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My Vizag days

March 26, 2013 8:30 am Published by Leave your thoughts

I have very fond memories of Vizag. That was where I almost started my first job. I say almost. As I did have one before that, not much to talk about, but IOL, Vizag, was the one which shaped me. I landed in Vizag with a trunk and a bedding, did not know anything about the place, all of 22 years of age, naive, innocent, not knowing much, and to discover, what I could do at work. The language, Telegu, was like Greek to me. But I wanted to rent a place and went about seeing the places around my... View Article


Meditating at Bali

March 26, 2013 8:25 am Published by Leave your thoughts

This was something I was waiting for. I have always experimented with myself. Always tried to discover and do things which I have never done in my life. It gives me a high. For quite some time now, I have been really wanting to spend more hours with myself. There was a certain kind of pull within me. But I was not getting there. So, last November, I went to Bangalore for a retreat in the Sri SriRaviShankar’s ashram — a 5-day basic course, as they call it. I was not pulled by anything. I was simply trying to know... View Article


The Big Picture decision

March 26, 2013 8:19 am Published by Leave your thoughts

There comes a time in everyone’s life, when you have to take BIG decisions. It could be your education, marriage, job and even your life as a whole. With the kind of middle class family system we had at home, in my case, most of the time, I was left to take those decisions myself, all by myself. But never ever had I faced a situation like what I faced this time, as it was about my life, my future, my health, and my family, all rolled into one, into a single decision point. There were easy points available, with... View Article


When Passion Becomes Corporatized

March 26, 2013 8:09 am Published by Leave your thoughts

My wife keeps asking this question to me, time and again. I always saw you enjoying what you do, and also most of the things you have done so far, you have done by choice, then why is it that you get tensed, worried, and stressed out with the same work that you enjoy doing? Paradoxical? I don’t know. But somewhere what she says is true. There is an element of contradiction between doing something which you love doing and doing it big, commercially. Isn’t it? A lot of people will not like the word commercially along with ‘love doing,’... View Article


Mother’s day

March 26, 2013 8:03 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Whenever I get a chance to write or talk about my mother, I feel energetic. My mother as I have said many times, was an exceptional woman. She might have missed out on many small things to teach us, but we never missed out on the bigger ones. One of them was to respect everyone you interact with, irrespective of their age or relation, or whatever. When I was in school, I used to get phone calls at home coming from friends, mostly girls, but never ever she had asked me who called. She would simply pass on the telephone... View Article


Cleveland Clinic: a great Institution

March 26, 2013 7:49 am Published by Leave your thoughts

I would be failing, if I did not write about this beautiful place where I spent the last 55 days. We are planning to leave this place tomorrow, but Cleveland, has been my home for the last 2 months. It was my first visit to this place. I came here with a specific mission to really know, how I can address some of my health issues. But landed up doing much much more and leave the place completely rejuvenated, young and happy, raring to go, completely fresh, and have had the most relaxed time in my over 30 years of... View Article


Is Work a Pleasure? Why Not!

March 26, 2013 7:43 am Published by Leave your thoughts

In my several years journey, as an entrepreneur, which I believe was partly accidental, and partly, wanting to be in control, I have very often seen, that how naivety of running a business, has drawn me into trouble. How ignorance, has made me pay dearly, to recover. How, the desire or aspiration to make a difference in society, has pulled me into various avoidable situations. Then, why do we keep doing it? Day after day, month after month, year after year, 14-16 hours a day, I am involved into doing something, which has given me, all the things I have... View Article