Month: November 2020

Yesterday I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who is quite senior to me; he was the head of a department in a private college. He’d been working with that particular college for over a decade, and all of a sudden he quit the job. He contributed 100 percent of his ability…

Yesterday marked one year since the demise of Sri. George Paul, Vice Chairman and former Managing Director of Synthite Industries. This gentleman played an incomparable role in the journey of CAT. His death last year came as a shock, my partner Chachu and I attended the funeral, and today I was thinking of him… CAT…

The number 8 is significant in many cultures. In Western culture, especially, the number 8 is known as the angel number. It is the symbol of infinity, and represents the constant flow of energy and power. Western tradition says that if a person often sees the number 8 in different places it means that abundance…

Whenever we plan something, when we choose the ways to reach a destination, and the mode of operations, we have to take a call. Either we focus on the journey or on the destination because most times the choices for both contradict each other in terms of comfort and involvement. This is an age-old debate,…

I understand, conceive and store words by connecting them with emotions, feelings and experiences. When I was very young, one of my aunts asked my cousin and me, “What is the meaning of taste?” I must have been 4 or 5, he was 7 or 8. She asked me first and I said, “Madhuram” (meaning…

I was in Tokyo, Japan at the beginning of this year. I was busy in the daytime and in the evenings didn’t get much time to chill because almost every hotel, restaurant, and shop closes around 8:30-9 p.m. One night I was not feeling sleepy, it was around 2 a.m. I thought I’d go out…

From the 20th-century on, art forms, especially films across languages, always had a hero who was involved in a problem. A problem appeared in front of him, he got involved in the problem, sometimes it may not even have been his business but he still got involved – he engages in it, he makes his…

Many of us drive cars and ride motorcycles and some of us, of course, might fly choppers and aeroplanes and even sail ships and boats and whatnot. Driving is an art, it gives you freedom, it helps you to save time. But the process of driving itself is therapeutic. When we drive, almost all of…

The Malabar parotta or the Kerala parotta is one of the most popular food items in the state of Kerala. Beyond all differences, Keralites love the parotta with pride. Kerala parotta has a variety of combinations, the most famous (the most controversial for people in other parts of India) combination is, of course, parotta with…

Of course, I can wake up early, I do when there are certain defined requirements but, in general, I am hardwired as a night owl than an early bird. I think I’ve followed the same sleep cycle for, maybe, the last 15 years. Many people have asked me why I am so and what keeps…