Vishal V Kale's articles Book Review – Tied To Deciet Crime Thrillers are perhaps the single most common genre in writing – thus, impressing the readers in this genre is perhaps the most difficult of all. And, in addition to the above, if you have an author who has not only managed to impress the reader, but also carve a niche for herself, then the […] August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Work, Workers and Workplaces The changing Indian Landscape is brought to the fore by the current book under review; a field of study – nay, an esoteric field of study that was hitherto, in my knowledge scope and awareness at least, a subject not paid any attention to in Indian Corporates. Thus, it was a complete surprise for me, […] August 4, 2018August 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Use Technology : Dont Let Technology Use You! {Part 1} THE WHATSAPP GENERATION The Whatsapp Generation… this is what we are. Regardless of age, in my opinion, it is fair to state that we, the people on Social Media in general and on Whatsapp particularly, can be termed as the Whatsapp Generation. Over the past week or ten days, two or three people have made […] July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Travelling The Path Of Satya In The Professional World सत्यं परं परँꣳ सत्यँꣳ सत्येन न सुवर्गाल्लोकाच्च्यवन्ते कदाचन सताँꣳ हि सत्यं तस्मात्सत्ये रमन्ते ॥ १॥ (Mahanarayan Upanishad, 78th Anuvaak 1st Shlok) Truthfulness is excellent. What is excellent is truthfulness only. By truthfulness those who have attained to the state of blissfulness never fall from there. What belongs to Sat, namely good people that is indeed […] July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Top Rated Movies or Serials – Any Langauge This is a list of my favourite movies / serials, spanning Marathi – English as well as Hindi. While I am openly tilted towards Marathi entertainment of all kinds, in compiling this, I have made every effort to remain as unbiased as feasible. That said, this subject – AV Entertainment – is by definition subjective, […] July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Marathi Movie Review : Baapjanma बापजन्म – जीवन जगण्याचा, आपली जवाबदारी निभवण्याचा आणि त्यात संतुष्टी घेण्याचा धडा शिकवणारी एक विलक्षण गोष्टं आहेे. हा एक खरंच अदभुद चित्रपट आहे , आणि खूप खूप प्रेमानी मांडलेली कहाणी आहे. एक अशी गोष्टं जी तुमच्या मनाला व अंतर्मनाला बांधून ठेवेल आप्ल्यात … जिला वसरणं इतकी सोपी गोष्टं नाही . तुम्हाला ह्याला पुन्हा पुन्हा बघायची […] July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Sources Of Ethical Issues in the Corporate World I have been consistently highlighting the ethical aspects of a professional workplace in my writing. In the course of writing these articles, I came to realize that this is not a topic too many people like to discuss openly; this is a raw nerve for many people, due to various reasons. These reasons may be […] July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Marathi Movie Review : Ranangan What do you do when the movie you are making starts on a very high note? Realistically, you have no option whatsoever: you have to maintain the narrative at the same level – or preferably a higher level… and that can prove to be a real challenge when the movie starts with a gripping love […] July 1, 2018July 1, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Our Actions and Our Nature : Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta Series 5 This article, or rather -series of thoughts – is based on The Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta, Chapter 15, verses 5-9 and Chapter 18 verses 56-60; while reading these, some realizations and thoughts came to my mind – on the nature of our interaction with the outside world, our responses, thoughts actions and reactions. Before I go […] June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked जगण्याचा खरा अर्थ…. गीता ४ जगायच्या उठापटक मध्ये आपण सर्वस्व विसरतो … हे मी आधी सुद्धा अपल्या लेखन मध्ये जाहीर केलेलं आहे. अपल्या मेल्या नंतर सगळं इथेच राहतं हे तर नक्कीच, ह्यात काहीच वाद नाही. तरी पण अपण आपलं सर्व जीवन अश्या मृगतृष्णा माघे पळत राहतो, हे पण अपण माझ्या लेखनात वाचलं. शक्य आहे कि इतर कुणाच्या लेखात सुद्धा तुम्ही […] June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Managing In Turbulent Times by Peter F Drucker This is a book that I purchased for all of Rs. 30/- in a roadside second-hand book vendor in Camp Pune; a book that was discarded. After reading it, I am frankly surprised at the fact that this got discarded! Well, I certainly benefited big time from this largesse from my benefactor, whoever he or […] March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked श्रीमद भगवद गीता वरती माझं प्रेम आप्ल्या जीवनाचा अर्थ काय आहे? जन्म घ्यायचा, शिक्षण घ्यायचं, मग नौकरी आणि लग्न. पोरं मोठी करायची, मग त्यांचं लग्न – आणखी मग शांतपणे रिटायरमेंट काढायचं देवाघरी जाई पर्यंत… एवढेच? हे तर सगळेच करतात, मग आपण असं काय वेगळं केलं? आपण ह्या जगात काय फक्त हेच करायला आलो आहोत का? जगाचा अर्थ, तात्पर्य काय एवढाच होतो? […] March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Mitigating Risks of Increasing Formalisation of the Indian Economy One of the most talked about topics in the economics realm in India is the ongoing effort to formalize the informal sectors of the economy, bring everything into ship-shape and into the tax net; ensure registration, increase tax compliance and so on. Let us consider the MSME sector and the informal sector. This employs the […] March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Movie Review : Whats Up Lagna व्हाट्स अप लग्न पाहून पहिला विचार आला के हे चित्रपट छान होतं पण उत्कृष्ट नाही म्हणून मी ह्याच्या बद्दल लेख नाही लिहिलं तरी चालेल … पण मग मनात विचार आला कि जरी काही चुका होत्या तरीपण गोष्टी मध्ये आणि अभिनय मध्ये बांधून ठेवणारं पुष्कळ काही होतच. शिवाय संगीत तर छान होतच आणि सर्वात मोठी गोष्टं […] March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Movie Review : Aamhi Doghi {In Marathi} मी हंपी च्या रिव्यू मध्ये म्हणालो होतो कि “शांतता बोलते” – ते मात्र एका संपूर्ण चित्रपटा बाबत होतं … आजच्या चित्रपटात अर्थात “आम्ही दोघी ” मध्ये पण शांतता बोलते … पण ती फक्त एका उत्कृष्ट अभिनेत्री मुळे : मुक्ता बर्वे – ज्यांच्या अभिनय च्या पाठी वरती हे चित्रपट ह्या वर्ष्या च्या सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपटांच्या यादी मध्ये […] March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Dream Big Dream Big is a book that is purported to be on achieving your investment goals. This was a book that was referred by Readers’ Cosmos for a review; in a nutshell, despite its weaknesses that I list below, I wish had this guidance early in my career. Being a Sales Guy, though upto speed in […] March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : The Essential Gandhi – An Anthology of his Writings on his Life, Work and Ideas The Essential Gandhi – An Anthology of his Writings on his Life, Work and Ideas is a collection of the writings of The Mahatma on various topics, throughout his life. This is a Vintage publication, and is edited by Luis Fischer. And, having read the book – I concede that this is a truly masterly […] March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Seperating ’I’ From ‘My Body – Sanaatan Dharm Series First of all – don’t read too much into the title; “Seperating ’I’ From ‘My Body’” refers to a level of consciousness, a level of “being” that brings with itself a certain calmness, self-control and insight, as well as confidence. This article is the next in the Sanaatan Dharm Series, and constitiutes the next in […] March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review – Dharmyoddha Kalki, Avatar Of Vishnu This promises to be among the bluntest reviews I have written; I don’t mean to state I wont do justice to it – that I will, most certainly so. But in this particular book, there is no scope, to be anything but perfectly honest. Now that doesn’t mean it is a bad book : it […] February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Building A Positive Workplace – Conversations Part 2 In the previous segment of this conversation, we took a look at the aspects of a positive healthy workplace relationship; in this segment, I asked the Senior Mentor / Manager Mr Milind Kher and the Middle Manager RIddhima Dua some questions that put them in a place wherein they had to figure out whether we […] February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : The Rulers Gaze – A Study Of British Rule Over India From A Saidian Perspective The Rulers’ Gaze by Arvind Sharma is yet another in the now-long line of books that critically look at, or attempt to look at, the Colonial Legacy. Before I go deeper into the review – let me lay it out : the subject matter is not an easy read; neither is it well presented. This […] February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Relationships As A Productivity Tool In Organisations : A Conversation This is the second conversation I am carrying on my blog; the first one was with Mr Amitabh D Sinha, then the Director-Finance at the SME Chamber of India. That one was around the topic of Development models in Economics; which is a current and relevant topic. The topic for today is another relevant and […] February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Movie Review : Aapla Manus It was a choice between seeing Padmavat and Aaplaa Maanus; while the praise was pouring in for Padmavat, my mind and heart were somehow not entirely convinced. Padmavat was in Hindi, was a known story, and had nothing new. Whereas, Aaplaa Maanus was in my mother tongue, had an intriguing story, powerful actors, and a […] February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Pralay – The Great Deluge This book has been a long time coming; 4 months was much too much a wait, given the cliffhanger exit of the first novel of this series – Harrappa {Reviewed Here}… It closed on a point that had brought us to tenterhooks. Mr Author, when you place someone on any hooks, tenter or otherwise, do […] February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Ease of Doing Business: A Fresh Perspective Ease of Doing Business: we can look at this ranking in two ways : one, as a political tool, analyzing Party A did this so ranking improved; or Party B didn’t do this, which is why we were bad – or indeed, Party A didn’t so as great as they claim for x,y,z reasons. The […] February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked UNION BUDGET 2 : MSME, INFRA AND DEFENSE In the first part of the budget analysis, I looked at Health, Education and the Rural Economy; in this, let me move onto the remaining aspects and points raised in the budget, leaving the Fiscal and Number aspects for the closing article to be taken up later. The first part dealt with the basics of […] February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked UNION BUDGET ANALYSIS – MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES This is the first part of a 3-part analysis on the Union Budget 2018-19, in which I propose to go into the basic strategy behind the budget, and look at its pluses and the minuses pointwise – in two parts;. The third part will be the background, history and Macro-Economic Framework analysis, which has been […] February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Origin Origin… another from the pen of Dan Brown. Wish I could be as excited about reviewing this one; truth be told, even after reading it, I have precious little confirmed idea or thought as to what to write about this book. I am taking it as it goes, writing in one flow; letting my instinct […] February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Super Siblings This is the 3rd book from Prachi Garg I am reviewing, and each has added value to me as a professional. It has also given deep insights into what the new India is doing, as well as given me a fascinating insight into the minds of today’s youth. 20 case studies on youth enterprises can […] January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Speaking From The Heat 3 : Conceptualising A Strategy In the first week of December of last year I received a question in response to an article I penned: “would be good if a simple method could be created to inculcate it in kids” by a reader from the Corporate World; a question asked nearly 49 days ago, asking how can we ensure that […] January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Thin Dividing Line – India, Mauritius and Global Illicit Financial Flows BLACK MONEY AND TAX HAVENS Black Money has been the hot topic of discussion on Social Media as well as in the regular Media for several years now; yet, few books have come to my notice that deal with this topic. The current book under review – Thin Dividing Line : India Mauritius and Global […] January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Re-Examining Past Expenditure Decisions In Your Organisation, And Why To Do It As per a recent Business Standard article – Of the 67 top listed companies not able to service interest on their debt during 2016-17 due to inadequate profits, 53 started operations in the post-1980 period when private investment was first liberalized. This analyses is based on a list of 633 non financial companies that are […] January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review : Unsung Heroes – Real Stories To Inspire You I have previously observed the need for the Media to cover local Success Stories, stories of normal people who add value to society, or achieve something special in a relative sense. Such stories can galvanise and motivate a people, and spread positivity all round. Our Media is in dire need of a refocus along these […] January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review – Spark: The Insight To Growing Brands The Book gives a nice summary on the cover : Delightfully written, Spark decodes the art of Brand Building and provides a step by step guide to arriving at insights that survive the test of time. I refer to the book “Spark – The Insight To Growing Brands” written by Paddy Rangappa. In short – […] January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Communication in Indian Context – The Bugbear in Managing Change In this second article in the change management series, let us go deeper into communication, with particular reference to the Indian Context. Communication is considered to be a major solution to managing change; in my opinion, it is a tool, a tactic used to manage it; not a strategy. The reason why a large percentage […] January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Change Management : Learnings from Real Indian Examples The normal assumption that “Change is the only constant” is frankly an idiom that is wrong in more ways than I can count, at least insofaras Business is concerned. There is a difference between regular uncertainty, flux in Business realities, short term fluctuations, normal predictive events that lead to change – and turning the organization […] January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Movie Review – Deva Ek Atrangi For me, it was a choice between Tiger Returns, Gachchi and Deva Ek Atrangi… hard decision. Reviews for Tiger were average, Deva were negative to average, Gachchi were tops. I was seriously unable to decide; the pull of Salman was there – but my gut was telling me no; I went with my gut. I […] January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Facebook, Business & Politics – Way To Protect Profits Without Politics Facebook… or Social Media, to take a broader classification. While this article is focused on Facebook, it will also deal with overall Social Media and its risks and advantages in a more general manner. The immediate trigger for this article has been a rather uncomfortable article in some Media, which I happened to read in […] January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Sharpen Your Knife – Update Your Game! Sharpen your knife… how many of us do that? I refer to both the metaphorical as well as the real knife, the one in the Kitchen. Chances are, quite a few of us do believe in this, at least insofaras the concept is concerned. Chances also are that among these few, a large percentage never […] December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Book Review – A Hundred Little Flames by Preeti Shenoy A Hundred Little Flames by Preeti Shenoy is not one of the usual genres for me; I hardly ever read such stories. Now that statement above is the best reason for being open to new ideas and experimentation. Had I continued to be adamant, and ignored this – I would have missed one of the […] December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Book Review – Tied To Deciet Crime Thrillers are perhaps the single most common genre in writing – thus, impressing the readers in this genre is perhaps the most difficult of all. And, in addition to the above, if you have an author who has not only managed to impress the reader, but also carve a niche for herself, then the […] August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Work, Workers and Workplaces The changing Indian Landscape is brought to the fore by the current book under review; a field of study – nay, an esoteric field of study that was hitherto, in my knowledge scope and awareness at least, a subject not paid any attention to in Indian Corporates. Thus, it was a complete surprise for me, […] August 4, 2018August 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Use Technology : Dont Let Technology Use You! {Part 1} THE WHATSAPP GENERATION The Whatsapp Generation… this is what we are. Regardless of age, in my opinion, it is fair to state that we, the people on Social Media in general and on Whatsapp particularly, can be termed as the Whatsapp Generation. Over the past week or ten days, two or three people have made […] July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Travelling The Path Of Satya In The Professional World सत्यं परं परँꣳ सत्यँꣳ सत्येन न सुवर्गाल्लोकाच्च्यवन्ते कदाचन सताँꣳ हि सत्यं तस्मात्सत्ये रमन्ते ॥ १॥ (Mahanarayan Upanishad, 78th Anuvaak 1st Shlok) Truthfulness is excellent. What is excellent is truthfulness only. By truthfulness those who have attained to the state of blissfulness never fall from there. What belongs to Sat, namely good people that is indeed […] July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Top Rated Movies or Serials – Any Langauge This is a list of my favourite movies / serials, spanning Marathi – English as well as Hindi. While I am openly tilted towards Marathi entertainment of all kinds, in compiling this, I have made every effort to remain as unbiased as feasible. That said, this subject – AV Entertainment – is by definition subjective, […] July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Marathi Movie Review : Baapjanma बापजन्म – जीवन जगण्याचा, आपली जवाबदारी निभवण्याचा आणि त्यात संतुष्टी घेण्याचा धडा शिकवणारी एक विलक्षण गोष्टं आहेे. हा एक खरंच अदभुद चित्रपट आहे , आणि खूप खूप प्रेमानी मांडलेली कहाणी आहे. एक अशी गोष्टं जी तुमच्या मनाला व अंतर्मनाला बांधून ठेवेल आप्ल्यात … जिला वसरणं इतकी सोपी गोष्टं नाही . तुम्हाला ह्याला पुन्हा पुन्हा बघायची […] July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Sources Of Ethical Issues in the Corporate World I have been consistently highlighting the ethical aspects of a professional workplace in my writing. In the course of writing these articles, I came to realize that this is not a topic too many people like to discuss openly; this is a raw nerve for many people, due to various reasons. These reasons may be […] July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Marathi Movie Review : Ranangan What do you do when the movie you are making starts on a very high note? Realistically, you have no option whatsoever: you have to maintain the narrative at the same level – or preferably a higher level… and that can prove to be a real challenge when the movie starts with a gripping love […] July 1, 2018July 1, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Our Actions and Our Nature : Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta Series 5 This article, or rather -series of thoughts – is based on The Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta, Chapter 15, verses 5-9 and Chapter 18 verses 56-60; while reading these, some realizations and thoughts came to my mind – on the nature of our interaction with the outside world, our responses, thoughts actions and reactions. Before I go […] June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
जगण्याचा खरा अर्थ…. गीता ४ जगायच्या उठापटक मध्ये आपण सर्वस्व विसरतो … हे मी आधी सुद्धा अपल्या लेखन मध्ये जाहीर केलेलं आहे. अपल्या मेल्या नंतर सगळं इथेच राहतं हे तर नक्कीच, ह्यात काहीच वाद नाही. तरी पण अपण आपलं सर्व जीवन अश्या मृगतृष्णा माघे पळत राहतो, हे पण अपण माझ्या लेखनात वाचलं. शक्य आहे कि इतर कुणाच्या लेखात सुद्धा तुम्ही […] June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Managing In Turbulent Times by Peter F Drucker This is a book that I purchased for all of Rs. 30/- in a roadside second-hand book vendor in Camp Pune; a book that was discarded. After reading it, I am frankly surprised at the fact that this got discarded! Well, I certainly benefited big time from this largesse from my benefactor, whoever he or […] March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
श्रीमद भगवद गीता वरती माझं प्रेम आप्ल्या जीवनाचा अर्थ काय आहे? जन्म घ्यायचा, शिक्षण घ्यायचं, मग नौकरी आणि लग्न. पोरं मोठी करायची, मग त्यांचं लग्न – आणखी मग शांतपणे रिटायरमेंट काढायचं देवाघरी जाई पर्यंत… एवढेच? हे तर सगळेच करतात, मग आपण असं काय वेगळं केलं? आपण ह्या जगात काय फक्त हेच करायला आलो आहोत का? जगाचा अर्थ, तात्पर्य काय एवढाच होतो? […] March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Mitigating Risks of Increasing Formalisation of the Indian Economy One of the most talked about topics in the economics realm in India is the ongoing effort to formalize the informal sectors of the economy, bring everything into ship-shape and into the tax net; ensure registration, increase tax compliance and so on. Let us consider the MSME sector and the informal sector. This employs the […] March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Movie Review : Whats Up Lagna व्हाट्स अप लग्न पाहून पहिला विचार आला के हे चित्रपट छान होतं पण उत्कृष्ट नाही म्हणून मी ह्याच्या बद्दल लेख नाही लिहिलं तरी चालेल … पण मग मनात विचार आला कि जरी काही चुका होत्या तरीपण गोष्टी मध्ये आणि अभिनय मध्ये बांधून ठेवणारं पुष्कळ काही होतच. शिवाय संगीत तर छान होतच आणि सर्वात मोठी गोष्टं […] March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Movie Review : Aamhi Doghi {In Marathi} मी हंपी च्या रिव्यू मध्ये म्हणालो होतो कि “शांतता बोलते” – ते मात्र एका संपूर्ण चित्रपटा बाबत होतं … आजच्या चित्रपटात अर्थात “आम्ही दोघी ” मध्ये पण शांतता बोलते … पण ती फक्त एका उत्कृष्ट अभिनेत्री मुळे : मुक्ता बर्वे – ज्यांच्या अभिनय च्या पाठी वरती हे चित्रपट ह्या वर्ष्या च्या सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपटांच्या यादी मध्ये […] March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Dream Big Dream Big is a book that is purported to be on achieving your investment goals. This was a book that was referred by Readers’ Cosmos for a review; in a nutshell, despite its weaknesses that I list below, I wish had this guidance early in my career. Being a Sales Guy, though upto speed in […] March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : The Essential Gandhi – An Anthology of his Writings on his Life, Work and Ideas The Essential Gandhi – An Anthology of his Writings on his Life, Work and Ideas is a collection of the writings of The Mahatma on various topics, throughout his life. This is a Vintage publication, and is edited by Luis Fischer. And, having read the book – I concede that this is a truly masterly […] March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Seperating ’I’ From ‘My Body – Sanaatan Dharm Series First of all – don’t read too much into the title; “Seperating ’I’ From ‘My Body’” refers to a level of consciousness, a level of “being” that brings with itself a certain calmness, self-control and insight, as well as confidence. This article is the next in the Sanaatan Dharm Series, and constitiutes the next in […] March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review – Dharmyoddha Kalki, Avatar Of Vishnu This promises to be among the bluntest reviews I have written; I don’t mean to state I wont do justice to it – that I will, most certainly so. But in this particular book, there is no scope, to be anything but perfectly honest. Now that doesn’t mean it is a bad book : it […] February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Building A Positive Workplace – Conversations Part 2 In the previous segment of this conversation, we took a look at the aspects of a positive healthy workplace relationship; in this segment, I asked the Senior Mentor / Manager Mr Milind Kher and the Middle Manager RIddhima Dua some questions that put them in a place wherein they had to figure out whether we […] February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : The Rulers Gaze – A Study Of British Rule Over India From A Saidian Perspective The Rulers’ Gaze by Arvind Sharma is yet another in the now-long line of books that critically look at, or attempt to look at, the Colonial Legacy. Before I go deeper into the review – let me lay it out : the subject matter is not an easy read; neither is it well presented. This […] February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Relationships As A Productivity Tool In Organisations : A Conversation This is the second conversation I am carrying on my blog; the first one was with Mr Amitabh D Sinha, then the Director-Finance at the SME Chamber of India. That one was around the topic of Development models in Economics; which is a current and relevant topic. The topic for today is another relevant and […] February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Movie Review : Aapla Manus It was a choice between seeing Padmavat and Aaplaa Maanus; while the praise was pouring in for Padmavat, my mind and heart were somehow not entirely convinced. Padmavat was in Hindi, was a known story, and had nothing new. Whereas, Aaplaa Maanus was in my mother tongue, had an intriguing story, powerful actors, and a […] February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Pralay – The Great Deluge This book has been a long time coming; 4 months was much too much a wait, given the cliffhanger exit of the first novel of this series – Harrappa {Reviewed Here}… It closed on a point that had brought us to tenterhooks. Mr Author, when you place someone on any hooks, tenter or otherwise, do […] February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ease of Doing Business: A Fresh Perspective Ease of Doing Business: we can look at this ranking in two ways : one, as a political tool, analyzing Party A did this so ranking improved; or Party B didn’t do this, which is why we were bad – or indeed, Party A didn’t so as great as they claim for x,y,z reasons. The […] February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
UNION BUDGET 2 : MSME, INFRA AND DEFENSE In the first part of the budget analysis, I looked at Health, Education and the Rural Economy; in this, let me move onto the remaining aspects and points raised in the budget, leaving the Fiscal and Number aspects for the closing article to be taken up later. The first part dealt with the basics of […] February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
UNION BUDGET ANALYSIS – MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES This is the first part of a 3-part analysis on the Union Budget 2018-19, in which I propose to go into the basic strategy behind the budget, and look at its pluses and the minuses pointwise – in two parts;. The third part will be the background, history and Macro-Economic Framework analysis, which has been […] February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Origin Origin… another from the pen of Dan Brown. Wish I could be as excited about reviewing this one; truth be told, even after reading it, I have precious little confirmed idea or thought as to what to write about this book. I am taking it as it goes, writing in one flow; letting my instinct […] February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Super Siblings This is the 3rd book from Prachi Garg I am reviewing, and each has added value to me as a professional. It has also given deep insights into what the new India is doing, as well as given me a fascinating insight into the minds of today’s youth. 20 case studies on youth enterprises can […] January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Speaking From The Heat 3 : Conceptualising A Strategy In the first week of December of last year I received a question in response to an article I penned: “would be good if a simple method could be created to inculcate it in kids” by a reader from the Corporate World; a question asked nearly 49 days ago, asking how can we ensure that […] January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Thin Dividing Line – India, Mauritius and Global Illicit Financial Flows BLACK MONEY AND TAX HAVENS Black Money has been the hot topic of discussion on Social Media as well as in the regular Media for several years now; yet, few books have come to my notice that deal with this topic. The current book under review – Thin Dividing Line : India Mauritius and Global […] January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Re-Examining Past Expenditure Decisions In Your Organisation, And Why To Do It As per a recent Business Standard article – Of the 67 top listed companies not able to service interest on their debt during 2016-17 due to inadequate profits, 53 started operations in the post-1980 period when private investment was first liberalized. This analyses is based on a list of 633 non financial companies that are […] January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review : Unsung Heroes – Real Stories To Inspire You I have previously observed the need for the Media to cover local Success Stories, stories of normal people who add value to society, or achieve something special in a relative sense. Such stories can galvanise and motivate a people, and spread positivity all round. Our Media is in dire need of a refocus along these […] January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review – Spark: The Insight To Growing Brands The Book gives a nice summary on the cover : Delightfully written, Spark decodes the art of Brand Building and provides a step by step guide to arriving at insights that survive the test of time. I refer to the book “Spark – The Insight To Growing Brands” written by Paddy Rangappa. In short – […] January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communication in Indian Context – The Bugbear in Managing Change In this second article in the change management series, let us go deeper into communication, with particular reference to the Indian Context. Communication is considered to be a major solution to managing change; in my opinion, it is a tool, a tactic used to manage it; not a strategy. The reason why a large percentage […] January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Change Management : Learnings from Real Indian Examples The normal assumption that “Change is the only constant” is frankly an idiom that is wrong in more ways than I can count, at least insofaras Business is concerned. There is a difference between regular uncertainty, flux in Business realities, short term fluctuations, normal predictive events that lead to change – and turning the organization […] January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Movie Review – Deva Ek Atrangi For me, it was a choice between Tiger Returns, Gachchi and Deva Ek Atrangi… hard decision. Reviews for Tiger were average, Deva were negative to average, Gachchi were tops. I was seriously unable to decide; the pull of Salman was there – but my gut was telling me no; I went with my gut. I […] January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Facebook, Business & Politics – Way To Protect Profits Without Politics Facebook… or Social Media, to take a broader classification. While this article is focused on Facebook, it will also deal with overall Social Media and its risks and advantages in a more general manner. The immediate trigger for this article has been a rather uncomfortable article in some Media, which I happened to read in […] January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sharpen Your Knife – Update Your Game! Sharpen your knife… how many of us do that? I refer to both the metaphorical as well as the real knife, the one in the Kitchen. Chances are, quite a few of us do believe in this, at least insofaras the concept is concerned. Chances also are that among these few, a large percentage never […] December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Review – A Hundred Little Flames by Preeti Shenoy A Hundred Little Flames by Preeti Shenoy is not one of the usual genres for me; I hardly ever read such stories. Now that statement above is the best reason for being open to new ideas and experimentation. Had I continued to be adamant, and ignored this – I would have missed one of the […] December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
