‘Matsya Vedh Competition’
20th August, 2022 In continuation of the Janamshtmi theme, sharing a wonderful parable I came across recently. A night before the day of Matsya Vedh competition, Krishna and Arjuna were conversing. Krishna said, “Arjuna, take care, put your step forward and concentrate on the eye of the fish.” Arjuna laughingly says, ” Dear Krishna, If […]
What Does Freedom Mean to You?
16th August, 2022 We just celebrated our 75th Anniversary of Independence Day and amongst the spate of congratulatory and celebratory messages on the social media, it got me thinking. What does Freedom actually mean to me? At different life stages, it meant different things to me, Freedom is not a concept carved from stone; it […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
‘Monday Thoughts’
01st August, 2022 “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things!” ~ Leonardo da Vinci A new day, a new week, a new month, You have to think anyway, so why not think big and […]
‘Promise Less’
30th July, 2022 One cold night, A billionaire met an old poor man outside. He asked him, “don’t you feel cold being outside, and not wearing any coat?” The old man replied, “I don’t have it but I got used to that.” The billionaire replied, “Wait for me. I will enter my house now and […]
‘You Start Dying Slowly’
28th July, 2022 I want to share this poem with you. It’s not mine, it’s by Pablo Neruda who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1971. I just like it and read it when life is just drifting along and I need to re-ignite the passion, hence I want to introduce it to all […]