Society and Lifestyle

  “What if I did not clear this interview?”,“What if they did not like me back?”,“What if I fail?” There are incessant “what ifs” waiting for you to call them out and build on them. If you are a horror fanatic, you know that saying the name of the demon out loud makes them more active. The same applies to the ‘what ifs’. These are the demons of our lives. Amid these questions, ranting or venting is so easy that we hardly try to figure the answers. The answer to, what if I fail? can easily be deciphered. The problem can be solved by just turning 'what ifs' to 'even ifs'. But all these questions are inducing fear and pulling us back from taking any step forward. Rather than preparing for the upcoming event, we are questioning ourselves again and again. Darius Foroux’s “Win your inner battles” , used a different approach to understand fears. According to the book, when men used to hunt, the fear helped them warn against some grave dangers, for example, being lynched by...

 "I've had choices, since the day I was born. There were voices that told me right from wrong."  Before buying any book, I always check the reviews online or select the book which is highly recommended by others. Based on these recommendations and reviews, I started reading Yuval Noah Harari’s “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”. Following are the remarks by some famous personalities. “Interesting and provocative… It gives you a sense of how briefly we’ve been on this Earth” ―  Barack Obama “Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last… It may be the best book I’ve ever read” ―  Chris Evans And hence began the quest to complete the text. I must say it was a roller coaster ride. It started with an amazing perspective of evolution and agriculture revolution and then it took a turn towards coins (How interesting!!). I jumped ‘the scent of money’ to land on ‘the law of religion’ which was quite interesting, not the jump, the topic. I was trying hard to like t...

  “There are few books which I want to read again, just to regain the experience.” I am always looking forward to talking about books and take other's perspectives on them. One of my friends and I were discussing our new reads and he came up with this comment. This made me think that you can never have the first experience ever again, no matter how hard you try. The first time you went to a beach or hiking, cannot be repeated. The first experience might have left an impact that is bliss for that moment but the next time will be a whole different trip.  I have been in many situations where I wanted to have the same experience as the first one but was never able to relive it. And to relive the same moment we almost lose other opportunities. For instance, whenever I visit Wenger's I was always looking forward to hotdogs but I recently got to know that their patties are extremely tasty and I have not tried them yet. Sometimes, we are stuck in a time where we cannot move on fro...