‘Happy Independence Day’
15th August, 2022 “Where the mind is without fear, & the head is held high, Where knowledge is free, where the mind is led forward by thee, into ever widening thought & action, into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Freedom is not a Right but a Feeling! […]
The Four Hour Work Week
14th August, 2022 Timothy Ferris, an American Entreprenuer and author of The four hour work week once told a story in an interview about a friend of his who was trying to get into shape. For this he rode his bike a certain distance and tried to cut his time down. He grinded and grinded […]
‘Kindness’
13th August, 2022 You tell people to be kind, and the most common reply is, “what difference will my small act of kindness make in this cruel & unkind world.” I am reminded of the famous William Penn quote” “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can […]
Why the Rich stay Rich?
12th August, 2022 “Rich people stay Rich by living like they’re poor; Poor people stay poor by living like they’re rich.” In 1888, the Curacao city government decided to build a bridge to connect the two ends of a canal. Few councillors proposed a standard toll tax, but officials wanted it to be a progressive […]
Rakshabandhan
11th August, 2022 Raksha Bandhan has been celebrated by Gods and men alike since ages. Rakhi fables abound around Gods like Lord Yama, the Goddess Lakshmi, and Indirani (wife of the God-king Indra). One of the most popular stories is that of Queen Draupadi and Lord Krishna. Queen Draupadi is often credited with having tied […]
‘Lessons from Failure’
10th August, 2022 The first among the many life lessons by Henry Ford is to treat failures as opportunities. Before his rise to success, Henry Ford had initially encountered failure during the creation of his first automobile. His investors had backed out of the deal, which left Henry Ford without any sustainable funding for his […]
‘Embroidery & Life!’
09th August, 2022 When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a lot. I would look up from the floor & ask what she was doing & she would inform me that she is embroidering. As from the underside, I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop she […]
‘Perfection’
08th August, 2022 On the first day of class, Jerry Uelsmann, a professor at the University of Florida, divided his film photography students into two groups. Everyone on the left side of the classroom, he explained, would be in the “quantity” group. They would be graded solely on the amount of work they produced. On […]
Mind Your Business
07th August, 2022 A young boy was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another. After the 6th one, a man on the bench across from him said, “Son, you know eating all that candy isn’t good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, and make you fat.” […]
‘The FCG Routine’
06th August, 2022 Several years ago Ben Graham, the famous investor, then almost 80 years old, expressed to a friend the thought that he hoped to do every day, something foolish, something creative and something generous. Foolish – The word “foolish” often carries a negative connotation, but the implied meaning here has more to do […]