Sāmya

When Ordinaria was born, the elders of the community proclaimed that she is going to be great. Overwhelmed with joy, the parents named her Ordinaria. A weird choice of name for someone who is going to be famous, if you ask me. But, more often than not, we find ourselves doing certain things just because everyone else around us is doing it.  When we do so, we rationalize our actions by calling them normal. 

"It is normal to do such and such." If you are like me, you would have found yourself at the receiving end of such lines from many of your friends, colleagues and co-workers. I have nothing against you or anyone else doing "such and such"…