Since last few months, I have started capturing time "11:11" i.e. whenever I see 11:11 AM or PM, I post a message "11:11" on Twitter or to someone in WhatsApp. Why? Is it superstition? Is it some new quirk? Those who know me would be baffled by this. Because i am not at all into... Continue Reading →
Happy Teachers' Day to all! Today, 5th September, is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day because it happens to be Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's birth anniversary. Dr. Radhakrishnan was the second President of India and also an educationist. In India we also celebrate Guru Paurnima - a day to pay gratitudes to our Guru. Guru is... Continue Reading →
Manu Joseph is a quirky columnist who sometimes writes different, thought provoking articles. I have written in this blog before my "love-hate" relationship with him. I like some of his columns. But when I countered him on Twitter once, he blocked me! Anyways, I still continue to read his columns in Mint newspaper. The reason... Continue Reading →
In 1997, at the age of 27, Matt Damon won his first Academy Award for Best Screenplay (“Good Will Hunting”). After Damon won the Oscar, he went home, sat down on his sofa, and looked at the award. As he looked at it, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a heartbreaking thought: “I remember very clearly... Continue Reading →
Today I woke up to an alert that I completed 16 years on Linkedin! It got me thinking about my relationship with Social Media (SM), which can be describes as "It's complicated". I was one of the early adopters of various SM platforms. I joined Twitter in 2009, when it was not so popular in... Continue Reading →
Last week was a hectic week at work. We had an external (client) audit for entire week. My US colleague, Marc, had specially flown in for this audit. Overall, the audit went well. This was also an opportunity for me to meet Marc in person for the first time. We interact regularly over Zoom and... Continue Reading →
“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲. 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁; 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.” - says Maslow He identified eight personality factors or layers/levels in people that make them self-actualizers. I find the following three particularly important in today’s corporate world. 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻... Continue Reading →
Happy World Book Day! To be precise, it's called World Book and Copyright Day and is celebrated on 23rd April which is supposed to be b'day and death anniversary of William Shakespeare. In 2023, World Book and Copyright Day will link the power of literature and storytelling with the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-32)... Continue Reading →
My maternal grandmother passed away recently. I informed my boss in the US about it. He promptly sent me condolences. I just happened to reply to him in live chat from my heart, without actually drafting my response. And I felt that it came from my long formed view. I said: "She lived till 92... Continue Reading →
Today (8th March) is International Women's Day. Like any other "day" this too has gained prominence and popularity in the last few years. "Celebrating something" is the permanent theme of this era of Social Media. Everything is displayed publicly, in an exaggerated manner and everything is celebrated often because of peer pressure. International Women's Day... Continue Reading →
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