“Why don’t you take the bus?” Questions Manoj with a puzzled look on his face, eying my bicycle loaded with more than 80 pounds worth of gear. A fair question. A question that in truth I have been asking myself many, many times ever since I left Dehradun, pedaling slowly, kilometer after...

My friend was complaining of growing old today.She said that she should be getting married to a good looking guy before she grows too old, and again something started to bug me. 1. Why do we complain when we grow old ? 2. Is life all about getting married ? 3. Is a person all about looks ? Age is...

Sadly, many of us keep convincing ourselves, “Someday I’ll be happy.” We tell ourselves ‘I’ll be happy when I will be a president, when I will be doing so and so service, get a particular mobile phone’ etc. We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, then...

This article was published in the Times of India Date: Aug 24, 2008 . Original post can be found here . Just in case you missed it ...