Art of Living

Guruji’ article on Human Values is here. Meanwhile, we have been fortunate to attend the Navarathri festival in bits and parts at the Ashram. The atmosphere during the nine days of the festival is festive, and electrifying, Guruji’ presence at the Ashram gives it a totally different look. A few photographs available here courtsey: Sumeru [...]

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A Short Guide to a Happy Life

Malini gifted us with a beautiful little book “A Short Guide to a Happy Life” by Anna Quindlen – Pulitzer Prize winner in 1992, and columnist for New York Times. It is a delightful little book, where she reflects on what it means to live deeply and live well.

People don’t talk about the soul very [...]

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Inspections and Inspectors

An inspection (code, design, or project) going wrong is a waste of time, effort and proves costly to the team, the inspectors and definitely to the customers. I recently stepped out of one such meeting and it makes me wonder why the inspectors couldn’t be more humane?
An inspector stepping out to prove that my technical/coding/architectural/managerial [...]

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Perseverance & the story of Vinod Khosla

How many self-help books you have read talked about perseverance?
– Plenty, right?
Okay, how many stories / anecdotes do you remember that talk about perseverance?
– ??
Here is one you won’t forget in a hurry. [Via Rajesh] Joe Kraus (founder, excite.com) narrates a real life story on Persistence. Don’t miss out the link at the end of [...]

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Because you owe it to yourself

I read about Ramesh Ramnathan and Swathi Ramnathan who gave it up all to come and start an initiative called Janaagraha , which strives to provide citizens of Bangalore, a platform to participate in local Govt. decision making process.
I keep on wondering, as to what makes one give all away (career, money, etc.) and do [...]

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