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What will people think? - A snippet from a philosophical counselling session.
“My daughter wants to marry a boy who is not from our community and I am worried” “That is understandable. What exactly are you worried...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 20, 20233 min read


Staying out of other people’s arguments
The two brothers were having an argument on how to handle some issue. The wife of one of them could not resist the temptation and jumped...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 19, 20232 min read


Sacrifice is not a bad word.
The daughter had a performance in her school where she was going on a stage for the first time. It was important for her. Her mother had...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 18, 20232 min read


Phantom Pain - Experience Pain in the body but nothing wrong with the body
She experienced extraordinary pain in her left leg. She thought she had pulled a muscle or twisted a nerve or something. Some hot pack,...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 17, 20232 min read


Giving people what they want, not what we think they want.
On the tenth anniversary of his father’s death, he decided to spend some money and give the orphan students something. He bought 30...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 16, 20232 min read


Giving Help and Receiving Help - One is not superior to the other
There are times in our lives when we are physically okay and can assist someone else physically. Then there are days in our lives when...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 15, 20232 min read


The importance of TRUST in a relationship
“My dad said he would arrange the finance for my studies abroad. This is the second time has let me down. I don’t trust him anymore. I...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 14, 20232 min read


All divorced people are not itching to get hitched again
Those who are single in society fall into different categories. Those who never got married (either by choice or for other reasons),...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 13, 20232 min read


Grey Divorces
I don’t recall the source of the piece of statistics: The fastest-growing age group applying for divorces in Bangalore courts are those...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 10, 20233 min read


Let us not overdo the gratitude bit
“It is horrible to see the death and desperation in the world due to the pandemic” “Aren’t you grateful that you are not infected?” ***...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 9, 20232 min read


Don’t discourage children from playing with informal toys
“I bought him so many toys, but look at that he plays with rocks, empty carton boxes” the dad complained. The child, seven years old was...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 8, 20232 min read


Praising the wrong things
She prepared hard for the concert. It was not her first, she had already done more than 100 over the years. At this concert, she was...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 7, 20232 min read


When Seniors die
The average life expectancy has increased steadily over the decades. Today, if you are having the basic comforts of life, no debilitating...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 6, 20232 min read


If you are sitting with your child to help prepare for the exams...
As a parent, quite a few people take an active interest in their child’s education, especially during exam time. If as a parent you are...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 5, 20233 min read


Having a ‘chore’ curriculum for children at home.
I grew up with three siblings at home and all the four of us had chores to perform at home from a very young age. It was someone's chore...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 4, 20233 min read


“Yet” is a word of immense hope
When conversing with people, we are often asked whether we know some skill or have achieved some milestones of life. “Did you clear your...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 2, 20232 min read


Parents don’t have to make every moment into a teachable moment and blow away happiness.
I was watching a parent read a bedtime story to a child. The child was enjoying the moment as the parent read the story with a lot of...

Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 1, 20232 min read


Action is the antidote to anxiety - Focussing on things in our control
Many things keep happening around us. We can control somethings and most things are not in our control. If we take a look at the year...

Sreedhar Mandyam
May 31, 20232 min read


Cleaning can be Calming, Peaceful and Healing
Just as he was leaving for his office, she got into a huge argument with him. What started as an innocuous statement, slid into another...

Sreedhar Mandyam
May 30, 20232 min read


Everyone started on zero in skill-building
We look at others who have mastered the skills we desire and wish we had similar skills. It could be singing, dancing, public speaking,...

Sreedhar Mandyam
May 29, 20232 min read
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