The 40th anniversary ..

Dear Appa, I was remembering Amma and your 40th anniversary today… Krishnan was in Bangalore then with CPG and I had come over for his birthday on May 16, a day before your anniversary. You had been here the month before for my birthday and then returned to Hyderabad .. The plan was to come … Read more

LGBT – Love, Goodness, Beauty Transformed

The Supreme Court has kept aside the HC order and has restored IPC 377, making homosexuality a criminal offence. The LGBT community is hugely disappointed and terribly upset. The politicians and (un)religious (un)learned speakers for major religions are now stuck with this problem to solve. They don’t have the balls or breasts to do it … Read more

Advantages of Disadvantages…

What happens when underdogs face powerful opponents? This is a very interesting and fascinating subject for all us. In fact besides the famous David Vs Goliath biblical story that we have all heard, there are several other cases in history where the proverbial underdogs have defeated their invincible opponents. I have read with tremendous interest … Read more

Work Life Im-balance

Am sure many read the title as Work life balance and assumed I had done a typo error …. No I haven’t. While most organizations have this as one of their “cultural” pillars, the reality is quite different. What is work life balance and why is it important ? I always say during my town … Read more

A true hero leaves

Many people wished that he lived on, but he got just 95 years on his ticket… Nelson Mandela, bids farewell today in a free South Africa. Am not sure if he could close the divide much, but the Apartheid regime is gone and hey, others can carry on his work. A special memory for Krishnan … Read more

New foods, fads – Bagel and cream cheese

I ate a bagel with cream cheese today from Au Bon Pain and I was remembering the first time I tasted a bagel with cream cheese and fell in love with both … I think it happened in 2007 during one of my visits to Lincolnshire, I was attending an early morning meeting with Greg … Read more

Why it makes sense to eat with your hands….

Many of us have often wondered, and many even have questioned the reasoning behind eating with our own hands. This morning when I was going through the stories shared on one of my favourite apps Quora, I found an answer to the question. Sounds convincing and hence am choosing to share with everyone. Vedic Wisdom … Read more

Different weekends !!

Yesterday was meeting Manish and family and trying out Kerala style “Veg stew” for the first time … It’s also the first time I realised I have only 6 small “katoris” and a dozen of them have been left behind in Gurgaon. I can’t invite you home Dhruv, I know :):) The day before was … Read more

Elite school # elite life

There is much anxiety over which school your children get admission to, what grades they get, what percentages, which college and then there is stress over how much you need to pay as fees. I want to share two people’s educational background and how they have done in life to support my view that success … Read more