Thoughts

I've been obsessed with writing in the past few days and now I recognise that I have to do other things like cooking, cleaning the kitchen and just some chores. I was not very good at the chores but recently, I got this epiphany that it's not always about producing creative work. Sometimes doing the important chores of life is also equally important. During my pause in writing, I came across a song called, Hukum from Jailer 2. I loved the song and everything that it brought. The song had life and certainly a swag to it, like Rajnikanth himself has. Being from Bombay, I never recognised why Rajnikanth was rajnikanth and what was the hype surrounding him. But looking at the song, looking at some performances in award shows made me recognise why he is what he is. I am sure he has honed his craft since years and still does stupendous work even with all the lost hair. He has to be looking young through vfx but he still is a super star. A couple of quotes from him actually inspired m...

 Healing begins when we stop running away from the things that make us uncomfortable. Sometimes, the problem is something as simple as an imperfection in our skin, a habit we have neglected, unfinished work, or a difficult emotion we do not want to confront. Our instinct is often to distract ourselves rather than deal with what is happening. But avoidance offers temporary relief, not lasting solutions. Today, I was looking at my skin and reflecting on its imperfections. I also realised that I had neglected my grooming for some time. Instead of criticising myself, I decided to take care of myself. I shaved, groomed myself, and felt better. It was a small action, but it reminded me that  self-improvement begins with self-acceptance. We can acknowledge our imperfections without allowing them to define us. We can accept ourselves while still working to become better. Face the problem, then work towards a solution Recognising a problem is only the first step. We must also take acti...

There is another aspect of this that I do not want to overlook. If I spend every minute doing something, when do I get the chance to understand what I am doing? If I keep working, responding, reading, and trying to improve, I might become very busy without becoming much wiser. I need space to reflect. I need moments when I am not trying to produce anything. I need to sit with an idea, read a few pages of a book, or simply allow my mind to settle. This is not a contradiction of concentrating on what is in front of me. If the time I have set aside is for reflection, then reflection is what is in front of me. If I am reading, I should read. If I am resting, I should rest without constantly worrying about what I could be doing instead. The point is not to turn every minute into another productivity exercise. The point is to live each minute with greater awareness. There will be times to work hard and times to stop. Times to speak and times to remain silent. Times to help and times to step ...

 Today, I looked at a tree and started thinking about life. A tree doesn't become what it is in a day. It takes years of sunlight, water, and growth. Much of that growth happens quietly. Nobody needs to applaud the tree for it to keep growing. Nobody needs to validate its progress. It simply continues. I think there is something important to learn from that. We often want our lives to change faster than they possibly can. We want to become better at our work, build a strong body, develop meaningful relationships, and become people we respect. But we want the results immediately. We want to see progress, receive appreciation, and know that our efforts are leading somewhere. When those things don't happen, we start doubting ourselves. Perhaps we aren't working hard enough. Perhaps other people are doing better. Perhaps we need to change everything. But what if the answer is sometimes much simpler? What if we need to keep doing the right things and give them time? The work nob...

There comes a point when doing more is no longer the answer. You can fill your calendar. You can keep working. You can respond to every message, attend every meeting, solve every problem, and still feel that something is missing. What may be missing is space . Space to think. Space to read. Space to understand. Space to ask whether the things we are doing actually matter. That is where I find myself right now. I don't think I need to stop working. I don't want to stop learning or creating. I want to keep getting better. I want to become a better engineer, a better thinker, and eventually a better leader. But I also need to slow down. I recently started thinking about The Inner Game of Work again, because the idea feels particularly relevant right now. The outer game is about getting things done. The inner game is about understanding what is happening inside us while we do them. And perhaps the next stage of growth is learning to play both games. Stop Reacting One thing I have ...

Every time, I am lost, confused, and need an idea of where to go in life, I turn to one book and that is Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. I am quoting a paragraph that I learned from it, "He who remains serene in Cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour, for such a self-controlled man the Supreme self is properly established, that is, present in the form of the Self. The Yogi who is content with knowledge and wisdom, who is free from perturbation and has conquered the senses, to whom clay, stone and gold are alike, he is said to be united with the Supreme.....", further more it goes on to say, "He who has the same regard for friend, companion, enemy, the indifferent, the mediator, the hostile, and kinsmen, as well as for the righteous and for the sinful, he is the best". Beautiful.... the book teaches so much beyond self control. It teaches us about regarding everyone alike. Whether that's your manager or whether that's your colleague. Everyone should be...