Having something to say and saying something
The word communication has been derived from the latin word ‘communis’ which means ‘to make common’, ‘to share’, ‘to impart’ or ‘to transmit’ – that is, make common, share, impart or transmit ideas, information or knowledge etc in ways that the impact stays for long. To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all...
You aren’t going to fade away – 5
Malala Yousafzai has been quoted as saying: ‘Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.’ I agree with her because I think it is a pen that has anyway impacted our lives in more than one way. The pen exists as a Noun in the dictionary that...
You aren’t going to fade away – 4
The online onslaught is severe and has managed to sweep our attention towards it. There are people who believe that whatever is there to know and understand can all be found on some or the other online portal. There are websites that inform as well as entertain besides selling something or the other. Even my...
Conversations with virtual reality
Conversations with what is real and what is unreal has a sibling now… the universe of virtual reality. Even Zuckerberg wrote in March 2014 that the day isn’t far when ‘we believe this kind of immersive, augmented reality will become a part of daily life for billions of people’. Geoff Mulgan declares that ‘as the...
You aren’t going to fade away – 3
When Douglas McArthur mentioned that ‘old soldiers never die; they just fade away’ he did not really mean they intended to retreat from our memory because he was the one who had also said: ‘We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction’. This is as true now as it probably was in...
You aren’t going to fade away – 2
‘Books are not going to be here anymore,’ said a tech-savvy gentleman a few months back. ‘Then what happens to reading?’ I asked. He had then pointed towards his laptop and then his tablet and mentioned that ebooks were the future. ‘Then there is always the kindle,’ he said with a victorious twinkle in his...
You aren’t going to fade away – 1
You aren’t going to fade away just as DSLRs aren’t going to be extinct. Neither are books disappearing… nor our daily newspapers on their way out. To fade out is not their destiny. ‘The pager disappeared, didn’t it?’ pointed out Specky, my wife. ‘Yes, it did,’ I replied, ‘after all even Dodos aren’t with us...
Competition versus Excellence
There are people for whom competition is a fight and academic excellence is a part of the larger struggle for existence. A lot depends on how you view the totality of education and its manifold aspects and your approach to the various issues. One really needs to understand the impact of both competition as well...
On Travel
Travel is all about the music and poetry of exploration… every time you move out of home and navigate safely through strange countries and stranger cities, you experience an uplifting peppy feeling that refreshes you. This is the sort of feeling that I had when I keyed in these short two-line rhymes that had travel...
E-ducation in India: time for the big takeoff
Perspectives change. Sometimes by something as small as a little hyphen. Education in India is surely poised to be e-ducation now! With the growing influx of the internet, a global perspective to the education values as they exist in India, is a reality that must necessarily be navigated and simply cannot be ignored. But before all...
HR is the best Achaar – a lesson in writing with conviction
This happened a long time ago… this happened when I was heading corporate communications and was, therefore, responsible for the copy that was to be given for a recruitment ad. So I walked into the cabin of the HR head and was literally surprised to see that they were having a PEPPY ‘achaar’ party. Achaar...
Thirst to Trust for a Thrust!
Communication is aiming for unification. A unification of ambitions, a unification of goals, a unification that will give thrust to a forward movement, an evolution towards an awakened self, and thrusting for growth. This is nothing but another word for oneness that is possible only when the foundation is trust. Trust forms the foundation for...
