Parents crossed another annual milestone as kids started school earlier this week. Just getting ready for the big day can be quite a stressful time for some folks. Slick marketing campaigns beleaguer students and their parents until they acquire the “back to school” essentials and feel reassured that their wards are all set to commence …
Music … religion of humanity
I recently read “The Mysticism of Music, Sound and Word”, a collection of lectures by Hazrat Inayat Rehmat Khan, founder of Sufi Order in the West (London, England) and a teacher of Universal Sufism. In a passage from this book, Hazrat states: “The greatest error of this age is that activity has increased so much, …
Celebrating belief
This weekend, Hindus around the world are celebrating “Krishna Janmashtami” (the birth of Lord Krishna, an incarnate of Vishnu, Supreme Being and a deity venerated as the “Preserver” in Hindu Trinity (“Trimurti”) that includes Brahma (Creator) and Shiva (Destroyer). Krishna was born during a period of chaos in the region around present day Mathura (Uttar …
Leadership qualities
There is renewed interest and a great deal of discussion these days in public fora (including LinkedIn) to determine the attributes of a good leader, how to become a leader, differentiate between a boss and a leader etc. As times change, leadership roles have to adapt to the new environment and the evolving regulatory and …
