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Great Nations are indeed built in fields and factories
This blog coincides with Engineer’s Day. Every year, September 15 in India is observed, if not really celebrated, as Engineer’s Day as a tribute to Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya (1860-1962) on his birthday…
This world is a stage, not a multiplex
Commenting on the blog article – Hack Your Time, Do More of What Matters – a long-standing friend and a spiritually evolved and worldly successful person, RN Bagdalkarji, suggested to me to “write one more blog wherein you can bring out how effective people make use of their time…
Time to Upgrade Our Independence
This blog is coinciding with the occasion of India’s 73rd Independence Day observed under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. On high notes, the construction of the Ram Mandir finally began with a billion people watching the Bhoomi…
Hack Your Time, Do More of What Matters
My longstanding friend and former CEO of HarperCollins for a decade, PM Sukumar, kept feeding me worthy reading material and last week, he shared an article by Dr Adam Bell about the hacking of one’s perception of time…
There is so much disquiet; where have all the peacemakers gone?
There is negativity everywhere; oozing out of people in the form of anger, frustration, arguments, and general acrimony in the society. The uncertainties brought in by the coronavirus pandemic are not dispersing away…
Pick your Role Model; Ape it till you Make it
Human beings learn best by imitating others. Children pick up their language, manners and basic etiquettes by observance. The whole idea of saints living in society is to have the presence of live models of divine virtues…
If Life is a Debt, how do I repay it; if it is Gift, how do I be grateful?
I lost my father on June 25, 1979. He was 49, I was 24. He gave me my full education and married my sister even before departing rather early. I feel sad for not being able to do anything for him.
A stitch in time saves nine
Balancing is acclaimed as an art, a virtue and a great state in any changing phenomenon. When an aircraft flies, it keeps itself balanced through the complex machinery of control and guidance. So does a ship…
Say no to the dream merchants and face reality instead
When I look back at my life, I can see a shift in collective consciousness. When I was a teenager, getting educated and earning a salary was the goal given to me like most of the…
The five keys found during the lockdown
The lockdown has been tough and painful. Barring some infection hotspots, it will be lifted soon. But when you return to work, you will find yourself at a different place. There will be salary cuts, loss of jobs…