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 !
People that Krishnan and I look upto !!!
The first time we saw Jean Claude Van Damme was in his most famous movie “Bloodsport” and we were super impressed. Krishnan and I are anyway big fans of all martial arts and have seen the original Master Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon” atleast 50 times. We will probably watch it 50 more times just … Read more
There were two heroes during my school days – we wrote essays about them, we spoke about them in our speeches and generally thought of them as role models – Bapu and Chacha Nehru. Our first Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, who passed away 50 years back on this day. He was a beloved leader during … Read more
My mother-in-law came and stayed with us for a couple of weeks in March, just before we moved out of Bangalore and in the twenty four years I have known her, this time I felt she has lost a lot of her vitality. My mom-in-law has had every adversity thrown at her and she just … Read more
Today is your birthday. Had you been alive you would be 88 years today. Appa, even if you are not there with us, we do remember and recall you, and the contributions you have made to scores of people in general and to us in particular, frequently. When I say ‘we’, I mean our family … Read more
My first memory of seeing Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw is on television during an interview and how his elder daughter got named Sherry and his grand- daughter got named Brandy… There was something arresting about the man. You didn’t have to understand a word of what he said, but you knew, you were looking at … Read more
He was a lion amongst men and named as such ! He was fearless and took on the British without a trace of fear. He also died because of the beatings by the British police when he was peacefully demonstrating against them … one amongst the trio, Bal-Pal-Lal and the one after whom my favourite … Read more
I was always fascinated by him. Maybe because there was some mystery surrounding his death and somehow his eyes reminded me of Swami Vivekananda. The round glasses and cap were his tribute probably to Gandhiji. He gave two clarion calls during the freedom struggle – “Jai Hind” and “Delhi Chalo”. He also was the one … Read more
Long long ago, the Chief Minister of a southern state of India got a complaint from his one of his party leaders about the police chief. He immediately called the police chief and this leader and had them sit across each other to state their respective views. It became abundantly clear that the party leader … Read more
This needs no interpretation !! Just a deep thanks to Swami Vivekananda for being amongst us and for showing us the way.
Some of you may wonder, how this quote applies to the corporate world …. This probably applies even more than the other quotes of Swami Vivekananda that I have posted so far. He talks of dropping the ego and love. Just look at the root cause of office conflicts, politics, one-upmanship, stress – it’s people’s … Read more