Embarking on an academic journey as a lecturer to attain a doctorate wasn't merely a personal goal; it was the realization of a dream deeply...
Category: Personal Growth
Unlocking the Potential of Education: How Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Empowers Effective Teaching
“Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the...
Listen Before You Leap!
Hi, there! In this highly visual world of ours, we are beginning to rely more and more on our eyes. Experts tell us that the eyes are the most...
Going on stage
On August 4, 2021, the Euphonious Club of St Mary’s college organized a music fest to celebrate the 92nd birth anniversary of the legendary singer, Shri Kishore Kumar. The program started with an open mike invite. I hesitatingly went up on the stage to sing one of my most favorite songs of Shri Kishore Kumar, Tere bina zindagi se koyi shikwa to nahin shikwa nahi.
The Need for a Narrative
I write this to share my thoughts about something that caught my attention in this post written by a colleague. What I found interesting in it was the expressed need for a narrative to frame this global Covid’19 crisis. That the current situation lacks a narrative that is grand, like those classics written by Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, to describe what is happening. I understand this impulse as it is something that I have been witnessing in various forms since this crisis began. It is the most basic response that human beings have, one of meaning-making. It is an attempt to grasp what is happening and in some ways foist meaning onto a situation to make it palatable.
Belief and Faith
Belief and faith are two different concepts, connected by a single thin thread that is invisible. They don’t depend on any religion, caste, creed or...
My College Life!
When I just completed my 10th, MPC was something which I wanted to do, thinking I would be an Aeronautical Engineer one day. From getting...
Self-love seems so often unrequited
Self-love is a broad term which is more than often thrown around nonchalantly. Over the years, I feel that this concept has become synonymous with...