The difference between a marriage and a wedding is not just semantics. You can attend a lot of weddings, but you only end up attending one marriage. (Ok, for some of us 2 -3). Off late, I have been diagnosed with wedding phobia. The first symptom is that you don’t feel good about spending one … Read more

Fun fact about Shivangi, a 95 batch IIMC alum: of the 4 members in the family, her mom is the only one who is NOT an IIMC alum. Shivangi runs Arrka. Have always thought that there should have been one more vowel in the name – but it’s a Sanskrit word, and why play around … Read more

Rajesh had been a quintessential auto design guy for more than a decade. He started with Bajaj Auto in 1990. After finishing his MS from Alaska, he shifted south to Chrysler in Detroit. At Detroit, he joined the Ross School at U Michigan, Ann Arbor, to do his MBA. Post MBA, Rajesh was part of … Read more

Siddharth Gadekar talked about his experience in the Silk Road Mountain Race at Kyrgyzstan. (https://www.silkroadmountainrace.cc/) This was Siddharth’s first public talk – and he did a good job. He had done a lot of homework. From doing a dry run on the projector, to collecting the photographs and videos. He also made a nice use of … Read more

Over the last three years, thanks to WhatsApp University, have been exposed to the sermons of 3 corporate monks. The most famous one is Gaur Gopal Das of ISKCON, who is my junior from COEP, 95 batch. Another is Swami Mukandananda from my alma mater, IIM Calcutta, and before that IITD. Mukundananda runs his own … Read more

Chinese Whispers – 2 Rakesh started his career with Tata Steel, where he worked from 1990 to 2002. After a short year-long stint with ISMT, Baramati he moved to China in 2003, joining the HK headquartered, KGK Jewels.   All large Chinese businesses are mostly state-owned. And there are a lot of them. The city of … Read more

The biggest difference between Ayurveda and Allopathy is Aahar. Ayurveda considers Aahar (food) as medicine, whereas Allopathy’s MBBS curriculum does not even have a subject on food. Let’s talk about something that one in ten people reading this blog are suffering from – diabetes. Allopathy will talk about medicines and insulin, but not about patient … Read more

Radhakrishna Pillai is a Professor of Philosophy at Mumbai University. As a teacher of leadership, he is also a big fan of Chanakya. He has written 7 books on his ideas – and his ambition is to write a 100. Chanakya, was a nickname which came to him as he was the son of Chanak. … Read more

I pen down these words on the last day of the Financial Year. Yesterday was the last day for Vijay, my friend who has handled my Finances for my entire working life. The relationship was more a professional than a personal one. We grew up together in business terms – both having started from scratch … Read more

I first remember Shashank Panchabhai from a cycling trip to Dive Agar. It was also Giri’s first long trip. We had to cycle more than 150 km – and started very early at 5 am. This was Panchabhai saab’s first long distance trip – and he promised to cycle for as long as he could. … Read more