Yet another International Women’s Day is here. I know that celebrating one day can be merely tokenism. It doesn’t bring about any real change. But I also believe, it is a good idea to dedicate the day to express gratitude to someone who has made a difference, to thank her for inspiring you in some […]
I teach posture. My students learn to regain their primal posture through everyday movements. They learn to sit, stand, bend, lie down and lift in ways that are beneficial to their body and alleviate pain they may be having. They also learn to walk. Walking is something that we have been doing since the age
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I was in Munich a few months back on a holiday with my family. We attended a concert by Munich Philarmonic at the Gasteig. This was the first western symphony I was attending, and I was thrilled that the Director was Zubin Mehta. As we walked in to take our seats inside the concert hall,
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I find running, challenging! I am on a fitness regimen guided by my coach, which includes cycling, swimming, strength training and walking. I am to add running when I feel fit to do so. My coach never pushes anything onto someone if one doesn’t feel ready and always insists on keeping the long-term goal in
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I was on a holiday with my family in Salzburg, Austria recently. On one of the evenings, my son was insistent on a boat ride in the Salzach river. Being a tourist season, we had to wait in a queue to get in. Standing just next to us were two young Tamil-speaking couples. I say
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I love Japanese food, and was at a famous Japanese restaurant a few weeks back. The Chef of this restaurant is globally renowned. He has restaurants in and outside Japan. This particular one that I went to, is in a 5 star hotel. It’s cozy and has elegant ambience. This time when I went there
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I have had the same hairstylist for the last 4 years. She was the one who gave me a dramatically different look a couple of years back, that led to some interesting experiences. You can read it here… At the beginning of this year, she quit the salon, saying she was starting on her own
My organisation works with senior level executives. One of the common issues that the senior corporate folks complain about is the lack of energy or commitment or collaboration among the mid-level employees in the organisation. And one of the common issues that the mid-level employees complain is about the lack of energy or commitment or
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In the movie pk the protagonist who is an alien named pk, is always trying to make sense of things on planet Earth. He notices anomalies everywhere. On my way out of the movie hall my mind went to many of the contradictions that exist on the Corporate Planet. Behaviours and practices that I have
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I was at a government office yesterday. I had taken the day off my work and traveled to this other city to get some documentation done. If you have been to one of the district level offices in India, you would know the conditions there and the pace at which things move. Such offices are
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