There was something so profound I read a few days back.. “Freedom… is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey” This is a line from Chinese American poet Bei Dao’s poem Accomplices. I read the line in Ocean Vuong’s debut novel from 2019 “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” I heard Ocean Vuong speak at NPR’s Fresh Air a few months back where … Continue reading On Freedom and Life on Earth
How long do we have? How many weeks more? I read Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 weeks when it came out in 2021, during the pandemic. Yes, from the time we are born and if we were to live till 80 we will have lived a little over 4000 weeks. I turned fifty that year and found that I only had 1500 weeks left. 4000 felt less … Continue reading Our Limitedness
In 15 years lot has changed. I have grown much older. I did not have a single grey hair then and now I can easily count the black ones. 2010 was a year of total uncertainty, a time when I felt so stuck, unable to move forward. More professionally than personally, but the toll was personal. Our personal and professional lives are so intertwined and … Continue reading Living a Life
On November 27 last year, I decided that I will go to the Gym every single day. I did not decide how long I will spend there, I did not have a target for weight loss or any set goals. Just that I will go to the gym every day. It can either be my local Gym or the one at my office. The choice … Continue reading How we spend our days…
I have read what many people have written about Gandhi. The Gandhi who went to South Africa was not the same Gandhi who came back to India. The Gandhi who embarked on any journey was not the same as the Gandhi who arrived at the end of the journey. Gandhi for me is change. He was a human being who continuously changed when he realized … Continue reading Gandhi Jayanthi and Change
There is so much we consume and create in a week. I am not talk about food but Articles, Videos, Podcasts, Conversations and more. What do we retain? Or what is it that is worth retaining. What thoughts do they create in us? I have decided to share with you Every Sunday what I think I should retain and what thoughts that came in mind … Continue reading What should I be retaining this Week
Before we get to children, let us take a moment to find what is the difference between trying and succeeding. Here is my thought. Trying is a journey. It is not an end or destination. yes it ends when we quit or fail or succeed, until then it is a journey. Succeeding is a destination and end to what we have been trying. But it … Continue reading Do you think that children should be rewarded for trying, not just succeeding?
So my son likes to animate and a few years back I had given him the IPAD I bought. That was a 3rd Generation IPAD Air. I bought it not because I had any specific need for it. But then once he showed interest in animation, I gave it to him and he has been putting it to great use. I had bought him a … Continue reading Apple’s Compatibility Demon & Creativity
I think there are three things we can do with ideas. If you think you don’t have one, it is probably because you don’t think the one you have is a good one. We all have ideas. We create them from thin air. Ideas do not come after they figure out the implementation. Ideas are there…. many many many…. The First thing we can do … Continue reading What do we do with ideas that come to our mind?
2023 started more than a month ago and I have not read any book. Sometimes that fact reflects and haunts you pretty quickly. For me it is in the form of a restlessness. Not the restlessness of not having read anything. But the restlessness of not having spent enough time calmly going deep into something. Without reading regularly everything for me seems superficial. I start … Continue reading Books, Movies, OTT, theaters and my Sunday Times in Four Acts.
Vinod Narayan 