Before you start reading my blog, I want to make it clear that I am not a professional financial advisor. Views expressed here are purely based on my experiential learning and observations. We can broadly classify people into three categories: One who earn more and spend less, second whose earnings and spending are nearly equal and third whose spending are more than earnings. This is irrespective of your amount of earning because winning at money is eighty percent behavior and

As the lockdown lifts and the number of cases rise, I can feel the heat closing in on me. Two friends messaged me that their loved ones tested positive and are battling COVID. There are a few more about whom I read on social media; someone’s cousin, parent, loved one suffering and sometimes losing to the virus. They are not statistics for me but real flesh and blood people. Naturally, this troubles me but as someone who has dealt with

VASUDHA PANSARE The Lord God Made Them All. By James Herriot. I have been re reading all his books which I have with me. And this is the last one. I have been mesmerized by the magic of his wonderful stories of cows,cats,pigs and dogs, some painful deaths, some miraculous recoveries, his little children growing up, his wonderful trips to Russia and Turkey and the very interesting characters who live in the Yorkshire dales. His life as a vet is

A vivid memories etched in my heart. One rainy July morning eons agowhen the sky had surrendered to the grey sheets and thunder.  We were in our classrooms and it was getting pitch darkThe geography teacher unmoved by the romance playing outside Immersed herself into the maps and globe.  Losing interest in the map boundaries and the globe I was falling in love with the grey heavens above The classroom slowly filled itself up with the my favourite fragrance. The class looked so wonderfully darker

If it is pivotal to feel happy in life, so is the need to appreciate and value ourselves. These days most of the people are prone to the habit of underestimating themselves, the inferiority syndrome is catching people like a widely spread flu. In this tough and horrid time that the whole world is going through, we need to realise that our potential is unlimited, and we can do anything provided we work for it with greatest of determination and

Motherhood is a roller coaster ride filled with exuberance,enchantment, trepidation, uneasiness, adventure, turbulence, love…… The wave of happiness started flowing when I got to know that I was expecting. Being the first child, I hardly knew anything about pregnancy. A concoction of moroseness, ebullience, excitement  was wafting through the body. Finally the awaited day came. My water bag burst in the morning and convulsing pains started. A ripple of twinge embarked through the stomach which were totally unbearable. But I was

Despondency continued to hang in the air as we lost an intelligent and sensitive human being who also happened to be a wonderful actor, one of my favourites but I shall not talk about the actor or analyse his actions. Those of us who followed his work loved it irrespective of the movie’s BO collection. Beyond that we didn’t know who he was and why he did what we did. As tempted as we are to dissect and gossip, spare

Atithi Tum Kab Jaogey?Avinash Gujral To keep my sanity intact during these trying times, I have devised a strange way. I start brooding over many ‘insane and quirky’ ideas. Here is one example. Somehow for the past many days, I am reminded of the title of a Hindi movie that came some ten years ago. “Atithi Tum Kub Jaoge” i.e., Guest (read unwelcome and unwanted) when will you go away. So I have started comparing ‘Corona virus’. To the unwanted

Chakr is a platform that patronizes Indian Art and tries to assimilate the impact of art and colors on human life. It is extraordinarily fulfilling and fun to weave a story of artwork with the utmost care and passion for people who have an eye for colorful and vibrant work.  Divya Mehrotra, Founder and Mindfulness Coach at Chakr postulates that Art in any form can give people emotions that can lift up their spirit and make them more driven than