The Perceptionist.....

In this article, I would like to talk about a subject that has daunted me for years of having gone through the ups and downs of my student life, right from school life until college life. It is a subject that I often wanted to question, given how on it's part, it plays quite a significant role in influencing how we live our lives the way we live it. There is no other broad and encompassing term to refer to this collection of mindsets and value systems communicated by the so-called: 'Education System' as it has come to be referred to increasingly in recent times. As we all are aware about it, education or rather the 'educational system' is a way of communicating the 'value systems and ideals' of a set country as well as the culture that governs it. It serves as a way a particular community would identify itself with it's heritage, lineage, history and the list goes on. The educational system of a country like India, would in relative terms be different ...

Many a times in our lives, we come across situations or circumstances where our own personal beliefs and values are challenged, where the whole concept of society and the curbs it tries to impose on it's people through subtle forms of direct or in-direct gestures, actions or references are omni-present in the current world we live in, and more importantly a situation where only one type of community exists, which brings us to a situation where our views, our perceptions and more importantly our outlook towards life is challenged so much to the extent that one feels the need to confirm to the society and their ways of thinking. This raises a dominant but significant question as to how do you navigate these challenges as well as how do you come up with a comprehensive approach that could help mitigate such situations. All of this leads to my topic of adopting an open minded perspective to handle these and many forthcoming challenges destined to come along the way. Throughout the cour...

We all live our day to day lives and situations, doing the things we love and appreciate, carrying out certain tasks or responsibilities that form or constitute the core essence of each of our own individual life situations and to quite a surprise- our roles as well in a given society, which with it's pressures and constraints also goes a long way to affect or impact our lives or the circumstances that come along with it. As we navigate through the 'hustle and bustle' of our lives, vouching for solutions to the 'missing puzzle pieces' that come in our pathway, there come a certain group of individuals or people who in the present day society we live in- are often looked down upon or neglected, given the value systems and beliefs that currently govern the society we all live in today, as well as the pressures exerted by the so-called 'capitalist culture' or the 'capitalist mindset' which has exerted it's influence in our day to day  situations and...

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...