Category: Musings

Salted Air and Shifting Sands Within The grainy tug of damp sand between my toes. I step forward, each motion a quiet negotiation with the earth beneath me. A gull’s call drifts in from beyond the foam, a single note carried on salted wind. The horizon stretches in a pale line, an invitation and a…

The first thing I always did on Father’s Day was call him. Even before brushing my teeth, before the day properly began. I’d just reach for the phone. Every year. That call was the start of the day, like muscle memory. “Happy Father’s Day, Daddy,” I’d say, usually still half-asleep. There was something grounding about…

In a world obsessed with visibility, it’s easy to mistake noise for impact. We’re told that influence is about follower counts, viral content, or commanding attention in every room we enter. But real influence doesn’t live in volume…it lives in intention. Influence isn’t about persuasion or power. It’s about impact. It’s about the choices we…

Each new day brings with it endless possibilities. In the quiet stillness of the early morning, before the world fully awakens, there lies a moment, a sacred pause, where we can choose how we begin. “कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः, करमध्ये सरस्वती।करमूले तु ब्रह्मा, प्रभाते कर दर्शनम्॥” This shloka, often recited at dawn while looking at one’s…

The image used to be the hard part. It required hours of practice, the right lens, the right brushstroke, the perfect blend of light and shadow. But now? You can prompt a masterpiece with a sentence. What once demanded technical mastery is now available to anyone with an internet connection. We’re living in the age…

I have been thinking and I had a realization that hit me hard. I havee always tried to live in a way that reflects my values. I don’t eat meat not because I am Jain but because it doesn’t feel right to consume a living being. 🙂 But then I looked around at the things…

A year ago, on the night before today, I had a dream that left me uneasy. My father appeared, silent but present. When I woke up, the feeling stayed. Inside, something kept telling me that I should be with him. But life got in the way. I convinced myself it was just a dream. The…

When I was small, every time I saw a beggar or a helpless soul on the roadside, something within me would pause. It could be during a car ride, a walk, or even from the balcony of my home. Their tattered clothes, frail hands, and eyes filled with silent pleas spoke to me in ways…

I sat across from a brilliant leader not long ago—someone who had built a wildly successful company from scratch. Mid-conversation, she leaned in and said, “The older I get, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” And I smiled. Because that’s the kind of wisdom we don’t talk about enough. We live in…

There are certain people who leave without ever really leaving. Their physical presence fades, but something about them lingers — not as noise, but as an echo. You don’t speak anymore. There was no formal goodbye. No confrontation. No fallout. Just space. A quiet distance that grew so slowly you barely noticed, until one day,…