Our family’s first Quest when we started in 2019: Tahiti and Moorea — Dear Parineeti and Sanskriti, Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, in cold and pristine Canada, lived two adorable and bright girls. They loved visiting the aquarium so much that our family made over a dozen trips a year. This is the story of how, when they were four and two…

Your commitment to the greater good must exceed the lure of discovery. — A couple of years back, I attended a fascinating conference in Toronto about the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in business. Delivering the keynote was Dr. Geoffrey West, an eminent physicist and author of the thought-provoking book “Scale.” He explained that innovation takes place in waves. Moreover, across human history…

Instead of trying to save the world, do what brings you joy and surrender the rest to higher wisdom. — A few years back, I began noticing an interesting trend. Every once in a while, new ideas spontaneously came to my mind — an app, a social cause, the perfect message some public figure needs to hear, or even a new angle to write about. Sometimes I’d let them simmer…

It eludes you because you try to capture her without being fully present — The days I wake up feeling beautiful turn out to be the most joyous of days, much more than the others. Although I don’t work in the beauty industry or create art for a living, the pursuit of beauty is the undertone in so many decisions I make throughout the…

Five-minute, bite-size “pauses” to move you closer to that elusive work-life balance. Powerfully. — I published a book, Buddha Balance, through Amazon Kindle earlier this month. I’m delighted to share that the much-awaited companion to it, the Buddha Balance Journal, is now available in paperback format from bookstores and on Amazon (US, Canada, UK, Japan and Australia, among others). However, if you are based…

One-line book review: Indeed, a lot of powerful messages do wear comic masks — Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction. Not since reading Tara Westover’s “Educated” in 2018, had I come across a book that drove this point home so very well. Until I read Jamal Saeed’s “My Road From Damascus”. Stories we hear about Syria in the media come true on…

Hint: The movies you watch are playing havoc with your life — I had heard many stories about the profound effects of participating in a Vipassana retreat where you practice meditation for ten days in complete silence. No eye contact, even. …

Insisting on measuring all of our impacts gets in the way — Over the last year or so, I have pursued the Harvard Kennedy School’s executive program in public leadership and policy. Weekly group discussions to analyse cases are a cornerstone of the Harvard method. Yes, even the dedicated people who study at Harvard Over this time, I have had the good fortune of working with nearly 30 public service professionals…

This is it. Really. And it is laughably simple. Reality is not unfolding, our perception of reality is. There is no “time” really. Time only exists as a result of our awareness shifting. …