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Why gold plating is not welcome

Life experiences have always taught us very beautiful lessons, even the ones not studied in B-schools. This has always made me appreciate the immense benefits of learning from unusual sources. This is what my daughter and my wife taught me about ‘gold plating’. As usual, it was one of those wonderful late evenings with the [...]

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Perceptions are not reality

This morning, I came to the office with a colleague of mine, as I had left my vehicle in the office last evening. As we approached our parking lot, I saw that my vehicle was parked haphazardly and it was blocking the way to the parking area. At that time when I parked there were [...]

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Parents have wishes too…

This is about how my gesture of booking an air ticket for my father, his maiden flight, brought forth a rush of emotions and made me realize how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents. My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport [...]

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