Category: Wellness

March 20, 2014

INSECURITY – WASTE OF TIME AND ABSENCE OF AWARENESS

Long ago, Roy Kurien, my college mate and close friend during PUC asked me: “How are you going to live without a secure government job?” He was concerned as I had not registered my...

Direct Approach / Wellness

March 1, 2014

Don’t do Something Permanently Stupid Just Because You are Temporarily Upset

Gracy Wilson, my journalist friend in UK, is a very hot tempered person. She has issues with the editor, management and most of the people she meets. She reacts to each and everything in...

Wellness

February 15, 2014

A Depressed Girl and the Butterfly Effect!

I met Rajani (not real name) during a wedding ceremony. She said she was a regular reader of my website. We talked for some time. She is doing her post-research (after her PhD). Her...

Philosophy / Wellness

February 15, 2014

The Prescription for Happiness And a Donkey

A donkey was stubborn. So an enterprising farmer rigged up a stick with a carrot on a string that would dangle in front of the donkey, a few inches from his nose. The donkey...

Wellness

February 15, 2014

Close Encounter with a Senior Grade Drunkard

Three years ago, I happened to visit Gopalan Nair’s family. They were rich landlords in the past. Gopalan was an alcoholic and addict. He had ruined all his family assets. His wife complained about...

Wellness

January 16, 2014

PROBLEMS ARE MANDATORY; WORRYING IS OPTIONAL

A man was standing near a beautiful beach. He wanted to take bath in the ocean – a calm ocean without waves, to be precise. So he waited for the waves to stop so...

Wellness

December 17, 2013

Positive thinking: A pseudo-scientific con!

CAUTION: POSITIVE THINKING MAY BE HARMFUL TO YOU : Promod is an MLM (multi-level marketing) business man. He also runs a business of personality development. He told me: “Positive thinking has miraculous powers. Positive...

Wellness

November 18, 2013

Can Anybody Predict Your Future?

25 years ago, my friend Subrahmanian invited me for lunch during some ongoing ‘parihara kriyas’ (remedial rituals) at his home. Somebody had predicted that his father would die at the age of 50. I...

Wellness

September 16, 2013

Easy Step to Happiness: Kick-Out the Word “Enjoy”

Aseena (not real name), our family friend, is working as a Nurse in UK. She always ends her phone call with these words: “Have fun, Enjoy!”. One day Aseena was talking to my daughter....

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

Philosophy / Wellness

July 24, 2013

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

YOU DON’T EAT A LION DOESN’T MEAN LION WON’T EAT YOU! One of my friends is working in a state-government’s administrative department. She is very honest, dedicated and hardworking. She cannot stand any manipulation...

Love / Wellness

February 25, 2013

Love, Sex and Marriage – Indian Style !

Venkateswara Bhat (Venky) was my school mate. He is a priest in a Hindu temple now. Few years ago, he came to see me while I was working in Bangalore. He was on the...

Wellness

August 21, 2012

Bye-bye Positive Thinking

It was a Sunday afternoon. I had my lunch and was watching television at my home. Suddenly, I heard someone ringing my door-bell. I opened the door. A Youngman in early 30s, wearing full-sleeves,...