Walk the talk

When was the last time you took a leap of faith and surrendered yourselves to the universe conspiring to navigate you? Those of you who have dived in oceans might know that there is always terror of abyss, a point wherein the light stops penetrating and its just dark inside, we have the fear of unknown. We don't know what to expect and yet we do fear; fear of massive sea creatures, about losing our way or just the unfathomable things (thanks hollywood). The fact that the horror resides mostly in the mind and it has no relevance to the actual level of threat should speak volumes on how our mind is always in a precarious state of being sold off to the devil. Fear shapes up our decisions early on in life and builds resistance to try anything new "Hey but what if it ends up bad?". They say never settle in your 20s, perhaps the most dynamic phase of your life, many things start shaping up at this age, may it be academically, professionally or personally. Yet I see many of...

Do you remember the last time you went out with your group of friends or colleagues, shared a laugh, hugged them and made plans for an outing? Did you ever think maybe this is the last time before a  long, uncertain pause follows up. Also, the last time you enjoyed going out to gorge on the street food and thought maybe I'll come back tomorrow to try the other dishes which look tempting. A simple joy ride, a stroll or drive through the town, everything of it looks far fetched right now. Well, the joy of small things is almost never noticed and this lock-down is an irrefutable evidence of the same! This fall-out was absolutely inevitable and as they say revenge is a dish best served cold, our karma was dished out hot out of the pan. The innumerable, horrendous scarring of the planet we did in the last few decades is unfathomable. If nature decided to be vitriolic with its bashing, we ourselves are  to be blamed. A species which shares the planet with several other million a...