My Residential Colony
When I first saw my first rented apartment in a residential colony, I immediately liked it. It was a 50-year-old house but what I saw made me agreeable was I could connect to it. It was…
Sharma Ji, ka beta
Sharma Ji proudly told me the other day, “My son has settled abroad.” I said, “So good to hear that.” (I felt jealous) Sharma Ji said, “My son has asked me to visit him. Soon we…
The Theory of Karma
I remember when I was 10 years old, as a child I never used to pay attention while brushing my teeth. It was an unimportant work for me. My mom had a few dis-shaped front teeth.…
Horoscope
Soon you will be a multi-millionaire. Soon you will meet the love of your life. Who does not like to hear about the glorious future! How true it would be, but these nice-sounding words elevate our…
Rotten Tomatoes
I was born in Christianity, believing in Jesus and loving him is a part of my culture. I took Jesus as my teacher, a guiding force. My faith in and love has always helped me to…
Time travel
While everyone in family is sleeping, mom pushes me to get up early in the morning to practice singing. She does not know anything about singing herself, yet she wants me to sing like Lata Mageshkar.…
My favorite person, myself
As a young boy, I learned quickly that I must get along with difficult people to survive in this world. Overlook weakness and try to focus on the bright side of the world. This could not…
Around the world in 8 dollars
I had 1 lakh in my account and 3 lakh in fixed deposit when I took an apartment on rent and started living independently. That 1 lakh was a great moral support. The situation got better…
God, please save me..
Although I was illiterate, yet I managed to educate my children, two sons became doctors and settled abroad, two daughters, professionals, all got married. I was happy and proud of them. In a time of need,…
What is meditation?
Our desires and emotions - happiness, anger, sadness, greed, etc. all come to us as thoughts only. Life comes to us in the form of thoughts. As we need to shut down the computer system for…