Always take the long term view.
12th April 2024ALWAYS TAKE THE LONG TERM VIEW At the age of 22, I faced my first episode of anxiety and panic disorder after returning from a…
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Embrace a growth mindset. Edit your life.
10th February 2024In my 66 years on this planet, I’ve realized that a unique blessing from the Universe is the constant opportunity to edit and rewrite my…
A Pear-fect Crime, almost Shakes-Pearean
13th November 2023“You must take this, I insist,” said our kind hosts and handed a bag to Mamatha, my wife, as we were leaving their home in…
A Cosmic wedding.
26th October 2023In my lifetime, I have borne witness to over a hundred weddings, yet the one I had the privilege of attending last week in the heart of Chicago stirred my soul like no other wedding.
Our ancient scientists.
11th August 2023Last week I saw the movie, #Oppenheimer. Though the movie is intense and illustrious, Gita’s inappropriate placement in the movie notwithstanding(I keep #BhagavatGita always in…
Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 HEARTEN Awards
3rd August 2023The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book Awards…
My affair with America
2nd August 2023As a youth, I was fascinated with anything American, from Hollywood to Mad Magazines, McDonald’s to Walmart, and Time Square to Las Vegas. I was…
You are a writer too.
17th July 2023Mr. Rao, what made you write your first book?” the young man asked me at a gathering where I was the chief guest giving…
Maid in the lower world.
31st December 2022The grilled shrimps were exquisite, and I got up to get another serving at a 5 Star hotel in Bangalore last month. In walked four…
Spiti, Himalayas
30th December 2022See God in Her Wonders One thing that melts your physical self-image and ego to a tiny nothingness at once is the sight of natural…