Vijit's Opinion

 I am not sure whether this qualifies exactly as a small act of kindness that I performed or not. However, this definitely the closest it can get. I had been to city market for shopping along with my daughter today. We happened to be at a shop which had 2-3 stairs to climb from the street. We had been there to buy some stuff but looking at the crowd, we decided to skip the idea and revisit later as we were not having any urgency.  While we were moving away from the shop by climbing down the stairs, an old lady coming from the opposite direction just spontaneously held my hand to take support to climb the stairs. I realized it and just stood there firmly so that she does not lose balance and was able to reach the shop with ease. No words were exchanged between us. It was all non verbal communication.  Additionally, in the morning we had an unannounced guest at our window. A crow who often visits us in the afternoon typically, chose to visit us in the morning for breakfast....

Today, I visited a Ganesh temple near my home with my wife. When we got there, the evening aarti (prayers) had just started, so we joined the crowd. After the service was over, we sat down on a bench on the temple premises, as we often do, because the atmosphere there is quiet and peaceful. Then we saw two or three little girls, who seemed to be about two or three years old, running around the temple and having a good time. I couldn't help but smile as I watched those innocent faces laugh as they ran. The little girls bumped into each other from time to time, too. I wasn't the only one who was smiling, though. I noticed that the other people in the temple were also smiling and enjoying the giggling and running. This made me realize that having fun doesn't have to cost a lot of money. All you need is a few like-minded people who are willing to get together and interact without any expectations. We can only savor special moments like this when we put down our phones, which ha...

Today I am grateful to have started reading a book after a long time. It all started with  the daily habit of creating a to do list for the day which is evaluated at the end of the day for execution.  As part of this exercise, I asked myself a question, Why can't I finish reading one book per month? That way, I will end up reading 12 books in a year. I then checked out the total number of pages in the book and figured out that there are 263 pages. Oh God! That is too much said the devil in me. However, the angel in me, chose to challenge the devil. 263 pages does seem overwhelming but why not divide the number of pages with the number of days remaining in the month. I ended up doing that and figure out that it will take just 11 pages per day to achieve the goal of reading the book in hand. This is why asking challenging questions is important. It is only when you ask the right question that you get answers that sets you free. Otherwise, you will end up preventing yourself from...

I had a sudden travel plan for some personal reason and happened to be travelling to Kerala on the final match day of T20 International world cup between India and South Africa. Around 8 pm India time the match started. Rohit Sharma had won the toss and elected to bat. Since I was travelling by Konkan railway, the network was on and off as it passed through ghats and tunnels. Most folks in the train were watching the match like me on Disney hotstar.  The match did not start well for India as Rohit and Rishabh were out pretty early. However, Virat who wasn't performing well throughout the world cup came up with a great performance to hold one end. Axar Patel took risks and scored well at the other end. With little cameos here and there the team managed to score a total of 174. It did feel short considering the South African batting lineup. However, it was still something that could be defended.  It was South Africa's turn to bat and the Indian bowlers managed to tak...