by Kabir Sehgal | May 3, 2026 | Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 336 words. Word of the day: mudita. It’s the opposite of schadenfreude. Instead of taking pleasure in someone else’s misfortune, mudita is taking joy in someone else’s success: Your friend’s album dominates the charts, and...
by Kabir Sehgal | Apr 26, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 350 words. Beethoven once planned to dedicate a symphony to Napoleon. He saw him as the embodiment of revolutionary ideals. Then Napoleon crowned himself emperor. Beethoven was so disgusted he withdrew the dedication. Same music. Different...
by Kabir Sehgal | Apr 19, 2026 | Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 331 words. One of the most famous American composers started by playing songs in a cramped Tin Pan Alley office for $15 a week. George Gershwin’s inspiration didn’t come from isolating himself. It came from contact. With the city.With...
by Kabir Sehgal | Apr 12, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 386 words. Many of the best indicators aren’t the obvious ones. Want to know the quality of a restaurant?Check the ice.It tells you whether they pay attention to the little things. When artists reach out wanting to collaborate, I...
by Kabir Sehgal | Apr 5, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 334 words. A man is riding a horse at full speed. Someone standing nearby shouts: “Where are you going?” The rider calls back: “I don’t know. Ask the horse.” I stopped when I came across this story. Because a lot of...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 29, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 319 words. James Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was tortured repeatedly. Later, he was asked: Who did not make it out? His answer: The optimists. The ones who said, “We will be out by Christmas.” Then...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 22, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 337 words. Valerie Plame spent years working undercover in places like Athens and Brussels. Even many friends and acquaintances did not suspect. Her husband later explained how she did it: Most people are interested in talking about themselves....
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 15, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 305 words. Today is March 15. The Ides of March. So I find myself thinking about Julius Caesar. Not how he died. But how he once got kidnapped by pirates. They demanded 20 talents for his release. He laughed. He told them to ask for 50. Even as a...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 8, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 358 words. A composer friend of mine was offered a well-paid film scoring job he didn’t love. He asked me whether he should take it. So we thought through the math together. He is 62. The average life expectancy for U.S. men is about...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 1, 2026 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 307 words. When Quincy Jones heard the final mix of “Billie Jean,” he had one concern. The intro was too long. Radio programmers were already complaining that listeners would change stations before the vocals came in. Quincy pushed...
