Talent in Management and sports

This article is published in the September’2008 issue of the magazine The Management Compass
The fear factor
What is stopping Indian sportsmen from emulating the chinese and US success story?
China had been going all out to put in an impressive performance at the Beijing Olympics. China’s leaders have had a long tradition of using sports to boost [...]

Emotional Inteliigence and Life purpose

This article was published in the June’2008 issue of the magazine Management Compass. The magazine version pdf file is eintelligence-and-life-purpose-june-08
When work’s delight
It’s better to do what we love doing, even if rewards are greater elsewhere
In addition to my previous article on concentration that appeared in the May issue which made it to [...]

Concentrate on concentrating

This article was published in the May’2008 issue of the magazine Management compass
Vagaries of mind
It’s concentration that helps you achieve your goal
I had written seven articles in The Times of India in the year 2006, out of which two made it to the Times Wellness Book. Out of the two, one is on concentration:-
“Indian children [...]

Child-A seed or a weed?

This article was published in the April’2008 of the Education magazine Educare
Right education
Enforcing a standard system of education on children to whom it does not apply can be disastrous
On March 17, 2008, The Times of India reported that a total of 5,857 students committed suicide in the year 2006. According to national crime bureau statistics, [...]

Lead India; don’t Bleed India

This article is published in the March’2008 issue of the magazine Management compass
What is an idea without execution?
RK Mishra’s readiness to get hands dirty made him Lead India winner
The lead India campaign launched by The Times of India to provide an alternative platform for those desirous of joining politics culminated on February 9, 2007 when [...]

Testing times

This article is published in the February issue of the Education magazine, Educare.
Testing times
Unrealistic expectations drive students to drastic steps, including suicide
March 2006 reported four suicides related to the board exams in New Delhi in a very short time span. In March 2005, six students took their lives a fortnight before the [...]

Aamir Khan’s “Taare Zameen Par”

This article is published in the January’2008 edition of the education magazine “Educare”
Aamir Khan’s latest film raises very crucial questions
The film Taare Zameen par is a sensitive portrayal of the ordeal of a dyslexic child, Ishaan Awasthi, whose abnormal behaviour is misunderstood and mistaken to be something else both by his teachers and parents. [...]

The significance of Contextual Thinking

This article is published in the January’2008 Edition of the magazine “Management Compass”
Unbridled optimism
Don’t confuse blind confidence with glass-is-half-full approach
One of the world’s top 50 management thinkers and an international authority on lateral thinking, Edward De Bono, while commenting on the difference between Intelligence and thinking, commented, “The power of the car is the potential [...]

Peace and Sanity with or without Destiny.

This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the magazine “Management compass”
Right place, right time
But is that the only reason why some people succeed?
In 1923, nine of the world’s richest men met to discuss the economy. They were:-
Charles Schwab — president of the largest Steel company
Sameul Insull — president of
the largest electric [...]

Mission impossible? (Movie Apna Aasmaan)

This article is published in the November issue of the Education magazine “Educare” under the title “Mission impossible”. The portions in bold are dialogues from the wonderful film “Apna Aasmaan” which furthurs the casue of real education and human resources management.
With parents not letting the child discover his calling in life, a majority of [...]