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Essays On Life
Why We See Outrage, How Hope Helps And Handling The Stressors Of Life
True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care-with no one there to see or cheer. This is the world. ~ David Foster Wallace
What Marcus Aurelius and Kahlil Gibran Can Teach Us About Surviving (and Thriving) in the Age of AI
- The Poet In My Memory "In your longing for your giant self lies your goodness, and that longing is in all of you." Kahlil Gibran wrote in his seminal work, The Prophet. The first time I came across the name Gibran was in my childhood when my mom would read...
Choosing Growth Over the Easy Win: How to Navigate Life’s Crossroads
- That Y In The Road As a student (indirect) of Swami Chinmayananda, his teachings have had a profound impact on how I live my daily life in a personal capacity as a mother, wife and friend. I also try to imbibe Guruji's teachings in how I interact with my...
Apparently My Foul Mouth Means I’m a Saint. And I’ve Got The F*ing Proof.
- Science Redeems My Four Letter Words In 2017, when I decided to quit my corporate job and become a teacher, my friends immediately staged an intervention. Are you sure, are you having a midlife crisis, how will you manage all this? More interestingly, some of...
From The Grittiest To The Most Glamorous: The Ever-Evolving Story Of Chennai
- Some experiences in life make you question your blessings. Such was a trip for me to Chennai in September of 2025. I was greeted with a hand-written invite, I ate Tamil food like it was my last time, and I crisscrossed the city with milions who looked like me...
Ancient Dreams, Modern Wake-Up Call: What Buddha and Rama Teach Us About Life Today
Challenging Our Heroes With Prompts On a prompt challenge from a friend, I asked ChatGPT questions on what Buddha and Rama would have been thinking at times of extreme turmoil in their lives, especially during some inflection points in life like when Siddhartha...
When AI Becomes More Human Than Humans: Relationships, Intimacy, and the Age of the Promptstitute
- Erotica, Intimacy And AI It feels like yesterday we were seeing huge societal changes happen in the way Gen Z is turning to AI for emotional support instead of actual dating. I had written about it here. And just this summer, I was whining about how adults...
This Diwali, Let’s Seek the Light Within
- Surrendering to our Two Worlds There's no better time than the fall in the US where I see the beautiful dichotomy of our lives. I love learning from my children who effortlessly navigate their two worlds - America when outside in public places and India at...
Frida, Unfiltered. Frida (2024) Is A Tasteful Tribute To A Trailblazer.
- Challenging The Limits Of Personal Freedom Since I first read about her, I've avoided getting too close to Frida Kahlo. Frida was a Mexican painter known for her iconic self-portraits and surreal symbolism that explore themes of identity, the body, and death....
They’re Touching Grass! Small Joys of Parenting Gen Z in a Screen-Obsessed World 📵🤳
- The Small Joys of Parenting Gen Z Yesterday, my 21 and 17-year-old were part of a music pop-up show in Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Daniel Caesar, the Canadian singer, was performing for a group of young adults. And the best part, they were touching grass! Too...
Why Vulnerability Is the Ultimate Superpower in Life and Leadership
- Discovering the Power of Vulnerability A few years ago, when I discovered Brené Brown through her books and her podcasts, something shifted in me. I had been asking myself a lot of questions on staying true to my nature and finding alignment in how I acted in...
If I Die Tomorrow, Let This Be My Final Message to You {Audio}
https://youtu.be/rSxE2YtgbvI - Want To Listen To The Article Instead? - A Love Letter to Living Fully Someone once told me, to them, I feel like an unexplored abundance of everything. I hope you choose to live that way too – full of wonder and...
News for the Unemployed: Kris Jenner Got Plastic Surgery and Now Looks Like Kim’s Twin. LMAO.
- In a classic “I don’t know what I was thinking” moment, I once wrote a crash course on the Kardashians. And even wondered what Nicki Minaj was referring to when she was talking about the Anaconda in her song. By that time I already had two kids, but you know,...