Every generation has a story to tell about their family. The memory of our childhood, the environment we grew up in, the love we shared, that contagious laughter all bring nostalgia. My generation is the luckiest because I had the chance to experience the joy of being part of many big family gatherings. We always … Continue reading Family-Lost Treasure
Relationships see the future, feel the present and cherish the past. Folost is a combination of 2 words – “forgot” and “lost”. This was introduced to us by my daughter when she was 3years old. Every time she misplaced a toy or anything at home, her only response was: “Folost”. It meant she forgot where … Continue reading FoLost
A perfect wedding, happily ever after, a dream job, living abroad, a fancy villa to stay, luxurious car, everything makes us think that the person possessing all these have a life which we fantasize. We all are experts in measuring someone else’s happiness quotient. It is not comparison, but it is more like a common … Continue reading Cake Walk
Growing up I was taught: “Value of money changes with time”. This statement was too difficult to understand then because I thought ₹100/- will always remain as ₹100/- so what does value mean? Back then, it was only a thought and did not affect much because this was introduced as part of a chapter in … Continue reading Piggy Bank
Hope is nurtured in the womb and loved as we see it grow. We cherish the development as there is significant change every week, month and finally when the baby is born, the change starts showering joy in life. A cry, smile, touch, sound, everything is keenly observed and captured in the memory so deeply … Continue reading Childhood of Old age
My title would make you wonder what am I asking? Certainly, everyone knows to say thank you. We are taught from a very young age when someone gives us a chocolate or a gift or wishes you on your birthday or for an exam or interview, we should say “thank you”. We all are very … Continue reading Can You Say Thank You?
“I am a perfectionist.” We all would have heard this statement at least once by someone we know closely or some unknown stranger or may be by our own conscious. Being a perfectionist or being around a perfectionist are both equally stressful. When we look at ourselves in the mirror and say, “Ah! I look … Continue reading Imperfect Perfection
One day I asked my mother: “why were you so possessive about me? You always wanted only the best for me. You never wanted me to be hurt. Even the slightest pain would make you feel miserable. You always wanted me to be only happy and have the best in my life.” She smiled and … Continue reading Healing Touch
What did you do? This is just a question which when read prepares your mind to answer. Every time you start to read this blog, the answer keeps varying. The question remains the same, but the answer is dependent on the tone of your mind. When I did my course in counselling, my mentor told … Continue reading Tone Deaf
Evolution in time changed a lot of things. One among that was human relationship. As time changed, the relationship of husband and wife has come to a stage where we call each other as partners. Another concept which has evolved with time is space and individuality. Our older generation had clear boundaries on what a … Continue reading Parallel Partner
Mystery of living and history of life both are well expressed by everyone. When do you start your journey of life? Is it when you start earning or is it when you know what life is or is it when you enter into married life or is it when you find time to live your … Continue reading Living Life
First thing we learn in life is communication. First thing we forget is also that we have learnt communication. When a mother looks at her new born she knows what does the baby want. Newborn’s world is small, needs are limited and options are countable. Whether he knows to communicate or not, we as adults … Continue reading Silent Noise
I once told my friend you will know how you will be as a husband only once you become one. His immediate response was, “No, I know how I will be”. I left him with his thoughts because it was his belief and my understanding about relationships were contradicting. Relationships are a two-way road. You … Continue reading Relate to Your Relationships
When we plan a vacation, we start packing and preparing. We are ready before we start our journey. When exam time-table is handed over, we wont be ready until the last minute before we enter the examination hall .These are instances where we know what’s coming our way but still there are surprises like bad … Continue reading Are You Ready?
We all live in a competitive world. So its natural to have asked this question to someone and also been questioned at least once in lifetime. Have you given a thought about what “winning” means? As parents or elders we teach our kids to win. But have we taught them to accept loss? Win and … Continue reading Did You Win?!
Education is one of the major foundation stone every parent wants to lay for their child’s future. Journey of education starts from home and leads to school which is only 1 dimension among the multiple dimensions it has. During my schooling it used to be as simple as English medium and state syllabus. Different states … Continue reading Something for Nothing!?
When we talk about selfless services, we associate this with women. A mother, wife, daughter, daughter-in law, all these relationships demand selfless services to nurture every individual involved in that. When I was a kid, I expected everything from my mother. My expectation also involved her happiness, but I always wanted that happiness to be … Continue reading Selfless to Self Less Services
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Kids are taught to respect and love others. Respect elders love young ones, values, humanity and all adjectives describing these qualities by parents. But among all these, we forget what is the most important aspect of life – value feelings of parents, love their dedication towards their children, respect … Continue reading Do Parents Teach Kids To Love Them?
My special days do not expire, how about yours? When a 1year old baby cries and screams at all new faces in its birthday party, parents feel very special about that day. Even though it is tiring they enjoy celebrating the 1st birthday of their baby. Once the baby stops crying and starts enjoying these … Continue reading Special Days
I am part of the generation who has seen parents having 6-8 or even more siblings, grandparents in their old age who are tired fulfilling the needs and wants of life. Life was drifting from large joint families to small nuclear family. I grew and became part of one more generation where we have 1 … Continue reading Sandwich Generation
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I believe human life is divided into two emotional halves: Happy and Sad, which forms a pie chart. We have as many words as we know in each language to identify our emotions and to name them. If we don’t know to name we either prefer to stay quiet and … Continue reading Life is a Pie-Chart
How comfortable are you expressing and accepting an emotion which you believe is not right? When we define a person, we draw a boundary. Good qualities stay within the boundary and anything which is not acceptable by our society stays outside. Major bias starts with gender. So the very first quality of human being which … Continue reading Who am I…
Perception Changes Perspective 