Yet another milestone (of sorts) birthday just past, reflection on aging has been inevitable. In addition to groaning inwardly about the relentless march of time! Am I aging like fine wine or was the compliment just ‘tongue-in-cheek’? The key and operative word, clearly, being ‘fine’! ‘Yes, as a rule, wine…

It is physics and, equally, a metaphor! Aristotle is credited with being the first to articulate that “Water seeks its own level”. He is said to be “one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived and the first genuine scientist in history”. A ‘polymath’, i.e., a person of wide knowledge…

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, but of choice; not something to wish for, but to attain” wrote William Jennings Bryan. Kahlil Gibran went even further and said “We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them”. Life indeed is all about choices. We are making choices…

Nope, we are not continuing down the ‘scientific’ path and following up Sir Isaac Newton’s ‘Laws of Motion’ (Random Musings#34) with Albert Einstein’s ‘Theory of Relativity’! …

Yep, if you thought I am exclaiming ‘Oh, I’m mad!’, you wouldn’t be wrong. Coz, I am mad! At myself!! Let me explain. I have been having an increasingly heavy feeling! In fact, more than ever before! No, I am not talking about a heavy heart. That too, of course…

“What we know is a drop. What we do not know is an ocean.” This is a quote attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. Now, Newton knew a lot. Knew a lot more than the average person. If Newton thought that he knew only a drop, then… . Newton is famous…

“Shy bairns get nowt!” is a proverb widely used in North England! To convey that shy boys do not get what they want. ‘Shy boys get nothing’ and ‘shy boys do not get to dance’ are variants that many of us have read or heard. Without a doubt, if you…

“Never punish yourself for someone else’s mistake!” This is advice that I dish out, sometimes. When I note that someone I care about is hurting or angry. It is advice that I give myself too. When I am hurting or angry. I know. Easier said than done. I have loads…

“Fresh milk. Strong. Less than half-a-spoon sugar. Please” are my specifications. At the grocery-cum-chai-shop. Close to the Cleopatra Sports Academy where I play badminton, every Saturday morning. Between 7 and 9am. Two hours of intense rivalry. With Dilip and I on one side against Vijay and Hari on the other…