Rotten Tomatoes
I was born in Christianity, believing in Jesus and loving him is a part of my culture. I took Jesus as my teacher, a guiding force. My faith in and love has always helped me to…
Time travel
While everyone in the family is asleep, my mom insists that I get up early in the morning to practice singing. She does not know anything about singing herself, yet she wants me to sing like…
My favorite person, myself
As a young boy, I learned quickly that I must get along with difficult people to survive in this world. Overlook weakness and try to focus on the bright side of the world. This could not…
Around the world in 8 dollars
I had 1 lakh in my account and 3 lakh in fixed deposit when I took an apartment on rent and started living independently. That 1 lakh was a great moral support. The situation got better…
God, please save me..
Although I was illiterate, I managed to educate my children. Two of my sons became doctors and settled abroad, while my two daughters became professionals and married. I was happy and proud of them. During times…
What is meditation?
Our desires and emotions - happiness, anger, sadness, greed, etc. all come to us as thoughts only. Life comes to us in the form of thoughts. As we need to shut down the computer system for…
Happy Women’s day
At a very early age, my parents made it very clear that I have no other choice than to study hard and become a highly qualified professional. The later life would become easy, I was told…
It’s complicated or not
I fell in love with this beautiful girl in my class, Rekha. Every romantic movie and song seems to be telling the story of my heart. My best friend also liked her. After secretly admiring her…
Outburst
I worked as a government official before the India-Pakistan partition. In my office, colleagues called me Binal babu. Our staff consisted of Hindus and Muslims working under English officials. Irrespective of what was happening around me,…
A lot like love
Every time we experience something different in a new relationship; never felt this before. After a while, somehow, we lose interest. The feeling simply evaporates and we are back to confusion. How suddenly the feeling has…