Security – against what ?

Oh the eternal quest for security in an essentially insecure life !!! It was fascinating to watch the security arrangements for President Obama and the First Lady’s visit to India. It’s also sad that to safeguard one man’s life you need seven layers of security, a no-fly zone, 40 sniffer dogs, and an indestructible car. … Read more

Suicide bomber … Age ? 10 – yes TEN YEAR OLD :(:(

I didn’t write anything when the Charlie Hebdo attack happened. Yes it was gruesome, it was an attack on freedom of expression and getting killed because of a cartoon is terrible. But it happens all the time …. Freedom of expression can be argued both ways. Freedom of expression that hurts someone’s sentiments, religious or … Read more

The Vivekananda series …… 6. Dropping the “I”

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

Thank you 2013 … Welcome 2014

New Year resolutions are no fun, because they are largely symbolic and so temporary, like the fashion of the day. Change also happens once there is enough impetus and the right environment, and somehow New Year eve is not a great time for either. So I like to think of learnings from each year that … 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

Live Limitless

I want to thank Marc Zuckerberg for Facebook …. It’s because if him that am able to write this post today. I was checking out Facebook and came across this video that Arun had posted and I knew I had got my example for someone who lived life without limits. She started to sing at … Read more