By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The results of the recent general elections have seen several people rejoicing while many others sulking or depressed. While it is easy to share the sweetness of success, it is how one responds to the pressure of failure that can bring out the leader in a person. While this is easier…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Leadership is indeed a very much used and abused word. From Mahatma Gandhi to Hitler to the mafia don, everyone is called a ‘leader’. I have always believed that Leadership is innate within every individual and one only needs to manifest this.  One has to call upon our inner resources and…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Mudalimadiah is a very senior and respected chieftain of the Kadukuruba tribe. Though I have known him since the time I went to Brahmagiri in 1987, we got to be close friends only after 1996. This was the time we had started engaging with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) about…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The world is used to describing people as ‘leaders.’ Very few realise that it is not about being a leader but having the ability to exercise leadership. Being a leader is intuitively understood, but exercising leadership is not something that one can easily relate to.  We are more prone to see…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Kamakshi and her life is an inspiration not just to women, but to all people engaged in the endeavour of human development. I got to know of her through one of my colleagues who interacts with her on a regular basis. Kamakshi and her family reside in Shanbhoganahalli in Hunsur taluk…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Though it is fashionable nowadays to talk about ‘Sustainable Living’ only a few of us actually convert our talk into walk. We spend endless hours in conferences and debates but do very little at the individual level to address concerns affecting our unsustainable ways of living.   Every few years, the…

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam To Our Readers Leadership is traditionally seen as a specialised ability that only a few are endowed with, generally people in position of power or authority. While this could be intuitively easy to understand, leadership in the real world operates differently. In this series of fortnightly articles titled ‘Leadership Lessons for…