Wham! Bam! Instagram!
If you’re a regular visitor to my blog you might have noticed that I now have an Instagram feed on the home page. Joining Instagram is something I didn’t expect I would do. Perhaps it’s a generational thing, but I’ve always been deeply skeptical about the quality and real value of our social exchanges in this age of unprecedented connectivity and networking. Of course, I do see the merits of social media, but I...
Imraan Vagar Personal Life
The recent weeks have seen a few of my old Facebook followers writing in to ask about the “mysterious disappearance” of the page I created for this blog sometime in 2013. It was remiss of me not to post something about that sooner – but I was waiting for the right moment. Basically, I unpublished the page late last year. You could say that it had served its purpose and was no longer needed. For those of you wanting...
Man On Fire
The concept of ‘burnout’ from overwork or stress seemed like a foreign and unlikely prospect when I was in my 20’s and 30’s. Like so many careerists and over-achievers with big plans, I had set myself some lofty goals and was determined to realize them – and when you’re young and driven it simply doesn’t occur to you that there might be a physical or emotional toll to all that ambition and achievement. I guess I felt invincible!...
A Perspective Check
How about a healthy little perspective check? You know how some images leave an indelible mark and have the power to haunt you forever? I was still in high-school when I was first introduced to this photograph – and it’s been etched into my memory ever since. A bunch of us were studying in the school library when my best friend (of 26 years now) rushed over with a book that she had just discovered and enthusiastically pointed to this...
Say It Isn’t so!
Many (if not most) people would define a grown-up as being an adult. I reckon there’s a big difference between the two. Adulthood is a biological inevitability. The human body develops naturally. All we have to do is try to ensure that it gets the proper nutrients and exercise to grow properly and healthily. The graduation from mere adult to fully fledged grown-up, on the other hand, is the result of experience – matched...
