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Skills skills skills!

Was just having a conversation 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 …

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Of writing and routines…

Yesterday’s post brought in a lot of reactions. Thankfully all were positive. Some asked about my writing, others suggested that I make a book. Well, for one, I don’t think I have reached there yet, nor do I aspire to. It it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, I don’t really get affected. I guess …

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A heartfelt note…

As I pen this note, I put a lot in perspective.  About me, about the business, about what we do, and who we are.  About what it takes to build something, that resonates beyond invoices and checklists, reports and profit.  About what we look for beyond a job that feeds us and our families… About …

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A bit of Vetala…

When I finished my meditation in the morning, I realized that the pearl necklace was still with me. I am not a man of the world, I have no use for much material possessions. And so I asked my disciple here, to go the market and dispose of it…. एतच् छ्रुत्वा पुराध्यक्षो गत्वा भूपं व्यजिज्ञपत् …

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The first sign of intelligence…

अनारम्भो हि कार्याणां प्रथमं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ।आरब्धस्यान्त-गमनं द्वितीयं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ॥ १२७ ॥ anārambho hi kāryāṇāṃ prathamaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam |ārabdhasyānta-gamanaṃ dvitīyaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam || 127 || The first sign of intelligence is to not begin any task. The second sign of intelligence is to always finish a task that has been started. Another of my favorite shubhashitas from the Panchatantram. And …

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And more yog…

After yesterday’s article, a lot of people got in touch asking for more…Why reinvent the wheel? Here is the three part series in one mega blog, for your reference, reading and practicing pleasure. Here is the first of the series – mindful eating. Mindfulness.  A new mantra in the West, but a concept ingrained in …

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And…YOG…

So International Yoga Day is upon us once again. And it’s that time of the year, when we all receive mails from studios, big and small, for a 1-2 hour free session, mostly to bait you for the monthly or quarterly sessions. Some plain vanilla, some exotic. Some offering speed yoga, others mindful yoga, and …

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COVID and more despair…

I started writing regularly when the lockdown commenced in March 2020. It is June 2022 now, and there has been a resurge of cases. A close friend of mine has also been affected. Here is something that I wrote in April 2021, and it is uncanny that a year more down the line, things are …

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Of fathers and days…

At first, there was a birthday. Then came Valentines Day. Then Mothers Day. Now Fathers Day. Don’t know if there is a sisters day or brothers day or in-laws day yet, but surely on the horizon if not there already. This arbitrary breaking down of thankfulness/celebration of a particular relationship with no basis in culture …

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