So What!

Mother is not thereSo what? Success is there or notSo what? One is understood or notSo what? People are mockingSo … More

Emotional Vulnerability

In clinical psychology, emotional vulnerability refers to a temperament in which a person is unusually sensitive to emotional stimuli, reacts … More

Yes, we should believeIn our own abilityBut vulnerability alsoNot to be scoffed at. To be humanIs to be vulnerableThat’s how … More

We Humans are Also Forces of Nature (Non-doership) A little while ago a friend was telling me that she was … More

Roti, kapada, makaan bus thaa nah bhai saab. Kaun kambhakt ye list ko biwi add kar di?

Derrida makes the distinction between the ‘who’ one loves – their singularity – and the ‘what’ – the specific qualities … More

(My attention was drawn to this by Tara Mehra, father of my friend Rashmi Chatterjee) According to the Ramcharitmanas, the … More

That Naredranath Dutta (later to become Swami Vivekananda) went around asking “Have you seen God?” is itself a problem, though … More

“To understand what is love, to understand your own inadequacies to rise up to the challenge of being able to … More

“Love can be one of the passports to Truth.”