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 !
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
The information reached the relevant authorities well in advance but the “revolutionary” leader’s nod was awaited and since God Varuna doesn’t report to the “revolutionary” leader, he did his job on his scheduled time…. The sluice gates weren’t opened in time and Chennai paid the price – … An old retired couple drowned in their … Read more
Well, well, well, I certainly did not intend to highlight the ‘F’ word, made of four letters, that forms part of the “expletives” vocabulary. What I wanted to highlight is the fact that while success is highly celebrated and appreciated, and pursued relentlessly almost by everyone, the role and importance of Failure, and the lessons … Read more
The daughter sat in an autorickshaw and feebly told the driver where she wanted to go. Twenty years back around the same time, 12 noon, same day, Friday, her mother too sat in an autorickshaw but not alone. Her youngest brother was with her, she couldn’t even speak feebly.. She just closed her eyes and … Read more
I watched the movie “Seabiscuit” some six or seven years back. Loved the movie and I reacted like everyone else saying, it’s a great story of how an underdog wins. Just a couple of weeks back I was chatting with some friends at work and we were talking about how to get people to work … Read more
The other day my colleague and I were facilitating a training session for managers and one of the slides spoke of goals and how they had to be SMART. The acronym is well known and much abused :). S – Specific, M – Measurable, A – Achievable, R – Relevant and T – Time bound. … Read more
Both have round bellies, are colorful, bring gifts, children love them, their arrival brings joy and their characters have messages to give !! Santa and Vinayaka (Ganesha). Santa is supposedly Saint Nicholas who was called Sinter Klass by the Dutch and the modern day Santa Claus was probably born around 1820, when stores in the … Read more
Ofcourse Advani is not the hot topic now … Especially after Modi’s “toilets first, temples later” comment. It’s great to watch Modi throwing a small lighted twig over the fence and the Congress party then picks it up, fans it and makes it into a big fireball…. Making Modi even more famous in the process. … Read more