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 !
In the recently concluded T20 match between South Africa and India, the man of the match was Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. He took five wickets and became the first Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in a match in all formats of the game. That’s great and congratulations to him. For me, he has been the man … Read more
I remember using this verse (verse 22 from chapter 2) during a Bhagvad Gita recitation competition that I participated in at the Ramakrishna Mission in Shillong. वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही || 22|| vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya … Read more
Krishnan and I follow the Masterchef Australia program – it’s pleasant, no roughing up of the participants, no shouting and the focus is on the food. While we can’t eat any of the dishes they make as almost all of them are non-veg but it’s fun to watch and we always learn something – about … Read more
So the foregone conclusion is finally concluded – Rahul Gandhi is the President of the CONgress party. While some of his party folks are celebrating and am sure BJP is celebrating as it gives them an inconsequential opponent… am just evaluating the impact of this decision on many young citizens of India. The fact is, … Read more
It’s the title that attracted my attention! Isn’t it a fact that we have all believed that charisma is a gift, and not the other way around. The moment we think of charismatic leaders and people, we get many names and images – Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Jawaharlal Nehru, Modi, Obama, Nelson Mandela, Jack Welch, Jeff … Read more
Krishnan and I love to coach. My leadership style is a coaching leadership style and I always believed that every individual is a star performer. I also think as a leader its my responsibility to create the environment where each employee can shine and live upto his or her potential, exceed even. I have also … Read more
In a country where a lady of foreign origin can marry into the political first family and in a span of 25 years after her husband’s death she becomes richer than the Queen of England……. and no one dare question that. No one has seen her bank balance and there is no public outcry about … Read more
Yesterday I was doing “pico” on one of my new saris and suddenly realised that the sewing machine has lessons for “leaders” and “managers”. A sewing machine needs two threads – one threaded top down and the other bottoms up from the bobbin. Exactly the way we have in a company … the Management and … Read more
Nope, I didn’t mean “trench coat”… There are some colleagues of ours that follow the turncoat fashion. They will quickly align themselves to the new leadership and never bat an eyelid selling their soul and their friend’s soul if need be. Many of them get ahead quickly and reach the pinnacle of their careers very … Read more
We had our ISB batch reunion in Chennai on the 20th and 21st. During the sharing session on the 21st one of my friends described a situation in his office and addressed his employees as “his girls”. Many of us got anxious thinking he meant his young daughters till he clarified saying these were two … Read more