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Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, on 14 Nov 2008
Brahma is the creator god in Hindu mythology. So it surprises most people that he is not worshipped in India. There are one or two tiny insignificant shrines of Brahma, but these are more exceptions than the rule, most likely constructed to harvest pilgrim and tourist [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2008
The water from a river that flowed on the eastern edge of the kingdom was not reaching a farm. So the farmer went to the king and the king said, Build a wider canal. This was done, but still the water did not reach the farm. If [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, Oct 24, 2008
This was the agenda: to get Shiva married. It was important for unless this happened the world would be destroyed. How does one get an ascetic like Shiva to change his mind?
This question is no different from asking - How do we get a consumer to buy [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, Oct 10, 2008
A few weeks ago Jacob was asked by his boss to fire an incompetent employee who had been with the firm for two years. Jacob knew the decision was justified: despite repeat warnings the gentleman had refused to improve, he kept coming late to office, making excuses, [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, Oct 3, 2008
When Alpesh took over as the manager of a huge multiplex in a Tier 2 Indian town, he suddenly found himself heading a team of forty people. Some he liked instantly. Some he did not. Some he found positively repulsive. But he did not have the luxury [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 20 Sept 2008
God may be an abstract concept but the common man needs a tangible form for this abstract concept. That is why, in ancient times, people represented their deities as rocks. That is why, when we travel across India, we find in shrines of local gods and goddesses, [...]
First Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 13 Sept 2008
Draupadi, the great heroine of the Mahabharat, never really chose her husband. Her father, king of Panchal, had organized an archery contest and she was the prize. She thought she was marrying a Rishi with archery skills (the Pandavas were in disguise) and so it came [...]
First Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 30 August 2008
Akbar, the greatest of Mughals, was addressed as Jahan-panah. The word means `Shelter of the world’, Was it a title meant to boost the ego of the great emperor of India? Or did it contain the people’s expectation from their leader?
A leader is supposed to be [...]
Published as 'Lose the Battle to Win the War' in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 22 August 2008
A learned sage was in the middle of a very narrow bridge when he saw a powerful king approaching from the other side. “Please turn around,” said Shakti-muni, “So that I may pass.”
“No, you turn around,” thundered the [...]
First Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 18 July 2008
As Ravi entered his cabin, he suddenly felt lost. What was he supposed to do next? He set up his laptop and went straight for the email inbox. Maybe there were emails there to respond. And in the midst of responding to the emails, maybe he [...]
