Pearls of Wisdom: The Unfinished Love
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—If you’re lucky, I mean really lucky, you will fall in love—a love that merges two people together forever, and in such...
Pearls of Wisdom: Thought, Action, Feeling, Authenticity and Happiness
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—I recently read an article that was appropriately titled: “Are Authentic People More Mindful” in Psychology Today. This article explained authenticity and...
Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-4: When Romance Leads to a Mini Poetic Stardom
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—Moving from a small town to Allahabad was a huge deal for me. First, I was going to live on my own...
Pearls of Wisdom: How Do You Know Your Life is a Disaster, and Now...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—Every year when a year ends and new one starts, we go in a deep reflective mood, and pledge to take some...
Pearls of Wisdom: The Virtue of Being Selfish Versus Self-Centered and Self-Obsessed
By Upendra Mishra
During my university days, I had fallen in love with the writings of Franz Kafka and Albert Camus. I remember I would...
Pearls of Wisdom: Excellence is a Habit and Chanakya’s Three Questions
BOSTON—Twenty years ago when we bought our home, I set up a small home office in the basement. Those days we needed huge space...
Pearls of Wisdom: Patanjali, Tom Brady and The Four Agreements
By Upendra Mishra
The words contain tremendous power. They are packed with energy. Every thought we think, every word we whisper even to ourselves, every...
Pearls of Wisdom: Never Ever Assume Anything, Just Ask
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—Just one year after I had joined the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi as a graduate...
Pearls of Wisdom: Summer Books: Forget the First Impression and Think of the Last...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—As usual this summer began with blooming flowers and vegetables in The Mishra Garden and my list of books to read. The...
Pearls of Wisdom: How Our Thoughts Shape Our Destiny, and How We Can Master...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—When I was in my 30s, I began taking life a bit seriously and started to read books and literature that were...
