WHEREVER WE GO ...
Yes, wherever we go, we carry ourselves! About thirty years ago, I came to this tinsel town, Mumbai, hoping to do away with my nagging inferiority complex. I thought, "In a new and vast place like this, nobody would 'recognise the poor me', my past; nobody would know how 'bad' I am ... So, it would be easy for me to make a fresh start, with a new confidence." But, it did not happen so. I brought with me my mind. And, my nagging inferiority complex was nicely wrapped inside it! It took not just a change of place, but a lot more than that to shake off my mindset. One of those things -- and the most important one -- was the understanding that - "Wherever we go, we carry ourselves." The place had nothing to do with my complex, my misery. My mind, my unexamined thinking, my ignorance had. It took a hard look at myself to change that mindset. I asked,"Is living the life I long for absolutely important to me?" "Will blaming, endlessly, my cir...