“There is a general tendency especially among the intellectual elites to think that IIT and IIM are the cats whiskers and they are doing a great job, right? Sorry Subra our institute is doing a far better job” – so said one person who has been (well almost) responsible for more than 3000 people going […]
Swami Vivekananda was perhaps one of the clearest thinkers in the past 200 years. He said ‘take responsibility for your actions’. We all know it, but do not always take responsibility for our current affairs….no clue why. I met a dietician friend who said ‘people are what they eat’ and most fat people are fat […]
It is very difficult for freedom loving people with full stomachs to understand why the North Koreans do not revolt? The assumption is if you are normal person, you love your freedom. Right? No. Not so. Your first priority HAS to be HUNGER. If you are hungry, you cannot think of anything else. It is […]
I was reading somewhere (sadly do not remember where) that saving money is very difficult in primitive economies. In one such economy in Africa, the banker CHARGES (yes you read right) charges interest for taking money from you and keeping it safe. And people are used to PAYING interest to have their money safeguarded. There […]