What this soup of human emotions brings out is a brilliant plot covering the most existential question of them all – "How to live in a world that doesn’t care a bit about lonely people?"
Best Movies of 2023 – The Holdovers
What is Vedic Jyotish: the Indian Style of Astrology?
The origin of Jyotish Vidya or the Indian style of astrology is not new. Infact it is quite old and is said to have been derived from the Vedas which are circa 1000-1500 BCE. Though the Jyotish Vidya is considered to stand independent of the wide arrayed knowledge system of Sanatan Dharma, it is at... Continue Reading →
What is CBDC or Central Bank Digital Currency?
RBI has announced yet another revolutionary milestone in the digital payment journey of India. CBDC or the Central Bank Digital Currency is bound to shake the proverbial branches of the economy. Based on blockchain ledger technology and introduced as a challenger to infamous cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, it shall serve as a complement and... Continue Reading →
Are You Happy to Be an Introvert?
Is this a world of extroverts? You bet it is. Our society has always been wary of exceptions to so-called normal behavior and the proverbial nails that stick out. Although in the 21st century we have become a bit progressive and accepting of the fringe members of society like the LGBTQ community, we have a... Continue Reading →
How Can Mythology Be Used To Make Brands Memorable?
What Are Myths? Myth – such a famous word yet so grossly misunderstood. Whenever we call something a myth it is automatically assumed that the statement or the story behind it is false or hearsay at best. You might be surprised to know that the word myth comes from the Greek word mythos which means... Continue Reading →
Reality of Taking Antidepressants
How Do Antidepressants Work? There are many types of antidepressants used by doctors that are divided into a handful of categories. The most common ones are called SSRIs. SSRIs or Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors work by stopping the re-uptake or removal of Serotonin -the happiness hormone- from the neural junctions. This essentially increases the feeling... Continue Reading →
8 Things Only People With Depression Will Understand
Stress & Depression Are Different Stress is short term and depression is long-term. When the trigger causing stress goes away, stress also naturally ebbs away. However, depression is not because of a particular reason or trigger. It’s the result of continuous and long-term mental fatigue. It takes time and effort to get rid of depression.... Continue Reading →
Why is Brahma Not Worshipped?
Brahma - the creator of the universe and the almighty maker of this Earth. There would hardly be any Hindu who doesn’t know who Brahma Dev is and what duty he performs in the grand scheme of our universe. The Puranas and Hindu epics like Ramayan and Mahabharata are full of Devas, humans, and even... Continue Reading →
Kundalini Knowledge – Signs Of An Awakened Kundalini
Kundalini - such a common word yet so grossly misunderstood. Kundalini can prove to be a source of endless power and a reservoir of pure spiritual energy. Yet in this so-called era of knowledge, it has become nothing more than a punchline that is used to entice gullible customers into paying for pseudo-spirituality courses. Face... Continue Reading →
Every One of Us Has a Dopamine Problem
The world is changing and our bodies are changing with it. The industrial revolution has given birth to fast transportation and factories, while technology has brought far-flung places of the globe closer to us. The seasons change, fruits ripen and fall off, and the earth becomes warmer by the day. But some things never change.... Continue Reading →
Flexible Work Timing is the Future
The Hype of Flexible Working All articles nowadays have to compulsorily contain a couple of keywords: Corona, COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict, and India-China relations. Other than always being in news these keywords have one other thing in common; the events behind them have made a lasting impact on the modern workplace. Accept it or not, the... Continue Reading →
Are Night Owls More Successful than Early Birds?
The Times Have Changed I don't believe I have to say this but this is the 21st century. And, it’s high time people stop believing in the myth that morning is the only time for working. It was logical for our ancestors to complete their daily chores and livelihood duties in the daytime because it... Continue Reading →
The Simone Biles Effect: Mental Health Vs. Workplace Competition
Before you lose your mind and start screaming, let me acknowledge the elephant in the room. I know you’re not an athlete. You couldn’t be even if you wanted to because you’re stuck in a corporate job, too busy rotating on a non-ergonomic chair in your small-as-matchbox cubicle. We all are stuck somewhere, if you... Continue Reading →
Why Every Millennial Wants to Leave His Job?
No Respect for Employees The biggest problem of today's job arena is that it has no respect for anyone it employs. Now I know what you're going to say. "The world is ruthless and highly competitive." "It is survival of the fittest." Let me tell you that you are right but you are also wrong.... Continue Reading →
What is Kundalini?
Wikipedia defines Kundalini as a form of energy located in the base of the spine, which when woken moves up from its position. While it's a technically correct definition it misses out on a lot of deeper knowledge that is essential for understanding Kundalini. Next, I tried googling "What is Kundalini", and while I got... Continue Reading →
6 Tricks to Achieve Better Work-Life Balance
6. Understand What is 'Not' Important The first step to separating your work and personal life is to identify what is not important. Yes, you heard it right. What we do wrong is that we treat everything at the workplace as an emergency and everything personal as something that can be taken for granted, when... Continue Reading →
Why Are So Many People Unhappy In 2023?
Uncertainty of the Next Moment The COVID-19 pandemic has made us sitting ducks and forced us to stay in our homes for the past two and a half years without any contact with the outside world. It has pushed the current medical facilities as well as the human psyche to their respective limits without any... Continue Reading →
Vedas Deciphered – What is Consciousness According to Rigveda?
Consciousness - such a common word yet so grossly misunderstood. Who am I? Where did I come from? What does it mean to be conscious? When we speak, who is dictating from inside? These are some questions that have evaded the human intellect for time immemorial. Every day we wake up with these questions bubbling... Continue Reading →
What have the Sikh Gurus Done for Us?
Guru Nanak Dev, Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Teg Bahadur. These are not just names. They are symbols, legends, and above all, they are tools of peace and harmony. I frequently hear youngsters of India asking who these so-called Gurus were and what have they done for us. This article is not a propaganda instrument. It... Continue Reading →
Post-Pandemic Workplace: 7 Trends You Need to Watch Out For
The Great Resignation Get ready for an action-packed 2022 where employees leave their jobs a dozen a day and employers pull out their hair a hundred a day. With a substantial blow to the job market, everybody around the world is rethinking their career prospects. The U.S. is just a beginning as this resignation wave... Continue Reading →
Telehealth : Growing Need for Digital Access to Mental Health Treatment
Access to digital tools and services is gradually becoming a norm. Internet of things, Artificial Intelligence, and mobile apps have become household names. The COVID-19 pandemic has quickened the pace of this transition taking us from a physically oriented world to a more digital one. From cab booking and food ordering, all the way to... Continue Reading →
Workplace Bullying is Never Justified
I recently had a really unfortunate incident at the office where a colleague of ours just burst out at everyone. The person in question was in a quite senior position which further intensified his problematic behavior. As a person climbs up the corporate ladder he is expected to be more calm, composed, and most importantly... Continue Reading →
What are the Recruiters of 21st Century Looking For?
The famed COVID-19 pandemic has rolled over the world and made us sitting ducks in our own homes. Normal day-to-day activities from grocery shopping and office going to movie viewing and mall visits have evolved, perhaps irrevocably. Some things, however, remain the same. People are looking for new and stable job opportunities in this time... Continue Reading →
6 Ways to Succeed in a Ruthlessly Competitive World
Check if People are Worth your Time If you want people to know your worth, you yourself should know it first. Based on your assessment of your personality, you need to gauge if a person deserves to be taken seriously or not. If they are not deserving of yoru time, don't waste time and energy... Continue Reading →
Teacher’s Day Poem 2021
गणित आया तो उधार करके आएंगे Trigonometry का कुछ सुधार करके आएंगे समझ के बाहर है गुणा-भाग हम तो हर सवाल में कुछ जोड़ के आएंगे हिंदी में वाक्यों का वाक्या है कहानियां भी देखें तो बेजोड़ हैं सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी तो निराला था पर हमें तो पसंद कॉमिक्स-वाला था वर्गमाला बहुत है लंबी मात्राओं में... Continue Reading →
Afghanistan Has Fallen: Who are the Taliban?
Afghanistan is burning. Streets are crowded with armed militants, defecting army personnel, and frightened citizens. A quest for power is going on and provincial capitals are falling one by one. Recent reports claim that President Ashraf Ghani has escaped Kabul and the capital of Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban. People of Afghanistan are running... Continue Reading →
What is a Psychopath?
Psychopath - a word that is equal parts famous and misunderstood. In our society, a person who stands out from the crowd and goes out of his way to revolt against societal norms is referred to as a psychopath or a sociopath. Although these two are entirely different psychological conditions, people use them interchangeably to... Continue Reading →
Israel-Palestine Conflict: How Did it all Start?
Once upon a time, there was a city called Jerusalem. Well, it's still there but our interest in the matter starts several years before Christ was born. It starts with the very first story in the Christian Bible as well as the Jewish Bible. It begins with a guy Abraham who was promised a stretch... Continue Reading →
Why are Israel & Palestine Fighting Each Other?
Before understanding the ultra complex Israel-Palestine conflict, let's understand where exactly these two countries are. Israel is a country with a population of approximately 10 million and is situated to the North West of Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, if you try to find Palestine on the world map you won't find it because... Continue Reading →
Corona Poem – मैं काल हूँ
आजकल अलग ही राह पर चल रहा हूँवजह नहीं कोई, अनायास ही चल रहा हूंज़िंदगी और मौत में फ़र्क नहीं कोईसच पूछो तो, एक जिंदा लाश चल रहा हूँ चारों तरफ मौत का सन्नाटा हैछाया है घनघोर अँधेरामौत बरस रही है बादलों सेइन खाली शहरों में बेकल अवाक घूम रहा हूँ दूरदर्शी जब दूर तक... Continue Reading →
Wake Up For Myanmar
If you don’t know what is happening in Myanmar you should read some news and come back to this article. Also, you should get some empathy. In Myanmar, the current generation is, unfortunately, witnessing the same thing that many of the previous generations had also suffered. They are watching their country being broken down into... Continue Reading →
6 Steps To Visualize Your Dreams & Make Them Real
1. Build a Visualization Map Visualization is a very powerful tool that can be used to manifest your dreams into reality. But it's also a journey and like any journey, it begins somewhere. When you are starting something you first have to visualize your end objective. The best method to do that is to draw... Continue Reading →
How Has India Managed to Defeat Corona?
Corona KaalLockdownAnother LockdownCoronavirus Who would've thought that instead of Kim Kardashian's married life and Bengal elections, these keywords would be trending for a better part of 2020 and perhaps 2021 also? COVID-19 has brought the world to heel and the animalistic side of humans out in the open. For the past one and a half... Continue Reading →
What are the Best Movies of Diljit Dosanjh?
Diljit Dosanjh: the singer, the actor, the legend. From an obscure Punjabi singer to one of the most prominent performers of India, Dosanjhawala is a phenomenon you can't ignore in this day and time. Starting from Punjab as a singer, now Diljit Dosanjh has proved his penchant for singing and acting in entire India including... Continue Reading →
Mount Kailash: Three Mountains where God Lives
Mahadeva, Bholenath, Shiva, Shankar, Shambhu! Many names, one God.
7 Easy Tricks to Keep Anxiety Away
Meditation I can’t overstate the fact that meditation is a perfect respite for your body, mind, and soul. If done correctly meditation allows you to put a stop to all the negative thoughts in your mind inherently putting a stop to the incessant anxiety. After all, it is the cyclic overthinking that keeps us plunged... Continue Reading →
Has Making Fun of Hinduism Become a Fashion?
With over one and a half billion followers, Hinduism is one of the top three religions of the world. The core ideas of Hinduism have throughout history taught its followers to be tolerant and inclusive when it comes to other religions. Five thousand years of Sanatan Dharma Tradition also known as Hinduism has taught its... Continue Reading →
Autism: Voice of the Silent Ones
Autism is a psychological ailment covering various debilitating diseases. It is characterized by symptoms like social anxiety, repetitive behaviors, speech impairment, etc. This is how the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) defines Autism. While this definition may seem all-encompassing with all the right jargon, it fails to catch the emotions behind a largely... Continue Reading →
6 Ways to Help Someone with Social Anxiety
Don't think Social Anxiety is Abnormal Social Anxiety Disorder is a subclass of an all-encompassing mental disorder called Anxiety Disorder. People most often confuse it with having normal stage fright or becoming nervous in social situations. While social anxiety constitutes all that, it is much more than what it seems to be. Having some anxiety... Continue Reading →
Can you Change your Personality Type?
Every person on this earth has a unique personality. There exist a plethora of similarities as well as differences between two persons, and the latter is what makes everyone unique in their own way. The similarities people wrongly call personality types when, in reality, terms like introverts, extroverts, and alpha behavior are personality traits. Everyone's... Continue Reading →
Mahabharat: What was Bheesham’s Great Sin?
In the great war of Mahabharat, Bheesham Pitamah was standing in front of the Pandava, Arjun. The son of the holy river Ganga, Devvrata, who was also known as Bheesham Pitamah, was one of the most formidable warriors of his time. On the ninth day of the great war of Mahabharat, Bheesham stood face to... Continue Reading →
Why do People Hate Complex Personalities?
There are two major categories of personality types in the world: Simple personalities and Complex personalities. Don't get me wrong. There are various types of distinct and unique personalities amongst us. Simple and complex personality differentiation is one of many categorizations that are utilized in the study of human mind. Most of the people in... Continue Reading →
Sushant Singh Rajput: The Ultimate Complex Personality
The year 2020, after taking away legends like Rishi Kapoor and Irfan Khan, has taken away another gem of Bollywood, Sushant Singh Rajput. I have seen many news pieces and posts on social media about Sushant Singh Rajput and how he was in his personal life. Some are saying he was quite reserved and a... Continue Reading →
6 Positive Effects of Coronavirus for your Mental Health Boost
Return of the Prodigal Animals Every animal is having a wild party, literally. Now that the humans have left some much-deserved space for the Earth's flora and fauna, the plants are reclaiming their rightful habitat, and the animals are coming out of their hiding spots. Dolphins have returned to the famous Canal of Venice and... Continue Reading →
8 Masters of Disguise of Hollywood Hiding in Plain Sight
8. Rooney Mara Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Yup Rooney Mara is the one who played the iconic character of Lisbeth Salander in that movie. If you still can't relate Lisbeth with Rooney Mara, try imagining the auburn-haired beauty body piercings and without eyebrows. Get the picture now? Although the gorgeous actress from New York... Continue Reading →
मैंने माँ के चरणों में भगवान देखा है
मैंने अपनी माँ के चरणों में भगवान को देखा है अपने सपनों को उसकी आँखों में खिलते सदाबहार देखा है माँ के हाथों में अपने भविष्य का आकार देखा है जागते हुए हर सपने को साकार देखा है हवन की अग्नि में और अजान की ध्वनि में गुरबाणी की शकल में और बुद्ध की अक्ल... Continue Reading →
How to Deal with Toxic People During Lockdown?
The other day I was talking to a colleague of mine, and although he has been a good friend of mine this past year, I realized I have never really known him. He quite often demeans and criticizes other members of the team, but when he did the same to me, I realized what he... Continue Reading →
Coronavirus: Why is China Buying Indian Stocks During Global Market Meltdown?
I can't help but sense a pattern here. In my previous article, I showed how China is undertaking massive construction projects, not only in Pakistan but also in several vulnerable developing countries around the world, including Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, and many others. China seems to have proposed these construction projects as an alternative to the... Continue Reading →
Coronavirus: Taking Care of your Mental Health in Lockdown
Bring Back Hobbies Catch up on those long-forgotten hobbies that once gave you happiness, but had to be left behind because of lack of time. You may have grown out of gully cricket, playing cards, or that simple game of ludo, but they have not grown out of you. To maintain your mental balance and... Continue Reading →
Where Are Gypsies From?
Ever heard of gypsies? Yeah, the constantly travelling tribe of mystics and fortune tellers you have seen many times in movies and county fairs. Portrayed as compulsive thieves Gypsies are thought to trick honest people out of their hard-earned money. The first image that comes to one's mind when the word 'gypsy' is uttered, is... Continue Reading →
Heretic Film Review: Hugh Grant’s Gripping Performance
Heretic is a film that dares to tread the fine line between faith and skepticism, weaving a narrative that unravels like a tightly coiled spring, filled with tension and philosophical inquiry.
Siddhu Moosewala Was More Than A Singer: He Was A Legend
Our country is full of nepotism infested superstars. They are only known to the public because their father or mother or some relative was a celebrity in the past. If it were not for those nepotistic connections, they would not last a day in the entertainment industry with their minuscule talent. Sidhu Moosewala was a... Continue Reading →
Suburban Wordsmith 