‘My boss was not supposed to bring her kids!’ Vidvaan apologized as he escorted us out of his house party. We were two too many for…

I stepped out looking for Happiness But no matter how much I looked around All I found was a colossal mess Seemed like happiness did not want to be found . I stepped out looking for Joy But no matter how much I looked around All it did was destroy …

…and the role of labor and its fruit: outcomes — Previously on this show: I explored the theme that chasing happiness is a fool’s quest and so is true for its lesser cousin — joy, and that peace is not only the more attainable goal, but also the one we need (as opposed to the one we want). However, I…

Please don’t just hashtag this — Over the past few weeks, I have been thinking about a movement that would be really good to have. Hoping that someone will start it. Classic procrastination and hoping that someone else will do what I think is needed. I reached a breaking point last week. The amount of energy…

A poem — Peered over my phone To live a little Found it hard to escape the zone Like the screen, an idea so brittle Were minds once engines of fantasy? Did present…

The pressures of not being one and the perks of being one — You can read the Chapter 1 here, Chapter 2 here and Chapter 3 here before proceeding. Chapter 4: SriLax, man! No congratulations to those of you who had already figured out their couple name. This one was fairly obvious: LaxSri makes no sense — literally or figuratively. LaSri might have…

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez — I googled and could not find this anywhere. So I sifted through the book to find a page without a full stop. About 45 minutes later, I found it. It is page 329 of the edition I have (cover above). Then I sat and typed the whole 880 words of…

The pressures of not being one and the perks of being one — You can read the Chapter 1 here, and Chapter 2 here before proceeding. Chapter 3: The Wife Who Leads This is her story too. The account of Laxman’s life is incomplete without her. Who she was before she met him, who she became after she met him and who she…

The pressures of not being one and the perks of being one — You can read the Chapter 1 here, before proceeding Chapter 2: His name and what’s in it In a rush to begin his story, his identity was forgotten. Seems like you’ve made it this far, so there might be interest in knowing a bit about him? He is a man…