Don’t Quit

I stumbled upon this poem while I was browsing through a poetry book at the public library of my home town.It was written by John Greenleaf Whittier, a 19th century American poet and an anti-slavery activist. During the times of struggle and pain, these kind of poetry can be a great boost to our morale and …

‘Njaval Pazhangal’ ‘ഞാവൽ പഴങ്ങൾ’ – A Beautifully Narrated Short Film

Since visual media and technology has become cheap and accessible to everyone, lot of amateur film makers are into creating short movies and showcasing it in platforms like YouTube. Short-film making has become a rat race. Some of them conveys socially relevant messages while most of them don’t. And, I don’t want or like to …

Meet Mr. Word Game, My New Trainer for Life and Business

I was bed ridden at my home during first two weeks of March after meeting up with a road accident on last week of February. Those days were some of the toughest days of my life. I was depressed after the road accident in which I escaped from death by a stroke of luck. My …

Building Cruelty-Free Body, The Vegan Way.

This feature write-up of mine got published in June 2017 edition of VegPlanet Magazine, India's first magazine on Veganism. This edition is the first edition of the magazine and I’m really happy that my feature happened to be a part of it’s legacy. I’m grateful to my friend Niranjan Amarnath, who is the publisher and …

The Story of Salumarada Thimakka

This is the story of Thimakka…. She was born in Hoolikkal village in the district of Ram Nagar which is near to Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka. This mother gained international attention when she won National Citizenship Award in 1996 for her environmental conservation initiatives. Her fellow villagers fondly call her Salumarada Thimakka. …

An Atheist’s Purpose in a Purposeless Life and Universe

The very idea that no one is watching over you and there is no life after death seems so dark and hopeless. What is the purpose of living a purposeless life? What is the point in doing good, if there is no reward after death? Being an atheist is to live a life with no …

The Art of Speculation

“The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the person of inferior emotional balance, or the get-rich-quick adventurer. They will die poor.” Jesse Livermore Some see speculation as gambling and keep themselves away from it. Some see it …

Success is Always A Personal Shot

Once upon a time, the great emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte was taking a stroll alongside a village under his vast empire with his corps. It was during that casual walk, he saw a man simply lying under the shadow of a tree, day-dreaming and smiling often. Napoleon got slightly irritated with that man's sluggish posture and …

Business Class – An Uneducated Class?

“You failed the degree?” my uncle asked me during the inauguration ceremony of my first office at my home town. “Why did you asked like that?” I enquired. “ If you have passed your degree, you could have got a good job! I'm wondering, why you have started a business?” he replied with a smile. …

My Take on Marriage & Why I’m not Taking it!

Late twenties is the most difficult stage for an ambitious adult, who doesn't want to get tied down, follow his passions, and live a life on his own. It is the time one struggles more in his career. Things get worse if he is an entrepreneur and trying to create a career on his own. …

Child in Us

Child in us, We ignore; While taking us, On way being mature.   Maturity is cliché, A doom city; Where we lose our psyche, Where we lose our curiosity.   Its child in us, Who tells us to move on; When failures bend us, Yet force us to try on.   World is in ruts, …

Technical Analysis – A Pseudo-science?

 Stock market is widely considered as the temple of Capitalism. It reflects the strength and weakness of an economy; bloom and doom of a business or a company. Since the day, financial instruments, commodities and currencies started exchanging at the hands of buyers and sellers, started the speculation on their prices. Speculation is almost similar …

Lessons from SuDoKu

During my college days, I was highly addicted to reading newspapers. And it was during those days, I stumbled upon this game, which usually can be find mostly at the bottom corner of the last page of most newspapers. It consists of 9x9 grids partially filled with numbers from 1 to 9. Rest of the …