
From days immemorial, gurus and philosophers, from India to Europe, have contemplated the meaning of life. In pursuit of meaning of life, it is but natural that one would stumble upon the question of How to live a life. What indeed are the parameters for defining a successful life? From Xenophanes to Socrates to John Stuart Mill to Michael Sandel, we have had men the equivalent of Gods (to atheists and to some particular schools of political and social thought) telling us how to live life, individually and in a society. Older still, the Vedas, the Puranas, the Upanishads, the Gurus of the past, the Epics of Mahabharatha, Ramayana and the ever-guiding Bhagavad Gita all contemplate this question. There is a certain element of comfort, animal comfort, and knowledge that is supposedly necessary to let the mind drift to thoughts of such lofty heights. And if you have contemplated about the meaning of life in whatever small measure, Welcome, Welcome my dear fellow. So have I. Of course, having contemplated on life has yielded me not much knowledge nor have I acquired the wisdom bestowed upon the Buddha but I have managed to make certain observations about what success and fulfillment is in contemporary society.



