The Great Circus of Secrets

We humans live in the shadow of secrets. We spend half our lives collecting secrets and the other half leaking them, even if accidentally. If Truth is supposed to set us free, then secrets are the locks we have the keys to—“Ah, no one knows what I know!” It is the ego’s favourite pastime.

- BY INVITATION Debashis Chatterjee Author, Professor & Director, IIM Kozhikode

However, secrets are like fertile seeds buried underground. They may not be visible in ordinary circumstances. But they come to life in unguarded moments. They show up as dreams, defensive behaviour and verbal blunder. Secrets never die. They spread their roots in the psyche like arteries. They are reborn in fertile circumstances, such as family gatherings or situations of extreme stress. Here are some classified performers from the grand circus of secrecy.