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This morning, after waking up I immediately noticed a moth outside our bedroom window. I was intrigued. It was raining heavily outside yet it still rested peacefully on the window. It was gone within minutes. But the moth's arrival reminded me of 2 specific stories I was told. First story was told by my late neighbour. According to that story, goddess Lakshmi visits our homes in form of a moth. Whenever such moths are seen, we should offer kumkum turmeric and bow our heads. Goddess Lakshmi will bless us with wealth and happiness. Another story was very different from the first one. A colleague told me that our ancestors often visit us in form of moths. They stay in our homes for a couple of days to see whether we are flourishing in our lives. Then, they disappear in thin air. We never see them coming inside our homes or leaving our homes.  Both stories were astonishing. However, there is a similarity. Both stories depict the moths as outwardly and holy. Both stories tel...

 Wedding season is about to begin. In the event of enthusiasm and glamour, nowadays I am seeing various social media posts featuring the bride, groom, and the whole ceremony. While most of these are wholesome posts, I am seeing a plethora of disheartening posts. Not only the social media posts but I have heard stories from friends and colleagues about how a specific guest was trying to upstage the bride. These posts/stories specifically discuss the following, where the bride is upset because: a wedding guest is wearing their own wedding outfits a wedding guest is wearing the outfit in the same colour or similar to that of the bride a wedding guest is wearing a bright colour which is drawing the attention away from the bride a wedding guest is prettier than the bride a wedding guest is wearing a designer outfits or a designer inspired outfit Most of these outfits could be inappropriate for the western weddings. In western weddings, most of the brides are dressed in white...

Corporate offices which are in a remote area or away from crowded places are generally built on forbidden lands. History of such lands are difficult to find. This could attribute to hauntings at such buildings. Believe me, most of the corporate office buildings are haunted. This story was narrated to me by a colleague's sister - let's call her Naina (using a pseudonym to protect her identity). This is Naina's paranormal experience. Naina is a few years elder to me. Needless to say that she started working in corporate before me. Naina started working when the BPO/KPO sector was on a rise. New businesses led to new opportunities, new opportunities led to increased workforce, increased workforce required bigger offices, and to accommodate bigger offices new lands were acquired for corporate offices.  Naina was working in a state-of-art newly built corporate office. This office building was located away from the railway station and also highway. Though it was in a ...

All my life, I have heard ghost stories in my school, colleges, and offices. Rather it is safe to say that my school, colleges, and all workplaces were haunted. All stories I heard were the first person accounts.  This story is from one of my workplaces. This story is not for the faint hearted. The story of the burning woman. I had joined a new company. I was in my induction and probation days. As I was new, I was following the "standard rules" such as lay low, follow the orders of superiors, complete the work before the deadline, and avoid old colleagues' gossips.  It was one fine evening, around 6:45 PM I was still in the office. The official log off time was 5 PM, however I was waiting for my boss to tell me to leave (yes, I was that type of employee). Additionally, I had a deliverable with me for completion. Most staff members had already left. In an office of around 150 people capacity, only 6-7 people remained including me. A few seats across sat a senio...

Today I came across several posts on social media featuring the new internet sensation "The Nihilist penguin". Some posts had the picture of the penguin facing a mountains. Whereas some posted a short clip of a penguin walking towards the mountains. The clip or picture is from a documentary from 2007 and is going viral in 2026. That's how the internet works. Anything can go viral at any point of time without context. The scientific documentary claimed that the penguin may have an illness or infection which altered its abilities to identify the safety. Because of the condition the penguin fails to navigate to the safety (ie, following the group and going to the sea) and heads straight to death (walking towards mountains at least 70km away where there will be no food). But internet has its own theories. The popular most is that the penguin is Nihilist. He is fed up of following the group, wants to break free even if it leads to death. While the scientific eviden...

Week 4 of my notice period was surprising. Because apparently it was my last working week of the notice period.  Usually in my organisation the notice period is of 90 calendar days. If the last day falls on a weekend or holiday it is pushed back. In my scenario when I had a resigned from my company I was not on production. As per the company policy if the employee is not on the production they can be released early. This held true for me.  The week started just like any other working week. On Wednesday the HR called me and told me about certain documents that would be required. During this time HR did gingerly inform me that probably this will be my last working week. However it was not concretely told to me that it will be the last working week. Additionally I was not also informed about my last working day especially which date it is.  On Thursday I received a call from the HR informing that it is my last working day. I was informed to meet a person who is incharge of c...

We entered the 3rd week of my notice period. I am still waiting to hear from the management and HR abput my last working day, though an early release is planned. I believe I will be released only by yhe end of this month. Most activities have already been transferred or reversed. This week I killed time in the office with not much to do. I was really looking forwards to the breaks (lunch and coffee). One of my colleagues was off work due to a family emergency. I spent time with the other colleague.  We chatted about a lot of relevant and irrelevant topics. She shared an incident with me when she had lost temper and management did not intervene. I agreed that the management here does not want to get their hands dirty. They do not participate in conflict resolution. The project had arranged a high tea for the staff. They had arranged it on a day when most staff members were fasting (I believe it was intentional). My supervisor taunted that I don't eat and hence I have health issues. ...

This week marked the completion of my second week of the notice period.  While I have not been assigned with any new responsibilities, my existing responsibilities continued.  A new person was appointed to replace me. This person is more experienced and qualified than me. I provided him with an orientation. I informed my close friend about my decision and ahe supported me. We talked about how the younger generations are incompatible with us. An HR representative met me and enquired about my reason for resignation. I provided the history of my health issue. She tried to guilt trip me into believing that I should have informed about it before being selected to this project. I responded that this was a long standing health issue. Recent episode occurred after joining this project which prompted me to make this decision. Rest other days were when I saw less people because of new year celebrations. Then came the weekend.  I have been informed that I may receive an early releas...

I have been working for over 17 years now. I completed my graduation and immediately I started applying for jobs. A month after the graduation, I was employed. Ever since, I have worked. I resigned this week after 17 years of hard core labour. I decided to end the corporate job and find another way. I have not yet decided what is the next step, but for sure it is not another corporate job. After 17 years, I am now experiencing a burnout. I cannot work for 15+ hours a day. I cannot work on weekends and holidays anymore. I don't want to give up on my personal time for extra credits towards the next potential big thing. More importantly, I don't want to destroy my health for the sake of unattainable expectations. After resigning, I felt relieved in a way I never felt before. I felt that significant weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I am no longer worried about appraisal, promotion, escalation, or any other corporate weight.  There is still a long way to go. There will be...