I’d have liked it to be a table of a bar filled with lights dancing to the tune played by the live orchestra trying hard to match up to lovely voice of a vocalist – who sounds very familiar but doesn’t look like one, singing the song that I always liked to hear but to…
Author: lavkush
Is being nice beyond business?
The human race has made significant progress since it came into being. We’re no longer naked creatures chasing animals barefoot with the hope of satisfying pangs of hunger. We’re evolved and now have greater goals to go after, we’ve put man on the moon, many machines made by us circle celestial objects we still know…
Innovation : Why & How!
In the better part of the 20th century, the need for things to become smart was felt strongly as a result of the shift that economy took from conventional industries to newer avenues, then it became essential to supply goods to a market which was already populated with options and suppliers, logical manoeuvring took center…
Protest & Humour, YES!
From a fan of Protests The very idea of protest is very romantic for someone like me who has been a student of History and is particularly proud of the Indian freedom movement – the whole exercise of driving oppressive British out of Indian soil was indeed one mammoth display of what results can be…
Democracy ..Majoritarianism & Jallikattu!
Critics of democracy have often to discredit it have called it ‘rule by the mob’ – I’m a proponent of free and fair democracy and therefore have serious differences with that line of thought. But have to admit that every now and then we do experience instances which if not conclusively but at least to…
Crime Against Women – Why?
We’re a country of extremists, yes, at least in matters, concerning women! On one hand – we accept and proudly thump our chest to a tradition which professes woman being deity, Devi & Durga are a few titles that we often associate with ladies, not just that, we even have full blown festivals to celebrate…
Harimandir Sahib, Patna : 350th Prakash Parv!
My association with Harimandir Sahib Gurudwara, the birth place of 10th and last guru, Guru Govind Singh ji Maharaj dates back to second half of the last decade of 1980ties (Yes, I’m that archaic), the person who introduced me to it was my loving Granddad who would invariably visit it every evening, all his friend…
Political freedom is not personal liberty!
History opens us up to various ways, we ‘humans’ discovered to organise our existence, from small groups to big countries – these were essentially created to generate order. Initially it was about the most powerful, physically, leading the herd, because then challenges used to be tough and limited to situations that demanded power, for example…
Politics : Betrayal on purpose or tactics of survival?
Every since I was small child _ I’ve dreamed of becoming a politician, no the aspiration hasn’t yet given me either all the skills essential for the job or an opportunity, neither have I left everything else to pursue it- while I certainly plan to take that big leap of my life, very soon (…
How to make this “moment” all yours?
All we have is this moment for what will succeed it, is unknown and uncertain, what preceded it, is either, lost to memories or regrets – or is in this short while called moment is life and bigger than the moment is the desire to make it ours, not all of us succeed but we…