December 2025
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On Staying, On Listening: A Year-end reflection
The end of the year often arrives with noise—lists, resolutions, urgency dressed up as hope. I’ve learned, slowly, that I don’t belong to that noise. Not everything meaningful enters our lives loudly. Some things arrive the way evening does—without announcement, without spectacle—only a gradual softening of light. I move slowly through my days now. Not Continue reading
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Whispers of Evening
Yesterday evening, I returned to my hill station after an overnight stay in another city for work. The city had its own rhythm—quietly wrapped in fog and dust, the sun rarely making an appearance. But arriving back in the hills by evening felt like a blessing. As I stepped into the familiarity of home, nature Continue reading
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New Year, New Resolution
Last year, as a New Year resolution, I made a promise to myself: I would start a blog site and post one blog every single day for 365 days. The blog went live on 27 January 2025.Today, I’m writing post number 335. So—did that resolution help me? Of course it did. But perhaps not in Continue reading
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Shedding Leaves: Letting Go for Growth
Trees shed leaves in winter not as a loss but as preparation. Each falling leaf represents a choice: release what is no longer needed to conserve energy for future growth. This simple act carries a profound lesson for humans. We too carry unnecessary weight—old habits, toxic routines, unresolved fears, and limiting beliefs. Winter is a Continue reading
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Winter is not a pause. It is a plan.
Every winter, nature teaches us something profound—without speeches, without urgency, without noise. Animals don’t try to flourish in winter. They don’t chase abundance or expansion. They retreat. They hibernate. They slow their breathing, conserve energy, and focus on one essential goal: survival. In the harsh cold, survival itself is success. This isn’t weakness. It’s intelligence. Continue reading
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The Road to Wisdom
We live in an age rich with information.It surrounds us, floods us, and often overwhelms us. Access is no longer the problem—discernment is. Information, by itself, is inert. It tells us what is, but it does not tell us what it means. Almost everyone today carries vast amounts of information, yet that abundance does not Continue reading
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Tragedy is a Crossroads
It is often said that great tragedies are the breeding ground of great people. At first glance, the statement feels harsh, even uncomfortable—as though pain were being celebrated. But history and lived experience suggest something more nuanced. Tragedy, by itself, creates nothing noble. It wounds, fractures, and diminishes. What tragedy does offer, however, is exposure—it Continue reading
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Drive Through Endless Roads: A Journey Through Space and Time
There is a particular freedom in driving along endless roads—the horizon stretching indefinitely, the asphalt weaving through forests, plains, and mountains, carrying you through landscapes both familiar and strange. The wheel in your hands becomes a compass not just for direction, but for the journey within. As the car moves, so do our thoughts. Time Continue reading
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Three Things the Market Taught Me in Twenty Years
As the year folds into itself and a new one waits at the doorstep, we do what humans have always done—we plan. New routines, new hopes, new resolutions. Amid these, financial planning often finds its way into our lists, sometimes driven by aspiration, sometimes by anxiety. After spending over two decades in the stock market, Continue reading
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Two Kinds of Pain
I have come to believe that pain arrives in two very different forms, and both leave their mark on who we become. The first is an intense pain—sudden or early—that shapes a person before they are ready. It arrives in childhood or adolescence, when the world should still feel forgiving. This pain does not ask Continue reading
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