Tomorrow is a Sunday, and I usually begin my Sundays at Hariprasad, my favorite neighborhood (nearly) Kannadiga food joint here, I usually also think about the origins of the dish that I order. One is a clear favorite. The masala dosa. Legend has it that a Brahmin adiga (cook) was the creator of this popular …
A few months back, I read a bit about the origins of some common phrases. Was very interesting! They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery. If you had to do this …
We humans are complicated. I mean, things can be simple but we tend to make them complicated. We leave things unsaid, tasks undone and people incomplete. Our desires are not rational, our greed excessive and our satisfaction is elusive. We make things and situations harder than they actually are, and then search for solutions. We …
The earth is tilted on it’s axis, and this is what gives rise to the seasons. This is the reason why we do not receive an equal amount of sunlight through the year. The sun “transits” between hemispheres – around the 16th of July it moves towards the southern hemisphere, and around the 14th of …
Wakes up 7:30 shouting “Mr Sun!” (He has a nightlight that switches from moon to sun in the morning.) Mommy comes in and says good morning. Emerges sleepily to join Mommy and little brother in living room. Dresses self now, though imperfectly. Eventually whole family bundles into minivan and goes to Joanie’s for a hurried …
There is this constant deliberation on education, and skills. The current system of education is quite new. For a large part of our existence, we have been working on skills, those that passed down for generations. Each generation added more to the mix thus resulting in an accumulation of skills over time. A 5th generation …
Today was a milestone day in the (if I can call it) history of the Ghai family. Rohāmrta Ghai, aka Keshav, aka our Kisna, finally completed one of his rites of passage – crossed a boundary that holds a lot of importance in a family that well, has (of all people) Subash Ghai as a …
There is a lot going on right now – work, expansion, recruitments, new businesses, new ideas, son’s birthday party planning, reading…a list to keep me busy for at least 6 months from now. Over the past two weeks, I have also been speaking with a lot of fellow professionals, and potential candidates. It is so …
We had a team lunch today, and The Art of War came up in our discussions. One of my colleagues had tried to read through it, and found it quite dry and unpalatable – I don’t seem to understand the point of it – she said (or something like that). Actually yes. If you read …
Who am I you may well askI really wish I knewIf I am not myself at all Then maybe I am youTo discover who I really amIs really quite a task Maybe I am someone elseWho wears a funny maskI strive so hard to know myselfTo discover the “real me” My thoughts and feelings all …
