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Means more important than the end?- the curious case of Bhishma Pitamah
I have had the fortune of learning from some of the great teachers. One among them was Prof. Satya Chaitanya, who was a faculty at the famous XLRI, Jamshedpur. We had 1 week of Management Development Programme (MDP) during our training at TATA Steel, which was hosted by XLRI. And there we met many legendary…
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The legend of Bansal Sir of Kota- Part 1
There are a few people who leave a deep impression in your life. One of such legendary persons who was very inspirational, knowledgeable and at the same time enormously jovial was Mr. Vinod Kumar Bansal, the founder of Bansal Classes coaching institute in Kota. He was a personification of grit, determination and patience. When you…
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Where do you stand between creation, preservation and destruction?
Creation, preservation and then destruction is the law of the nature. All living beings take birth (creation), they live their life (preservation) and then they die (destruction). Even this universe including the galaxies, stars, planets etc. was created in the big bang about 13.8 billions years ago (creation phase is still ongoing), then there is…
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Eradicating the bottlenecks in your life- The “Strait of Hormuz” story!
Ask any kid aged more than 10 years old about the “Strait of Hormuz” now and he/she will tell you where it is and what is its significance in the energy security of the world! Basically, it is a choke point or a bottleneck passage connecting the Gulf of Persia with the Indian Ocean, through…
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Do we need another crisis to puncture the façade of wealth?
The ongoing Middle East war has engulfed virtually every country of the world into an enduring energy crisis. Although the situation currently is not very grave till now, but still it has entered in some way or the other into our kitchens! The soaring LPG prices and its scarcity given the supply chain constraints imposed…
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Are you working to save your job or to learn and contribute something to the organization?
When I was in TATA Steel, I had the good fortune of meeting many plant chiefs during our training period. Most of the chiefs there were amazing people, devoted to their work, highly skilled and knowledgeable and deeply motivated. During one of our interactions with a small group of trainees, one chief remarked- “If you…
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A world obsessed with mistakes and negativities instead of celebrating achievements and positivities!
Whenever the results of Civil Services Exam are out, you will see that the most “viral” news items, among others, are those with candidates who were failures in 10th or 12th exam or had backlogs (we used to call them “fakka”) in college exams. It is portrayed as if the failures or mistakes in earlier…
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Do we need reverse urbanisation- movement from the fragile urban ecosystem towards the resilient rural ecosystem?
If you would recall the times of COVID-19, you would remember one thing clearly- the massive movement on foot/buses/railways towards the villages by the migrant workers! In the times of distress, millions moved back from the cities and towns towards their villages, the place where they could feel safe, get some food to eat and…
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Are we turning into anti-international?
Yes, you read it right (or wrong?)- Anti-international! You may have heard of the word “anti-national” several times, as it is often quoted in rhetoric, on news channels, by politicians and super-intellectuals. But, now it is time to think about “anti-international” persons, thoughts and ideologies! Our identity at the international level, by and large, is…