Among several organisational changes was a shift in the reporting officer of A, from B to C. Now, C had not interacted significantly with A earlier. But A had a history with B’s colleague-friend – D, and a turbulent one at that. This put the start of A and C’s brand-new and theoretically unadulterated reportingContinue reading “Being who you are”
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Captaining Life
A certain ex-captain of the cricket team of our neighbouring country is facing ignominy and may be behind bars soon. Feted for his alround performance that aged and flowered like French wine, he could not remain a captain either for life or of life. Many of his less acknowledged compatriots from the same or differentContinue reading “Captaining Life”
Aerobic Love
Dr. Adizes says, “Love without depending”; Michael Singer says, “Clinging (and resistance) brings suffering”. Expectations, demand and rightfulness are the spores of what seems like love but is parasitism. Sri Sri says: Love comes with this tail called problems. If you love objects more, then that becomes greed. If you love people more, it isContinue reading “Aerobic Love”
Micro-violence: The Slow Poison
In the locality I reside in, there are four, street-adopted canines. I get a chance to observe them closely during my daily morning walk. Off and on, I find one or the other of them limping (though by the Almighty’s grace and active intervention by a noble soul in our neighbourhood, s/he recovers and startsContinue reading “Micro-violence: The Slow Poison”
Elevate The Moment
“To progress, society doesn’t need ‘leaders’ anymore. […] When we will all see our role in society as servants, we will all light up the sky together like countless stars on a dark night. Don’t think of society as the sky on a full moon night. The moon’s harsh light blinds us to the trueContinue reading “Elevate The Moment”
Emptying Your Way To Freedom
What do we mean when we say that s/he’s a mess. More often than not, this is intended to announce a person’s appearance, the way a person maintains and manages one’s material possessions, surroundings and also oneself and one’s relationships. Can a seemingly systematic person be a mess? Like a near swan-like serenity, masking aContinue reading “Emptying Your Way To Freedom”
The Simmering Crucible of Relationships
Each one of us, without exception, has been into some or the other relationship, fundamentally because we are social beings. Some connects are transient while some others last a lifetime. The only constant is the impermanence of all relationships. And when I say impermanent, it does not just mean the end of relationships where peopleContinue reading “The Simmering Crucible of Relationships”
The Me in You
A sports luminary was consumed by COVID-19 yesterday. As expected, there are several posts celebrating the legend and mourning the loss. Several persons of influence and people in power have shared photographs of theirs with the legend or of the legend with them. A corporate foundation has released photos and news clip about its reliefContinue reading “The Me in You”
Losing a parent
Losing a parent is usually twice-a-life experience and, is in that sense, unique. Having lost both my genitors for more than a decade and a half now, and myself sailing through the middle age, I find myself suitably placed to write on the loss. What happens when you lose a parent? How do you react,Continue reading “Losing a parent”
A glue called FOOD
Workplace lunches in the times of Corona
Shubhachintan 