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  • Musings

    Absolute Indiscriminate involvement – a profound, yet simple way to live life to the fullest

    Some phrases just strike a chord with you, and that’s what happened to me with “Absolute Indiscriminate Involvement”. And perhaps because of the absolute randomness* that led me to this phrase, it made the resonance all the more striking. Here…

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    Utopian lands, noble kings and hope for an equal future – celebrating Atham, the first day of Onam

    Onam is a welcome for a long-exiled king, nostalgia of a utopian land, but it is ultimately a celebration of hope, a step towards imagining a better future.

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    Easy on the brain, but at what cost? On the need to go beyond labels and reclaim our full self

    Sustainable change is built on strong foundations of understanding, curiosity and compassion. In that spirit, let’s explore why labels exist in the first place, and the reasons behind their persistent pervasiveness through the centuries.

  • Articles

    Pangs of Nostalgia…and a passionate case for a system redesign

    Newsletters is the latest trend in content creation. It has benefits of course, but at what cost? A personal look at the good old days, what I miss in this new world, and a call to change.

  • Musings

    A message for the masses, a meditation for the self

    As my month of stillness continues, I’ve managed to enjoy some quiet reading in between conference calls. It was a practice I had tried out in April of last year as a way to cope with the lockdown that came…

  • Musings

    April

    “All of humanity’s problems,” Blaise Pascal said in 1654, “stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

  • Personal

    Happy Retirement, Mother!

    After 40+ years of dedicated service to medicine and to teaching medicine, my mother retired from her official working life. She is an inspiration to many, but most of all, she is an inspiration to me.

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    Giving Season: Silent Eloquence Donation Drive

    It’s been a strange year for all of us. Personally, I’ve had a lot of changes in my own life and work. It’s been a year for reflection and trying to figure out what is that really matters. It’s December.…

  • Series

    Care: the key to meaning and joy to your life

    Creativity allows you to look at the world in novel ways. It opens your mind to a range of possibilities. Its importance remains imperative, just like curiosity and courage, for a successful life. But success is not sufficient- our lives…

  • Series

    Creativity: The true value-add for making a difference

    If courage is the leap of faith that one must take to bring an impact in this world, creativity is its guiding force- it is the skill that sets your distinct direction and vision into bringing this difference. Creating something…

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#MyWritingThemes While we are all unique, we also #MyWritingThemes While we are all unique, we also belong; to a vast tapestry of which each one is a thread. In the Indra’s net of Indian mythology, the universe is made of infinite holographic sparkling jewels, all interconnected and affecting each other — in time and in space. That we affect each other is not news. Mirror neurons, our empathy towards each other, the fluttering butterfly: these are all parts of our common knowledge. While resonance (positive or negative) is the external manifestation of our connection, the curious among us are eager to understand the why and how of our connections. ⁠ ⁠
Today is a day to remember the most primal of our Today is a day to remember the most primal of our relationships - our relationship to our mother, universal to all. For the mothers amongst us, it is also a day to reflect and look at ourselves through the eyes of our children. Fiction, as always, is a beautiful gateway to help us parse emotions that may otherwise be inaccessible through mere thoughts. Here I compiled quotes from 6 beautiful books about Mothers. Even if you don't have time to read the book, I hope you enjoy these quotes. Add your own context to it, and mull over it - savour them as you would a short, poignant piece of poetry. Highlights powered by @myzenithio Happy Mother’s Day!
#MyWritingThemes Complexity has got a bad rap in r #MyWritingThemes Complexity has got a bad rap in recent years. We seem to be hard-wired, through nature or nurture, to reduce and simplify. But what if we are missing the nuanced richness of our world? Our need to simplify is a limitation to our understanding and enjoyment of the world. Rooted deeply in the arcane needs of a bygone time, perhaps our brains need to be trained and pushed to absorb complexity rather than resist nuance. Perhaps it’s not the brain, but our gut: a layman’s term for the powers that we are yet to learn to employ effectively.
#Throwback to my #ReadingRetreat some months ago, #Throwback to my #ReadingRetreat some months ago, many of you joined and sent me kind notes of encouragement, thank you! Some of you also reached out to me to understand better what exactly a (virtual) reading retreat was. So I thought to answer that question in my second week and how reading helps create inspirational and effective leaders. (Link in bio)
#MyWritingThemes What if there is no logic and no #MyWritingThemes What if there is no logic and no coherence in the world? What if logic and coherence are simply artefacts of our human need to reduce complexity? If everything is possible (which could be the reality in a different kind of world) our minds cannot comprehend reality. Whimsy is our gateway to train our minds towards complexity and acceptance of the impossible. Acceptance of a quantum world, of a world which might seem beyond our wildest imagination. Alice in Wonderland remains a classic even today because it allows us whimsy — a playful, purposeful whimsy that leads us towards something. ⁠ ⁠
Creativity allows you to look at the world in nove Creativity allows you to look at the world in novel ways. It opens your mind to a range of possibilities. Its importance remains imperative, just like curiosity and courage, for a successful life. But success is not sufficient- our lives must also be meaningful for us to achieve profound joy. This is where care steps in.⁠ ⁠ Click on the link in bio to hear me talk about what it means to care in a leadership setting and introduce the Japanese concept of ikigai.
#MyWritingThemes The Schrodinger’s cat is famous #MyWritingThemes The Schrodinger’s cat is famously alive or dead only when we observe it. Similarly, something is beautiful or not when we observe it and associate a meaning and value to it – the value of elevation. Beautiful is the thing, be it concrete or abstract, that allows us to elevate ourselves beyond the mundane and meditate on what could be. What could be is unique to each one of us – or as the poet put it, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Despite its controversial nature in philosophy, despite its subjectivity, beauty is vital to meaningful human existence.⁠
We’re living in fascinating times. Artificial In We’re living in fascinating times. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming to life, and we’re only seeing a fraction of its huge potential for businesses and our private lives. But with AI becoming increasingly entangled in our society, there’s an urgent need to make sure we develop it in a way that it enriches our lives, not threaten it. With the human interest at the center.⁠ ⁠ Read more in my #blog sandbox (Link in bio)
#MyWritingThemes Growth and decay are natural rhyt #MyWritingThemes Growth and decay are natural rhythms of our world. Why crave constant growth? Why do we expect companies to deliver double-digit growth every quarter? Why not ebb and flow with the natural tides of the natural world? It is from the ashes of the good that the great emerges. This is a cry for recognizing the natural rhythm; not to fight what should not be fought. Recovery is critical for sustainable life. Let us embrace and rejoice in the ebb, as much as in the flow.
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