Brick & mortar won’t be dead by 2023
Brick & mortar won't be dead by 2023 Extreme comments or views are often a huge hit or miss. And Niti Aayog’s Mr. Kant’s futuristic sounding comment about how brick and mortar businesses in India…
Category: Life or something like it
Moral Dilemmas from the Future
Image: source I came across this extremely interesting article around the future of healthcare that gives us a peek into the near future. It also highlights increasing complexity and moral high seas that businesses need…
Job Quotas or Meritocratic Politics?
Job Quotas or Meritocratic Politics? Image: source Developed countries continue to struggle to identify industries, areas of business, skillsets and employment opportunities that will make their workforce, abilities and manufacturing resources relevant again in a…
A Love Song for India
A Love Song for India I tried thinking of a love song for India, and couldn't find one more appropriate than this. ABBA's 'Lay all your love on me'. These four lines seem to be a perfect message…
Curiosity
Image: source If only the curiosity of children was as contagious to adults, as their smiles and laughter. Maybe millions more would have been right-brained thinkers then. And the world might have been a more…
The Farmer Murders
The Farmer Murders A farmer committed suicide at an AAP rally, and the hypocritical Mr. 'Aam Aadmi' Kejriwal didn't let that stop his rally. Policemen on scene laughed, as an AAP volunteer tried to save…
Of Sheep and Wolves
Of Sheep and Wolves Early on in the movie American Sniper, a young Chris Kyle's father is seen telling him something very simple, yet relevant and true. [In reality, it was said to Lt. Col.…
Women Drivers
Women Drivers "You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I?" - Jordan, in The Great Gatsby The hype around Women's Day…
The Elusive Future
The Elusive Future Here's a neat quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, that captures brilliantly, human dreams and hopes against the backdrop of fleeting time. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the…
And Then It Hits You..
And Then It Hits You When interacting (read playing) with infants, objectives are very clear in our head. We must make them laugh, even at the cost of looking foolish. And we must, at all…
Attention!
Attention! Allan Massie said, "Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war." Last night I watched a movie called 'Holiday'. An action…
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider India has seen a meteoric rise in the number of vehicles on its roads. And with it, driving sense and etiquette have disappeared into oblivion. I'll agree I'm not too great a driver myself. But few…
The Superior Sex
The Superior Sex The timing of this post, right after the so-called 'Women's day' is purely coincidental. For one, I don't even know what 'Women's day' is supposed to mean. If we 'full-of-ourselves-men' don't have a 'men's…
If You’re Gonna Fly
If You're Gonna Fly Now that's how one should live their life. For those of you in India, I'm sure you saw the news about the Air India flight that made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport on…
Your Time Will Come
Your Time Will Come Three days ago, I was rushing to office after a meeting. The day somehow seemed very different. Special, in an inexplicable way. The meeting had gone well too. While waiting at…