Sipher

“I will change the world!” she said as if there is no other way she knows of. Lean figure with brightness in her eyes and firmness in voice, she was telling her story to fellow travelers. I just boarded one Haryana roadways non-ac bus on a scorching summer day. Had there was a helicopter service I would have taken that without flinching my eyes. I was desperate to reach my Aunt’s place instantly. My heart was sinking with each minute, and my mind was not working at full. Seems to have no other options, but to board that bus was a way in which life was asking me to take a break from that panic attack. The bus was already full when I boarded it. Beginning from the front, I reached the last bench while seeking any place to sit. Someone just made space for me, I adjusted myself on the edge of the seat, and sank my head in my hands balancing on my lap. With a jerk, the bus started its journey and with that, my mind started cursing me, “Why I took the risk of sending my ill mother away from...

It is said that Lincoln suffered depression his whole life and yet achieved greatness. I was going through a book that talks about him and his contemporary greats of his field. The more details I come to know about him, the more I found his persona mystic. It looked to me that he had layers to his views. The way he approached his upbringing, seems to have an impact on his approach towards events that happened in the rest of his life. In fact, it seems in his early youth days, he even struggled to come up with some kind of significant achievement that could have given him some confidence about the way his life was shaping. Since the time he stepped into the professional field(he started with the law), he remained realistic in his approach. The views expressed by his contemporary about him reflect that he was the person who lived on minimalist resources and yet gone through moments where scarcity of intimacy or lack of support of people almost pushed him to the brink of complete breakdow...