Covid-19: Handling the mental issues is a greater challenge
With Corona tide ebbing all over, more challenging than the virus is restoring the public psyche to normal levels that was already not in proper shape. In a WhatsApp message, one fine morning a wife tells her half-asleep husband, “Wake up, spot news: lockdown has ends today. Get ready for the job.” The drowsy husband […]
My tryst with first ever Dosa
Thanks to my otherwise very niggardly cousin who opened his heart & offered me dosa, my most favoured cousine now. Then (in 70s), I could hardly finish a third of it. In late sixties, my elderly cousin’s first job in Delhi brought him to our home as new entrant to an already large family of […]
Is a prayer answered? Yes, if you really believe so
When you align with forces above – of course that entails belief and persistent Sadhna, the Universal Power comes to your rescue when you are trapped in crisis. And you come out. In the common area near the entrance of most hospitals we find a prominently affixed statue of God. That has loads of meaning. […]
Covid and its reverend protocol
With ambiguity around Covid protocols & guidelines often under revision, not only doctors but also public go on trumpeting without sense what the existing protocols warrant. When my son-in-law in Mumbai suburb was tested Covid-positive, like many others my wife lost her peace, “Our daughter Silogi and the two darling under-fives are at risk […]
Corona threat: How much real, how much visceral
The Corona threat is not of the level or gravity as we are given to understand and believe. Thoughts of prospective troubles hardly come true. Most people die of visceral fear of spectre or something that doesn’t exist. “90% of our problems are caused by our own thoughts” says Hilda de la Rosa, a South […]
Follow nature’s diktat to stay fit and healthy
With market and medical community in league set to fleece the helpless patient & his attendants, we have to find alternative, economic options. Unless we exercise discretion, there shall be little to keep us safe, hale & healthy. Polluted environment, unhygienic ambience at work, living or moving places, poor knowledge of basics of health & […]
Fuel for foot & fodder for mind
Omelet as fuel for foot and occasional interactions with Badrinath pilgrims made the 11 km long lonesome pedestal hill journey (to my village Khand) possible. Unlike just 200 metre off jeepable road now, when coming via Rishikesh one had to traverse some 11 km on foot or horse ride, if affordable and available to reach […]
Is consumer really a king, or a captive?
Adept in reading your mind & heart, the marketer instantly assesses your affordability to buy the product or services. You are trapped and return from market with something you didn’t plan or need. The current scenario of material ambitions and show of ostentations driving people offers unending opportunities for the market to flourish and eventually […]
Mother tongue: Trigger for individual and social growth
The growth and prosperity of an individual, society or nation is a function of esteem and affinity one has for nativity that includes the language that parents taught us. We have already paid heavily for neglect of our mother tongue. This International Mother Language Day (21 February), let us see how best to re-align ourselves […]
Valentine showers are not for the beloved alone
‘Love’ is very strong force that works when all other powers – money, muscle or political power fails. Why to restrict its multifarious benefits to beloved alone? In this stress-laden age and era torn with turmoil and conflicts, let none be deprived of the Valentine showers. With flowers beginning to sprout, weather pleasant and ambience […]
On Relationships and Train Fare
When I tried to reimburse my nephew Ishu the amount he spent on online ticket, he vengefully said, “I shall not take it!” Upon further insisting, he retorted, “Shall you accept it from Dabbu [my son] too. That left me hamstrung. He once again endorsed how he valued relationship rather than cash values. An asset […]
For prosperity, take care of girl child
A well educated, nurtured girl is likely to be a big asset to the family, society and nation. Any discrimination against her is likely to cost too much in long run. In my early teens in 1960s, a typical scene of Republic Day parade in Delhi’s India Gate lawns ever perplexed me. As the group […]