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Hormonal Hijack: The Everyday Science of Losing It
A composed client snapped over a spilt glass of water, then wept at her own reaction. That is a hormonal hijack: the moment your body decides before your mind is invited in. Here is…
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From Varanasi to Vrindavan: The Lesson I Didn’t Plan
I went from Varanasi to Vrindavan for three days, from a city that teaches you how to end things to a town that teaches you how to be held. Here is what I saw,…
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What IIT BHU Reveals About Success, Silence and Self
Half a day at IIT BHU during my Varanasi trip revealed something rare: ferocious ambition living peacefully beside deep stillness. In this reflection, I explore what this century-old campus teaches us about consecrated ambition,…
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Spiritual Detachment: Why I Am Travelling to Varanasi
Today I leave for Varanasi, my first time, for five days of immersion in the world’s oldest living city. This is the story of the stage of life that brought me here: spiritual detachment,…
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6 Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, Fine, Faint
Most people believe they already know their trauma responses. They have heard of fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and they assume the whole of human survival fits into four tidy boxes. But the nervous…
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TEDx Speakers Announced for TEDxButterfish Cove 2026
Dr Krishna Athal joins 18 TEDx speakers at TEDxButterfish Cove, Ocean City’s first ever TEDx event, on 18 September 2026, with a talk on the loneliness of success and the hidden cost of being…
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The Loneliness of Success: Why I Am Taking This Truth to the TEDxButterfish Cove Stage
By every visible measure they have arrived, yet privately they are starved of being known. Krishna Athal on the loneliness of success, the science behind it, and why he is taking it to the…
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Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI: What Forty Leaders Discovered in One Honest Afternoon
An hour after the workshop ended, a participant wrote to say she had finally listened to her daughter. Here is what unfolded across one honest afternoon on emotional intelligence in the age of AI,…
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What Badminton in Mumbai Taught Me About the Guru-Student Bond
Playing badminton in Mumbai at two Santacruz academies taught me more about mentorship than most boardrooms. A reflection on coaches Tanmay Kolwankar and Aditya Krishnan, the guru-student bond, and the quiet neuroscience of how…
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Bangladeshi Workers in Mauritius: Why a Ban Is the Wrong Answer to a Real Anxiety
Mauritius needs a serious conversation about Bangladeshi workers and migrant labour. But real leadership means fixing systems, not blaming a nationality.
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The Pune Case Everyone Is Judging, And The One Thing Nobody Is
The Ketan Agarwal case in Pune has become a spectacle the internet has already judged. But the most revealing psychology in this story is not the accused’s hidden motive. It is the speed of…
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Is There Love After Death? The Love That Outlives the Person
The question is not whether love survives death. It is where your love is supposed to go once the person it belonged to is gone. A reflection on grief, the brain, and the love…