Recently, Saurav Ganguly, who retired as India’s most successful captain, had this to say about getting selected for the Indian cricket team, I retired because at some point you’ve had enough. The reason is not because you have had enough of playing the sport but because you’ve had enough of getting selected all the time.… Read More »
In a recent article, I had asked the question, “Why do many relationships run into troubled waters? Is it mostly lust and not love? Why many couples get is so wrong?”. Well, the question about lust has just been answered by a group of psychologists at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Lust at first sight… Read More »
In 2009, just around the time the aadhaar initiative was launched in India, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a YouTube video titled “Scary Pizza”. The description of the video, which is embedded below, reads, “You’ll never want to order another pizza again if we give away all of our civil liberties in the… Read More »
Recently, New York Times, in an exposé, alleged that a very prominent Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been sexually harassing women for ages. Subsequent to the publication of that exposé, many other women have come forward and accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. Some have even accused him of rape. According to the article, he… Read More »
While meandering your way through the corporate world, your path will invariably cross the paths of a lot of weird characters. Some of them will be your colleagues and some of them will be your superiors/managers/leaders. It is relatively easy to work with weird colleagues, as you can navigate the “potholes” they create with some… Read More »
I am sure we all have heard about people—famous and otherwise—falling in love, starting a relationship, getting married and then divorcing a short time later. For some, the divorce may happen within a year’s time. I could never wrap my head around how and why many relationships go sour and go south so quickly after… Read More »
Do you remember the first time you fell in love? How about your first true love? Do you still remember him/her? Do you remember how you reacted to being in love—butterflies in the stomach, racing heart, sweaty palms, askance glances, sleeplessness, anxiety, panic, euphoria, etc. Well, you know the signs, right? It is a wonderful… Read More »
Did you know that only taxpayers contribute to nation building, and those who do not pay any taxes are just ordinary citizens. That’s how, it seems, the Income Tax Department and Central Board of Direct Taxes categorize the citizens of this country. Recently, I came across this ad/announcement from the Income Tax Department/Central Board of Direct… Read More »
A few days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the US to meet with President Donald Trump. The Indian media billed this event as if it were equal to the second coming of Christ or the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, JFK and Nikita Khrushchev, Nixon and Brezhnev, or the meeting between Jimmy… Read More »
I love politicians; they are the bestest, awesomest, wonderful-erest dude, dudettes and duderinos you can find anywhere on this planet. Heck, you wouldn’t find such fine people in this whole universe or twini-verse, tripni-verse or quadrini-verse; and that’s a lot of ‘verse’, right there. Basically, they are the supermen/superwomen of this planet. I look up… Read More »
The book “Bag it all” is a story of Nina Lekhi who is the Founder, MD & Chief Design Curator, of Baggit India. This compelling story is a manifestation of how a simple belief in yourself can enrich you with enormous power to make things happen and run a successful business empire. “Follow your passion” and… Read More »
Strangely enough, it seems that the world is chock full of people who would like to wallow in a state of constant misery rather than enjoy moments of happiness. I am not saying we should be jumping with joy when the deck is stacked against us. We all go through our down days, we all have… Read More »
I rarely watch any television, but once in a while I will pause for a minute or two to watch whatever is playing on TV and, man, do I instantly regret making that mistake. Holy Beelzebub, are the shows awful? No wonder television is also called the idiot box. The dull television programming surely destroys the… Read More »
It always surprises me how people casually and flippantly exalt nincompoops to the position of a “leader.” The first time I witnessed such an event take place in the corporate world, it was during a town hall meeting I attended, eons ago. A so-called “transformational leader” was visiting us and there was a town hall meeting with him… Read More »
I like many people had the great misfortune of working for abusive managers and bullying bosses very early on in my career. The manager at my second job was a serial tormentor and a bully. She disliked/hated all her team members. I don’t want to go into elaborate details about what that particular manager did… Read More »
Have you worked or do you work in an organization that follows one or many over-engineered process(es), commonly called the Rube Goldberg machines? For those who aren’t aware of the term Rube Goldberg machines, let me refer to Wikipedia to introduce Rube Goldberg and Rube Goldberg machine. Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer,… Read More »
To select five best books from my reading repertoire for the year 2016, I had to look back to all the wonderful moments I had with some remarkables books in my creative solitude. Here is a recap to my glorious year of 2016 in terms of reading, and I am delighted to add these books… Read More »
Do you work for a multinational conglomerate? If so, then, your workplace is probably a multi-storey building with a few entrances and exits. To protect those point of entries and exits, and to also provide a safe working environment, in your workplace, you’ll notice security guards stationed at various entrances and exits to monitor traffic—both… Read More »
In this modern-day status quo, we all struggle to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and, more importantly, it is a strenuous effort to sustain the enthusiasm for fitness motivation. Given the hectic work schedules including the daunting travelling time, stressful jobs due to fierce competitions, unrealistic deadlines, horrible leaders, office politics, managing kids and home etc., perhaps… Read More »
On November 8, 2016, at 8 PM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation saying that at 12 AM, next day, all ₹500 and ₹1000 notes would no longer be recognized as a legal tender. According to Mr. Modi, demonetization would weed out black money and put a huge dent into terrorist financing. If the… Read More »
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