By design, the world we live in today can feel extremely isolating and alien. One feels removed from a sense…
7 lessons from 7 years of yoga practice.
I started practicing Yoga in Sep 2013, just as i began B-school in the United States. In retrospect, i think…
7 professions and work we call ‘essential’ but don’t treat them as such.
6 months into the lockdown, we can admit beyond doubt which professions and work are in essence, truly essential. When…
7 reasons i talk to my mom almost daily despite being a grown woman.
Yes, I am 33 years old and i talk to my mom almost every day. Sometimes thrice a day. At…
7 lessons I learnt from 5 years of Married Life.
As the day closes in on 5 years of married life, as with everything, i look back at this milestone…
7 lessons from ‘Man’s search for meaning’ by – Victor Frankl
Spending less time on social media allows us to read more books. Especially when one has existential questions about life.…
7 Questions we are finally asking about our society?
Times of crises call for stock-taking. Not just of resources, but also of societal norms, structures and values. When acute…
7 lessons we are learning about ourselves
The past 3 months is playing a game of contradictions with us. We are caged, yet set free. Crowded by…
7 actions non-black people can take right now.
I want to honestly admit that I am generally someone who tends to politically overcorrect, be overly diplomatic, try to…
7 Questions we are asking ourselves?
The past 60+ days have given us time and distance to contemplate. About key questions that we often forget to…
7 ways to keep sane during lockdown.
It’s been 2 months in lockdown. Each passing day acutely reminds of the world that we used to live in. And all the things we can’t do in lockdown. But fortunately there are still things we can do.
7 reasons I started listening to podcasts. And why i am now addicted!
I started listening to podcasts almost a decade ago on the first generation iPhone. I was always curious to see…
7 stages of loss. For the world we once knew.
It was on 30th Jan 2020 that the Corona-virus first appeared into my mainstream consciousness. A routine thursday morning walk…
7 differences between your 20s and 30s.
We live in strange times to say the least. But too much time on hand, opens up much time allocation…
Dictionary of obscure sorrows doodled.
It was a few years back when i discovered a ted talk by John Koenig who compiles a dictionary of…
Idioms – if they were literal.
Anyone who has ever taken the GRE/GMAT will relate hard. Idioms are a group of words established by usage as…
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah – Take your parents back to childhood. Take detours.
As we grow older and attempt to adult ourselves, we come to appreciate, at least a fraction of the apprehensions,…
Maldives – What’s it like living on a water bungalow?
And why humans are doomed 😦
50 Things that made the Modern Economy – Illustrated on Post-it Notes.
I love doodling on Sticky Notes. And i love listening to podcasts. So i decided to merge the two. Writing…
7 Inspiring Podcasts by Women about Money, Business, Work & Life.
One of the biggest shifts in mindsets while/after getting an MBA was to inculcate an insatiable thirst to learn everything…
7 Lessons from my First Job post-Management Consulting
Last week, I completed 2 years at Cengage Learning, a disruptive Ed-Tech company and the third largest digital courseware and…
Lassen Volcanic National Park – Much like relationships between girls.
Much has been said about relationships between girls. Girls are high-drama. Girls don’t/can’t get along. Girls gossip (about other girls).…
Saguaro National Park – The art of adapting and embracing oddity.
People often ask me why i put myself thorough the trouble of visiting US national parks every free weekend i…
15 Things we can learn from our grand-mothers.
While the love a parent has for a child is often termed as unconditional, the love a grand-parent showers can…
Valley of Fire State Park | Nevada – A lesson in how to set your arrogance ablaze.
What can you do with an open afternoon before flying back from Las Vegas? Especially on the last day of…
7 investments to make in your tweens, teens, and twenties.
Disclaimer: Before i get trolled for being ageist, the list is obviously relevant for any age. However, in hindsight, i wish…
Antelope Valley Poppies – Are we ruining them by visiting?
Increasingly, as our ‘experience score’ translates to our travel capital, and each new fantastical/epic/unreal/awesome click on our feed makes us feel in-adequate, uneasy and restless all at once, a nagging question dangles at the back of my mind.
Is Instagram (And Social Media) killing the joy of travel and destroying the very places we visit; and more importantly is the solution to stop traveling entirely?
Living in a Tree House – What’s it like?
Growing up, we all wanted to get away from our mundane homes on solid ground zero. But where did we…
Biscayne National Park – Will you migrate with the birds?
Biscayne National Park is best described as a watery wonderland! Protecting a rare combination of aquamarine waters, emerald islands, and fish-bejeweled coral reefs, Biscayne takes your breath away. 13 of 59.
Road-trip across Spain – else life drives you by.
For those not familiar, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ (loosely translated to ‘you won’t get this life again’) is an Indian blockbuster…
