Many years ago, I read this sentence in Reader’s Digest where the author saw a sticker behind a car — “Did you hug your child today?” Pujya Haribhai Kothari, a renowned thinker, philosopher, and spiritual guru, once shared an incident. He met a 75 year old man who complained to Haribhai saying that — “My […]
One day I will write separately to tell you how I got connected with performing art, the Stage, music and the entertainment world. Fortunately, I have many friends who are renowned singers, musicians and poets. One such genius is Shri Babulal Gandharva. Babulal ji has invented a new musical instrument called “Bela Bahar”. The thought
This is an anecdote in a typical American backdrop. Though now in the elite or higher middle class nuclear Indian families we get to see such things happening. A busy corporate executive couple had a 5 years old son. He was feeling left out and frustrated as he did not see his parents for most
There was a famous astrologer in a village. He was very humble and noble. His predictions were always very accurate which brought people from far-away places to him for advice. He was frequented by kings and merchants who would seek his wisdom for their future courses of action. However, there were some negative elements in
Recently, my father was admitted in the ICU. Thankfully he is fine and back home. I spent four days in the ICU Waiting room and kept observing what was happening around me. What I saw and realised was that a constant state of emergency, which after a while becomes a routine. We have all observed
A little boy was waiting on the edge of the road as if he wanted to cross the road. He was waiting there looking left and right for quite some time. A shop keeper was noticing the boy and was now concerned as to why the boy was not crossing. He thought, may be the
I have borrowed the title from Harish Mehta’s article. 10th August (1962) is Dewang’s Birth Anniversary. He was and is my role model, who inspired me a great deal. I’m not sure if this generation of IT professionals and entrepreneurs would even know who Dewang Mehta was! What is his contribution to the IT industry
On a summer afternoon, Mulla Naseeruddin was in the garden watering the plants. His neighbour saw him and after observing him for a while, he called out to Mulla –“Oye Mulla Naseeruddin, why are you cheating and fooling those flowers and plants?” Mulla looked up at his neighbour but continued his action ignoring the comment.
Let me begin with a story:A father and his 5 year old son were walking through a jungle of tall pine trees. The child asked, “Dad, who is holding the sky?” Father was baffled by this sudden and innocent question. He thought for a while and said, “My son, do you see all these tall
I like listening to stories and telling them too. Ever since I was in school, whenever we got a free period, my friends would force me to tell them a story and I too enjoyed doing that. Eventually, I discovered that story telling is an art. One may be born with it or the best
