The new age caste system

The new age caste system

May 6, 2015

I was having dinner with some friends a couple of weeks ago when the discussion suddenly got heated up. The subject at hand was society and how we should only be hanging out with people of the same “social standing”. I was [...]

The beginning of my spiritual journey

The beginning of my spiritual journey

May 1, 2015

“Joy is a natural phenomenon. Misery is your creation.” – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev I’ll start off by saying I’m sorry. Sorry but not sorry. I wish I could divulge all the wonderful spiritual teachings I [...]

Beautiful India & Isha Yoga

Beautiful India & Isha Yoga

April 27, 2015

“The source of life is within you. If you remain in touch with that source, everything about you will be beautiful.” – Sadhguru I didn’t want to share my whole experience in one single post, for fear of boring [...]

Why life is all about risk

Why life is all about risk

April 18, 2015

“If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough. ” – Mario Andretti I work in finance and as all know, the famous idiom goes “without risk there is no reward”. There are simply no [...]

The circle of friends

The circle of friends

April 8, 2015

“Andย in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Having lived far from my [...]

What the hell is CrossFit?

What the hell is CrossFit?

April 1, 2015

My friends Tara and Mirvat are the ultimate CrossFit girls. They literally started a what’s app chat group just to talk about CrossFit. I swear it sounds like they’re speaking a foreign language. But they aren’t the [...]

A note from my future self

A note from my future self

March 24, 2015

I often wish I could go back to 17-year-old Dana and tell her to flip off those dickheads in school that picked on her, and just walk away shrugging her shoulders. But she had to learn it the hard way. Now that I’ve matured a [...]

Design: Craft meets contemporary

Design: Craft meets contemporary

March 21, 2015

I have the pleasure of living in the wonderfully cosmopolitan city of Dubai. Many people complain that it isn’t culturally aware and diverse enough. Yet a lot is being done to change that with the likes of Art Dubai and Design [...]

My experience with theta healing

My experience with theta healing

March 17, 2015

I hesitated a lot before writing this post. I wasn’t sure what the reaction would be as the last thing I would want would be to upset readers. However I’ve come to the realization that when blogging, it comes with the [...]

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