Living in a world increasingly torn apart by hatred and terror, I sit in wonder chewing over the questions ‘Will my grandchildren ever forgive me for the kind of world I am creating for them? Will I want them to stomach the world that has gone blind? Will they live in eternal fear, or strive…
Embed from Getty Images Progress is to do more and more and better and better of what we have always done, but change is a complete transformation for a new beginning. I once met a man who had just retired from work in Indian Railways. He said rather smugly he had fulfilled all his social…
Embed from Getty Images Terrorism is not quelled with guns, bullets and rockets. It is not fought on battlefields, nor on streets of towns and cities. What is seen on torn battlefields and battered streets, is the mirror image of what is already within. That is the true home of raging wars. I go within,…
It is a cast iron guarantee that if you don’t steer your life boat, someone else will. Similarly if you don’t think for yourself, someone else will, and that person will therefore decide what is good for you and what is not. No one in their right mind wants to surrender to someone else the…
The first step towards the solution of any problem is optimism. – John Baines Embed from Getty Images Optimism, whilst not a talent or skill, is a personal attribute that can be cultivated to such an extent that it becomes a permanent characteristic in how one perceives daily life. Optimist is a person who has…
Here is an enlightening anecdote from ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’, a wonderful and highly uplifting book by Mitch Albom. Embed from Getty Images A little wave is bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and fresh air on a warm, sunny afternoon. Suddenly he notices the other waves in…
Life experiences have taught me that real freedom, a state of abandon or total release, is attained when I am aware of and understand my motives and actions to take full control of myself and accept responsibility for what happens inside and around me. When I am aware of what is happening, I am ‘living…
Embed from Getty Images Freedom is a word that resonates with everyone. But what does it mean? Ordinarily, and very simplistically, freedom is the right or power to make a choice, to speak, act, think and exercise free will without any kind of restriction or hindrance in a sovereign state that is not under a…