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…
Category: Life Lessons
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…
Hindu Festivals and what they mean to me
24th October 2022New clothes, plenty of goodies to eat, and most importantly, no school. As a boy growing up in a traditional Hindu Family, the very mention…
The day I became a father
18th June 2022“Amma, Anna,” Mamatha’s screams continued, now occurring every other minute, and the decibel of her screams increased as well. Finally, unable to bear it, my…
A friend in need even when he was dead in deed.
7th June 2022My father-in-law died exactly a month ago. He was eighty-five when he died. My earliest memory of my father-in-law is the first dinner I had…
Mental Myopia
28th April 2022Mental myopia. Once upon a time, there was an eagle in one of the grand old villages of India. It was the only eagle in…
Three wise men
5th April 2022The universe has a way of staging events in your life, often composed and timed within a short period to teach you meanings. Call the…
For my man cave, I crave
4th January 2022“Uncle, I know that you have been meditating for more than two decades and often speak about non-duality. But you have a private bar at…
What adventure means to me.
10th August 2021Nowadays, I ask myself time and again what new Adventure I can take on, which new hobby or vocation I can try. But, of course, I always get positive replies from within, and over and over again, the standard answer is that I am capable of more than I realize that adventure means to me