The shadow of our limiting beliefs
At a Group Relations Conference two years back, the Primary Task was: to study the exercise of authority in the taking up of roles...
February 25, 202200
Untying Knots and Locating Grief: Using GR Insights to Accept Loss
I lost my father two years back. We were very close – we used to share, discuss, argue, and also challenge each other; a...
October 2, 2021
The Bronze Talisman on the Brink
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. ― Joseph Campbell Ten minutes into the conversation the…
June 29, 2017
Beyond action into Burgeoning Stillness
“Be still Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity” ― Lao Tzu So much hyperbole on stillness, “Where the mind is still, it can see...
August 20, 2016
I am the elite-the educated-the intellectual-the class
I am the elite-the educated-the refined…
July 4, 2016
Confused Identity and Counterfeit Notes
Who knows truly? Who here will declare whence it arose, whence this creation? The gods are…
October 30, 2014
Bottle to a glass and the broken lives in between
What is an epidemic? Is it an outbreak of disease or…
May 29, 2014
Burgundy streaks, platinum jewelry and equality arrived
I was in a focus group discussion that was called by…
November 5, 2013
Movers, Shakers and Country Bumpkins
Tamasha that the movers and shakers of this country did, while we the people, the mass, the ordinary you and me staggered dumb-found like...
December 31, 2011
Children of a Lesser God
With Diwali round the corner, I wanted to do something worthwhile…
November 23, 2011
Zen and the art of making a perfect cup of filter coffee
If you are born to an intelligent father, life…
October 1, 2011
Struggle for Freedom after Independence
You may not believe it as a way of existence, but we did exist; before the day you landed in our land, mystified and…
May 16, 2011
Touring talkies and our love story with it
When the mundane reaches beyond tolerance, am urged to go looking for the divine, just to compare notes…
March 29, 2011
Lettuce, Cabbages, Beetroot and Finally the Awakening
When do we start calling someone fat? When someone goes beyond the…
February 21, 2011
Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are
You realize you are in your forties…
February 6, 2011
Scented, perfumed and accented Indian pickle
You can spot them in a few seconds; at cocktail parties wafting in and out of the smoky air, at office meetings, at fine...
January 24, 2011
Why am I not Cleaning my Backyard?
Last week as we were signing off the year, I flipped through TV channels as they were celebrating the best of 2010; growth, development,...
January 10, 2011
Neimurukku and New York Weather
Just heard the news that Grand Sweets @Adyar is closed in Chennai. This might be a temporary break or permanent, but it nudged me...
December 25, 2010
Black and White and a Myriad of Grey Shades
When you are brought up in a middle-class family, everything around you is oscillating between just good and bad, like and dislike, beautiful and...
December 10, 2010