Several years ago, in the car on my way to work I would tune in to an ethnic radio station. Each morning the ebullient radio show hostess would start her 6 am shift with a breathless intonation of “Good morning, Jai Sriram, Sat Sri Akal, Ya Ali Madad, Namaskar, As-salaam Alaikum” in an unremitting stream …
Success
Legions of successful people emerge every day in all walks of life and millions “follow” them through Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In and other social media channels etc. Actors, politicians, business leaders, educators, community influencers or just “regular guys who have made it big” end up becoming iconic role models for others, whether of their own volition …
Learning from students
International Students from several countries had come together recently to participate in a conference. Originally from Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Colombia, Jordan, Mexico, India, China and many other parts of the world, having opted to study in Canada they are now enrolled in leading Canadian educational institutions. What had prompted them to select Canada over …
Don’t Worry Be Happy
“It is so simple to be happy, but so difficult to be simple.” I was struck by this statement when watching a re-run of a 1972 classic Indian movie “Baawarchi” (the “Cook”). I think the imminent philosopher poet Gulzar wrote the dialogues for the film and penned these lines. There has to be something inherent …
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