He rang the door bell once. Coming!I yelled from the kitchen while trying to add some tea leaves to the boiling water and ensuring the milk does not spill over on the second burner. Ting Tong!  Again? Ok, coming coming! I yelled and i ran for the door. I opened it in a hurry and there he was - dressed impeccably in crisp formals replete with a tie and polished shoes with his hair neatly combed into a side parting and a musky smell of perfume emanating from his side collar. I sensed something special. Why on earth was he dressed like this? I thought. In a split second I remembered the boiling tea on the gas burner and ran towards the kitchen. He entered into the flat and made himself comfortable on the sofa - after all this wasn’t the first time he had come home. He looked around casually examining the photo frames in the living room. Just when he wasn’t expecting, my father emerged in the room. That however was the first time he had ever met my father and from the looks of it both ...

There was a thrashing storm visible against the horizon. It was advancing towards us and growing bigger and bigger into a tunnel of dust while engulfing the objects and uprooting the trees that came along its path. The danger was evident and the outcome inevitable. What could have been done? We could not move, we were destined to stay grounded to our roots. All that we could do is duck down and hope that the storm passes by without hurting us much. We prayed anxiously with each verse getting louder and louder as the storm approached us. We couldn’t even reach out to each other or hold our hands and stand together – an act which humans are blessed to be able to do. I looked at her and she returned my gaze with an affirmative nod as if to tell me that we will make it through this. And in that very moment, my vision blurred out as the storm took over. All I could hear was her screaming while I anxiously tried to withstand the pressure of the wind and rub out the grime from my eyes. ...

As mentioned in the title, i stuck to a routine of performing 21 suryanamaskars in succession for a period of 5 days. My purpose via this post is to document if there were any changes observed and how was my experience overall.  As you know, a Suryanamaskar comprises of 2 rounds of 12 asanas each performed both on the left and right side of your body. It is considered to be a holistic workout if the asanas are performed correctly and ideally it should be performed during the early hours of the morning along with the rising sun. Having said that, even if you practise during any other hour then it is perfectly ok. The rationale is to move your body and that doesn’t depend on the hour of the day. I will not walk you through how it should be performed as there is already a rich amount of information available on the world wide web on this. What I would walk you through is my views, difficulties encountered and overall experience. While I admit that 5 days is too less a number of days t...