thestrangedoctor welcomes you

Keep your cup empty

Fear not the lack of knowledge

Fear thy acceptance of ignorance

A life in darkness is for those who don’t go out in search for light/wisdom

Truth is it’s everywhere, in every one of us

Just be a sponge and imbibe

Imbibe as much as possible until your last breath

  • Slow down – the world isn’t going anywhere.

    The excerpt emphasizes the importance of living in the moment and appreciating life’s small joys, as illustrated by Shyam, a boy facing death. His mentor advises that rushing diminishes our ability to notice beauty around us. Instead, embracing a slower pace leads to discovering “pockets of happiness” throughout life. Read more

  • Ten life lessons from Arnold schwarzenegger

    Why Arnold? It is always good to learn from the real heroes. From those who have been there, seen things and done it than to listen from a random self-help guy. Arnold was Mr Universe thrice, seven times Mr Olympia. He served as the Governor of California for two terms. He was one of the… Read more

  • A butterfly effect

    During a torrid period, my little brother gifted me an innocuous little diary with a message written on it. Its empty pages beckoned me to write every day.  I resisted.  Filtering idea after idea for its worth. Then, two stories struck the right cords. One is out in the world as the book ‘WHO IS… Read more

  • Distractions

    The enormity of irrelevance in our daily life is baffling.Drowning in the sea of irrelevance are the vital necessities of life.We surround ourselves with unwanted things that distract us from our prime goal.Our psychic energy is finite.We pretend to be in control by constantly trying to exhibit our best selves, wasting most of our psychic… Read more

  • An Old Memory

    “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.” — Wordsworth. I am blessed to live yet another beautiful day. A silent and peaceful morning greeted me, graced by bright sunshine clearing the mist and dampness in the air. As I grappled with the bed… Read more

  • The Nth way

    “A little fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the roses.” – Chinese Proverb A beautiful spring morning in New Delhi, with the golden sunrays kissing the green leaves to find their way through the dense canopy and soft blowing air, making the weather ever so pleasant! I stand before Safdarjung’s tomb on Aurobindo… Read more

  • Reflections of love

    “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Jalaluddin Rumi On a hot baking evening on platform 4, Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, I ambled past the pieces of luggage placed on the platform and the people waiting for the train. I was returning to my home after an exhausting year of… Read more

  • An Ode to my eternally acaffeinemic friend

    In the corner of a gloomy, dull room, A sleepy owl rested in his leather cocoon. Lost in the computer screen, strumming the keyboard tune, His eyelids drooped like the leaf in the mid-summer noon.  In search of excitement to excel in MS Excel, Long walked his mind in an arduous travail. In a moment… Read more

  • A selfless dream

    A dream created in our beautiful minds for others shall be the best of all dreams. A purpose that relentlessly, single-mindedly drives us to fulfil such a dream by motivating us against all imminent, visible and unforeseen odds is one of the most extraordinary purposes of living, if not the greatest and ultimate purpose of… Read more

  • hic et nunc

    Where is the fire when we are always heading to a pyre? Why wait? Why postpone? Why neglect? Why procrastinate? Why not do it today? Why not now? Start the engine now before it’s too late!  Here and now, always. Read more