📘 Story 18 – Mukshi and the Shaky Step
🌤️ The Morning That Hesitated The sun was up, but the sky was grey.A little warm. A little unsure.Like the weather wasn’t quite ready to begin. Amma packed the bag.“One banana. One water bottle. And no shaky legs,” she smiled. Mukshi was tying his shoelace slowly.Daksh sat on the windowsill, blinking once. “That means yes?”…
Keep readingHow One Small Delay Becomes a Chain Reaction
Let’s talk about that one morning. The one where it started with just… a late wake-up. No drama. No thunder. Just… 15 minutes late. You skip your usual coffee. Miss the schoolbook. Kids shuffle around confused.The van waits. Grandpa gets held up.You’re racing, but the rhythm is off.Wife’s voice goes unheard. A page is missed.…
Keep readingEvery Drop Doesn’t Have to Reach the Sea
We often hear this:“Every drop matters.” And it does. But here’s something I’ve started to feel over time —Not every drop has to reach the sea to matter. Some drops land quietly on a leaf, cooling it.Some disappear into the soil, helping roots.Some dry on your skin, a memory of effort.Some join puddles, evaporate, rise…
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Punishment vs Understanding: A Parent’s Dilemma
(Honest thoughts on raising kids with heart and clarity) Parenting doesn’t come with perfect documentation — and certainly not with a bug-free implementation. There’s no one-line method called raise_child(empathetic, confident). Instead, it’s a constant try…catch. “Sometimes, I punish him.” Yes, I do.Not out of anger, but instinct. Maybe tiredness. Maybe frustration.And sometimes… because I truly…
Keep readingThe Shoulder Legacy
Some mornings, I carry my son on my shoulder to his van.He doesn’t ask why — it’s just part of our rhythm.But in the evening, when his grandfather picks him up, he walks back home on his own. No complaints. No “Appa carried me, you should too.” I watched that. And something inside me paused.…
Keep reading✍️ The Sambar Debug
Ever notice how the smallest acts make the biggest difference?This came to me while eating my amma’s sambar, thinking about the quiet work we all do. Some people call it “just sambar.”I see it differently. Because that sambar didn’t just appear. It had:Potato. Carrot. Tomato. Drumstick. Brinjal. Banana.Ladyfinger. Dal. Onion. Green chilli. Curry leaves.And one…
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🔹 Building in a Way That Lasts Without You
Some people say, “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”That’s fine. But some of us live by something else: “Be so open, they don’t need to depend only on you.” I don’t want to be the only one who holds the answer.I want to be part of something that runs well—even when I’m not around.…
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🪷 Education doesn’t just shape careers. It shapes roots.
Where I come from,education didn’t arrive with celebration. It arrived through effort.Through quiet pushes.Through families doing their best with what they had. We didn’t talk about “success.”We just hoped things wouldn’t stay the same. Sometimes, the whole family quietly adjusts their life,so one person can keep studying. It wasn’t always fair.But it was real. And…
Keep reading🧑🏽🏫 How I Teach, Guide, and Mentor—Wherever I Am, Even in Small Moments
These days, I’ve started to notice how I guide others—and why I do it differently than before. It’s not something I planned.It’s not something I learned in one place.It came from years of seeing, learning, making mistakes, and slowly understanding: “When someone trusts you to guide them—even for five minutes—it matters how you show up.”…
Keep reading🌱 Even Small Moments Carry Joy—If You Let Them
I don’t think joy announces itself.It doesn’t come with music or milestones.It comes in the middle of regular days—if you stay close enough to notice. It’s something I had to learn to see.Not all at once—but slowly, over time. For me, it shows up in many places: When someone on my team gets recognized, and…
Keep reading🪨 The Three Words I’ve Been Carrying Since 17
There was no speech.No ceremony.Just three words, written in chalk on a school blackboard during my HSC days: பணிவு · ஒழுக்கம் · முயற்சி(Humility · Discipline · Hardwork) They weren’t explained.They were just there—every day.And somehow, they stayed longer than any lesson. At the time, I didn’t understand them as values.I didn’t even think much about…
Keep reading🌀 Like Pi, the Good Things Never End
π There’s something quietly magical about Pi. It never ends. It never repeats.It keeps going, calmly, infinitely—digit by digit. And somewhere along those endless decimals, there’s a lesson for us. Because not every act has to be big to matter.Like a tiny digit in Pi, what you do might feel small—too small to notice, too…
Keep readingWho I am-
Some days, you show up as a mentor.Some days, you question everything.Some days, you lead.Some days, you sit silently and reflect on the people who helped you rise. The last few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about who I am—Not in a resume format, but as a whole person. I come from a village…
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Lekshmana Perumal Murugan 