Over the weekend I was talking to Rummuser uncleji. We were talking about many things one was – “uncleji you dont call me, its only me who calls you!”. So he said “Pravin I am a generation old and for me internet, mobile etc are new age things and not Read more
I hae written on Interdependent co-arising (older blogs at the link) earlier. The concept simply means – we are all dependent on each other. Those who want to know the concept in layman term follow this blog – interdependent co-arising example of a farmer. Definintion of interdependent co-arising is below with a Read more
Let us imagine, a border-less world. A world where 1. people can move from one place to the other without Visas 2. goods and services can be bought and sold without import/export duties 3. education is free (at least basic education) 4. people would be free to do what they Read more
What are we? We are a society, made of communities, families and individuals. We are talking about growth on global scale. At times we are talking more about “saving” the world from financial melt down. I sometimes think – who has created it at the first place? That is for Read more
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. Wealth in itself is of no value, someone owning it gives “it” some “value”. Similarly Wisdom (Hinduism) is considered a state of mind and soul where a person achieves salvation. Again here salvation is achieved by “someone”. So salvation may Read more
33 Understanding change and change in understanding is a book by Richard Saul Wurman. You know TED conferences? He created that. I want to write a lot of blogs (perhaps one for each page from the book). Professor Mankad gave this book to me, when I requested him for opinions Read more
Recently one of my friends – Krishna Kranthi has written a novel – “MBA is not about Money, Blazer, Arrogance“. Generally I don’t read fiction but the title of the novel made me read it. It is an interesting read and good authorship for a first time novelist. I liked Read more
I was watching Kung Fu Panda. In one discussion Master Shi Fu and Master Oogway are talking. Watch the video below Illusion of control [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li9wgw0a2QI] This video is interesting, it talks about the “illusion’ of control we’ve in our mind. Actually, for a couple of months I’ve been thinking – Read more
Assume (as few may not believe in rebirth) that someone died as a Jew and born again as a Muslim. The soul has only did one thing – changed sides from one HATE group to the other. Remember Jews and Muslims have conflict in Palestine, I am not an expert Read more
This is a TED talk I heard yesterday. Thanks to my mobile and TED app found this video. This is a very interesting & small talk by Bob Thurman. I felt to have the transcript too so have searched and pasted it below. [ted id=130] And I feel like this Read more