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Privileged during CoVid

Very frequently a common musing which I hear is that people are being overworked in the name of Work from Home in the times of CoVid. Yes, there is a element of truth in the statement in terms of longer hours of work, loss of that thin line between work hours to family hours, and sometimes an expectation that you are available to do work 24X7.  I on the other hand feel that I am part of the privileged few who has ‘work’ in these very difficult times, and not only that, to do my ‘work’ I am not taking any undue risks, which is common place for so many people who has to go out of their home to accomplish their ‘work’. Not only that, I feel doubly privileged, because so many people have lost their ‘work’ either permanently or temporarily. So in this situation, I can only consider myself as blessed, because I have work, and secondly, I can do it within the safety of my home without compromising my health in any way.  In these difficult times, if you do have to give a little bit mo...

LOVE - the overrated Commodity?

Love: are we looking for an overrated commodity here? “True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked." Erich Segal Love, well and truly has different connotations: love for oneself, love for your dogs, love for your children.... and LOVE for that special person (it can be more than once where you could have found that special person in different persons) who made you understand and fulfilled your need for LOVE....So as a starter, let me narrow the scope of this blog on that special love or only to that special relationship, otherwise this blog would not get any where.  I chose the Erich Segal quote as he wrote the greatest “Love Story”... do not take me seriously on what I say about Mr. Segal! On the same note, please do not take me seriously, as you read this blog, otherwise I may loose some friends ...because most probably you will not love my discourse on “Love” First and foremost I have nothing agains...

Happiness vs Peace

When i started my journey of Life, the notion which I was made to believe is that 'Happiness" is what you seek and try and attain. However in the course of my journey I have slowly got convinced that Peace is the ethereal thing which is more significant than happiness. Definitions:  As per Oxford dictionary Peace: Freedom  from  disturbance ;  tranquillity : Mental or emotional  calm : Happiness: The state of being  happy  ( Feeling or showing  pleasure  or  contentment ) :  The difference in meaning between these 2 words took me quite some journey to understand.  If you look at the definitions I guess the key difference is that Peace is about internal calm and tranquility and happiness is that upward curve or blip which comes and passes away.  Happiness Happiness is the state of mind which one reaches post an event which brings some degree of pleasure to ones senses. A good meal, a beautiful...