Memoir

Wish You a Happy and Prosperous Life

This greeting, the best wishes I heard from a few friends for the first time, made me wonder. I knew, somehow, what happiness was. But at that age, I didn’t quite understand this word prosperity. That evening, during my Sanskrit class, I asked my teacher, “What is this prosperity, and what is it to be prosperous?”

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Quiet Architects of Our Lives

On this day, as we celebrate the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya, I find myself reflecting not on the grandeur of his public works alone, but on the quiet ways his life has shaped mine. Some of these lessons I sought deliberately. Others arrived unannounced, taking root in me through family influences, teachers, mentors, and choices that carried his echo.

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