Nature
Apocalypse – Population growth or Some Virus?
In 1969 when I was born the world population was at 3.6 billion. In fifty years it has doubled to 7 billion…… Krishnan and I are happy that we didn’t contribute to this growth as we decided not to have any children. The Earth has limited resources and human beings are not only procreating mindlessly, … Read more
Nature’s Artwork
Yesterday we went out for our evening walk only by 9 pm. As we rounded one of the blocks, I found this beautiful shadow or reflection of a tree on the building wall. Beautiful, isn’t it ?
Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 4 – Timing
The Bhagavad Gita is fascinating on many levels, one of which is the many different ways Lord Krishna tries to explain every concept to Arjuna. Sometimes, Arjuna comes across as being really slow on the uptake but then, so many of us make the same mistake over and over and over again and just don’t … Read more
Seek first to understand … Then control and standardise
Today morning Arun and I had a healthy discussion on facebook about GM food, pesticides, lifespans etc. Yes Monsanto too. Monsanto for years has been at the receiving end of a lot of flak and I tried searching for articles that were balanced. Found this one Food – is Monsanto the answer or the problem. … Read more
Nature’s revenge
An article shared on Facebook today disturbed me tremendously … It’s titled By 2025 half the newborns will be autistic. This is in the US, the world’s most developed nation. This is also the “flu” season. A doctor from AIIMS, the premier medical institution in India said on TV the other day, that the country where … Read more
Special birthday
Krishnan’s birthday today will remain a special one for a long long time .. First, because we woke up to see the beautiful Himalayas, pristine and glorious. Second, because the country got its second Independence with the dramatic victory of the Modi led BJP. We drove down to Gagar, a small village about 25 kms … Read more