This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
I have had no maid attrition in nearly 12 years. Molina came to do the household chores in 2003 and has been cleaning the house since. She is outstanding and the house remains clean for a couple of days without further cleaning. Last month one of the residents in our condo complex wanted her to … Read more
The political scene is akin to the business scenario, there is money involved, leadership involved, strategy involved and most of all competition involved. Competition is bad enough to even get people killed as we saw post polls in Uttar Pradesh. Think of the scenario during elections. You had two well established parties, the Congress and … Read more
They were introduced to us by the previous owner of our place in Coorg and they became the care takers. When mom and dad lived in the house there, they would come everyday, help around the house, help in plucking the coffee berries and pepper and help in drying them. Just seven years later, both … Read more
The most abused word after “leader” in the corporate world is “engagement”. Every team, every firm, every manager is tasked with it and elaborate plans are made each year to get colleagues engaged because all studies by every known, unknown expert says engaged employees are the most productive. And that is the truth. What is … Read more
Just watching the match between Federer and Djokovic and seeing Becker in the stands just brought back a host of memories. Exactly 30 years back, on July 7, Becker became the youngest player to win the Wimbledon. I saw that match on a small TV at Air Force academy, Hyderabad. Dad had explained the game … Read more
Yesterday we had the NCR ISB classmates over for dinner and what an interesting evening it turned out to be ! I had initially said that we will not have children coming over as our house is not exactly child-friendly … A lot of furniture have sharp ends and except for us no other form … Read more
As always, the above quote is a classic one from the great man, Abraham Lincoln. We see how power changes people overnight. Look around you and see the games people play to become more powerful. Somebody wines and dines the political honchos, some others use “power” brokers, some work as hangers on, people are ready … Read more
I love advertisements, because they are a few seconds in length and creatively manage to communicate their message. Some ofcourse fail to do that and are bad advertisements, but just the sheer creativity that goes into making advertisements is fascinating. I have channel hopped to catch adverts 🙂 and at work, I have insisted upon … Read more
I happened to read an article on Facebook posted by someone, with a hard hitting on your face photograph of street children in India. I almost came to tears…seeing a bunch of kids who neither had a confirmed source of food nor even clothes to cover themselves. Despite having three different and distinct models that … Read more
While the rate at which people are leaving for greener pastures at all levels from organisations across the world are cause of concern and worry to many, most people don’t have clarity or clue to how to calculate the cost of employee turnover to their organisations. In fact for those who have left, it does … Read more