The idea of Ego and the byproducts of it have been on my mind for the last few weeks. The concept of Ego is so strongly ingrained in our lives and worlds, in each culture and society perhaps, that it is difficult to look at it objectively. But given the recent events, I felt that…
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Last Day, First Job
I started my work career by doing an Intern at IBM. I definitely learned a lot on that role but that wasn’t really my first job. It was always going to be a short role with a fixed end date, so it always felt incomplete, like I didn’t belong. The first company where I joined…
Continue ReadingThe Need for compassion
We live in troubled times. Maybe not all of us but most of us can sense the growing distrust among people. It may be Europe which has been devastated by multiple attacks recently or the war ravaged middle east. And more recently the feeling of distrust has been growing here at home in USA. I…
Continue ReadingNow I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds
I was quiet, I once was Long before the darkness descended A stream of water I was Flowing down a small green hill I was full of life Of beings alive and not I gently continued my path down This little green hill of mine
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Cambodia
To read from the starting : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8, Part9 The last week of this vacation was upon me. As difficult had I found it to come, it was now equally difficult to think about leaving. I was at the border town of Aranyaprathet in Thailand and planning to get…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Aranyaprathet
To read from the starting : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8 It had been almost 2 weeks in this wonderful (not unknown anymore) country. Every second seems to be getting me closer towards the end than to the start now. It was a weird feeling. To have started this trip off in…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Thailand – Sukhothai
To read from the beginning : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5 I could not remember the last time when I woke up so early. I had to, to be on schedule. Even though the trip was supposed to be unplanned, it didn’t mean I didn’t have to be on schedule. I groggily looked at the…
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