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Prateep Roy

FEW WORDS, BUT BANG ON!

Category: Life Journey

  • Why are Bengalis argumentative?

    Why are Bengalis argumentative? ADDA. Because they have something called an Adda. There is no perfect translation of Adda capturing its true essence. Google Translator translates it as a meeting place, a habitat, or a club. These descriptions, though, describe a few aspects of an Adda but do not completely reflect the meaning. It needs Read.

  • What is the synonym for freedom?

    Photo by author Youth. College days, to be more specific. Those 5 years (grad/postgrad) at the university were the most memorable years of my life. Memories of a vibrant, fearless, romantic, and boisterous time of my life. Just coming out of a regimented school life, is the newfound freedom. Especially, when you come out of Read.

  • When do you get your identity?

    School group photo of author When you get recognized. Adolescence is the most delicate phase of our life. This is when you excel in something that gets you the recognition. Either you are good in studies, sports, music, art, or even creating mischief in the class that gets you recognition. You are just part of Read.

  • Expectation. Can we not get rid of this word?

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    Imagine the word ‘Expectation’ vanishes from your life. You have no expectation from anyone. Won’t you be happy? Won’t you be relaxed and cool about your life? One may argue that life without expectation will be boring and monotonous. True! That’s the flip side. But look at the pros. You have no expectation from your Read.

  • Did I defy my Ikigai as a child?

    Yes, I did. But first, what is Ikigai? I learned about Ikigai from a writing course hosted by Ankur Warikoo called ‘Make Writing a Career.’    It’s just amazing! On researching further, I found Ken Mogi, an authority on Ikigai, explaining it in his book, The Little Book of Ikigai. He explains Ikigai as ‘the Read.

  • What do you do when you turn 64?

    You fight with your wife, OR you learn new secrets from the kids? I chose the latter. It is better to learn new things from the kids and stay relevant. While I haven’t hung my boots, I have started to untie the strings. I haven’t gotten bored with my 30+ years in market research, but Read.

  • And miles to go!

    Photo by Chris Dreyer on Unsplash I came out of a serious predicament recently! I was struck with a personal health emergency in the family about 2 years ago. My wife had a stroke. I couldn’t hang up my boots, for obvious reasons! I wanted something that I could do sitting at home and with Read.

  • The bicycle I inherited from my father.

    I was 10 when we shifted to our own house. Along with the joy of owning a house, fairly bigger than where we stayed as tenants, came the joy of inheriting the bicycle of my father. He had to abandon the bicycle as the distance from his office to this new house increased manifold and Read.

  • Make people smile :)

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    That’s laughter therapy for me. Smile, if not laugh. And my laughter therapy is not only for me but for others as well. If I can make someone smile (if not laugh) for 5 minutes, I think I am inching towards the heaven (if there is any). I was born with this inherent quality and Read.

  • Life should be meaningful, even if it is short.

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    Life should be meaningful, even if it is cut short. There are umpteen examples of great men and women whose lives were cut short, but they left behind an everlasting mark on the world in their respective, but varied fields. Let’s look at some of these great people. Swami Vivekananda (India): He died at the Read.