Life Lessons from Bird Watching
I was a toddler when my parents used to take me to ‘Dinga Pull’, a local pond, near my home town of Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala District. The pond was full, of a number of local as well as migratory birds like cranes, black winged stilts, herons and geese etc. Those were the days when
Management Lessons from Ali Baba & Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and his elder brother Qasim are the sons of a merchant. After their father’s death, the greedy Qasim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, building on their father’s business. Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter. *One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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