The fact remains that some features of our nature do have an innate component. Intelligence and personality traits are according to various studies, between 40 and 70 percent inherited. Your ideology may cause you to stick to 40, while some may swear by 70. Many may deny this exists. Some would like to believe that […]
Category: The anatomy of well-being
How to choose?- Maximise or Satisfice?
Sreehari was a friend of mine from high school. He was in fact, very good at studies. But he seemed to lack…..well- something. He had some favourite clothes that he wore repeatedly. He always ordered urud vada and coffee whenever we went out for a break. One thing he was really interested in was becoming […]
The Pursuit of Happiness- Why is it like running on a treadmill.
Sunny was a classmate from school. He had two passions- travelling and vehicles. He gazed at cars and sleek bicycles. He trekked to the local parks and boarded buses to attend science exhibitions in schools miles way, and I always declined his invitations. He had two pet grouses, a principal source of dissatisfaction in his […]
Meditation and the Ego- ‘de-me’ing oneself
I am always thinking, you know. Thinking crap. How I slipped and fell on that beautiful girl at the party yesterday. What an embarrassment! About what my wife said about me in the morning. How could she? After all that I have done for her in the past week.(One, two , three etc). Oh, that […]
Gold, Silver and Bronze- And Happiness
Like everyone, I was ecstatic when Sakshi got the bronze medal in wrestling, in the Rio Olympics. Her exuberant exultation showed that she was, too. I watched Sindhu get her silver in badminton. She is the first Indian woman to get a silver in the Olympics, ever. What a marvellous achievement! It beats Sakshi’s bronze […]