Category Archives: Focus

There is nothing wrong in eating meat but it is so much surprising that Buddhist monks eat meat whereas the religion preaches non-violence. I asked this question to a monk during my visit to Thailand and he told me that Buddha allowed monks to eat meat, if they had not seen, heard or suspected that […]

When a relationship ends, we usually find it easy to determine who untied the knots and who wished to tie it back together: the one who found a new partner or a new hobby or apartment and appeared to move on quickly did the dirty job of ending things,without experiencing an ounce of pain and […]

Don’t Blame, Be responsible, Be happy. Blame is a huge cause of unhappiness. We do not take responsibility for our anger, anxiety, and frustrations. We look for someone to blame and do not loose any opportunity to be angry and frustrated. After having practiced patience for several years a friend of mine thought of taking […]

Two thousand years ago, the great Greek philosopher, Socrates says, ‘Know thyself’, Buddha says: ‘Love thyself’. Osho says, “And Buddha is far truer, because unless you love yourself you will never know yourself – knowing comes only later on, love prepares the ground. Love is the possibility of knowing oneself. Love is the right way to know onesel

Society needs sheep not lions. It is easy to enslave sheep. Society wants people to be exploited.

Most of the times we plan big programmes to reduce our stress and become happier. Many-a-times they just remain plans. Even if we do attend those workshops or go through a course, the effect is minimal if we do not make ‘happiness’ a part of our lives. The psychologists advice a number of do-it-yourself activities […]

“His entire family had been planning a road trip from Delhi to Calcutta for almost five months. On a Sunday morning in November, they left their house in Shalimar Garden, all set to hit the road. His father had been driving for almost seven hours now. The siblings were busy nagging each other as the […]

… and I am not talking variety in general… I am talking about the myriad spices (literally) that make the repertoire of an Indian kitchen cupboard and/ or drawer- sometimes spanning across several depending upon how many chefs (believing themselves to be so) exist across how many cuisines. Well you see, Indian cuisine is not […]