Couselling for Better Relationships
I lament why has the government increased diesel price by Rs.5? Instead, it should have increased it by Rs.20, and then rolled it back to Rs.17. And the very next day, made a couple of announcements: 1. Offered a special one time DA of Rs.5,000 to all its employees to help them meet the diesel […]
Our class teacher in standard II and IV was a gentleman whom we addressed as Mr. Vohra (fellow FAPSians may recall him). He was a midget of a man – barely 5 feet tall. But at that age, he still was tall enough for us. Ironically, he was a brute. He used three novel ways […]
We jump to help a friend, even before we hear him or her say ‘help’! But a stranger? I’ve discovered something called Rang De. Called social investment, it lets me lend Rs.100 to a needy stranger. And lo and behold, the stranger returns my Rs.100, with interest, within the next 12 months! Rang De is […]
Being a customer is a joy. You demand; others oblige. You ask, others give. You pay, others receive. What a high! Here are three real life stories. You’ll easily identify with the love for customers. Story 1 I booked an air ticket for my colleague. In Indigo. Then mailed it to him. Back came his […]
62 year-old Sudhir Karnik was admitted to a leading hospital in Delhi early this year. He had suffered a heart attack. The hospital had him operated immediately. Post operation he was shifted into the ICU. As is practice, he was put on ventilators to help him recover. However, by Day 2, he was still unconscious. […]
Gandhi’s historic dandi march earned him the Time magazine’s ‘Man of the Year’ in 1930. The Dandi march was followed by civil disobedience and declaration of swaraj by Congress party. This rattled the British, forcing them to pay attention. Discussions followed, resulting in Irwin-Gandhi pact in March 1931. Though the pact didn’t make the British recognize India’s independence, […]