At one point in my life, I was quite a “fast-er”. I fasted on Thursdays for two decades. I also fasted on Saturdays for some time, and I fasted on Mondays in the month of Shravan (a month in the lunar Hindu calendar dedicated to Lord Shiva, which usually...
Some days ago, I was speaking with a friend who lives near Delhi. She was going through a rough patch, and I offered some words of support. She said: “Don’t worry Mangesh, I’ll survive. I know this about myself: I’m a survivor.” I found...
I had an interesting experience on the evening of the 31st of January, which I would like to share here. I had gone out to buy a few things, and stopped at a shop that sells street snacks (hah!) to buy something called ‘dabeli’, which is essentially spicy...
In every life, there are events which alter the course of the future: some in small ways, others dramatically. Some decisions we make in a particular moment seem to be influenced by a specific factor that has our immediate attention, but in hindsight, we are often...
