Charles Assisi

I’m not entirely sure who embedded this thought in the head (it was a productivity guru on X, I think), but here…

“Choose what is harder. Youth is a time to prove you have it in you.” The advice was offered by a lecturer at a…

I spent the weekend in a reverie of sorts. Cooking breakfast the way I like it. Reading whenever I felt like it.…

At the time of writing this, it is almost past the deadline for sending in my column. The dreaded writer’s block…

One of the most compelling conversations I’ve had recently was a series of chats with my daughters. The elder one…

It’s that time of year when I begin my mid-term appraisal of myself. PREMIUM Reams have been written about…

This piece is being written to the sounds of a head massage most Indian men are familiar with from visits to the…

How India has overtaken China (or soon will), to become the world’s most populous country, is all over the news.…

Every once a while, my elder daughter puts on a mortified look and says: “When will you grow up, dada?” The…

I usually wince when I encounter well-meaning bits of advice such as “maintain a gratitude journal”, “say hello to…