By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam I was meeting up with an old friend after several years and we decided to catch up with each other over coffee.  This friend had worked as a Senior Adviser in his Government before moving on to work in the private sector.  He was narrating his experience of working with two…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Mindfulness and living in the present are words that are thrown around so commonly that no conversation on stress-free living, meditation or wellness is complete without using them.  It is increasingly becoming ‘cliché’ to use them and one is surprised at how little people actually know about this or how useful…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Manikarnika (name changed both for privacy and security reasons) was a lively sixteen-year-old studying in a College near her village which was located 200 kms from the State capital of a Eastern State of India. Being a tribal girl was not easy and she was lucky to have a father who…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Traditional thinking associates leadership with authority and it is intuitively interpreted as having the power to lead people and organisations to bring about the change that one desires. Occupying positions of authority reinforces this understanding and people start relying more and more on the ‘power’ that goes with the position.   Over…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam When one reads the several tweets that are flooding the social media space about the ongoing political drama in the State of Karnataka, one worries on how people are interpreting ‘Leadership’ and how they see the State being led.  While one party cries foul and blames the selfish positioning of the…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam It is indeed amazing to see how people are constantly rushing ahead with their lives. All of them seem to be in such an undue haste. Very few actually stop, take a pause and ask themselves why they are in such an undue hurry. It seems as though man is engaged…