Tech Chords

The essence of all forms of spirituality is that "you're not this body". Medical science tells you otherwise. Who to believe? If your recovery is medicinally controlled, you'd mostly likely believe in the latter. But there's no medicine for recovering lost memory. When you have to rely on other people to find yourself in a photograph, ...

You have time. Lots of it. All of it. I notice a trend as I reconnect with friends. The words "vicious cycle", "busy", "hassled", "caught up", "buried", seem to be part of their lexicon. And they live with these words. They shouldn't. If there is one thing I clearly know, thanks to my neurological experience, it ...

The brain is divided into two hemispheres -- left and right. To get a better idea, don't Google for images. Instead watch Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's "Stroke of Insight" video on TED. Not only will she show you the two hemispheres, she'll also tell you how it feels when the connection between the two hemispheres is ...

Oh the dichotomy! A couple of weeks back I couldn't type properly. For someone who scribbles, that's like saying the fish forgot to breathe under water. Still, that was the easy bit. Now it's as if someone's dictating in my head. Continuously. The urge to let my fingers dance on the keyboard is overwhelming. That's where ...

I scribble on technology. Apparently. If you freelance for a few years, juggle between mediums, and countries, it's very easy to lose track of the people you've met, or interacted with. Attend a few international conferences and the count quickly jumps to unmanageable levels. Throw in a neurological disturbance and you're good to go. For a ...