Keen on wrestling with and besting a world characterised by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (“VUCA”)? Read the ‘terrific’ book, ‘Ten Years to Midnight’ by Blair Sheppard. Worried about living to be a 100 without financial security and tangible and intangible assets? Fret not. We have you sorted. You just need to read “The 100-Year … Continue reading What The Heck Do I Do With My Life: How To Flourish In Our Turbulent Times – Ravi Venkatesan   

An electrifying atmosphere pervades the whole of Japan as the nation gets ready to host the 2020 Olympics. Gaiety and euphoria envelop an eager populace. However there is a frightening phenomenon that threatens to hurl sand in the gear. The bane of the accursed stones. Following the horrendous Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear meltdown, a strange spectacle … Continue reading Trinity, Trinity, Trinity – Erika Kobayashi

(Image Credit: MacMillan Publishers) When Austrian writer Peter Handke received the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, the choice stirred a hornet’s nest. From choosing to speak at the funeral of Serbian ethno-nationalist politician Slobodan Milosevic – who at the time of death had 66 charges of crimes against humanity leveled against him – to being … Continue reading Don Juan: His Own Version – Don Juan

(Image Credit: http://www.barnesandnoble.com) One part soothing, two parts elegiac, Esther Stories by Peter Orner is an amorphous  palimpsest producing order from chaos and constructing uniqueness from homogeneity. A seasoned ornithologist, even amidst a cacophony of screams and shrieks, can successfully place a squeak to its rightful plumage. Similarly, Orner although manufacturing a roiling cauldron of … Continue reading Esther Stories – Peter Orner

(Image Credit: http://www.anazon.com) The ability to break down complicated topics to a degree of simplicity that succeeds in conveying their import but without diluting the underlying essence, is a rare trait. Leonard Mlodinow is greatly invested with this wonderful gift. A prolific author of Science, Mlodinow weaves his magic once again in the upcoming book, … Continue reading Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking – Leonard Mlodinow