The Vivekananda series ……. 7. Risk Taking
Risk Taking – That sums up Krishnan and my life !! This seventh card in the Vivekanda series is about living on the edge, not the ledge.
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Rick Rescorla and Evacuation Drills
I read this article on Quora just now and wanted to share it more widely. In India we don’t believe much in evacuation drills and fire safety drills etc. I remember we had a fire breakout in the apartment below ours on Jan 4, 2012. I thought it was raining and looked out of the … Read more
Roadside Barber
A couple of days back we were walking to the Sanesa store at Sushant Arcade when I saw this roadside barber going about his work. Long before the “salon” came to India, the roadside barber was omni-present for men to get a haircut and a shave. This is a dying profession now. I was reminded … Read more
Uber Uncool – Meru and Ola too Uncool
The recent rape that happened in an Uber cab has just gone to prove that your safety is really your concern – man or woman, especially woman. While everyone is targeting the Uber cab service, I just read the T&C of two other cab companies – Meru and Ola and found them just as uncool … Read more
Value of life ..
I got this picture on Whatsapp as a forward and it’s important to share it widely. I have been deeply disturbed after watching Satyamev Jayate’s last episode yesterday. The first case he brought up where a father lost his son to road rage was just too disturbing. Am unable to come to terms with the … Read more
Am inspired !!
For the first time, I listened to an Independence Day speech in full. We switched the TV on at 6.50 am and didn’t even have tea till our Prime Minister was nearly 40 minutes into his speech !! What am amazing speech and am sure, there will be many things the critics will find in … Read more
The Vivekananda series ……. 7. Risk Taking
This is a corollary quote to the quote on daring – this is about daring to take risks. Let’s think a little more about what sort of risks we take …. Study in a really good school, worry incessantly about marks and commit suicide when we get 95% instead of 97%… buy the latest in-fashion … Read more