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The Space Between Reaction and Response
I was thinking the other day about what really makes us human. Not the usual answers like our big brains or opposable thumbs, but...
Gaurav
Jun 294 min read


Present Seeking
When was the last time you went for a vacation? Maybe you went to a nice hill station, or beautiful beaches, a lovely vibrant city or a...
Gaurav
Jun 263 min read


THE COST OF EXCELLENCE
I was talking to someone recently and realized how we humans tend to glorify success beyond what life really is. We make it larger than...
Gaurav
May 32 min read


Free will
I went for a ride on my bicycle the other day. As I pedaled along a quiet road, I noticed another cyclist ahead of me. He was moving very...
Gaurav
Mar 32 min read


Conversation
What Does It Really Mean to Have a Conversation? We have countless conversations every day. In fact, our ability to converse is one of...
Gaurav
Dec 30, 20242 min read


Being mature
What Do We Really Mean by Maturity? Maturity is one of those things we all admire. It’s a label we give to people, organizations, or even...
Gaurav
Dec 17, 20243 min read


Cost of an experience
When someone achieves something socially valuable, we often say, ‘Congratulations.’ It’s a moment of recognition, a brief acknowledgment...
Gaurav
Aug 15, 20242 min read
The problem of happiness
No one can be happy in this world. So how do we solve this problem of happiness. Well it’s simple, be no one.
Gaurav
Jun 16, 20241 min read


The fleeting nature of life
If only we could keep what we like, if only we could push away what we don't. But the reality of life is something else, from the time I...
Gaurav
May 12, 20242 min read


To do or not to do
Remember the time when you started learning how to ride a bicycle? You were told, don't see around but on the road, don't lose your...
Gaurav
Feb 17, 20242 min read


What you see may not be what you get
We all look for beautiful partners in our lives. While the definition of beauty is very subjective and lies in the eyes of the beholder,...
Gaurav
Feb 17, 20242 min read


Identity
While we are anything in life, we are suffering. Be a boss, an employee, a husband, a wife, or any role. As long as you assume a role,...
Gaurav
Feb 17, 20242 min read


Respond, don’t react
Humans are nothing but glorified monkeys, or so we know till date from evolutionary theories. And if we look at monkeys or any other...
Gaurav
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Freedom
What is Freedom On the surface, it is being able to do what one wants to do, when, where, and how one wants to behave. That seems like...
Gaurav
Jul 29, 20232 min read


The checklist
The Indian Matchmaking, that’s the name of the show on Netflix I was watching other day. Not a great show for my taste but good enough to...
Gaurav
Apr 30, 20233 min read


Opportunities
The other day I was at a train station waiting for my train to arrive. There was a man who got down from another train with almost...
Gaurav
Apr 3, 20232 min read


Limits of form
We have all been given this life, full of different experiences. Most of the time in our life goes in satisfying the senses, it includes...
Gaurav
Apr 1, 20232 min read


Always there
In the brightest daylight of the sun, I wander around, looking for someone to cherish the time with, and I do find one. On the darkest...
Gaurav
Mar 31, 20231 min read


Interconnectedness of change
When we imagine our future, which for some reason we often do, we look at only few changes that fit our requirement or mental desires. We...
Gaurav
Mar 29, 20231 min read


World isn't here to make you happy
I was listening to Echkart Tolle and he says “Realize that world is not here to make you happy, it is here to challenge you”. What a...
Gaurav
Mar 29, 20232 min read
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