I’ll start by explaining my motives for publishing this blog. Simply put, I want to earn some money and not be dependent on my family. I also want a more active social life. I am hoping this blog will allay the suspicions of people who are in a position to help but do not want […]
Category Archives: Self Help
You are not here for a Popularity Contest
I am facing a lack of respect from society. I made my choices and they were bad ones (in some respects) and now I simply have to live with the consequences. But there is one guiding principle which helps both to make sound decisions and to live with lack of respect from people you meet. […]
Here is an Aid to Sound Decisions
I turned 60 recently. I am telling myself now that becoming a senior citizen starts at age 65 haha. I was in an introspective mood and I started wondering whether I was where I had wanted or planned to be in life. Flat broke, no family or career, no social life and a dependent on […]
How to Contemplate
What is Contemplation? I did a Google search and came up with these results Sourced from – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contemplation Relating to how to do this sort of contemplation I have come up with my own method. It is explained below: Whenever he has the courage and initiative to question life and keep questioning it, to interpret […]
Attn Students – What To Choose After your 10th Standard Board Exams
One of the members of my extended family has a young teenage son who is faced with the choice all middle class kids face in India – the choice between science, arts or commerce streams after their 10th standard board exams. I would like to make a pitch for encouraging your kids to choose the […]
The Ultimate Self Help Tip
There are some sentences from Shakespeare (Hamlet) that are justly celebrated as some of the most meaningful sentences ever written in any language. They are: Forget the first quote above. That is beyond the scope of this article and possibly beyond the scope of my intellect. Focus on the second (To thine own self etc). […]
What does being Fair mean?
The golden rule states: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I was thinking of some events that happened in the mid 2000s. Due to certain events I did not want to have anything to do with some people and their friends and acquaintances. They complained that although I may have […]
The Dharma is Subtle
The Dharma is subtle. This is a famous statement from the Mahabharata. It is attributed to the elder statesman of the Kauravas, Bhishma. You must be aware of the context or background story. Draupadi is being undressed in public by Dushasana after the Pandavas (specifically Yudhisthira) lost her to the Kauravas (Shakuni) in a game […]
Digesting Intellectual Concepts
One of my nieces asked me why I hadn’t written a blog post for more than a month. It is nice to know that at least one person is looking forward to my blog. The reason is that this blog is mostly about my experiences and the insights that I have gleaned from them. It […]
Train yourself to be Intelligent
This article is about what constitutes intelligence. I have a very simple and basic answer to this question. Intelligence is being able to understand – at all points in time – the situation that you are facing both internally and externally There is a Tibetan saying: If you are too clever you might miss the […]