Vivek MehraMar 16 minCorruption – the greatest scourge of India’s colonizationThe word corruption conjures up memories of dingy government offices where the peon at the door is the beginning of a chain of graft that...
Vivek MehraDec 31, 20205 minThe Law of KarmaThe word Karma is strongly associated with Hinduism. It is a concept that is assigned to Hinduism with almost complete detachment from...
Vivek MehraSep 22, 20208 minConversations with myself – when loneliness strikesWe have all been through it at some point in our lives. - The feeling that nothing is going right. - Something terrible is about to...
Vivek MehraSep 15, 20201 minSAGE India: This is what love looks like...On 12th September I completed 15 years at SAGE India. I was surprised by the turn of events in the company meeting on 14th September. The...
Vivek MehraJul 30, 20203 minThe Destruction of an InstituteIn 1992 the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya. The repercussions were felt across the nation and even beyond our borders. I was in...
Vivek MehraJul 21, 20205 minA five figure haircut that made me cryOn Sunday I spent Rs ₹₹,₹₹₹ for a haircut. I voluntarily spent this money and I am very happy that I did. The amount of money isn’t...
Vivek MehraJul 12, 20204 minThe Lemon Tea Seller of Varanasi – Part 1 Lessons in Entrepreneurship A few weeks before the Coronavirus forced a lockdown, I traveled to Varanasi. While visiting the ghats, I chanced upon a traveling tea...
Vivek MehraJun 23, 202010 minDepression, loneliness and suicideWe are social animals. So how can we sit back and accept that someone took their life, ‘because they were depressed.'
Vivek MehraJun 5, 20202 minDr Pritam Singh - the star foreverIn each of our lives, irrespective of nation, creed, or religious belief there is at least one person who shows us the meaning of life. In t
Vivek MehraJun 2, 20203 minThose were the days my friend...The mood was positive, the conversation reminiscent of a world that we once shared and had somehow frozen in time for ourselves.
Vivek MehraMar 31, 20207 minUnderstanding Untouchability In India there is a section of society that have historically termed ‘untouchable’. I never understood why some humans were treated as...
Vivek MehraJan 1, 20206 minConfessions of a Meat Eater Lately meat has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Some insist that meat has now been shrouded in saffron ideology. No, not...
Vivek MehraJan 1, 20206 minThe Truth About EgoMankarnika Ghat: Death the only truth without an ego (C) Vivek Mehra Indian philosophy has long held: where ego reigns supreme, truth is...
Vivek MehraDec 31, 20192 minThe Dual CitizenshipThis article first appeared in LiveEncounters (https://liveencounters.net/2018-le-mag/08-august-2018/vivek-mehra-on-dual-citizenship/)...
Vivek MehraDec 21, 20162 minWhat is it like to receive about 500 wishes on the day you were born?Friday 16th December 2016, my birthday. I can answer that question from first hand information. About 150 wishes came through email, SMS...
Vivek MehraNov 12, 20169 minDemonetising, India, Indians, the pain and my thoughtsAs I pen this, we are in the 4th night of the great demonetising crisis in India. Social media is polarized, the media is polarized and...
Vivek MehraDec 6, 20158 minThe Pushy IndianA great place to find pushers You have seen them everywhere but I don’t think you are conscious of them. Some would say the Nadellas, the...
Vivek MehraAug 5, 20158 minI forgot to buy him yogurt (concluding part)(Continued from Part 1) As the jet touched down at Boston’s Logan airport my heart thumped in my chest. I had spent over 3 months trying...
Vivek MehraJul 30, 20155 minIt’s time we all did too.Speaking about him… In the early ‘80s I was aboard an Air India flight headed towards New York City. I was an excited teenager about to...
