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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 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…
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 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 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 "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 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 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! 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 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 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 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 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…
Chip Off the Old Block Renaissance artist Michelangelo claimed that his job was to free the human form trapped inside the block. His words, apparently were: “In every block of marble I see a statue…
I Wonder If You Can Think about any random man-made problem that the world faces; financial meltdowns, corruption, greed, poverty. Also, inequalities, ethnic violence, crimes against women and children, "man-made" natural disasters, and so on. Wouldn't it be easy even…