Think Tank

How we keep some prejudices and how they affect us, can be seen in an experience I had recently.  
I had lost my driving license (wallet got stolen in the office) and wanted to file a police report to reissue it. Now I had a feeling that police were corrupt and were better to be avoided. [...]

Though a bachelor’s life has theoretically some fun, for me it became a nightmare because of one factor: food. In those days, it seemed good homemade food was no less than a panacea. This is why one of the nicest and toughest memories of each phase of my single life has been none other than [...]

2010 was the worst of the times; 2010 was the best of the times. This is how I will remember the year which is passing by. This year, I set to lose a lot – things that took years to come into shape. And then, bringing true the wisdom which asked to carry on with [...]

I must be in class III or IV at that time. We were a gang of boys (the rival gang was of the girls) and I was suspected to be their ‘leader’. In those days, after every lunch we used to play some indigenous games like chhua-chhuant (chase) in the crowded playground. I was more [...]

I remember the first time I went away from my home to live on my own. I was to stay alone at a hostel in Lucknow, to prepare for the IIT engineering entrance exam. Father was with me on the journey; mother came to the main gate to see me off. I remember she shook [...]

(Personal) The Pencil Sharpener and Lessons from My Temptations  Our company launched a campaign in collaboration with an NGO called Goonj which works in the social sector. The idea was to collect some old discarded household items and then gift these to the economically poor in the tribal areas. I also tried to participate. I searched [...]

(Personal)A friend lifecycle… It has so happened throughout my career that some of my very good friends have turned foes. This particular example helped me understand why and how it happened. With him, I have gone through what I call: a Friend lifecycle. We met during the second year of engineering when we got into the same [...]