India, Sept. 9 -- It's one of those paradoxes that we get sharp insights into 'How To Live' when someone close to us or someone we admire, passes away. My mother- in-law died from a sudden cardiac arrest in April this year. In the days that followed, in the midst of the grief that hung over us, the task of clearing her cupboard fell to me. As I sorted through the mound of her salwar kurtas with Kashmiri embroidery, neatly ironed and stacked in the cupboard, I found myself thinking that may be learning to subtract is a task we underestimate. When I use the word subtract, I use it in the context of minimizing, of letting go and not necessarily running away from responsibilities or difficult tasks. It comes from a place of recognizing that i...