The morning sun reached the centre of the sky. Even in full brightness, Lakhinath Kaman looked like a ghost. He sat with a straight back on his second-hand two-wheeler. No beeps on his phone. Not a single phone call. No one thought of calling him. The only calls he received in the past week were … Read more
Stephen King rightly said that writing is a lonely job, so writers should primarily write for themselves. He also said that his writing is mainly for his wife, who is also his first reader and honest reviewer. I have learnt this too. I started writing mainly for myself as a form of expression. And my … Read more
A few months back I decided to evaluate Amazon Ads. I was told that if someone is searching for Indian Short Stories then if an ad appears for one of my books, then maybe someone will click on it, and then, perhaps, download a sample, and possibly, over time end up buying the book. ‘A … Read more
When she bent down to clean the floor beneath, her eyes were drawn towards that drawer again. The drawer was open when the bell rang. She knew what it was inside. She took a deep breath. “Shanthamma, give the keys to the driver,” she heard from the other room. She took the keys from the … Read more
When the apple fell, Newton got an idea. He discovered gravity. But gravity existed all along. Newton only uncovered it and gave it a mathematical formula. Galileo invented the telescope but when he saw Venus and Jupiter and its moons, they were simply discovered. They existed all along. He only gave them names and told … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Mind: (Extracts from Complete Works) All knowledge, therefore, secular or spiritual, is in the human mind. Like fire in a piece of flint, knowledge exists in the mind. Work, but let not the action or the thought produce a deep impression on the mind. Working as master of our own mind gives … Read more
When I was in a corporate job, after a few years, I discovered this thing called FIRE – Financial Independence, Retire Early. It fascinated me and I felt like now I knew what I wanted. This was when I was around thirty or so – that’s more than a couple of decades back, and a … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Intellect: (Extracts from Complete Works) Intellect can never become inspired; only the heart when it is enlightened, becomes inspired. An intellectual, heartless man never becomes an inspired man. Follow the heart. A pure heart sees beyond the intellect; it gets inspired; it knows things that reason can never know, and whenever there … Read more
One of the common flaws that anyone who follows whatever his passion is – is to assume that everyone else has an equal interest in it. That is not always true. In fact, it is mostly untrue. If I have a passion for writing, it does not mean that my readers would be interested in … Read more