Poem: The wounded drummer boy: in Verseville
The wounded drummer boy hiding behind the [...]
Poem: Lunuganga: in The Wild Umbrella
Lunuganga I lie in Lunuganga Tracing on [...]
Poem: Keeper of Harmony: in Mukoli- the magazine of peace
Keeper of harmony Women are like creepers; [...]
Poem: Calendared Intention: in La Piccioletta Barca
Calendared Intention My mother calls me every [...]
Poem: in these eyes lie ancient secrets: in The Madras Courier
in these ears lie ancient secrets (a [...]
Poem: Crows and ancestors: in Indian Literature
Crows and ancestors A crow, dead? Hung from [...]
Poem :The price of tomatoes: in Indian Literature
The price of tomatoes the other day, Ma told [...]
WisdomCircle: Mental Models
No matter what the field, there are three things that all of us need for success. The first and the foundational factor is content, by which I mean talent, knowledge, expertise, rigour, all of these that each of us have learned and cultivated since childhood in our chosen field. The second is attitude, which is the set of character traits that each of us have, either through genetics, through how we were parented, or because of the circumstances of our particular life. The third factor is projection, which has become increasingly important in this digital age. It refers to how comfortable we are with being well-known, either in our chosen field or adjacent ones.
Hindustan Times: Inclusion
How did the MacArthur Foundation with an annual budget of about $160 million, a staff of around 250 people and a jury of about a dozen become so spectacularly inclusive not just in terms of gender parity but also in every other domain? The answer is both obvious and very hard to achieve: by acknowledging their bias, and actively seeking to overcome it.
Hindustan Times: Show your love
An uncle passed away. At his funeral and subsequent days, I witnessed an outpouring of love and from his family, relatives, people he mentored and neighbours. All of which led me to wonder about the age-old question: what will your obituary say? What will people say about you after you are gone? What will they speak about at your memorial service? Which is another way of asking: who are you and what do you project to the world?