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The Other Side of Relationships
At the tender age of 4, my younger brother went through an emergency surgery for perforation of the Meckel’s diverticulum – a rare condition which back then was even more difficult to diagnose and treat. He spent a good 3 months in the hospital recovering not just from the life-threatening condition but also from multiple…
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The Other Side of Aging
When my hair started greying prematurely at the age of 15, my father told me that it’s because I was wise beyond my years. And while that may have been true back then, I did not leave a stone unturned to disguise the tell-tale signs of my wisdom. After continuously dying & colouring my hair…
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The Other Side of Perspective
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust. A few years ago, I visited my school in Mumbai where I spent a major part of my formative years as a child. In my mind, my school was always this imposing gargantuan structure with massive…
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The Other Side of Forgiveness
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask “Where have I gone wrong?” Then a voice says to me, “This is going to take more than one night.” – Charles M. Schulz
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The Other Side of my Hostel Life
When I was studying for my double Masters, I spent a good 5 years in the University Hostel. Those 5 years were a gamechanger and played a huge part in shaping my future life. On the one hand I had my share of fun sneaking out to see late night movies, getting caught by the…
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The Other Side of Creativity
When I was a kid, we lived in a modest 2-room apartment (that’s 2 rooms only – not 2 bedrooms, hall and kitchen), on the 6th (topmost) floor of a building with one of the rooms bang under the water tank on the terrace. Over a period of time, the tank started leaking and the…
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The Other Side of Tea Time
“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you.” – William Ewart Gladstone.
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The Other Side of Losses
When I lost my father 27 years ago, I had quit my job just a week back and had registered for my Ph.D. in a reputed institute. My brother had just completed his MBBS and was doing his internship. My sister was in school. And my mom had quit her job as a school teacher…
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The Other Side of “Who Can?”
“Who Can?” is a poem that I composed many years back – probably in 1989 or 90. It was published very recently (in August 2022) in a book called “Scars” – a poetry collection on diverse topics by authors from all over India. While many appreciated the poem, not many know that the inspiration behind…
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The Other Side of the AI Revolution
For human beings, no matter what, it is the emotions that are always at the forefront of the thought process and it is very easy to push rational thinking to the back of the brain when faced with certain challenges. This is one area where AI will always have an upper hand. The kind of…
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The Other Side by Aparna 