Rujuta Diwekar in addition to being India's leading nutrition and exercise science expert, is also a courageous contrarian. For there is no other suitable word to express the outspoken yet riveting views which she expresses in her book, “Indian Superfoods: Change the Way You Eat.” Inimitable and irreverent, she may well be the Nicholas Nassim … Continue reading Indian Super Foods: Change The Way You Eat – Rujuta Diwekar
Month: June 2019
The Phantom
(Photo Credit: Ted Strutz) He was 13 when his stepfather took him to the Opera for the first time. In fact, he was more dragged than taken along with his mother. It may well have been for the good of humanity if he had stayed at home. Obsessed by the travails of Andrew Lloyd Webber's … Continue reading The Phantom
THE ONE THING: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
Gary Keller and Jay Papasan set the theme for their bestseller, by alluding to a dialogue between the late Jack Palance and Billy Crystal from the hit comedy, City Slickers. The conversation between a dour cowboy and a city slicker revolves around distilling the secret of life. Curly, the cowboy (Jack Palance) expounds to Mitch, … Continue reading THE ONE THING: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
Our Iceberg is Melting – John Kotter & Holger Rathgeber
From the leading expert of organisational change and leadership comes an endearing fable that undoubtedly will - in fact it already has, since 2019 marks the tenth anniversary of its publication - stand the test of time. John Kotter in tandem with Holger Rathgeber takes his readers on an extraordinary journey involving a colony of … Continue reading Our Iceberg is Melting – John Kotter & Holger Rathgeber
A Mendicant’s Biography
(Photo Credit: Crispina Kemp) The makeshift letter box attached to the fence-cum-gate leading to the house was in danger of collapse. Not that Venky was expecting anyone to write to him. The twin perils of a disruptive digital world and a self imposed existence in isolation combined to ensure that neither post office nor postman … Continue reading A Mendicant’s Biography
Soaring Memories,Starry Hopes
(PHOTO CREDIT: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields) "Airports rank second only to hospitals in kindling hopes and rekindling memories" wrote Venky. "Memories rooted in the head like giant pillars rooted to the sparkling floors. Hopes as capable of making hearts skip an involuntary beat as a turbulence is capable of taking stomachs out of passengers. The steady stream … Continue reading Soaring Memories,Starry Hopes
The Ash Thumb
(Photo Credit: Lakshmi Bhat) The tree elicited in Venky a smile, as well as triggring a tinge of sorrow. This alternating paradox was courtesy the inimitable and mercurial Ash. Nature's own child, optimism's chosen daughter and the favourite offspring of positivity. "I am going to hold on to the beak like appendages and climb atop … Continue reading The Ash Thumb
The Orwellian Obsession
(Photo Credit: Valerie J. Barrett) Venky read somewhere that the inspiration behind the dystopian epic, "1984" came to George Orwell only after the brilliant author had cloistered himself away from the scrutinising gaze of the world by renting a sparse cabin situated on an isolated stretch of land. Venky, desirous of emulating his literary idol, … Continue reading The Orwellian Obsession
The Irish Premonition
(Image Credit: Crispina Kemp) "One of these days I will book a berth in a boat such as this to a faraway land " said Ash pointing to the moored or marooned (depending upon the mood of its owner and the predilections of its captain) boat in white. Even though Venky had heard this monologue … Continue reading The Irish Premonition
An Un’BEAR’able Experience
(Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding) People do not attempt glamping in an area where a bear is running loose. Rather, bears do not, or are not supposed to run around gleefully like happiness on steroids where glampers have set up their tents. By nature, averse to adventure, Venky preferred to spend time with his nose buried … Continue reading An Un’BEAR’able Experience