Archive for the Category »Handling emotions «
Green is the colour of life. It signifies calmness, renewal, health and growth. But this lively hue becomes deathly at one place — in eyes. It’s Jealousy. The nasty feeling [...]
Sonovaabiktch! My favourite cuss word. That’s the expletive I use and misuse the most. I rarely skip an opportunity to let this extraordinary combination of letters zip through my lips. [...]
One day last month, I was getting late for work and was hurriedly tying shoe laces in the living room. My father was watching TV and mom was in the [...]
I don’t remember the date, but I distinctly remember that evening in December 2006. A regular busy day in the newsroom at Mumbai Mirror where I worked. Our crime reporter, [...]
I am sure you must have watched Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. Chill, I am not going to recapitulate the movie’s mushy love story. There is no [...]
“Move on, darling. I know you are in pain, but there is no point remembering your abusive husband. This New Year, make sure those unpleasant days do not revisit you [...]
Tears… my private tears Tears are pearls. No wonder they sell well — most of the time. Ask TV soap queen Ekta Kapoor; she knows. Evidently, many buy tears (teary [...]
Disappointment, we know, is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest. We all experience disappointment: troubled marriage, poor job evaluation, death of loved ones, health [...]
Are all these greenies staring at me? Am I too red? At an office party last week, all of a sudden I found myself sounding saintly as I muttered in [...]
BY VISHWAS HEATHCLIFF Showing me his handwriting, a friend’s cousin Raman once asked me which profession will suit him. I looked at the handwriting and told him that he should [...]
In their emails and letters, many people tell me: “Vishwas, you know what… my handwriting keeps changing. In fact it changes from pen to pen. In that case, which handwriting [...]
BY VISHWAS HEATHCLIFF Guys, I’m sad today. (Don’t go by the grin in my picture above.) I’m indeed upset. Reason: Shefali said no. Not to me, yaar! She turned down [...]
BY VISHWAS HEATHCLIFF This Republic Day I went to meet a friend Nidhi at Vile Parle to make peace with her: she was angry because I hadn’t met her since [...]
BY VISHWAS HEATHCLIFF We know it’s very difficult to control the mind. Ask students how frustrated they feel when they can’t concentrate on their studies despite trying too hard. Many [...]
BY VISHWAS HEATHCLIFF “God! My credit card bills are becoming a real pain, Akriti, they just don’t seem to end…” “Control your spending, Sneha.” “I’ll surely do that, but what [...]
