The reactions to the attack on the youngsters in the Mangalore pub came thick and fast. The comments represented extreme polarities, and some made themselves ludicrous for their ability to do the chameleon act while others expressed thoughts of resignation Read more »

For most folks, that are law abiding citizens, I am sure that it isn’t really a desire to disobey something in the first place, but we do it as long as there isn’t a downside, or negative repercussions associated with it. More importantly we tend to disobey only when there’s a fair chance of not getting caught at it Read more »

Sadly, those who occupy our consciousness are people like Kasabs, the Thackerays and Mayawatis. Bad news titillate enormously. Yet what makes India remain Special are seemingly ordinary people like Joykutty. Let a thousand Joykuttys blossom in our land. Let us create a wonderful 2009 for our kids and ourselves. Read more »

If there is one thing that is the most critical element of success in any profession, it is “leadership”. Due to the importance of leadership, successful business firms invest enormous amount of resources in identifying and grooming future leaders who can sustain the success of the firm. Read more »

The infrastructure segments (Power, Road, Transport, etc) in India are not in sync today. Will any synchronization among these segments bring about a positive change to the Indian economy? Read more »

In today’s world, there are umpteen reasons to be unhappy about. But there are few who can laugh off everything and choose to be happy. Are you one? Read more »

Swami Sukabodhananda illustrates with an example an important aspect of leadership – “Managing perceptions in human interaction” Read more »

While everyone has been quite generous in heaping praise on Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav – the Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Govt of India – for the amazing turnaround that he has been credited for bringing about in the Indian Railways, I quietly tend to disagree. Read more »

As an editor to a leading news publication, the biggest challenge is to capture and retain the attention of the reader especially with the advent of Web2.0 infrastructure-blogs, twitter, podcast etc. What should he do ? Read more »

At the rate at which things are going, India is on its way to becoming a land of compulsions. An achievement would be, not to have an alcohol or tobacco free country, out of coercion; but to give the common the right kind of education to equip him to say no to what’s wrong. Read more »

Speaking about how crazy some people can get about running, Cliff Young who in 1983, at the age of 61, completed the long arduous run of 543 miles (875 km) from Melbourne to Sydney running non-stop, without sleeping, for 5 continuous days. Read more »

Today, we are entering the 60th year of our Republic. We owe it to ourselves and the generations to come, to force the politicians to mend their ways. Then, and only then, will the significance of the statement of purpose and vision found in the Preamble to our constitution begin to make sense. Read more »

The selection of recepients in the categories of brightest, bravest and best for the Padma awards on this republic day is not so appealing, especially that of Bhajji Read more »

Indian traffic! Especially in cities like Bangalore, the traffic only has to get worse from bad. One gets nostalgic only on holidays, because the roads are almost empty. Read more »

A Bangalorean will give you the name of a few Sagars and Darshinis (these are famous food chains in Bangalore), a Tamilian will smilingly say Saravana Bhavan or Adayar Ananda Bhavan, but for me, the best curd rice is made at home Read more »