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I was absent for a couple of days — not sure if anyone started missing me yet, but I did miss writing. Learning. It's a big word, isn't it? If you look at it closely, it's not really about knowing  something. It's about understanding it. Reusing it. Utilizing it. Every action that happens around us, every experience that involves us, teaches us something — or rather, makes us understand something. And here's the fascinating part: the same experience can yield completely diffe

In the last chapter, we talked about "the price of connection."  And honestly? That whole scenario ended as a big failure. But here's the thing about failures — they have a way of planting seeds in young minds. And whatever that seed was in my seven-year-old son, it wasn't a good one. Because at that age, a child doesn't process defeat as a lesson. He processes it personally. He locked onto his own actions, his own efforts, his own flat-out loss — and quietly carried it. But

Yesterday we took a pause to reflect on day-to-day life. Today it's time to go back. Back to 1990. Back to the boarding school. Back to the boy who was still figuring out what he had gotten himself into. The end of that first day wasn't quite what I had imagined. Dinner was over, and everyone was making their way back to the dorms. And somewhere in that walk — in that quiet, ordinary moment — something shifted inside me. My little mind started feeling uncomfortable. Lonely. A

Hi everyone, and welcome back to my journey. Last time we spoke, I was back in 1990, unpacking how I failed — and what made that failure quietly become a success. Today I want to take that lesson to a contextual level and explore what it actually means in our day-to-day lives as grown-ups. If you missed Part 1 — My Introduction to Life  — I'd encourage you to read it first for the full picture. So, that 10-year-old didn't get exactly what he was looking for. But he needed a w

To everyone who read my first piece and gave me a second look — thank you so much. And to everyone who is new here — welcome to my journey of failures and learning. In the last three decades, the most important thing I've learned is this: when you fail, you don't always need advice. Sometimes you just need to know that it's okay — and that you are not alone. My journey started in the summer of 1990, in a small town in India called Mathura. My parents lived in Agra, about 40 m

Failure is something none of us can avoid. Or maybe what we truly can't avoid is the feeling of uncertainty — of not knowing what's coming next, or why. And when that uncertainty hits, we tend to give away control. That's not always a bad thing. But in my view, the real art is finding the balance between holding on and letting go. A peaceful study space inviting focus and reflection I have lived through a lot of ups and downs. When I look back honestly, since the age of 10 it