On my recent trip to India, I had the opportunity to go into an Indian village. Having grown up in India, I thought it would be just another village tour. It was meant to be a simple exploration and walk down the memory lane which turned into a learning experience. In this village, I saw [...]

I got a call this evening informing me of sudden death of Michael Jackson. For some reason, I had never prepared for this call. Michael was someone, who had shaped my teenage years. I remember growing up in India and the release of his album ‘Thriller’. As a kid, I would play his video for [...]

At the Diversity Leadership Forum, I was asked the following question: Do you think a new generation of people leading diversity? Do you think Gen Y leaders would approach these topics differently? According to Wikipedia, Generation Y is approximately a third of the US population currently. In passing, I heard that a fifth of Generation [...]

Many times we encounter situations where a personal and professional relationships just don’t work out. Add to it the complexity of our lives and we find it hard to take time to reflect on things. The things we always overlook is how are we viewed in that relationship? If you have become a constant cost [...]

I am reading the book written by Arianna Huffington, On becoming Fearless …in love, work, and life Since I am a true believer in courage, this book brings forth for me how we have culturally evolved to be fearful as women. Here are some cool women and what they say about being fearless from the [...]

Just finished reading the book, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. I got it on Friday delivered home via Amazon and was curiously hooked to it over the weekend. It was hard for me to let go without finishing it. Since I will be at conference in New York participating at panel where the Keynote speaker is [...]

The ONE thing that I have committed to is to blog – and then comes the question – how frequently? I don’t know the answer to this question. Here are some of my blogger blocks ( like the writer’s block) 1. There are days, when I have a lot to say and words don’t come [...]

I enjoy learning from Robin Sharma and am a huge fan. Here is what he shared and I learnt a lot. So thought of sharing here on my blog. #1. Protect Your Thinking. Fear-mongerers have come out to play amidst the meltdown of the global economic markets. The news is mostly negative. The water-cooler chat [...]

Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn’t expect, as he shares evolution’s counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things. For a topping, try his new theory on why jokes are funny. Why you should listen to him: One of our most important living philosophers, Dan Dennett [...]

Here is an interesting article from Celestine Chua who left her career at a Fortune 100 company to pursue her life passion to help others grow. EmbraceLiving.Net is a personal development site intended to help you achieve your highest potential. She gives you 8 points on to test if you are a sleepwalker… Do you [...]