I did something eight years ago that two doctors advised against.
I insisted. They eventually gave in. And I got exactly what I asked for.
I’ve regretted it since.
Funny how that works! We chase a version of ourselves that isn’t here yet, only to discover that time was going
Someone did it to me again recently.
Mid-conversation.
It’s the single most disrespectful thing people do today — and most of them have no idea they’re doing it.
I’ve started responding to it differently.
In this piece, I write about this habit, why it’s more serious than most
Mohit Sain left my team last week. And is relocating to Sydney today.
When he first told me he was leaving, my first thought was “oh no”.
Over two decades of leading teams, I’ve been here before — that strange place where you’re genuinely happy for someone and quietly
To every student staring at a result right now — good, bad, or somewhere in between.
I was you once. Terrified. Underprepared. Hoping for just enough.
What I know now, that I wish someone had told me then, is that the number on that marksheet is one sentence in a
When I was considering taking on a new job, a well-meaning colleague pulled me aside.
“This arrangement doesn’t make sense. Think it through. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
He was confident. He was sincere. But he had no direct evidence.
I joined anyway.
Years later, I looked back on
It’s thirty years since the morning that determined the shape of my career. And the person most responsible for it doesn’t know.
Because I never got the chance to tell him properly.
His name is Shekhar. In 1995-96, he worked at India Feature Service in Delhi and lived in Vasant
There are people in your life you’d avoid if you could.
You know exactly who I mean.
For a long time, I did what most of us do. I showed up anyway. Kept the peace. Played the role.
Of late, I’ve stopped doing that.
If you’ve ever felt torn
There’s a moment every parent dreads and secretly hopes for at the same time.
The moment you realise your child has quietly outgrown your expectations.
It happened to me this January, over breakfast, in a conversation I hadn’t planned for.
There’s a season in life when everyone needs you at once.
Your parents. Your children. Your colleagues. Each with a legitimate claim on your time, your energy, your presence.
And somewhere in the middle of all that giving, you disappear.
Not dramatically. Quietly. You stop sleeping properly. Stop doing the
I stopped making new friends for nearly a decade.
Not because I’d given up on people. But because I already had a close bunch, I couldn’t do justice to them.
Adding more felt dishonest. So I kept the door shut.
Then, without planning it, two people walked into my