The puzzle of acceptance

No word has been misused more than ‘acceptance’. How acceptance is misunderstood… It often becomes a weapon. An excuse for resistance to change: “I refuse to change!!! I accept myself as I am!” An excuse to be a jerk: “If you accepted me for who I am, this would not have been a problem” An …

Are you stereotyping yourself?

We talk about gender bias, religious bias, racial stereotyping, stereotyping OTHERS all the time. What about stereotyping OURSELF? When I stereotype myself saying “I AM a structured person” I lose access to the possibilities of spontaneity. When I stereotype myself saying “I AM a spontaneous person” I lose access to the possibilities of consistent, structured …

Making your ideas into Reality

I loved fantasizing about touring the world. I could imagine floating on Dal lake in Kashmir in one moment, on the top of Eiffel tower the next, and sliding on Alaskan glaciers a few seconds after that. Hundreds of places I could be at the same time!! Without the limitations of space and time! That’s …

“Papa, Look at my drawing!!” – How we pass on the values we claim we hate

“Our education system is just about mugging up and vomiting in exams. Only marks matter. Nothing else!! Just adding more rats to the rat race”, screamed Amit in anger! “No attention to individual likings, interests, passions. Just a mass assembly line! Everybody just runs behind money and status and ends up in mid-life depression by the …