Disruptive force

A few days ago, I was reading an article in a leading publication on “Disruptive Forces” that are changing the Financial Services industry.  A quick Google search revealed that almost all the leading “Consulting” experts are using more or less the same wordage, cautioning providers of financial services that they must adapt to, and adopt …

Memory

Watch paint dry.  Watch grass grow.  We have heard these and similar expressions often and scoffed at both the idea and any one who would indulge in such “time pass” pursuits.  Over the past week, I have done just this so to speak, albeit unintentionally. Old habits die hard while some become a part of …

Vaisakhi and Ashtami

“Vaisakhi” will be celebrated world wide on April 13/14.  Celebrated by Punjabis (across either side of the India-Pakistan border) it is a harvest-linked festival to give thanks for a good crop and pray for abundance in the year to come.  It also assumed a special significance for the Sikhs from the 17th century onwards. Sikhism started …