One day my manager announced that we start sunrise meetings in the organisation. He felt that the teams are not very creative, and it is necessary to improve the thinking mindset in the organisation. According to a popular view, creativity is a product of the brain’s right hemisphere, and this…

“ When Garuda, the vehicle of Vishnu, was carrying the pot of Amrit, a drop fell onto the earth, and this germinated as ‘Averakai’, quips my friend in Bangalore. Averekai is starchy and nutritious, like most other beans, but with a distinct, luxurious aroma known as ‘sogadu’ in Kannada. …

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ( Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809–1902) Today, I reflected on the new year resolutions I made in the past. As the years…

We had two movie theatres in our town where I grew up -Regal and Crown. Regal had three classes: Floor, Bench and Chair, while Crown had four categories with an additional balcony. The ‘arrived’ went to the balcony and looked down upon the poor souls like us literally. While we…

I was on a customer visit with my manager to Katrakoola. The Government officials of Katrakoola received us at the airport. After a grand reception with garlands and flower bouquets, we were in a long motorcade with two motorbikes and a security car in front, followed by a few cars…

I was thrilled to receive an invitation to attend a three-day conference on technology and innovation in Tokyo. The sponsors paid for my travel and accommodation, and it would be an excellent opportunity to meet my manager and my colleague, Tsukamoto-san. Tsukamoto-san is exceptional. I bow down to her for…

I love the small town where I grew up. A small temple and a vast well are the landmarks and the famous name as a vast railway junction. There is an enormous banyan tree in the centre of the town with an ancient squarish construction under the tree where people…

I want to talk about a personal change I went through last week. After two years of captivity because of the unprecedented health crisis, I travelled from Bangalore to New Jersey. Transitions have always been very tough for me, small or large. While several think that it is great fun…

Srikanth is a popular name in South India. I knew several friends and relatives with the same name. One of them completed his PhD in Chemistry and ended up in a semiconductor fab in Malaysia. My nephew with the same name completed his MBA at Purdue and doing himself well…