Yahoo India’s Person of the Year 2012 is the Indian boxer – Mary Kom! In a year which ends with Gangrape of a girl making headlines, Mary Kom, set the direction for women in India by winning Olympic glory. This is what Yahoo says about this 5 time World Champion! This five-time world champion hand-fed her twin sons, did the dishes, and mopped her hands before she shook mine. Her handshake was self-assured and heart-warm, with just a touch of... Read more
Krishnamurti discusses Wholeness of life and living itself. Profound discussion! You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. – J. Krishnamurti Read more
J. Krishnamurti is always profound in whatever he speaks of and about. Here he discusses what we need to do in this world? You must take a plunge into the water, not knowing how to swim. Meditation is one of the most extraordinary things, and if you do not know what it is you are like the blind man in a world of bright color, shadows and moving light. It is not an intellectual affair, but when the heart... Read more
Someone asks a question – rather tries to get confirmation of his belief in God. Sadhguru breaks his question and assumptions down. Read more
India based corporates are going global and Indian CEOs are being recognized as leaders as well. These are apart from those Indians – often First Generation – who have made it to the top in Corporate America. Here is the list of those who made the cut in the Harvard Business Review’s (HBR) list of 100 best performing global chief executives: ITC chairman Y C Deveshwar, ranked seventh overall (Rank 7), was first among the Indian CEOs. Under his leadership,... Read more
BusinessWire has come out with a list of 100 “Happiest Companies in America” after thousands of independent employee reviews and analysis of hundreds of companies. These companies are dedicated to creating happy work environment. This year, for the first time Apple has slipped out of Top 10, and Cognizant has made its way in. The most happy company is Pfizer followed by two Government organizations – NASA and US Department of Defense and then KBR – another defense related company,... Read more
At the end of a very serious and precisely written and equally abidingly delivered speech, one which had not a word here or there, Dr. Manmohan Singh was relieved that his script was over. The sock puppet looked up asked the photographer if all went fine – “Theek hai”? Photographer was so taken in by the brilliance of the speech, where he was glued to the screen trying to understand how a man with a working brain pull of such... Read more
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Dr. Manmohan Singh finally spoke. And when he ended his listless speech, he ended it with “Theek Hai”, probably asking the camera man if the take was fine. And for some reason it was played at the end of the whole video! And now it is trending high on Twitter in India! Here are some interesting tweets! Madam, madam sorry madam, maine aise hi pooch liya #theekhai? Aage se will stick to the script. Theek hai? Oops madam, sorry..hello?... Read more
We think we are the greatest thing on this planet. Which translates into most intelligent and most able. Actually, we humans may be the most aggressive and our intelligence for most part have been used for survival purposes.. even today! Here is a story of a ONE-CELLED organism, that is called “Slime”, which builds networks that are comparable to the most complex ones built by the best of human engineers! Image: Physarum polycephalum, slime mold, makes map of U.S. Here... Read more
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