Cultivating such an outlook helped Mr. Paul-Choudhury bring about a better life for himself than he would have had if he’d stayed stuck in his understandable darkness. “The Bright Side” aims ...

“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.” The song mocks an absurdly hopeful outlook, but there may be some wisdom on display as well. In “The Bright Side,” Sumit Paul-Choudhury argues ...