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The morning star in the East …Mars and Venus in a close long parley
It is rare to have Mars and Venus together in the same part of the sky, close to each other for more than a few days at a time. This year, they remain close for over a month.
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The happiness within
There comes a moment in everyone's life when they realize the source of true everlasting joy. Not intellectually, but viscerally. When happiness stops being something you chase, but instead it becomes a permanent resident deep within you.
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Absolute Indiscriminate involvement – a profound, yet simple way to live life to the fullest
Some phrases just strike a chord with you, and that’s what happened to me with “Absolute Indiscriminate Involvement”. And perhaps because of the absolute randomness* that led me to this phrase, it made the resonance all the more striking. Here…
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Utopian lands, noble kings and hope for an equal future – celebrating Atham, the first day of Onam
Onam is a welcome for a long-exiled king, nostalgia of a utopian land, but it is ultimately a celebration of hope, a step towards imagining a better future.
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Easy on the brain, but at what cost? On the need to go beyond labels and reclaim our full self
Sustainable change is built on strong foundations of understanding, curiosity and compassion. In that spirit, let’s explore why labels exist in the first place, and the reasons behind their persistent pervasiveness through the centuries.
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Pangs of Nostalgia…and a passionate case for a system redesign
Newsletters is the latest trend in content creation. It has benefits of course, but at what cost? A personal look at the good old days, what I miss in this new world, and a call to change.
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A message for the masses, a meditation for the self
As my month of stillness continues, I’ve managed to enjoy some quiet reading in between conference calls. It was a practice I had tried out in April of last year as a way to cope with the lockdown that came…
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April
“All of humanity’s problems,” Blaise Pascal said in 1654, “stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
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Happy Retirement, Mother!
After 40+ years of dedicated service to medicine and to teaching medicine, my mother retired from her official working life. She is an inspiration to many, but most of all, she is an inspiration to me.
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Giving Season: Silent Eloquence Donation Drive
It’s been a strange year for all of us. Personally, I’ve had a lot of changes in my own life and work. It’s been a year for reflection and trying to figure out what is that really matters. It’s December.…
