It’s been a tough few weeks. With the second wave of #COVID being a lot more virulent and claiming the lives of so many loved ones around the world, you cannot help but wonder how the feeling of hope gets snatched away from you when you expect it the most. And truth be told, it doesn’t hurt till you know that “someone” has gotten infected with the virus.

I bet all of you have been doomscrolling; at least I have been, and it’s been nothing short of devastating; because, one, the feeling of helplessness, and second, if what you are…

I write this while my five-month-old snoozes away, only to be wide awake in the next few hours with a mood somewhere between being super cranky and being chatty.

My maternity leave began a lot earlier than I had expected it to, in June 2020. This meant I had to stop doing what I loved — work. As a self-proclaimed workaholic, it felt like my life had come to a standstill, and I had lost the one thing that defined my being. With lines blurred between work and personal life, I had never considered what I did for a living…

DISCLAIMER: this is not a pity post and I would urge those of you who get a chance to read this, the idea is not for you to feel sorry for me but for you to know that the human mind and body are stronger than you think.

I write this while my daughter is in the NICU, fighting like Wonder Woman and progressing beautifully at the same time. I’ve sat down quite a few times in the last few weeks wondering if I should write this, but there’s no better time. …

I cannot even begin to tell you how perplexed I am with the way Black Friday Sales have swept Indian consumers off their feet. With every online e-commerce platform and even offline stores — including the Spencer’s Daily next to my house — advertising the drop in prices across categories, it’s been quite a busy week for shoppers and this strategy seems to have worked for a lot of brands.

With footfalls in stores having decreased by 50–60% according to news reports this Diwali, Black Friday seems to have come to the rescue for a lot of offline stores. An…

Earlier today, I saw a beautiful video of a grandmother and granddaughter jiving to the world-famous Despacito and it instantly brought me to tears. I never really had a chance to get over the death of both my paternal grandparents.

I was 7 when my grandfather collapsed right in front of my eyes, right after he had lunch at a neighbour’s housewarming ceremony. Within a couple of days, all his organs failed and he passed away on 5th of June 1995. My younger sibling was too young to understand what was going on and I on the other hand, was…

Off late, I’ve been relying on “self-help” books to boost me up to do better at work and feel better about life. As cliched as it may sound, self-help books are written with one soul purpose — change what you feel and how you feel, about the world you live in, and yourself. The stigma attached to these books are slowing shattering and people around the world are turning to the best shrink they can find — themselves!

An introvert most of my life due to certain circumstances, its been a rather difficult journey for me to express what I…

I sit here in my living room seething with anger as I watch the video that went viral where two young chaps are pushing down pillars at the World Heritage Site in Hampi and they seem to enjoy it!

Earlier this year, our country was celebrating the fact that Hampi was one of the top 52 places to go to in 2019 by The New York Times, yet somehow, this happens; this vile, disgusting, horrendous behavior that would make your heart bleed if you are one of those who has visited Hampi in the past. What’s even more shocking…

People may think that monotony sets in like a permanent itch when you’ve been doing the same thing for over 8 years. However, most of us tend to doubt the power of repetition. What we don’t realize is that we get so good at it that things start to become effortless. But, what next? You need something to keep you going; it’s like re-igniting the fire in you, and this is when I began to do some soul-searching. It was time to shake something up. A creature of habit, it was important for me to listen to my calling; my…