All Entries Tagged With: "Values"

In recent weeks a couple of incidents told the true story of India in a manner that nothing else can. The Delhi metro bridge crashed killing some poor people one early morning a few weeks ago. When my quality control friend of Indian origin in the US saw the photographs of the accident scene he [...]

A friend remarked to me that what defines America is its veneration of entrepreneurship. The French, he added, most admired style and elegance. What defines India? That was the challenge my American friend posed. Before I could speak a word, he admonished me, “Don’t give me the clichéd answer that anything one says about India [...]

A friend of mine who was a therapist in a half way house described an incident where this big burly nut-bar barged into a group therapy session hollering and waving his arms around. He was like a beefy Hell’s Angels guy, and he was having one of his meanie episodes that would have scared the [...]

Man has always perceived time in diverse ways and it has always been his intention to solve the its mystery. How can we define time? There are hundreds of definitions but as far as I have understood, time is irreversible. Since we are a part of this universe with finite life-spans our existence is dependent [...]

We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control…All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall. All in all, you are just another brick in the wall. Pink Floyd It is difficult to be a child of the 21st century -  to be a part of the most educated generation of [...]

Parents were amazed by the simplicity and honesty of the responses which usually focused on everyday things. The kids were more interested in feeling good and connecting with their parents than they were in expensive toys, computer games or big houses. The children said they were happiest when the family played games together; hugged and showed their affection regularly; communicated openly and showed interest in each other

First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: ‘What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?’ Surely this was some kind of joke. [...]

“You preserve only what you love, you love only what you understand, you understand what you are taught.” – Baba Pioum I read this at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur. Given that most of the creatures are facing extinction in the order of magnificence they exude, I felt aquarium was probably the most appropriate place [...]

In these past 15 years I have helped several plans happen kicked off by tech savvy youngsters without any organizational experience as such. I have rebuilt them, defined them, refined them, to the extent they deserved, or may be more, out of inherent kindness in the beginning, in the mid nineties. Not off late. As [...]

When I ask myself what good I did last year, I do proudly say, “Much more than I ever did in the past.” So have I turned a new leaf and taken to philanthropy or social service last year? No, nothing of that sort. Why then, this proud reflection of the year gone by? I [...]

I had my quota of sound sleep. The sun is up. So am I What next? Since the beginning of this week, I have been mulling over a series of events that have happened in these past few days, weeks, months. The good the bad the ugly were being sorted out within the mind. Every [...]