A light in the darkness

          The sweet orchestrated melody of the dawning nightingales shook me off her sleep while the kiss of the golden rays opened her oceanic blue eyes. However, the cool breeze pacing at 16.7km/hour filled the air with chillness, and she pulled her blanket up to her neck, enjoying its cosy comfort. The crawling golden rays inched every space of her face, inviting her for a tango delight, while the chilly breeze of December called for an extended morning retreat.       Tuhina Sen was a vibrant middle-aged lady staying with her 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, Siri. With a weekend mood, she turns her back and pulls her blanket to grab her next REM sleep cycle with sweet dreams of her honey. On the other hand, the brightness outside and green grasses are calling Siri for another round of soccer. Siri's restlessness grew as the mercury climbed the thermometer's capillary, but the week-long tired Tuhina was an energyless stupor.       Image credit:  Eliselgm_15  on Pixabay      Tuhin

Image Credit: Selvamani  The stillness in the air could be felt, and the wailing silence could be heard from afar as the moon crawled over the sands to touch the feet of Aman and Mahi. The shrilling cry of brittle crackling could be heard aloud as the slivery platter makes its way between them. The moist eyelashes of Mahi and the deep oceanic globe of Aman long to narrate their agony. Aman was an artisan who made baskets of palm leaves and made his living. He had two younger sisters and a mother to take care of. Life was tough but happiness was full because they all lived every moment. Every day Aman would make baskets, sell them in the local market, and make money.  Years back, there was a severe famine in the land and no food. So, his father travelled to the king's palace to borrow food for his family. There, he mortgaged his house for food. On the way back home, the sun was scorching and for miles and miles, no water was visible. The caravan was full of children and nursing moth

This book, "Black Sol-Vengeance in the heart of deceit," by Sachin Warty is the First of the Mihir thriller series set in India's beautiful and scenic northeast. An adrenaline spiker and an engaging thriller that keeps you hooked up till the end.  If you are an adult and an adrenaline junkie looking for some well-planned reconnaissance, daring hostage rescues, and unconventional warfare making your adrenaline gush out, then the Mihir series is the best one.  Summary The book starts with a prologue dated 12 January 2018, which paves the way for the story to unfold. It describes a heinous incident with a girl. The author uses an explicit literary skill to introduce characters in the advancing pages. With each lesson, a new character and a new suspense unfolds that keeps the reader engaged and guessing. In my experience, I started with Sneha, who met the fateful incident of rape and died. The opening chapter carried us to the far Northeast, where a very vigilant and sharp ar

Image credit:  Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke  on Pixabay Referring to my previous post "Roadblocks to decision making,"    I will elaborate on the WRAP method to take our step to success. Here,  W stands for widening our possible options.  I remember my teenage days when I was so stuck with "should and must" and "whether or not" business restricting.  Should I take this course or not? I remember my matriculation exam and senior secondary exam days when I felt the world was only engineering or medical. There was no other option, so I chose both maths and biology to widen my scope. I had to put much effort into them, but I could do both well. As I neared the end of my senior secondary school, I felt I could not go into the medical field. I approached one of the coaching centres for engineering preparation, but my anxiety and fear of asking for clarifications made me make mistakes. The consequence was that I was told that I could not manage the pressure of pr

                                                                Image credit:  Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke  on pixabay Having talked all this season on decision making, I have now arrived at a point where I landed up to this book, " Yes or No: The Guide to Better Decisions. " Hello readers, Here, I want to ask you, What can I do to make the best decision in my life? You all might say, consult, seek advice, and review your resources.  I too would have jumped into the same pond and responded the same way. This book taught me the other way around. The guide here said, "There is no best decision rather we make better decisions." He added, "To make a better decision I first stop proceeding with a poor decision." This sounded weird. How will I make a better decision by stopping because, if I stop here, how will I get the better portion?  Let me simplify this in this way: I want hot tea in my cup which is full.  There are two possible ways, one by pouring the h

                                                      Image credit:  Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke   on pixabay The four barricades to decision-making are 1) Narrow framing I always found myself in this trap. I have read and heard about flexibility but I never thought such narrow framings were actually taking me far away from flexibility and vast opportunities. As I reflect back and review my life I have put myself many a time in such approach-avoidance conflicts, or avoidance-avoidance conflicts and landed up with compromising negotiation style .  So, what is this narrow framing? I remember my days of selecting my stream for senior secondary schooling. Should I choose PCMB  (Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology)  or PCMC(Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computer Science)? The same drill happened when I had to decide should I drop out and prepare for my job or join a college? We come across such limiting decisions now and then. Should I buy this car or not? Should I opt to join another compan