Simple Route to Happiness

Dana Milbank in The Washington Post: In these grim times, the most efficient path to living a contented life may be … More

Nonsensical World

“The world does not make sense. I mean that in a very, very wide and in a very, very deep … More

Desires I have manyNo, not manyJust a fewBut desire I am told is suffering(Buddha said it)Even a little suffering is … More

Aadhi zindagi kut gayiPadnay may, Kamaanay mayBaaki zindagi kut gayiBiwi ko samajhnay may.

However much I try to pull myself upFrom the depths of despair about lifeI keep failing, feeling I should shut … More

Lalman, one of the watchmen in our apartment complex, works from 8 pm to 8 am. He seems to be … More

How shall I tell the women I lovedThat it was not they who I lovedBut I myself all along in … More

While those wordsComfort oneComing as they didFrom a well-wisher,But you know how they say“Beauty lies in the eye of the … More

“Your problem creates an opportunity for someone else.” “This whole tamasha of Maya and liberation from Maya hinges on your nuanced … More

“I no longer think of it as ‘work’. I think of it as ‘help’ – helping people fulfill their aspirations … More