Pooja Bhatt

  Love is a terrifying thing. It’s not safe. Because when you love someone, you have to face the fact that you could lose them. Sometimes life throws an unexpected wrench in your way. It might be that you’re in jeopardy of losing your career, your freedom or worst of all, you might even find out that a loved one has died. These things make you realise how precious life is, how important every second we have on this earth is and how important the people we care about are to us. We keep our feelings inside because we are afraid but when we finally get any news & they are not around, that’s when we’ll know they are our everything. You know you could always count on them when the chips are down. You just hadn’t realised you couldn’t do without them when something is up. Since, life is the biggest gamble; when they are alongside, your chips are always up. None of us know how much time we really have. It could be a minute. It could be an hour. It could be fifty years. But you know ev...

February is the month of love hence don't let Society’s perceived milestones affect how we view anyone. I’m 25, single, childfree, all my possessions fit in a few suitcases & I’m happy. Not TV commercial happy, not lying to myself happy, just at peace with myself, always knowing that everything will eventually be fine, even at the worst of times. I still constantly hear “I hope you find a partner soon”, “You’ll meet him when you least expect it”, “Maybe it’s time to settle down”. Eh! We have the right to choose our lifestyle and not apologise for it, we have the right not to settle for less, we have the right to pick whatever makes us whole, being a white picket fence and three toddlers or backpacking around the world or whatever is actually making us happy. Don’t let anyone’s rulebook or judgement define you. Love starts within, you must love yourself first before you can give it away to others because even Christ said "Love thy neighbour as thyself". What do you thi...

Oscar Wilde said, “Each man kills the thing he loves” & it’s true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want & feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the sufferings we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far. I’ve known a lot of people who when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes & never reached their goal when it was only a step away. This is most dangerous of the obstacles because it has a kind of saintly aura about it: renouncing joy & conquest but if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get then you become the instrument of that existing supernatural power, you help the soul of the World & you understand why you are here😊 What is your opinion? Do lemme know by commentin...

There are two things every person living in Delhi has done at least once in their life - travelled by the Delhi Metro and observed the people around them! I being a true Delhiite, have done it too and so I showcase to you my daily observations of the stereotypical people seen in the form of this blog. If you can spot or relate to people from the list, do share it with the people you share that memory. 1. The Pseudo Sleepers Nobody wants to wake up (and confront) the sleeping giant; even if they are the types who are just pretending to sleep in the space reserved for the old or the physically challenged. These characters can be seen in a Metro on any route - if found, show no remorse and give them a rightful nudge! 2. The Adjustmentals Have you also had someone tell you, ‘thoda adjust karlo please’? Or been cramped up between people trying hard to share the same seat space with you? Then welcome the Adjustmentals! They squeeze in the tiniest of space they see and eventually leave your r...

‘Garbage in, garbage out,' is a common saying used when speaking about computer systems; If we input low-quality information, we can realistically expect to get out low-quality information. Computers are often as useful as their imputers. This same idea also relates to how we interact with the other people in our lives; If we ask low-quality or generalised questions, we'll generally get low-quality and generalised responses. Discovering how to ask high-quality questions is essential if we want to connect with other people in a more interested and meaningful way. Some people incorrectly assume that communicating honestly is about speaking our minds, but it definitely isn't. Sometimes, the thoughts that occupy our minds are entirely unwise and inaccurate. Speaking well is about assuring that other people understand what we mean when we say what we say. Speaking well is also about asking the kind of high-quality questions that enable this to happen. Mature conversation is the ...

Behind every behaviour is a positive intention. This principle enables us as humans to track back from a persons behaviour to better understand the perspective of the individual who generated it. By labelling peoples intentions as ‘bad’ or ‘negative’ we subsequently make our clients ‘wrong’ and will therefore damage the rapport that underpins trust. When people don’t trust us, they’ll certainly not open up & be honest about their intentions with us. For example, if I was working with a client who is a serial workaholic, I wouldn’t say, “You are bad, don’t you know that working to this extreme is detrimental to the health of your family relationships!” instead I might ask questions about what his intentions are & when he overworks; does he overwork for pleasure, for social reasons, to provide for his family or to reduce loneliness etc. By understanding (and acknowledging) that unhelpful behaviours will often have positive intentions behind them (even if these intentions are some...