May 3, 2014
Raga Yaman evokes deep introspection at the end of the day and evokes a sense of anticipation of the evening ahead. If you thought it was only for spiritual songs, you are wrong. There are several romantic compositions in Yaman as well.
April 27, 2014
My parents believed that the child must never be praised in public. My father believed that it would immediately make me complacent and lazy. That in […]
April 22, 2014
All the stories are vivid and offer scope for a powerful visual interpretation. In a short story, the author can tell you how a character is dressed and that he is feeling hungry and annoyed. How would that be depicted on screen? What would be there in the background where this is being conveyed? How long should this be depicted visually on screen to make the story move forward? The book contains interviews with Sharmila Tagore and Dhritiman Chatterjee whose craft Ray had appreciated.
April 17, 2014
The process of finding a job is hard enough. Finding the right job in a company whose values and culture inspires you is even harder. Think […]
April 11, 2014
I define Grit as having passion for a long-term goal and then working really hard consistently over an extended period of time. Gritty people work towards goals that would take years to achieve. If you are a person who is just working hard and don’t have a consistent goal to guide you, then you don’t have one half of grit. Likewise, you may have the passion for something, but not the resilience. Some people drop out of things they do and it is not because they had a serious setback or something terrible has happened but because of the slow progress.
April 5, 2014
Close your eyes and imagine growing up surrounded by magicians, puppeteers and acrobats. That is exactly what the children living in Kathputli Colony are doing every […]
March 31, 2014
At a conference I attended recently a senior leader complained about the quality of speakers not being up to the mark. Then he cheered up and […]
March 29, 2014
The next war will not be for oil. It will be for water. 780 million people still lack access to clean drinking water. The world celebrated […]
March 22, 2014
Anything normal is never a story. That is why most stories end with a declaration, “And they lived happily ever after.” Khushwant Singh (February 2, 1915 […]