As the year comes to an end I feel a weird nervousness that I am unable to fully explain. It feels like something important is slipping away from me that will never come back. When I think about the Christmas and New Year holidays that went by, I realize that I miss the comfort it brought me, the feeling that life had paused for a moment and everything felt a little safer and easier. Now that the holidays are over that feeling of comfort is gone and it makes me anxious becaus

On Sunday, December 21st, 2025, we headed out to see the Christmas light-up in Jarvis, Ontario. We left home around 6:30 pm, excited despite the cold and reached Jarvis in just about an hour. As soon as we entered the town, we found ourselves moving slowly through the bright and glowing lanes of Jarvis where cars crawled in both directions so everyone could enjoy the lights. This time of the year, Jarvis truly earns its name “Winter Wonderland.” For those who are not aware, d

In the year 2021, I came up with an idea for an app that I truly believed had great potential and could make a meaningful impact on many peoples lives. I thought the idea was new and valuable because it was meant to help people turn their everyday skill into real opportunity, especially the one that often went unnoticed or unutilized. Instead of starting quickly, I chose to spend a lot of time thinking, planning, and discussing the idea, believing that waiting for the perfect

Everyday we come across professionals and even common public coming up with expert weight loss advices, personally or through different channels. Fad diets trend every few months, gyms that sell transformation promises and supplement companies introducing miraculous shortcut molecules. Yet so many of us like me struggled because most of these methods ask us to overhaul our lives in ways that are neither practical nor sustainable. Earlier this year, I found myself stuck in tha

Someone recently shared an experience that stayed with me, not because of the water that her baby spilled at an event she attended, but because of what happened around it. The lady had been an attendee to a small community music show on invite from one of her friends who happened to be a performer at the show. At the show, her baby accidentally dropped a bottle and the water splashed onto the floor. Apparently not a major issue or rather just a normal thing that can happen to

Every time I go to Costco, I pass by the Sabatasso's pizza in the fridge section and it always looked so tempting, cheesy and delicious. I have resisted buying it several times, telling myself, no, not this time . But during my last visit, they were giving out samples to taste and honestly it tasted great when I tried. I finally gave in and picked up the box. As I stood in line to bill, I noticed a Health Canada label saying “High in sodium and saturated fat.” This warning hi

Today morning when I woke up, I felt so drowsy and my eyes were open, but my mind was still half asleep. I sat for some time, but I did not feel like starting my work or learning anything new. As a matter of fact, this is now happening to me almost daily. I have noticed that my mornings were starting to become unproductive and my contributions to early morning meetings are just satisfactory. Often I feel my brain gets foggy at the time when I need to think and come up with a

In clinical research, especially within CROs, two terms are used a lot these days- innovation and artificial intelligence (AI). These words carry weight and create a feeling of leap. But lately, they are being thrown around indiscriminately, often used to describe routine tasks or basic automation. When everything is labeled as "innovative" or "AI-powered," it becomes difficult to tell what's genuinely impactful. Innovation as Real Change and Not Just More Ideas A team member

Recently, I had an uncomfortable but eye opening moment. A stranger confronted my young child directly over a misunderstanding. As a parent, I stayed relatively calm. I politely pointed out that if he had concerns, he should have spoken to me and not directly to a minor. The stranger’s face shifted quickly, he went from defensive to being irritated and even tried covering his mistake with small lies. He didn’t say sorry, but his silence as he walked away said enough. I took t

Recently, I was scrolling through LinkedIn when I came across the profile of a senior ex-colleague of mine who apparently switched careers. She has now added a new credential: Certified Life Coach, from a "Monk" founded Coaching School. It caught my attention because the name of the school was familiar and actually the "Monk" who founded the school is currently a bestselling author and viral content creator known for spiritual quotes, celebrity interviews, and a book themed a

I had always observed this vaguely, but only recently did I start giving it more attention and thought. That curiosity led me to some truly fascinating insights about how the human mind works. It started with small things like a friend who passionately advocates for sustainability but casually throws plastic bottles in the trash. Someone, including myself who talks about how important health is, but skips sleep and lives on junk food. Another who says they hate drama and dram

You would think working from home would protect you from office drama. No awkward hallway moments, no forced coffee machine small talk but just you, your laptop, and the occasional breaks. But toxic leadership finds you even in your pajamas. Let me take you through few instances where simply being honest and asking logical questions landed me on the receiving end of cold shoulders, critical emails, and a whole lot of gaslighting. The "Promotion" That Was Actually a Demotion..

I remember watching a hilarious scene from a Malayalam movie, where the tutor is asking his 12th grade student to write a letter on behalf of the institute requesting permission to meet an actor who is in town for a movie shoot. He goes like this - "Respected Sir, I want to see you. Please seeing me. I am very interesting to see you..." This movie scene was indeed the reality until few months back, precisely the Pre AI era. However things have changed now with the advent of A

For me, things have been kind of rough at work lately. We went to the Ellora Book Fair on Saturday hoping it would lift the mood but honestly the stress and uneasiness were still there. Sunday morning came and I woke up late in the morning around 10 a.m., already feeling awful about Monday creeping in. It was one of those cloudy, slightly rainy days where you just feel like crawling back into bed. But sometime around noon, we thought, "Let’s just go for a drive." No plan, no