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Think of all the stories from the 80s/90s we tell (or hear) when a car (read Maruti) was considered a luxury or the only way most people saw an airplane was when it roaringly flew overhead. When the summer vacations meant nani ka ghar and eating out was maybe once a month and that too mostly chaat , idli-dosa or chowmein. When we played chhupam chhupai, ikkal dukkal, gitti phod, kanche and flew kites. When we spent most of the time at home with our families or when we physically visited people to meet them. When we bought new clothes only at Diwali / Eid / Christmas and if we were nice then for the birthday as well. When a camera roll could only snap 36 pics which even how hard we tried to carefully click would end up with 5-6 out of focus or over exposed. When the starting salaries, even for IIT / IIM graduates, were just Rs 5,000-10,000 a month. When buying a house to live in was the prime goal. When SENSEX was about 500 while most people invested their savings in FDs which d...

Balance... just like how one cycles. Visually, cycling seems so difficult but ask the cyclist and she surely has no idea why anyone would think so. Remember when you learnt how to cycle. You straddled and pushed the paddle, fearfully removed your other foot off the ground, the handle shook violently and BAM! you fell. That's exactly how everyone learns to cycle... No exceptions. You try it again and maybe after a couple of failed attempts, you are able to move forward a few meters albeit in a snake-like movement. In no time, you are cycling like an expert wondering why you were so afraid of it in the first place. You still had no idea how you were balancing on two wheels, it's just that you were. You however knew that to keep moving forward, you need to keep it balanced and that is only possible if you kept pedaling.  Life, my friend, is exactly like that. The only thing that matters is BALANCE which can only be achieved if you keep pedaling. Let me try to explain. Entire ...