March 1, 2011
Change Geography, Create History
Changing geography to create history is not a science that can be called social. And yet, humanity has repeated this act throughout time — redrawing borders, dividing people,…
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February 25, 2011
My father taught me how to smoke
He couldn’t have been more than seven. A school uniform, dusty shoes, and a half-smoked beedi clenched awkwardly between his fingers. He was caught asking a local rickshaw…
February 20, 2011
The Barber under a Tree
Imagine, for a moment, a world without the local barber under the tree. For a modest fee — anywhere between ten and fifty cents — this craftsman provides…
February 19, 2011
The Tryst with Destiny
1947. The 15th of August. The stroke of midnight. The pages of Indian history turned, and a new chapter began — an era of independence, hard-earned and heavy…
January 31, 2011
Social Media Recall
The phrase Total Recall may sound cinematic, but what we truly need today is a Social Media Recall — a moment of pause to reflect on what we’re…
November 30, 2010
Time Management and Technology
Time management shouldn’t be a separate activity — it should be an integral part of the way you do things. For this to happen, you need to develop…
October 8, 2010
Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya
Aum Asato mā sad gamaya Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya Mṛtyormā amṛtam gamaya Aum śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय…
August 24, 2010
Spirituality: The Mother of All Science
I remember when I first began studying science in school. It was presented as the study of the universe, built on principles that seemed absolute: Energy can neither…
August 22, 2010
Blogging is Art
I define art as the reproduction of thoughts and emotions — those flashes of inspiration that cannot be forced into structure. Art is not just canvas and color,…
July 18, 2010
Cows Are Holy
In 2008, at a Carbon Trading Conference, I listened to two Western experts suggest that India’s “wild cows” were a problem — that their digestive emissions added to…
July 15, 2010
He Answers the Silent Within
The one who created the universe also created its smallest crevices — the places where we lose what is dear to us, whether objects or certainties, and the…
July 15, 2010
Gitanjali
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow…
May 15, 2010
Setting off
Every journey begins in fragments — scattered thoughts, questions, and reflections. For years, this space has been a place to wrestle with ideas: chaos and equilibrium, vision and…
February 13, 2008
The Empty Space
Heaven forgive me, for I write: there are moments when I feel there is no God. Because if there were, would there still be misery? Would not peace…
July 2, 2007
Is The Meaning Of Life A Cliche
Taken to one extreme or the next… It’s always either right Or completely entirely left. One may see life like a virgin, Naïve despite her depth, In that…
September 2, 2006
Going Beyond
Humans have never been content with merely surviving. From the beginning, we have asked questions that go beyond the basic principles of life — to survive, to nourish,…
May 24, 2006
Life Is A Roller Coaster
Life does not move in straight lines. It rises, it falls, it twists unexpectedly, and at times it leaves us breathless. To live fully is to ride it,…
March 28, 2006
Perception
Perception is not passive — it is a struggle between us and reality. Every day, we interpret the world not as it is, but as it appears through…
March 23, 2006
Concept The Design
When does concept outweigh design? The birth of any great invention begins not with lines on a sketchpad, nor with a prototype in a lab, but with a…
March 20, 2006
Center of the Universe
At the center of the universe lies the origin of the three physical dimensions: length, time, and mass. From that perspective, our individual lifetime may appear insignificant compared…