The Perceptionist.....

About a while ago, I was dwelling over a topic that very much correlates with our day to day lives and situations. It is definitely a topic that forms the true essence of our lives without which our life would feel incomplete or lost. We do not fail to realize that this very aspect goes a long way in determining who we become, or who we end up becoming- all of which are a part and parcel of this very significant component of human relations- 'Friendships or Human Relationships'. Right from the time we enter into this world as babies, till the time we end up becoming adults and wither away with passing age and time, friendships or relationships seem to form or occupy a greater aspect of our day to day lives. What is worth noting is that at each and every stage of our lives- there appears to be a transition in the friendships or relationships that we forge. For instance, when we are small, our first friends are our mothers, fathers, sisters- in short our immediate family. As we g...

About some hours back, I was dwelling over a topic that has drawn interest in recent times with the fast-paced and ever changing world we live in where our lives have become increasingly governed by the so-called 'smart devices' or 'gizmos', be it in our educational institutions, at workplace and today with the onslaught of the pandemic- our very own lives are governed by the very existence of this component in varied forms and practices so much so that the lines between personal life and professional life are getting blurred, and also the very thought of who a human being is and is ought to be is starting to be questioned with the arrival of AI and allied technologies such as robotics, NLP (Natural Language Processing), voice recognition, machine learning and much more. It is something without which our existence as of this current date would feel nearly impossible highlighting the true interdependence or interconnectedness that it has come to occupy in our lives in re...

As a preface to this blog article, before you start reading and getting to know the purpose of what I have to share as I write this post, this post is like an auto-biographical account into how I went through the struggles that I had to undergo when coming to Goa, and how did I personally overcome all the challenges that it took for me to adjust to the place and of course the people all around. I do hope that you are left with some great insights that can be an inspiration to yourself and the people all around, and I also wish that you are left with a message that forms the cornerstone of who you are, as well as your existence.... Change. This was a word, which I really struggled to come to terms with myself and how I would go about with my day to day life. It is something that I really feared right from the time I was born, I attended school, spent all my life in UAE, and then moved to Goa for my higher studies. All through my life, I had gone through a lot of instances and situations...

About a while ago, I was just grasping over an incessant thought that kept pondering over my mind time and again and it is something which I felt was worth making a mention of especially considering the fact that today, it influences both our personal and professional lives a lot. It is definitely a tool that has become a profound influence in our day to day lives. There is no other better word to describe it then ‘Social Media’. Social media which is a way of connecting with our close friends and family members today has really influenced us a lot in the way we think, our opinions we have on various matters of interest be it either social, political or in common interests that matter to us the most such as environmental causes, fundraisers and so on and so forth. In the whole process however, it has connected us all together where our mutual interests or opinions do matter to us the most while at the same time, it has also created this so-called barrier or cloud of the fantasy world o...

It has been about weeks and months passed, the virtual classroom doors remain closed as the final end terms are almost coming to a closure and the monsoons have once again drawn in as the season has already begun, with heavy rain lashing to and fro in and around areas and places of Goa. An intolerable silence and anxiety fills the mind as the young adult lays there in the confinements of his house, waiting desperately and anxiously for the final exams to get over in hopes and aspirations to jumpstart into his dream career and ambitions that he has in mind to pursue in the near future. A cloud of endless thoughts and gruesome worries fill the entire atmosphere, compounded with the stillness and solitude of the otherwise quiet and peaceful village exacerbated with the ongoing pandemic and dire sufferings that have characterized the climate all over the state and in all parts of the world. There is this constant and nagging uncertainty that today leaves us youngsters filled with lot of do...

About a day back, I was pondering over an incessant thought that kept going through my mind, over and over again and this was to do with the whole idea of how the pandemic has affected us all as human beings. As I kept deliberating over it, a sudden realization struck my mind which really filled me with a lot of surprise and wonder, as I kept thinking about how could mankind, being blessed with such a great mind and intelligence allow the pandemic to unravel to such an extent so as to have almost brought the world to a complete standstill? How was it that the greatest of the greatest scientists and people with a great intellect couldn't have stopped the spread of the outbreak? As surprising or rather as strange as it sounds, the inherent limitations or weaknesses of being a human was what had in the whole process been revealed to all of us. To elaborate on this, I was just examining two types of subjects we learnt in school- one being the natural sciences focused on natural phenome...

Another new evening has come by, a lot of beautiful trees and flowers in the background to fill and beautify the space all around, with pleasant breeze blowing by, with birds chirping and whistling as the breeze keeps blowing on and again and behold in the midst of this beautiful scenery- a new house spread and laden about to compound the vivacity of the village. Roof tiles laid about in the fashion traditional to the Portuguese houses reminiscent in Goa, builders busy adding up their finishing touches to the house soon to open it’s doors to the dwellers to reside there and a whole new way of life and neighborliness as the housework nears it’s completion. An area once dreaded for it’s creepy looking trees and bushes has now got a new lease of life, a home once abandoned and condemned for it’s looks by the people all around now adorned with beautiful walls, pillars and a gazebo to speak of it all. The neighbors all around filled with blissfulness and happiness with an overflow of love a...