Sometimes, listening is enough. At those times, listening is the only sensible thing to do. Cori Doerrfeld has brought this very important message to life in her book – “The Rabbit Listened”. It’s a simple story of a boy called Taylor. One day he decides to build something, he then goes on to build…
After reading Yuganta: The end of an epoch, there were two things that kept bothering me. The first one was Karve’s view of Bhishma, specifically around the incident during the Rajasuya Yagna by Yudhishthir. Bhishma asked for Krishna to be the first one to be respected and in both Shishupala and Karve’s view that…
“You think you know Mahabharata, you should read Yuganta by Irawati Karve”. This was one of the ways the book was recommended to me. I do not claim to know all of Mahabharata, but having read the epic in multiple forms, I thought I knew it somewhat. So I read Yuganta: The end of…
I have been thinking about Snow Crash, a science fiction novel, by Neal Stephenson for a few days now. The thoughts were triggered after reading The McDonaldization of Society article by George Ritzer as part of a coursework for Elephants and Cheetahs by Prof Saral Mukherjee in IIM Ahmedabad. In the article, author talks…
Thirteen days in September is at once a window into history and a lesson in negotiation. Lawrence Wright has successfully brought the tensions of the 1970s Middle East to life and in the process he has also shown what courage can do. The book is based on the thirteen days long negotiation between Egypt…
A question to all the product managers, when you are building a new product what is more important to you – Acquiring Users/Growth or, Engagement? Nir Eyal in his book “Hooked – How to build habit forming products” says that if you want your product to sustain then your focus should be on Engagement….
Not too long ago the journey to Leadership position in a organization depended on how much experience you have gained in your domain. A factory worker became a foreman and then became a supervisor and so on, over a period of employment as he (it was typically a He) kept gaining experience and perfecting…
It has been a gap of an year between this post and my last. The philosopher went on a learning journey of a lifetime and the gentleman got caught up in the web of life. I have no other way to explain it. Last year while I was looking for opportunities to learn and…
I am made of light. I am shaped as a songbird and I am sitting on the top of a tree. There is a nest of songbirds on the branches of the tree below me. In that nest, an egg trembled, then cracked a little and then split. He came out and opened his…
While going through Sushant’s body of work, in his remembrance, I watched PK again recently. This post assumes that you have watched PK or at least know about the story. All the discussions I had with friends and family members about the movie and what it represented when it was released came flooding through…