January 17, 2012
The Bollywood film Taare Zameen Par was perhaps a coaching class that the nation attended, on understanding, how to deal with a kid with dyslexia. It […]
January 8, 2012
This is the season for making resolutions. Everyone is making them. As I make up my mind about what resolution I should make, a little voice […]
December 31, 2011
This is the sight I dread the most when I travel. Knowing my luck, I have no difficulty finding my seat on the flight even if […]
December 22, 2011
Fortune Magazine’s annual list of top companies for leaders was announced recently. The Top Companies for Leaders study is conducted by Aon Hewitt, the global human […]
December 14, 2011
Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2002 for contributions to Economics. He has combined his insights of psychology and applied them […]
December 7, 2011
The star-struck girl runs away from home to become a movie star. She lands up being an “extra” instead. She managed to get small roles in […]
December 3, 2011
When I was in college, I had the opportunity to spend a day with Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar maestro. I was interviewing him for a […]
November 24, 2011
Every time I visit a business school campus I come back with new ideas about careers. I met Nisha, a first-year student, who wants to be […]
November 20, 2011
Todi is a morning raga that is sung from 8am to 10am. It has the ability to evoke the same mood of playfulness of a newborn lying in bed content, smiling and playful. In film music, Raga Todi has been largely used in composing songs that depict pathos. Raga Todi or Miyan ki Todi was the trademark composition of Miyan Tansen the legendary composer in the court of Akbar. Raga Todi is also known as Miyan ki Todi, Shuddha Todi and Darbari Todi. All these names essentially refer to the same Raga Todi.