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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Don’t be a MiG-21
IAF grounded 60 MiG-21 Bison for checks after May 8. Thus went a news headline of May 21, 2023. According to a veteran fighter pilot quoted in the news item, “…the MiG-21s with their design limitations can be highly unforgiving when coupled with inadequate flying skills, lack of situational awareness and errors of judgement byContinue reading “Don’t be a MiG-21”
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”
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”
Humility
If Audible was like an old style audio cassette tape, the chapter on Humility in Robert A. Emmons’ ‘Gratitude Works‘ in my library, would have long worn out due to over-use. So, when we started reflecting on ‘Humility in the Continuum of Conviction and Curiosity’ in an online pod with ServiceSpace, I embraced the exerciseContinue reading “Humility”
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”
What is this time
In my over four and a half decades of existence on this beautiful and blessed planet, never have I experienced as much uncertainty around as during the COVID-19 era. Lock or unlock, mask or unmask, travel or not, shop or not, meet or not, greet or not, eat or not, share or not, have allContinue reading “What is this time”
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