As children, we are dependent on the adults around us for almost everything. Slowly as the child grows up, the sense of wanting to be...

As a former banker, I have always been aware of the power of compound interest. As applied to finance, it means that you earn a small sum...

“I don’t want to take cash, can you transfer the money online to my account?” I asked a friend recently. “I will ask my dad to do it,”...

First scenario: The child comes back home from school and says, “You know what happened today? My friend Rahul stopped talking to me.”...

Society alters its shape every decade or so and it seems to be happening faster than before. The way we commute (Uber, Ola, Metro), the...

Recently when one of my friends was being exhorted by his wife about what not to tell some visitors expected home, remarked, “Saraswati...

My friend had recently bought a small pressure cooker and he did not notice a small, insignificant (insignificant is my judgement not...

Disproportionate responses to people’s behaviour around us cause a lot of unpleasantness. When we are on the other side don’t we feel for...

A wise man once said, “Avoid arguments if possible, especially if impossible”. Arguments are no doubt a part of every relationship and...

I was travelling on the train to Bangalore and a young girl on her way to her first job was sitting opposite me. A middle-aged man...

Boundaries for self People who are important to us in our lives, our spouse, children, parents, siblings, friends etc will come and...

The one gift every parent should bequeath to her child is the unconditional freedom to be curious. The world is full of wonderful things...

Like Helicopter Parents, there are Helicopter Spouses and Helicopter Siblings too. “I have to enter the kitchen to do something and my...

As book lovers, we pick up a lot of books offline and online. We start reading a book with a lot of enthusiasm, both fiction and...

Scrabble Babble. We play Scrabble like we play life. Some of us are hoarders. We hold on to our Qs and Zs hoping to use them at the right...

A relationship would always mean a compromise. The moment we have a relationship and live with someone, (parents, spouses, siblings,...

We live in two worlds We live in two worlds, don't we? One is the real world out there where we can physically touch things, people,...

Day 1 “She has quit the job”, the wife started, bitterness and anger rising in her. “Why are you saying that?”, her husband asked...

We are so good at solving other people's problems. Why is that our issues seem so difficult to solve? With our issues, our emotions are...

We were headed on the Bengaluru – Hassan highway in my cousin's car. The weather was glorious, the road smooth and the conversation...