Today I begin by asking a clichéd question. What does success mean to you? Do you consider yourself successful? If yes or no, what parameters helped you decide that? Let me take a guess. Irrespective of who you are and what roles you play in this world, your success (or the lack of it) would be linked to something you…

I am a mother of two young children, both under 5 years of age, a preschool age daughter and an infant son. Being a parent comes with many opportunities to view, engage, interact with and understand varied parenting styles. This opportunity brings with it the struggles of comparison and doubt, as expected. The most important learning for me as a…

I wish to begin with a familiar scenario. Picture yourself back in your childhood, at any time period when you were between 5 to 15 years of age. What was the question you were most often asked by strangers and known people alike? Let me take a guess. Every time a nosy relative came by or a well-meaning family friend…

As we explore our inner self and the source of lasting happiness and peace, I am constantly reminded of the great Saint Kabir. Sant Kabir was a person like no other. While there have been many rishis and saints who have spoken about the ultimate truth, Sant Kabir had the talent to say a lot about the human experience in…

‘Self-awareness’ : the keyword that has a lot of buzz around it in recent times. This is definitely a good thing. In a world filled with materialistic achievements and success goalposts hovering around money and position, this is a welcome nudge. I wouldn’t go as far as calling it a shift, let alone a paradigm shift. However, it is surely…