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Corporate Lala... does it sound like an oxymoron? How can a Lala be corporate? The way we differentiate companies in India is on the basis of whether it is a "professional" company or a "Lala" company? The moment we get an answer we immediately "assume" about the way that particular company would be running. Does it mean that Lala companies are NOT professional? Or a professional company CANNOT be a Lala company? What exactly comes to our mind when we think of a "Lala" company or a so-called "Professional" company? What are the myths & realities that reside in our minds when it comes to differentiating the two? Do we see any similarities or do we believe these are two extremities? Will the twain ever meet or will they continue to co-exist to complete the balance in the enterprise universe? Who exactly is a Lala or a Professional? Can a Lala be professional or can a professional have Lala traits?  So many questions... I am...

Balance... just like how one cycles. Visually, cycling seems so difficult but ask the cyclist and she surely has no idea why anyone would think so. Remember when you learnt how to cycle. You straddled and pushed the paddle, fearfully removed your other foot off the ground, the handle shook violently and BAM! you fell. That's exactly how everyone learns to cycle... No exceptions. You try it again and maybe after a couple of failed attempts, you are able to move forward a few meters albeit in a snake-like movement. In no time, you are cycling like an expert wondering why you were so afraid of it in the first place. You still had no idea how you were balancing on two wheels, it's just that you were. You however knew that to keep moving forward, you need to keep it balanced and that is only possible if you kept pedaling.  Life, my friend, is exactly like that. The only thing that matters is BALANCE which can only be achieved if you keep pedaling. Let me try to explain. Entire ...

What does the doctor tell you when you are diagnosed with Diabetes? Stay away from sugar... What does the wife of a smoker tell him when he coughs incessantly? Stay away from cigarettes... What does the priest tell the person confessing to a misdemeanor? Stay away from sins... What does the father tell his wayward son? Stay away from bad company... I think these instances are enough to bring out the intent of this discussion, which is, if there are symptoms pointing to a problem/issue/disease you would be better off by "staying away" from the "cause". Moreover, have we not heard more often than enough that "Prevention is better than Cure"? The problem we are facing today is that of too much screen time. Anywhere we go, we see people staring at various types & sizes of screens - from large TVs, computers / laptops to tabs & mobile phones. Recently I saw four "friends" sitting "together" on a table-for-four at a restaura...

Most of us, during the drinking session which followed our graduation ceremony, made either of the two statements in a state of drunkenness or otherwise: (a)     I can’t imagine myself working my entire life. I want to enjoy. I will retire the day I make XYZ amount of money (The XYZ varied between lakhs to at max a crore of rupees.) (b)    I can’t imagine myself working my entire life. I will slog my butt off during the initial years and worst case I will retire when I turn 45. Was I one of the many who said either of the two statements as mentioned above? You bet I was. This year I will turn 45 and by God’s grace have been able to exceed the monetary goal that I started off with (Just to think of it, was the goal too unambitious? Didn’t seem at that time though. After all those were the days when even the grandeur film villain Ajit was smuggling gold worth 5 lacs plus minus) but am I even remotely close to hanging my boots? So what happene...

Firstly my heartiest reverence for people who have adopted children without an iota of hesitation that could have arisen considering the religion, caste, creed, colour, race or sex of the child being adopted. These people have been able to give a better future to kids born either in depravity, were abandoned or put up for adoption by their biological parents due to various reasons. Seriously guys… I BOW… This note is in no way trying to say that people who are adopting children are doing anything wrong. Adopting a child, giving her a home and a name of the family helps in achieving certain aspirations of the adoptive parents. The child lives with the family and an invaluable parent-child bond is created that fills up a certain gap in the life of the parents. I am, like always, just giving a perspective to ponder about. FACT: 50% of Indians are poor. Really poor. These people cook in the open using wood or coal. These people don’t have toilets and hence defecate in the ope...

Every day almost all of us who hit the roads to go from anywhere to everywhere irrespective of the city we are in, surprisingly reveal our Johari window’s deepest, darkest of the corners when we mouth cuss words unknown-to-us and unknown-to-others. Horns honked all the way to eternity, temperatures flared to compete with the sun and stress levels threaten the ozone layer to transmogrify all Dr Jekylls to Mr Hydes. Everyone blames everyone else for the chaos. It seems everyone is herself doing all the right things, it’s just the others who don’t know how to drive or don’t follow the rules. So if everyone is doing it right then what is the real cause of the entire melee?   Wait… I am not going to start the sermon… like, YOU are the real cause, YOU don’t realise but YOU are the one who is honking the horn, YOU are the one not stopping on the stop line, YOU are jumping signals etc. OK, while that is all true as well, this is not about it. The real reason for all the traffic wo...

Ever wondered how taste evolves over lifetime? Or is it the other way round? As in, how life evolves with taste? An infant consumes BLAND...  milk Subsequently babies start with SWEET stuff... mashed apples Soon enough kids are fed SALT... regular home food Teenagers start liking SOUR food... tangy chicken, lime juice Adults move on to BITTER... whiskey, bitter-gourd Is that how Life in general also moves? BLAND... No relations, No friends, Basic needs paramount... SWEET... Develop parental connection, Unconditional Love... SALT... Friends add the spice (& salt) to life... SOUR... Disagreements; Professional (give & take) relations... BITTER... Broken relationships Just came to mind and I wrote it... Nothing much to add beyond this... Basically, as the title of my blog suggests its just to provoke a thought... Think about it...