Brinda Rana

Having grown up in a family of doctors and engineers my obvious and perhaps only career choice was to add on to the family tradition, becoming a doctor that is. I had no idea what it entailed but since my academic graph was on the incline, I assumed that it was enough a reason to pursue the medical field. However,...

How is she doing in school, is perhaps the most popular question every parent asks at a school parent-teacher meeting or Parent-Teacher Association ( PTA) . The response from teachers is generally as vague as our question. He/She is doing ok, fine, good, bad are the kind of answers we get. But this neither helps us gauge where our...

How many times have you sat around friends either at work, home or even a college campus and someone has remarked “That’s a great idea!” It has happened with all of us at some point in our lives. Some of us have tried implementing the idea, some of us have simply shrugged it off, yet some of us continue to...

During my college years, liberation meant- when my parents would leave me alone in the house for five whole days every year to take their Pandharpur Yatra. I think that is when I really understood what freedom meant. I could do whatever I want without having to be answerable to anyone, well except the innumerable phone calls from friends,...

When we say the word ‘Yoga’, an image of someone doing the tree pose or the dog pose comes to mind. But yoga is much more than that. According to Bhagvad Gita, Yoga is classified into 4 types, namely Gyan, Dhyan, Ashtanga and Bhakti, of which, Ashtanga yoga, is most popular all over. However, ashtanga yoga is not just about...