I heartily thank Team NE8x for encouraging me with the NE8x Litfest 2019 AUTHOR OF THE YEAR award for THE ASTRAL SURGE and also honoring me with these wonderfully designed mementos and certificates. I take it that, as a debutant author, I should place my respects and regards for the initiatives NE8x is taking to recognize... Continue Reading →

All of us come into this world with this 'de-facto' state of not being painted with any religious shade.No child, for instance, identifies themself as a flag-bearer of any religious mission.But, as we go along, we start bracketing ourselves into a particular religious thought process. And, eventually, we imbibe it as part of our personality... Continue Reading →

Both are so easily said than done.'Cause, both the body and the mind get happily fat as life's temptations are too yummy for them to resist.Against this backdrop, how can we even talk about the pluses of being lean and simple?Excuse me... Did I hear you blabber something just now? Did you say 'give up... Continue Reading →

There's a very interesting contention. Which most of us are so conversant with. When you can get totally lost just by watching the beauty of the whole thing using your God-given eyes, why dilute it by composing a fragmented, dented view of the entire scene with a small little frame? A frame that snatches your... Continue Reading →

The devil is in details.Which means, I need to look at every little thing, up close. Really close. 'Cause, that's where lies the key to the ever-elusive perfection.So, having to be 'micro' all the time is a virtue. Definitely.Or, is it?Does it, by any chance, indicate another possibility? Of trapping me into becoming myopic?Possibly, yes.... Continue Reading →

WHAT THE NOVEL IS ABOUT Those of us blessed with a comfortable life are definitely the minority compared to those who are not. Not by the number maybe but by the sheer scale of misery the unfortunate lot go through for absolutely no fault of theirs. Children suffering physical and sexual abuse at the hands... Continue Reading →

Mind is so much like water. It flows freely. And, in all directions.It's from this perspective that the concept of channel looks pretty interesting.As is obvious, the channel lets water flow in the desired direction so it can reach its intended destination.This seems so much like a perfect, logical analogy for the mind as well.Here's... Continue Reading →

But, getting to that state isn't easy, 'cause, getting colored is.It happens just like that... all thanks to various kinds of influences that barrage us from all sides. Electronic, religious, parental, peer, and sometimes, even spiritual.Keeping the mind unaffected by these influences isn't easy at all. And, keeping it up to its pristine, pure, unadulterated... Continue Reading →

When I see my 9 year young buddy try his hand - or, fingers? - at the piano, I'm persuaded to see what my eyes don't see. His small little brain! The efforts it's taking to process the entire new experience! Not just of the piano, but anything it tries its hands at. Now... How... Continue Reading →