“Let’s buy an office robot” said a colleague when we sat to review staffing needs recently. This was a couple of weeks ago when we expanded our Silicon Valley office. ‘It is cheaper than the annual cost to company to hire an admin assistant”. He persisted. Initially I was taken a back, but trying to … Continue reading ‘Kuttappan Robot’
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Being spiritual, and being religious – Good Friday Reflections
Reflections on a Good Friday. Writing Easter reflections has been a tradition. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday collectively represent one of the most intense spiritual constructs of human Truth. The inability to suppress it. It’s inherent ability to re-surface, and resurrect. In the process, the physical being of God goes through deep pains … Continue reading Being spiritual, and being religious – Good Friday Reflections
Portland, Powell’s, books and a sense of alienation.
This weekend in Portland brought in a pleasant surprise in the form of a real-life, feel-the-smell of books kind of an experience; a large book store namely, Powell's. The encounter had multiple shades of feelings. Foremost was the intensity of walking across aisles of book-shelves that is fast disappearing from our lives; given e-books, Amazon, … Continue reading Portland, Powell’s, books and a sense of alienation.
Prague
Success is celebration. Failures make it soulful. Failures are like bungee jumping. Until you land, it is a free fall, a long failure to land and land firm and safe. As you land, and land firm and safe, you celebrate the moment. The success of landing. Many failures just every day at training would have … Continue reading Prague
Charlie
Charlie The best use of a jet-lag waking me up at 2am can be a blog piece. And here it is. This one is on Charlie, a Malayalam movie I watched on the plane back from San Francisco this weekend. Meenu once told me its story. She in fact insisted I watch it. That was … Continue reading Charlie
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