Published in ILLUMINATION·Aug 24, 2022Presumption drives human behaviourThanks to technology — I took a metro from Kengeri to Majestic in Bangalore; I am not from Bangalore, and even though I have stayed in Bangalore for six years, I still don’t know a lot about Bangalore. This time I was in Bangalore after five years, and I was travelling by metro in…Presumptions2 min readPresumptions2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Aug 16, 2022Failing to prepare is preparing to failAre you feeling sorry for yourself or doing something about your failure? — Unprepared fool I used to wallow in self-pity and blame everyone, circumstances, for my failure. I would fail an interview or exam and see myself as the person who did everything right, yet the world conspired against me. I wasn’t selected for the job because the interviewer was crazy [some were], or…Fail2 min readFail2 min read
Aug 16, 2022A day when conductors can enjoy the bus rideBMTC had declared 15th August as a free-travel day across all its buses — I see the conductors moving even though the bus isn’t. Each stop brings more responsibility for the conductors; they must keep track of passengers boarding the bus at each stop. The conductors wish they had a third eye, probably at the back of their heads, to simultaneously track what’s happening…Bus2 min readBus2 min read
Aug 8, 2022You should take the middle pathSome days will be good; some days will be bad — Some days you get 5, some days you get 9; When you get 9; you get excited; when you get 5, you get sad. Don’t take success to your head, and don’t take failure to your heart. How do you stay calm when things are going against or for you? …Fleeting2 min readFleeting2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Aug 7, 2022What Happens When a Pilot Multitasks?Multitasking is bad everywhere — Thai Airways 311 “No, that’s wrong,” said the pilot as the warning chimed, “Terrain, Terrain, Pull up” in the cockpit. But the warning was accurate, and seconds later, Thai airways 311 slammed into a mountain 11,000 ft above the ground. Any air crash has a chain of events leading up to the crash…Multitasking6 min readMultitasking6 min read
Published in Writers’ Blokke·Jul 25, 2022Everything Has Its TimeNature works this way — Flowers Green/Yellow dots fill the tree outside my window. These dots that cling to the stem are mango flowers. These flowers will give way to mango. Looking at the tree, I realised everything has its time. The flower will become fruit when it has to. …Trees2 min readTrees2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jul 23, 2022Watch out for what you get used toHumans can get used to anything — Dosteviok defines man as a being who can get used to anything. I read the definition in “Man Search for Meaning — by Viktor E. Frankl”. The book narrates the author’s ordeal in a concentration camp. It was plain horrendous, barbarous. I can fill pages with adjectives describing life in…Humans3 min readHumans3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jul 19, 2022Russian Gas and E.UThey are mutually dependent — If there’s one important outcome of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, it would be E.U (European Union) countries revisiting their dependence on Russia for natural gas. Many articles have highlighted the EU’s dependence on Russian natural gas and have called for the EU’s boycott of Russian gas. On Medium, I saw an…Russian Gas5 min readRussian Gas5 min read
Published in Be Yourself·Jul 14, 2022How Often do Things Happen According to What You Expect?My fan situation — Fan Things you so desperately want not to happen, happen with you; It’s like some invisible force has heard your wish and ensures that what you wished for never happens. Two days ago, My fan stopped spinning, and I started sweating. I sleep in my dad’s room, but I work in…Expectations3 min readExpectations3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jul 11, 2022COVID19 isn’t as random as you thinkGenes and COVID19 — The randomness in COVID19 infection: some people get severely ill while others not getting infected or remaining asymptomatic isn’t random. Underneath the randomness lies a strong genetic reason though not the only reason. Stroll and the idea One day Dr Zatch was taking a stroll when she realised she hadn’t seen her neighbour for…Covid3 min readCovid3 min read
