School Of Happiness by Mukesh Jain

Long before Bollywood existed, India already believed that music was divine. In our mythology, creation does not begin with light or matter. It begins with sound. Nāda Brahma — the world itself is vibration. Saraswati holds a veena, not a weapon. The Gandharvas are not warriors or rulers, but musicians. Even emotions in ancient texts…

A few months ago, I met an old friend after many years. On paper, he had “made it.” Senior position. Big house. International travel. The kind of LinkedIn profile that makes people pause. Over coffee, he said quietly: “I earn more than I ever imagined. But I don’t remember the last time I had a…

Love in the Age of Robots   (A valentine Day Special Blog) Imagine this. Your son walks into the living room. Calm. Slightly nervous. “Mom… Dad… I want you to meet someone.” You prepare your polite smile. You’re ready for surprises. Different religion? Different country? Same gender? Fine. You’ve evolved. And then he says: “She’s…

Why our schools still run like factories “What do you like most about school?” A few years ago, I asked a school-going child this question. He smiled instantly. “Recess.” “And what do you like least?” “Everything between two recesses.” He wasn’t being funny. He was being honest. That one answer quietly reveals what countless children…

Think about this for a second. For most big decisions in life, we prepare seriously. But for the one decision that shapes our happiness every single day — who we choose as a life partner — we’re told to just “feel it.” No training. No thinking too much. No slowing down. That mismatch explains a…

Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist and sociologist, probably never imagined that a simple observation about peas in his garden would become one of the most powerful mental models of modern life. Yet that’s exactly what happened. In the late 1800s, Pareto noticed that around 80% of the peas in his garden came from just 20%…

If you strip away the noise of the self-help industry — the thousands of books, podcasts, reels, workshops, and morning routines — what remains is surprisingly simple. A good life passes just two tests. That’s it. If your mornings feel alive and your nights feel calm, you are already living better than most people on…

Ask ten people in India what success means, and you will hear ten different answers. Most of our ideas of success are about doing more and getting more. But a long time ago, a writer named Christopher Morley said something very different: “There is only one success — to be able to spend your life…

There is a quiet truth we rarely say out loud, but almost everyone feels it: government touches every life, yet most people find government services difficult to navigate. We deal with long lines, confusing forms, unclear instructions, repeated visits, unpredictable timelines, and offices that often feel intimidating rather than welcoming. It is not that government…

There was a time when missing an event meant you simply didn’t know about it. A wedding happened somewhere, a party took place, a group of friends met for coffee—and unless someone told you later, it quietly passed. Today, missing out has become loud. It arrives on your phone in real time. Photos, stories, check-ins,…