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Ever Find Yourself Asking ‘What Can One Person Do?’

by Shrutin ShettyJuly 14, 2025

Ever caught yourself telling someone, or even yourself, something like, 'what difference can one person make?', or 'what can one person do?' If you have, the name 'Ferdinand Cheval' might be one worth remembering. Born…

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Rest in Peace, Mr. R. K. Krishna Kumar

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 2, 2023

Padma Shri R. K. Krishna Kumar, Former Tata Sons Director, passed away yesterday. A key pillar of the Tata Group, and close confidante of Mr. Ratan Tata. I once had the privilege of meeting Mr.…

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Sindhutai Sapkal – The mai of over a 1000 children

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022

    Image: source Sindhutai Sapkal passed away yesterday. For those who haven't heard of her, she was born in an extremely poor family in the state of Maharashtra, India in 1948.Married at the age…

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The Brave Peacekeepers of Jadotville

by Shrutin ShettyJuly 19, 2021July 17, 2021

The battle known as the Siege of Jadotville, is an almost unbelievable story of grit, leadership, of unwavering loyalty and courage, of calm, and of extraordinary strategy and tactics; especially in the face of deceit,…

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In Memoriam: Mr. Ramesh C Sarin

by Shrutin ShettyApril 22, 2021

  One of my mentors, Mr. Ramesh C. Sarin passed away on the 10th of April this year. He was already long retired when I first met him. And he had this rare, dignified personality…

HeroesIn memoriamIndia

Rest in Peace, Dr. Kohli

by Shrutin ShettyNovember 26, 2020April 22, 2021

Image source: here Dr. Faqir Chand Kohli passed away today at the age of 96. Founder & 1st CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (India's largest software consulting co.), he is considered the 'Father of the…

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Dr Jagadish Rai – A Hero who stood between us and the virus

by Shrutin ShettyNovember 8, 2020November 11, 2021

  Dr. Jagadish Rai   My friend's father, Dr. Jagadish Rai, a 70-year old obstetrician and general practitioner passed away recently.   Despite an underlying leukemia, and obviously not officially assigned to Covid duty due…

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Jane Elliott

by Shrutin ShettyJune 8, 2020June 8, 2020

Jane Elliott: image Heard of Jane Elliott?   She's an American schoolteacher and an anti-racism activist. She is especially famous for her truly visionary "Blue Eyes-Brown Eyes" exercise that she conducted in her classroom, 50…

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Carlsberg – Boldly Beer’ing Global Burdens

by Shrutin ShettyOctober 24, 2019October 24, 2019

Beer'ing Global Burdens Consider the amount of plastic we use in our lives. Getting rid of a lot of it seems like quite a challenge, considering how dependent we and businesses have become on it.…

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Is it possible to Fall in Love with a Company?

by Shrutin ShettyAugust 21, 2019August 5, 2022

Is it possible to fall in love with a company? Not the kind where you are loyal to a company or brand or product line and refuse to buy anything else.But truly revere a company…

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Staying Power

by Shrutin ShettyFebruary 19, 2019April 22, 2021

In the years after starting my strategy consulting practice, during one meeting with one of my mentors, he asked me how work was. I said it was good, but had a lot of ups and downs.…

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A Pad Idea!

by Shrutin ShettyFebruary 20, 2018March 10, 2018

A Pad Idea! Once upon a time, there was is a man named Arunachalam Muruganantham from Coimbatore in India, who could not bear to see the discomfort and embarrassment that his wife had to go through,…

HeroesIndiaThe known unknown

China – The Punishment Due

by Shrutin ShettyAugust 20, 2017March 10, 2018

China - The Punishment Due To, Mr. Xi Jinping Chairman of the Central Military Commission People's Republic of China Indian politicians have always been soft about matters regarding our country's borders. You however, should not for…

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Dr. David Lagrew – Saving Mothers with Empathy & Innovation

by Shrutin ShettyAugust 6, 2017March 10, 2018

More women in labour and new mothers die in the US than in any other high-income country. And the CDC Foundation estimates that 60% of these deaths are preventable! 60%!! In one of the most…

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The Determining Fire

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 17, 2016March 6, 2018

Image: source The Determining Fire Late on 15th night, I read a news piece about 500 trained women personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) being the first women contingent to be deployed in high-altitude posts along…

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