THE CULDESAC OF COMMITTEES.

THE CULDESAC OF COMMITTEES.   Some people are perpetually in the meetings. When you try to get hold of them, the gloom laden words receive you. ‘He is in the meeting. I can not disturb him’. Or the pompous ‘he is in the conference’. This can mean almost anything....

trading on the religiosity

Righteousness and deep devotion to religion carry an astounding strong appeal. Who would not like to be rightly guided? Religious bigotry is one of my pet aversions, nonetheless. Think of a religionist who gets to a feeling like being in higher feather. He puffs up with pride...

Hajj: The High Maintenance Journey

 I make no bones to admit that years after performing the Hajj pilgrimage my bubbling enthusiasm and attendant excitement have since run out of steam. I do say Salah (nimaz) five times. In fact, I recite Koran in the mornings, and perform several other ‘Haqooq-ullah’...

Mommy is back

When he was a neo natal, still in swaddling clothes, his young upwardly mobile mommy would always be under the gun. Either partner of the career couple would stay back and swap the rule of baby sitters. Tinkies, with two incomes, nanny and kids would leave him with the nanny...

RESPECTED TO FEAR.

Father loves his son. He wants him to grow up into a no-limit person in every single aspect of his life, and enjoy life without developing a sour attitude or a defeatist posture. He would like him to feel successful in every respect and be positive about his life rather than...

MARKETING MYOPIA

Historically people/countries became rich if they possessed more natural resources and used superior technology and skills. Having gotten rich first allowed them to save more than those in poorer lands. With more savings more could be invested in plant and equipment. More...

latch key kid

Several decades back, the 'feminism' movement advocated women's rights of full citizenship i.e. the political and social equality with men. Aimed at breaking male barriers to derive the sense of identity/security and worth from their abilities to earn and get the equal power,...

Haunted Taj Witnesses The Never Dying Mumbai Spirit

"Hum Sab Ek Hain", "Government Lied Innocents Died", "We Are Not Afraid, Only Frustrated", "Where Is Our Tax?", "Hamare Neta Chor Hain", "After One Month, Will You Still Care?" are a few slogans that I remember from yesterdays rally in Mumbai where thousands of Mumbaikars...

Mumbai Massacre: Is ‘India’s 9/11′ another false flag event?

"While the American TV News is calling the terrorism in Mumbia as “India’s 9/11″ and blaming radical Islamic terrorists as the culprits, some foreign news is beginning to trickle in with a different story: that perhaps the real culprits behind the terrorism where in...

Ballroom Blitz - Commandoes Stalk Lone Gunman on Taj Dance Floor

IT IS believed that a lone gunman remains, possibly with hostages at the Taj Palace Hotel, in Mumbai tonight as commandoes strive to close down the terrorist attack. The gunman has cut out the lights on the ballroom dance floor.     " There was...