Jain values taught me compassion, solidarity and anti-capitalism. They drove my need to seek social justice and challenge the way in which we live today.
Entering a new chapter
When reading a book, sometimes a new chapter begins a few years later. I last wrote in a blog in 2015. Back then, it was under “nishmadoshi.net”, a site which…
to my authentic peepz
The most beautiful people in the world are authentic. People can call them names – like hipster or hippie or geek – but does that all really define them? What…
A Hedonist’s Guide to Zen or something else equally pretentious
Do we all have our moments of brightness? Our single point at which we have reached our peak? But if life is endless set of moments, until The End of…
when hope isn’t necessary anymore
I have tendency to write personal posts when I am despairing, or on the brink of falling apart. But this post is different. It is about the beauty of humanity,…
Get over your fear. Dare to live!
It’s not easy accepting the truth – or at least the-truth-as-you-see-it-now. My life has always been a bit of a roller coaster, with sudden points of realisation that wash away…
The Journey; Our journey
The path is carved out in front of us. A yellow brick road, of sorts. Each of us can follow it – we know not of what else. Sometimes we…
The plasticated mass-reproduction of the “unique” outsider
I am not angry. I should be, but I’m not. I should be angry about the injustice being faced by people of my skin colour across Britain. I should be…
On Love
Love is possibly the most vacuous word I know. So much done ‘for’ and ‘in the name of’ love, that it makes you wonder – is there such an emotion?…
Depression is not always about suicide
Last year, I lost a friend. A friend who when I first met, I admired so much that she terrified me. I think of her at least once a day;…