, which means the same thing in Hindi — an Indian language. Somewhere in the 1970s, in a town called Udupi in the southern Indian …
“Mirror Mirror in the heart, who’s the most beautiful of them all?” Ring a bell? A slightly different take on the famous quote from the children’s fairy tale “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.” So, what does beautiful really mean? Based on the very wisdom of others on the internet, and my own, it means …
What is meditation? Some of us may envision a sage or monk sitting on a snow-covered peak in the Himalayas clad in a saffron robe when we think about meditation. To others who have never practiced meditation or just heard about it in passing, the term may sound very daunting. But to me, meditation equates …
He was sitting in his usual corner with his head hunched over a computer, totally aloof and disconnected from the rest of us at Café Da Vinci. That did not stop the remaining café habitués from throwing distasteful looks at him and labelling him persona non grata. No one dared to say anything to his …
A beautiful day with all my loved ones laughing by my side and chatting away to glory. An immense sense of tranquility and a warm fuzzy feeling in my chest — all is well in my world. This is how I feel every time I have a cuppa tea. With this elixir in my hand, …
It was a chilly Saturday night in the month of September. I was alone at home. Something or someone was moving outside — I could hear a scraping and scratching noise. Suddenly, I felt a wave of cold air come in from somewhere. Oh god! Did I leave a window open or was there someone …
Think of a beautiful setting — you’re sitting in a Zen Garden with a harp playing in the background. Your mind is at peace, heart full of joy, and body so relaxed and comfortable. That’s where I am transported to every time I savor my comfort food — “The Banana Bread”. I got my first …