Insights
Why courage is not what you thought it was
When my father was scheduled for a heart bypass surgery in 1992, it was a significant development in our lives. A man of medium built, my father had retired and…
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InsightsWhat Christopher Columbus taught me
I have never met Christopher Columbus in my lifetime but I gather that he was an explorer who sailed the seas in search of a new route and when he…
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InsightsOpen the window of your Life
For 25 out of the 30 years of my corporate career, my workplace was centrally air-conditioned. My cubicle was a part of a large community of cubicles set in a…
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SightsWith the gods in God’s Own Country
We were in Matanchery, Cochin, Kerala to attend 2 days out of the 10-day Sree Ramanavami Mahotsava Celebrations at Madapally Madom. This was the 96th year of the Madom’s celebrations.…
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InsightsWhy listening is critical – my story
Listening is critical. Here is my story. Marriage Jyothi and I got married in 1988. Ours was an arranged marriage and Jyothi had stepped into a new joint family. For…
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InsightsWhy expressing your opinion is critical
Expressing your opinion is critical! Many of us are tossed around in life by others’ opinions of us. For some of us, having others approve our actions is an integral…
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InsightsWhy you badly need a compass
Most of us seem to be living life on an assembly line. We finish our education, get a job, get married, and become parents. We change jobs, manage relationships and…
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InsightsHow your past can ruin your future
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine was driving his car on the highway and as he was negotiating a turn, he happened to look at the rear…
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InsightsCaution: 1 trait that can kill your sleep
Some of us live our life through comparisons. We are happy not because we value what we have. We are happy only because what we have is better than what…
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InsightsA shocking way to evaluate a child’s worth
It is that time of the year when many parents around the country will be assessing their child’s worth based on a percentile. Welcome to the examinations season! Glory vs.…
