When we’re too needy to see the truth. — Of all the countless moments I had shared with my ex-girlfriend, the one I remember the most is the memory of the day when we last saw each other, on the day when she told me we were breaking up. I was sitting in front of her, on the breakfast…

And the ever ignored Compounding rule of a relationship — “We’re meant to be!” This belief. This feeling — It is the most important reason that breaks up even the strongest of the relationships. This belief that we are soulmates, that we are perfect for each other, it’s a miracle that we ever met, that our meeting was somehow special…

It had started to rain again. Standing at a cross-road waiting for the light to turn green I was staring at the wet road glistening with the yellow reflection of sodium lamplights when I felt something cool and soft pricking against the skin of my face. I turned my head…

Is unconditional love an asset or a liability in relationships? — In any business (and also in life), it is considered good sense to have a Plan B as a backup if your Plan A comes to fail. This Plan B, which acts as a cushion, ensures that you don’t up end up with nothing when you are roaring ahead to…

So I met this girl, and we hit it off like Soda and Rum — instant attraction, great conversation, and amazing, mind-blowing sex. I mean, we couldn’t keep our hands off each other. She was a banker at an MNC but looked more like a model. …

That’s how I knew it wasn’t about sex. — Tia and I were sitting in a pub looking at each other. She was running her fingers on the rim of Screwball glass half-filled with Long Island Iced Tea. …

The seeds of doubt in Love. — I love Tia — I said it, thought it, felt it — a thousand times a day. Even when I was not with her. Didn’t matter what I was doing. Standing under the shower, walking down the streets, conversing in meetings, or giving presentations — her image, scent, touch, her…

Finding love is what counts; finding love is enough. — Sometimes, we notice the brightness of the day only when it is gone, stolen away by a passing cloud, turning everything dark and gloomy. Sometimes it takes an absence of a thing to make us see its importance in our life. …

Is it true? — Last week my friend called me to tell me she and her boyfriend were breaking up. I wasn’t surprised; this breakup had been on the cards for a long-time. I could sense it from the growing silence between them. Their ‘togetherness’ had lost that innate quality the lovers have —…