Are the good things in life ever free? Or do they come with a price tag which hoists the human race onto a hamster-wheel, pedalling tirelessly to reach variously imposed ideas of success? What does it take to attain a modicum of well-being in a world driven by increasingly commercial narratives? Authors Akhil Gupta (Love, Learn, Play: A Simple Formula for a More Meaningful Life’) and Namita Devidayal ( ‘Tangerine: How to Read the Upanishads without Giving Up Coffee’) talk to Anjali Raina about different personal routes that could lead towards self-discovery and inner peace.