Money is a powerful resource. It can provide us security, fulfil our desires and help us lead "the good life". At the same time, some of the most precious things in life like love, respect, meaning and purpose cannot be purchased. People who achieve holistic success and

LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM A man went to the doctor, and said it hurts wherever he touches his body. He showed it to the doctor by putting his finger everywhere it hurt. The doctor realised the hurt was on his finger. That’s why it hurt wherever the man it. The problem was

Un-putdownable, unpretentious, unfiltered, raw and humble. That is Arundhati Roy’s masterpiece “Mother Mary comes to me”. She kept me hooked with every word, every sentence, and didn't let me lose interest at any point. She may not realise it, but in sharing her pain and

We are like dogs - the higher the biscuit, the higher we jump! And that’s the magic - its all inside us, while we keep searching outside. There are no boundaries to human potential. The boundaries are what we have created ourselves in our own mind. How do we fructify this

Ugly confrontations are different from difficult conversations. In the first one, there is a lot of venting out, and at least one person has lost control, who will later regret and wish that s/he had handled things differently. Difficult conversations are important conversations

Once Mr. Amitabh Bachchan related an instance about his grandson Agastya. Agastya was probably in the US, and he visited a restaurant. There was a dish named “Amitabh Bachchan” in the restaurant. Agastya told the owner that Mr. Bachchan was his grandfather. Elated with this

A farmer’s son noticed that one of their fields was empty - nothing had been planted there. He panicked, and told his father “Dad, you forgot to plant anything in this field, we are going to lose so much money”. The father replied “No son, this is called fallowing, where we leave

Every morning, my mother has an argument with the domestic help. About how she’s not cleaning properly, and taking leave too often etc.etc. There is enough noise to ruin my precious morning sleep. I tried reasoning with her - the house is clean, everybody needs leave - but it had

“Sab theek ho jayega” - Everything will be fine. How often have we said this to someone? How often has someone said this to us? And then hell breaks loose. A boy goes blind at the age of 13, a poor, illiterate woman is abused and thrown on the streets along with her baby girl, a

HALF A KILO OF HAPPINESS - Four eggs, 2 packets of milk, 1 pack of biscuits, and half a kilo of happiness. This was the shopping list 13 year old Harsha’s mother gave him. She was an interesting mother. One who believed in using innovative puzzles to sharpen her son’s brains. Her

Half asleep, half awake, I was coughing my lungs out last night. Suddenly, my 20 year old son appeared with a hot cup of honey tea, and said “Mom, I made tea for you”. The thirst of a thousand parched throats was slaked in that moment. The weary, sun beaten traveller had found

A young man fell in love with a girl from a different caste. His father refused to accept the alliance, and told the son that if he married that girl, the father would never speak with him again. The son married the girl, and the father stopped talking to him. A decade passed

HR, EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING, INDIGO & LOUVRE HEIST - Do you find any similarity between the Indigo crisis and the Louvre heist? At first glance nothing is common. One situation is about a museum in a European country, and another about an airline in India. But, when you peel the

Rumi said “Do a good deed and throw it in the river. It will come back to you in the desert”. Let me tell you a story about this coming true for me. After 15 years in the corporate world, I quit my job and started on my own. For all the glamour associated with “be your own boss”,

Tremendously inspired by Chandigarh’s broom warrior, 88 year old IPS Inderjit Sidhu ji. Every morning, he cleans the streets and public spaces of Sector 49, and transports the garbage for proper disposal. 4 lessons stand out for me: 1) At his age of 88, he could have made a

When you climb a mountain, 99% of your time is spent in climbing it. Arriving at the destination is only 1% of the time. If you don't like the journey, you are choosing to be unhappy 99% of times. Similarly, learn to love the journey of life. Destinations will come and go. What

THE WISDOM OF HINDSIGHT You see a white van with something written on it in large red alphabets. But, you can’t read the alphabets. You see the same white van in the rear view mirror of your car, and the alphabets clearly read “AMBULANCE”.  Now, you can read them, and also see a

The desert will teach you more about water than the ocean ever can. Betrayal will teach you more about love, than loyalty ever can. Failure will teach you more about life, than success ever can. When we don't get what we want, we get a life lesson. A life lesson on humility.

First, give no s#it. Second, take no s#it. Yes, in that order. Because for the most part, life is a mirror. It gives back what you give her. Follow this mantra and 70% of your problems will be resolved. The balance 30% are life lessons which you cannot escape, and are necessary

Will I die someday? Certainly! Will I be alive someday? Maybe. Maybe not. It’s uncertain. Death is certain. Life is not, and life gives no guarantees. We  go to astrologers, numerologists and tarot card readers searching for certainty, because uncertainty is so scary. But, just