Category: Random Musings

Random Musings is where I jot down everything that doesn’t fit into any of the other mentioned categories. It could range from relationships to an advert that might have caught my fancy. So beware :)

  • Just one more squeeze

    Just one more squeeze

    A humble tube of toothpaste becomes a daily referendum on character. This piece unpicks how small habits turn into battle lines—rolling versus squeezing, dignity versus chaos—and why we care far more than we should.

  • The Trouble with Compliments

    Photo by Larm Rmah on Unsplash There are very few amongst us who don’t like compliments. No matter what you may publicly proclaim about ‘not caring about what others think’, there’s a part of our psyche that will always make us feel better when we hear something good about ourselves or our work. It’s just human…

  • The thing about passion . . .

    Passion is good. But it needs to backed by something else. Follow your passion. You’ll hear this a lot. And yes, it’s important to pay some heed to it. Because it makes you believe in what you’re about to do, the journey that you are ready to embark upon. It makes you believe that it…

  • ‘So, what do you do?’

    “So, what do you do?” asked my first cousin’s wife’s sister’s husband’s father whilst he sipped on some lovely coffee that my wife had served. I almost spat out my coffee in surprise. It was the first time that I’d met this person, and this was the question that he chose to start off the…

  • I am not my son’s hero

    I will possibly face harsh criticism for this piece, but I have to say this. I do not want to be my son’s hero. For the better part of Father’s Day, I’ve been seeing the phrase ‘My dad is my hero’ be thrown around lavishly. For the record, I am not ‘contesting’ this line of…