Sushi Speaks

W hat would the world be like in the next 50 years? Will the world end? Will there be another mass extinction? How will human life change in the future? One might stumble upon these questions very rarely. Maybe when we see an article or a news extract showing us a few polar bears, with their visible skeleton. Ice caps have been melting near the poles, carbon level rising everyday, global warming. A scientist coming onto the news and giving us the information that the temperature of the earth has risen by 1 deg C doesn't make us glue our eyes to it. "Huge crowds have gathered for the premiere of a blockbuster movie",  " Maybe I should book the tickets for this". This is the general conscience. Human evolution per se. In our day-to-day life, these warnings are mostly taken for granted. True, I have been on that page as well. When I heard that an 11-year-old kid was responsible for huge protests across the world for a better future, I just shrugged off the whole

What is it to be in the present? "Live in the moment". How often do we come across the statement? But what it is to be in the present. Sitting under the night sky looking at the stars is the kind of peace everyone enjoys. Would you say it as being in the present? On a rainy day, sitting on the windowsill, hearing the raindrops fall to the ground, listening to your favourite playlist. Would you associate with being in the present?  img source Is there a present? Or is it just our perception of the present? We tend to assume time as a constant. But it is really based on sensory modalities. We are actually always in the past. Looking at the stars, did you ever think that you are actually looking at the past? The twinkling star must have met its destruction many millions of years ago. Even the moon is 1.3 seconds in the past. Even the object that is a meter away from you is 3.3 nanoseconds in the past. The speed of sound is 344 m/s, again, a source of sound that is 1 meter away

Most of my childhood I had spent in solidarity. I learned to entertain myself with toys, riding my bicycle around the house in a confined space, and watching all the cartoons I possibly could. Many try to engross themselves in books having such a childhood. My dad had this obsession with buying books, not many fiction novels but mostly general knowledge, DIY books, magazines, etc. Though surrounded by a vast catalog of books I never really felt like reading any. Except glancing through the numerous car magazines just for the pictures. I despised reading books, the number of textbooks and especially English literature books sufficed the need to read a book. Ironically, I was made a bookkeeper during my 7th grade for the class library. Though I never read any of them I used to get. The only books other than textbooks I remember reading were the Harry Potter series. Why? The Hype.  Most of my family enjoyed reading books but I never did.  Even up until my teenage years, textbooks were e

Measuring Success We all have been at a conference or some kind of seminar where we see the anchor reading out a list of achievements of a person and introducing them to the crowd. And at times, the keynote speaker doesn't need an introduction because they might be famous. But what makes them eligible to give out talks to the public or audience? Success?  Many would say because of his achievements, experiences, or success.  I once had a small chat with a TEDx event organizer and asked them about their eligibility for being a speaker at such events. The answer, you have to be successful in your own field. We always look at achievers as successful people. But being successful, is it really that hard? What is being successful in life? Having earned a million dollars, is it a success?  A millionaire turning a billionaire, is it a success? Reaching the top position at a Fortune 500 company, is a success?  Becoming a head of state from a humble chai wala, is a success? Winn

S oci A l dis TAN cing CORONA VIRUS. It is everywhere and in discussions with everybody every day. All the media trying to present the situation to maintain their ratings. Please don't try too hard, people have nothing else to watch. Explaining the situation or talking about it is superfluous. But the situation and various videos emerging on social media opened up a new perspective to me about life.  I came across some emotional videos on Instagram of soldiers returning home from deployment. Being away from their loved ones for a really long time, with barely any contact possible at times, and the family waiting eagerly to see them. Just brings tears. Their purpose, serve their country and people. Doctors and nurses, A BIG THANK YOU . I came across a video of a doctor who was in the epicenter of this pandemic. She distanced her family when she got to know she would be treating the COVID patients and she contracted the disease after a while. Nobody has any idea