A uniquely distinguishable book from its normal run of the mill compatriots, “Good Strategy Bad Strategy” by Richard Rumelt, makes for some refreshing as well as ambivalent reading. While the author by juxtaposing real life examples and management theory, rivetingly differentiates good strategic making capabilities from the bad ones, the reader at the end is … Continue reading Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters – Richard Rumelt
Month: March 2021
Gratitude
"Look dear son", gently said the father pointing to the rolling hills "Mother Nature's Eden for her children to experience sacred thrills; "What is that father" asked the Son as a thick smog drifted in from yonder "Our ingratitude to her; our inexcusable blunder." (Word Count 44) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #202
Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan pays a glorious tribute to the thousands of tormented mothers - employed by the infamous Magdalene Laundries, also known as the Magdalene Asylums in Ireland – whose lives were nothing short of an inferno. “Small Things Like These” is an achingly emotional fictitious story that highlights in equal measure the paradoxical traits of … Continue reading Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
Making Excellence A Habit: The Secret to Building a World Class Healthcare System in India by V. Mohan
Part-memoir and part-manifesto for inspired living, “Making Excellence a Habit” is one man or rather one determined family’s unrelenting crusade to prevent and treat diabetes. Dr.V.Mohan started out with his wife Rema Mohan in an unassuming fashion in 1991 on a mission. Egged on by borrowed funds and benevolent well wishers the couple faced insurmountable … Continue reading Making Excellence A Habit: The Secret to Building a World Class Healthcare System in India by V. Mohan
Operation Varsity Blues – Chris Smith
In her book “Let Me Tell You What I Mean”, Joan Didion in an achingly wistful fashion recounts her feeling of desolation upon receiving a letter of rejection from Stanford University. In an essay titled “On Being Unchosen by the College of One’s Choice”, which every parent ought to read, Didion mulls on how she … Continue reading Operation Varsity Blues – Chris Smith
Whirlpool
An orbit of influence is a dangerous whirlpool Whose swirling eddies suck in many an unsuspecting fool Birthing chat bots and echo chambers Fueling incendiary passions and stoking deadly embers Always remember the wisdom behind taking things with a pinch of salt Enjoy life with swigs of unadulterated single malt. (Word Count: 50) Sammi Cox … Continue reading Whirlpool
Unsung Valour: Forgotten Warriors of the Kurukshetra War – Curated by Sai Swaroopa
As unerring in impact, as the immaculately whetted tip of an arrowhead employed in the epochal Kurukshetra war, “Unsung Valour” is an unvarnished, unabashed and unashamed tribute to some of the heroes whose fearless and valiant exploits in what arguably has to be the greatest war every fought – mythically or otherwise – in the … Continue reading Unsung Valour: Forgotten Warriors of the Kurukshetra War – Curated by Sai Swaroopa
HORIZON
"Broaden your vista of knowledge dear girl", whispered the man Rocking the sleeping child under the cool breeze of a fan "For its the only wealth that remains undiminished. (Word Count: 29) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #200
Klara and The Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro
Absorbing, influential and extremely thought provoking, “Klara and The Sun”, represents the Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s bold attempt to grapple with an urgent, relevant, and essential conundrum, by masterfully employing the medium of fiction.
The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice – Jamie Swift & Elaine Power
The early part of the twentieth century birthed an extraordinary concept, where the ethics of work was deemed synonymous with the concepts of diligence, discipline and frugality. Termed the Protestant work ethic, this philosophy was first purveyed by the German sociologist, Max Weber. Also known as the Calvinist or Puritan work ethic, this thinking laid … Continue reading The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice – Jamie Swift & Elaine Power