There are quite a few actions that elders and grand parents at home have perhaps recommended us to do. Many times they sound superstitious but we just do it for their happiness. Read more »

While rules and ideas on water harvesting have been in existence, it would really make a difference if half of us practiced this in earnest. The cost is not really huge and the beneficiaries are locals. Read more »

True friends are those who help in times of need – emotionally, financially, socially and more. These are the ones who in reality are your extended family. Read more »

Dug deeper, the saving mechanisms would probably be the grace factor or the deterministic index of how wide the schisms are, or in simpler and more common terms: how big a bail out we need Read more »

If you buy things you don’t need, you’ll soon sell things you need. How profound? Read on… Read more »

Coaches or Consultants do not provide magic answers; they don’t wave magic wands! Rather, because they do not the have the vested interests and the associated baggage, they are able to bring in a balanced and objective view to the problem on hand. Read more »

India reported 500K plus job losses in textile, jewellery, auto and manufacturing. IT saw a marginal growth, however NASSCOM did lower the growth expectation from 21-24% to 17% Read more »

Change is a much commonly spoken about term, especially when there are problems on hand. Change is now looked at as the new management mantra on the block, even seen as solving the world’s pain. Read more »

At the end of the day, it is upto the individual to shape his career and if he wants to do good, he will find his own way. Mentoring, personality development etc are jargons that mean differently to each individual. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Patience, as a virtue, is fast losing ground in this current day and age, where it is all about instant gratification. Read more »