Category: <span>Human Nature</span>
Inflexion Point
What does it take to change a life? A split-second. A simple realization can radically alter the course of an existence. I know this because it happened to me. Last year I had everything going for me: owner of a beautiful house in the heart of San Francisco; successful professional […]
Indomitable Spirit
Toulouse, 1987: It’s lunch break and I am walking home at brisk pace. The sound of running behind me, a familiar voice shouting my name: my heart stops. I know what comes next: he’s going to immobilize me with an arm lock then rub his knuckles energetically against my skull. […]
Spacing Out
I did it. No work, no routine, no excuse. We’re in Mexico and I have a full day of leisure ahead of me. I feel great… but wait a minute: I don’t feel great. In fact I am terrified. What do you do when all the excuses are gone, when […]
Indian Tonic – Fear
3am: walking out of the Chennai airport. I spot two soldiers with heavy weapons in hand chatting casually and I ask for directions: taxis are waiting outside of the airport. The air is hot and humid, filled with unfamiliar and unfriendly scents. Quick stop at an ATM machine to get […]
Don’t call me Friend
What makes a Friend? Rhetorical question, you might say. Everyone knows that a Friend is someone who is there for you when you need him or her. But if it’s really so simple, why does it seem so complicated to make new friends? Why does it require so much effort […]
Peel the Onion
I am not my clothes, I am not my haircut, I am not my pretty car. Peel the onion, what hides inside? I am not my job, I am not my house, I am not my bank account. Peel the onion, what hides inside? I am not my family, I am […]