Let me start with the good news first. India now has two medals at the Olympics at the time of writing this — both individual medals, both by women. A silver medal in weightlifting, and a bronze in badminton.

You must be thinking, is two medals a reason to celebrate for a nation that comprises more than 17% of the world’s population? Well, that’s the sorry state of sports in the country. Our “record” medals tally was 6 medals in 2012. But, let’s not digress. Both the medals this year have come from women.

The next big hope is from…

I have been a vegetarian all my life. This was largely thanks to being born in India, in a Hindu family, where most of my family is vegetarian, largely for cultural and religious reasons.

I’ve however had the privilege to live and experience life across the world, having traveled across over a dozen countries, lived across three, including India, America, and Hong Kong, where I currently live.

When I was faced with a choice to deviate from my vegetarian lifestyle, I saw no reason to. I was more aware of the pros and cons of the various types of dietary…

There is no such thing as an attention span. There is only the quality of what you are viewing. This whole idea of an attention span is, I think, a misnomer. People have an infinite attention span if you are entertaining them.

— Jerry Seinfeld

When you are the world’s richest comedian at a net worth of nearly a billion dollars, this statement probably holds true. Jerry Seinfeld is a master entertainer, and the decades of honing his art have led him to command “infinite” attention.

However, in a practical scenario, there is no such thing as an infinite attention…

The biggest support group for first-time moms comes from other moms who have been there and done that. In addition to the wealth of experience that comes from first-hand parenting, there is also the added benefit of used baby stuff for free or at a huge discount.

It was this exact incentive that led to the death of an unsuspecting Heather Snively.

In 2009, in the state of Oregon, 21-year-old Snively was expecting her first child. It was going to be a baby boy, and she was elated about it. …

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be the world’s best at just about anything? Especially when it comes to physical sports that essentially demand you to be in the best shape compared to the billions of other people on earth to hold a world record. As the Olympics are underway in Tokyo, the world’s best athletes are in action and at the center of everyone’s focus.

I’ve always thought of finding the secrets of the diets of these elite athletes. While I can’t have their genetics or their work ethic and years of hard work, I am sure…

Christopher James Dannevig was a convicted criminal out on parole, in Sydney, Australia. He had been imprisoned for six months for attacking a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint on a track in the bushes.

A couple of bypassers who happened to be there at the right time led to Dannevig aborting his intended crime mid-way. Had they not intervened, the incident might well have resulted in sexual assault, attempted murder, or even murder.

However, while out on parole for this crime, 20-year-old Dannevig would prove that his intention may have been murder all along.

A fake Facebook profile and the bait

Dannevig first came across 18-year-old Nona Belomesoff…

This past Saturday, we were excited to be going to the baby shower of one of our friends. We met this couple thanks to our son’s playdate and realized they’ve got more in common with us than we’d known — let’s call them Adam and Eve for anonymity.

Eve went to the same school as my wife for the same Master’s degree only a few years prior to my wife. Adam went to a Business school for his MBA that was an arch-rival of my Business school, and we in fact even crossed paths at an inter-school sports meet.

Eve…

Daniel Wozniak and Rachel Mae Buffett were both struggling actors in California, trying to make their Hollywood dream work. Los Angeles is an extremely expensive city to live in until you’ve really made it, and so the two lived in Costa Mesa, a city in the Orange County of California, only about 37 miles southeast of LA.

Being an aspiring actor is a tough life. I’ve got friends who’re leading that same life in the Indian film industry of Bollywood. You’ve got to keep up appearances, and that’s something that comes at a cost.

Acting should be bigger than life…