Wish for..
21st December 2025 A new year is approaching, it is wish time, What do you want to wish for? What is the 1st thing which comes into your mind, whatever your heart desires the most : health, a goal, family, wealth, happiness… If you have more than one wish your heart desires, throw a coin […]
The Hygge Lifestyle
20th December 2025 I love looking for terms to describe our feelings and recently came across this wonderful word. The Danish concept of ‘Hygge,’ refers to finding comfort, pleasure, and warmth in simple, soothing things such as a cozy atmosphere or the feeling of friendship. The Scandinavian term encompasses a feeling of coziness, contentment, and […]
Was it a ‘Successful’ year?
19th December 2025 As we approach the end of another wonderful year, A dear friend asked me, “How were the last 12 months, Was it a ‘successful’ Year?” I sat back & reviewed the year gone by and that got me thinking, “What is success?” What does ‘success’ mean to me? Success is definitely not […]
Why
18th December 2025 Today, ponder on these few questions. Why pay the price? Why work this hard? Why go this far? Why try to learn this much? Why try to do it all? Why try to see it all? Why try to have it all? Why do it? Why learn it? Why study? Why put […]
The new four letter word
17th December 2025 I recently came across another interesting four letter word. The internet has a brand-new anxiety term everyone is suddenly talking about: FOFO – or fear of finding out. It is essentially a psychological roadblock that stops people from digging deeper into a potential problem because they’re terrified of what they might discover. […]
All is not lost
16th December 2025 Sometimes there’s no logical solution to life’s challenges. Fear says your situation is permanent. Logic says it’s impossible. Facts say it doesn’t make sense. Science says follow logic and consider the facts. Math says it doesn’t add up. Time says it’s too late. Age says you’re too young or too old. Education […]
Was that Okay?
15th December 2025 I recently came across the commencement speech delivered by Oprah Winfrey at Harvard University in May 2013 and a section of the speech really caught my attention, which I reproduce below: “The common denominator that I found in every single interview, is we want to be validated. We want to be understood. […]
Sobremesa
14th December 2025 One of my fondest memories of childhood are of the meals we shared at our dining table. I had the privilege of having lived in a joint family and meals were always big affairs with a big group of family and friends. Invariably there were guests at home and we, as kids […]
‘Slow Food’
13th December 2025 Slow Food movement was initially founded by Carlo Petrini and a group of activists in Italy during the 1980s with the aim of defending regional traditions, good food, gastronomic pleasure and a slow pace of life. In the decades since its beginning, Slow Food has grown into a global movement involving millions […]
Lagom
12th December 2025 Once asked by a reporter how much money was enough money, business tycoon John D. Rockefeller replied, “Just a little bit more.” The quest for more is the modern-day equivalent of the Sisyphean struggle. We push the boulder up the hill, working harder and longer to achieve whatever summit we’re chasing, only […]