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Time before the multiplex in India
What were your parents doing at your age? It was the time when President Bill Clinton entered the White House and Indian PM Narasimha Rao introduced liberalisations in economic policies. The Cold War between the USA and the USSR had just begun to end thanks to Glasnost and Perestroika by Mikhail Gorbachev. The source of…
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More Ease Less Corruption
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? Barring a government employee from doing private business to me is a Himalayan source of corruption. Government jobs have the structure of fixed working hours. Employees neither are interested in working anymore. As a result, they are inclined to run…
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Sustainable Home
The sustainability of a home is incomplete without some sweet distractions En route to sustainable homes, we are in a work-from-home culture amid the AI also looming there. There is very little left of a tranquil and remote home in following spiritual concepts. So, the home must be in the environment of our belonging community.…
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Pull in pleasure
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? The first few seconds may be to digest the overwhelming information. Anything great deserves a company. To double that pleasure you need to share this news with someone. But stop for a while. Have you heard that parents share a great deal…
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Bonsai Tree
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time? That was a ‘love at first sight’ the moment I saw a beautifully grown banyan tree. My city is prominently known for the acres of land covered with the banyan trees. The name Vadodara is derived from the local lexicon; history…
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Invention of contradiction
The most important invention in your lifetime is… The invention ought to be beneficial for mankind. If not, it soon becomes disastrous. One Corona vaccine saved thousands of lives. After months of effort and tiresome trials on the coronavirus, scientists finally announced the invention of the century. Well, things are contradictory in this matter. The…
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Before sun after sun
Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end. I rise before the four billion-year-old sun. Amazing kick start, no! Hailed juxtaposition steers up to some reading-writing stuff for mental health. Running stretching for physical health. The boosted soul moves up to the kitchen. Steaming tea would leave me thinking that the sun would also…
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We all are drivers
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? ‘You cannot control everything in life.’ This one-liner looks stuffed with escapism. Constant efforts do not guarantee success. Now this one, success, also is another debatable issue. Religion Occupation Family Politics Social Services etc are among the major fields to…
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Gone with the wind
Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. Simply, no fuss in the pipeline. Sooner or later I have gone with or without wind. You cannot put the stars and moons on your list. Down to earth and within the limit even the sky is not a barrier. Preplanned willfully determined things do happen…