Karina Pandya

Money, money, money; money makes the world go round! Right? Now in this life of ours where we are constantly running from pillar to post, do we ever stop to question how we feel about our happiness? Is it the short-term job that we temporarily have and which provides us with ‘monetary relief’ that makes us happy or is it following our passion, regardless of the pay?   Its quite a complicated situation to be in, because it can put us in the awkward situation of leading a highly stressful life and on the other hand leading one that is less stressful. However, happiness CANNOT be bought anywhere or FROM EVEN A JOB and that's the reality.   Some people are just happy having a job where they can live within their means and that's about it.    However, money is not everything and even a person having a lower paying job can very often lead a better life that a person who has a higher paying job (which is stressful and the person doesn't enjoy).  In ...

What makes a person succeed in life? Is it the quality of his work or is it his/her personality? Is there any particular factor that we can pinpoint to indicate a reason why a person succeeds in life? Sometimes I really wonder how some people have just got it right in life, or at least make it look so easy! We live in a high connected world where we meeet people from different cultures and backgrounds. This could occur at work places or even in your personal life.   So, this is precisely why our communication skills and social dynamics are extremely important in order to attain any form of success in the highly connected world that we live in. Communiation is the medium through which we share our knowledge, ideas and thoughts with others. Communication can occur verbally, visually or in the written form. With this, listening forms an important aspect of developing good communication skills.. With the the society and people changing on such a rapid...

Why do things happen the way they do in our lives, especially things that are agonising to deal with? It’s not easy to fathom the reasons why certain adversities occur in our lives, but yet we are perpetually searching for answers, which sometimes seem beyond our own understanding.   A Sanskrit term, karma is a work, which basically means ‘action’.   For South Asian Religions and even philosophies though this term has gained a lot more connotations. It connects actions with results and the good and bad happenings that are experienced in this world; as aggregate results of deeds that have been performed in this and previous lifetimes. Why is so important to understand what the law of karma is actually? Many of us may feel that life will unfold whatever it has to and we can’t do anything about it. However, when we understand the law of karma it can help us to improve the quality of our own lives. It will help us to naturally avoid negative actions, which will lea...