I think of myself as Pac-man collecting pointless dots on its way to certain death. — Hi. Nice to meet you, what’s your name? (Also, n2mywyn is my current ear-worm. Feel free to let it play in the BG while you read further.) Will this bite me in the backside when I’m famous? I’ve recently established a foolproof benchmark of self-evaluation. I ask myself this: “Will this bite me in the backside when I’m famous?”. …

and how he saved my work, purpose, and sanity. — Every country I set foot in told me that fear is my right. That as a lone young woman, fear is the logical response to most things. So when a frail old man stumbled out of the taxi and hit the ground I did not jump to help. …

Leaving your country for a good life is not fun. — In one gut-wrenching moment in the documentary “Cuba with a Cameraman” a four-year-old girl in New York gets to go to see her grandmother in Cuba for the first time in her life. The girl’s mother breaks down in tears of joy on reuniting with her mother. They were Cuban…

Don’t make these rookie mistakes if you want to get anywhere with your writing. — During my diploma in Feature writing, I learned a few tips in classy writing. I wrote them down here for you. Grammarly is a brilliant tool, and it can do a lot, but not everything. …

Self-Effacement makes people respect and trust you subconsciously. — There is one key skill I noticed in the most powerful manager I worked with in my career. Though I was not very happy with the nature of my job, I stayed on only to learn from this charismatic genius. The skill is called Self-effacement, the quality of not claiming…

Little Rhyme’s way home. — Rhyme felt safer alone. Though other kids invited her to play, she was suspicious. They only want to fill a role in the game, they didn’t want her. They were all 8 years old, but somehow everyone else in the class was too pretty and too smart for Rhyme. She…

Things immigrants do to be accepted — 1. The fake name Robert, he said, was his name. I met a guy online while looking for a home to rent in Germany. Robert was his name. After multiple emails and phone calls over weeks, I was surprised to find a man of Chinese origin at his doorstep. He introduces himself as Liang. It wasn’t even difficult to pronounce. …

Experiences of professionals from different walks of life. — The last article I wrote about why moving back to India is so hard attracted thousands of views and tens of responses. Many said that the article was “only” an opinion and that reality is different. So I asked people who really moved back. Three professionals shared their stories after…