Govardhan Puja: Thanks Giving Day to our Parents- Lessons from our Puranas

Today’s the fourth day of Diwali festival and Hindu’s across the world celebrate this day by performing Govardhan Puja. In this post I’ll share the story of Govardhan Puja and one more story from our Puranas and my take on Govardhan Puja Story 1: Krishna was playing with his friends when he saw villagers of

A Thought Well Provoked!

Last week I conducted a training program for IDBI Bank at New Delhi. It was a three days training program and everything went as per the plan and all my trainees were happy. Post session a couple of trainees wanted to talk to me regarding their future plans and seek some help on how can

Lod Hai- ਲੋੜ ਹੈ

In 1675 Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus) led by Pandit Kirpa Ram came to seek help from Guru Tegh Bahadur for protection against atrocities of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. They, on the advice of the Guru, told the Mughal authorities that they would willingly embrace Islam if Guru Tegh Bahadur, did the same. Guru Tegh Bahadur was arrested

Har Har Mahadev- Each One in Himself (People Empowerment Perspective)

Our ancient literature and mythological books are full of stories – citing friendship, faith, dutifulness, leadership, dedication, compassion etc. Like always, I get ideas – relating their perspective to our jet age life, where I deal with people at various levels in different organisations. Being a L&D professional I have been working on bringing change

Delegation in Ramayana (#Mythology & Management)

There are two stories from Ramayana which I found to be very interesting. Story-1 Lord Ram helped Sugriva to regain his honor and made him king of Kishindha. Sugriva and his vanar army decided to help Lord Ram unite with his wife Mata Sita who was abducted by demon king Ravan. The entire Vanar army

You.. the God!

Have you ever wondered why do people take birth? What makes them take birth? They have friends, relatives, companions. Who is God’s companion? Here is a small story, I was told in my childhood and the lesson to be learnt. As they say God is one. He is perfect and is the supreme power. Because

Ashta Siddhi- 8 Divine Powers

I love to read Hindu mythology and try to learn the meaning of each and every story or verse. I am reading Hanuman Chalisha in morning prayers since my childhood days. I always believed that I know the meaning of all the verses of Hanuman Chalisa. Few days back while I was praying I stopped

TEDx Gurgaon 2012 – Ever thought about taking the Road Less Traveled?

Saturday the September 1st, was another day of learnings and experience. After a hectic week of travel and meetings, I really thought it would be difficult to sit through a Saturday and listening to people. But then, I decided to give it shot – Ah! My love for meeting the people – who have believed

Find your Inner Strength.

A week back, while I was working on a leadership module for a level II executive batch of middle management & senior executives, I thought of another story from Indian mythology to back my content. Like I always maintain, stories enable a total recall. Stories not only evoke our brain cells but they also summon

‘PEMI de Niyane’ (The Children of PEMI)- A Tale of Faith & Belief

Having come across many Introvert, Low in Confidence cases, in my trainings and; personal counseling sessions, one day I tried to explain it in a well simple way through a very simple story which I read somewhere in my childhood. Here is the story: ‘PEMI de Niyane’ (The Children of PEMI)- A Tale of Faith