For many years now, people from the developed West have generally viewed India as a backward, uncivilized, poor and godforsaken place. Being an Indian myself, I do not believe that this common assessment of the state of things in India is completely incorrect. In fact, any unbiased, rational person would not paint a rosy picture of modern India. However, I believe that it would be quite extreme to say that this deplorable state of things shows that Indian society and people are inept and unenterprising by nature. This paints a very simplistic and stereotypical picture of the current problems Read More

I'd like to share a quote from Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the famous Russian dissident author who emigrated to the United States during the height of the Cold War. Solzhenitsyn wrote about Communism and the Soviet Union mostly, but it is amazing the parallels that one can see with contemporary American society, in terms of the cultural climate. Keep in mind, the United States has changed from Solzhenitsyn's time, so much so that the following quote now illustrates the current condition of western society. Our present system is unique in world history, because over and above its physical and economic constraints, it demands Read More

I am the Master of my Fate and the Captain of my Destiny. – Nelson Mandela Destiny: the undeniable “mystery” (i.e. the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future) which unravels itself with time. Are we free from the clutches of destiny? Can a man completely control his destiny? Are we the puppets of fate, or the masters of our own fate? These are questions which pose themselves before every man at some point in his life, depending on the circumstances he finds himself in. We didn't choose what we were born as, or what Read More

Expat Chronicles I need your help. I am almost ready to publish The Mick‘s memoir, Mad Outta Me Head: Addiction and Underworld from Ireland to Colombia. Will you rate the book cover designs? I need the best one because you know the old adage, “Don't judge a book by its cover” – well, nobody heeds that old adage. Everybody judges the cover and a better cover means more sales. It just takes a minute. Rate each design and click “SUBMIT FEEDBACK & SEE RESULTS.” Here is the link: 99designs.com/book-cover-design/vote-8j42ba Here are the designs: Vote for the Mad Outta Me Head Read More

Two years after graduating from college, I cut the umbilical cord from my corporate job and started my own business. Little did I realize how my blue-pill, beta way of life was soon going to transition into a new dimension Prior to starting my own business, I was fearful of rejection. When going out during college, I would sit at the corner of the bar while all my friends were out approaching earning digits, hook ups, and one night stands. To me the fear of rejection overshadowed the potential for reward that could have been had if I just mustered up Read More