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Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 18 April 2008
The Olympic motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius,’ is Latin for ‘Swifter, Higher, Stronger’. The roots of this ideal of continuous relentless improvement lies in the ancient Greek world, where the Olympic Games were a sacred ritual. Through participation, and especially through winning, the athlete reached the ‘zone’ that [...]
Published in First City, New Delhi, April 2008
The people of the Polynesian islands believe that once the sky-father Rangi and the earth-mother Papa were locked so tightly in loving embrace that the children they produced were smothered between them. So the children decided to separate the parents – the trees pushed the sky-father up away [...]
Published in Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 20 April 2008
What is the purpose of life? What happens after death? Ask these questions to a young person and he is as clueless as an old person. When it comes to such profound questions the youth today are no different from their ancestors. Yes, they have cell phones, and [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times supplement, 4 April 2008
Hanuman plays an important role in the Ramayan, yet in the epic itself, he does not hold any great position. He is just one of the many monkeys Ram encounters in the forest. He is not Sugriva, leader of the monkey troop. He is not Angad, [...]
