“Haar naamanibi” is an Assamese phrase which translates into ‘do not accept defeat’. It is one of my favourite phrases. However after watching the movie ‘Chandu Champion’ I am impressed by this ‘haar naamanibi’ attitude of the character played by Kartik Aaryan. The story is about India’s first Paralympics gold medallist Murlikant Petkar. Petkar was shown a vision […]
Everybody has a story that they do not share. All that glitters is not gold. Similarly don’t take people at face value and jump to conclusions or make judgements. We very easily say stuff like “They have everything sorted. Why can’t they do this much?” We fail to take into account what they have done […]
If you can master the art of ‘walking alone’ in the journey of life, you have become a powerful person. It begins with letting go of seeking external validation. External validation makes us feel good and worthwhile. If we don’t get it, we fall prey to self doubt and depression. Walking alone also means that […]
My grandfather lived with us. He was a retired person. As long as he was physically fit, he would do some gardening, make swings for me to play, accompany me to buy Diwali crackers with his pension money and so on. As he aged, he would still try ways and means to be useful. No […]
It took me quite some time to soak in this philosophical statement. Replace ‘student’ with recipient/receiver and ‘teacher’ with giver/master/expert and you will get the feel. No matter how many well advisors out there in the wide world dole out pearls of wisdom for you, you will never accept it unless and until you are […]
As big or small as you choose…. Yes, you decide on what will be the choice of the cup. Like we do when ordering coffee….small, medium or large. Depending on the size of the cup, we will spend proportionate amount of time floundering in our joys or sorrows. The larger the cup of sorrow, we […]
My interpretation of the play “Waiting for Godot” is like this. Many keep waiting for the perfect time and environment that will facilitate them to take the next step forward. While all energy is directed towards waiting for Godot, we become too tired to take stock of our present and identify our strengths and opportunities. […]
We want a happy and prosperous life. How do we go about getting what we want? We work towards it. For this to happen, we need to have clarity of vision. Each of us have different definition of “happy and prosperous life” or “abundance” as we call it. Having clarity of vision is very important. […]
As young adults we had pure, unfiltered dreams and ambitions of who we wished to become in the future. Till the dreams and desires were in our minds, we continued believing in them. But the moment we articulated them, we had parents, friends, teachers and who not telling us that those dreams were not […]
This piece is meant for those who are in their early career stage. Observe your senior managers. Are they receiving the support they need or are colleagues quietly sabotaging efforts? If the entire team is showing lack of cooperation or not putting in efforts as compared to what the team had done for a previous […]
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