At the Feet of Krishna, Power Becomes Freedom The world is fascinated by power. Nations seek it. Corporations compete for it. Leaders rise because of it. History is shaped by those who acquire it, protect it, lose it, and fight…
Why relationships need direction more than perfection — The Myth of Being Fully Ready Before entering a relationship, we are often told to “find ourselves first.” It sounds sensible. It sounds mature. The problem is that the self is never…
Why Machiavelli, Plato and Aristotle Still Matter There are moments in life when facts no longer feel sufficient. The facts may be clear. The numbers add up. The evidence is visible. We can explain what happened, who won, who lost,…
Avadhoota Mayamma Avadhoota Mayamma, revered as a wandering mystic saint of South India, embodied the essence of renunciation and divine simplicity. Living without possessions, she roamed forests and villages, radiating compassion and silence. Her presence was said to dissolve ego…
David Hume David Hume (1711–1776), the Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, championed empiricism and skepticism. He argued that human knowledge derives from sensory experience, distinguishing between impressions (vivid perceptions) and ideas (fainter copies). Hume questioned causality, suggesting we infer cause-and-effect…
Sophocles Sophocles (c. 497–406 BCE), one of classical Athens’ greatest tragedians, profoundly shaped Greek drama. Author of over 120 plays, only seven survive, including Oedipus Rex, Antigone, and Electra. His innovations—introducing a third actor, reducing the chorus’ role, and deepening…
There are moments when I watch my mind and wonder: Who is it that doubts?Who decides?Who remembers?And who is this “I” that seems to be at the centre of it all? Indian wisdom offers a fascinating lens through which to…
Florence Scovel Shinn Florence Scovel Shinn (1871–1940) was a New Thought teacher, artist, and metaphysical writer whose works emphasized the power of words, faith, and intuition in shaping destiny. She believed life is a spiritual game governed by divine law,…
A Reflection on Desire, Alignment, and Grace Many people speak about attraction as though desire alone is enough. Want something deeply enough, visualise it often enough, repeat the right affirmations, and somehow the universe will rearrange itself in your favour.…
Erling Haaland Erling Braut Haaland, born July 21, 2000 in Leeds, is Norway’s most celebrated striker. Son of footballer Alf-Inge and athlete Gry Marita Braut, he blends power, speed, and precision. Rising from Bryne and Molde to Salzburg, Dortmund, and…
Jim B. Tucker Jim B. Tucker, M.D., born in North Carolina, is a child psychiatrist and reincarnation researcher at the University of Virginia. Educated at UNC-Chapel Hill and UVA, he succeeded Ian Stevenson in studying children’s past-life memories. Tucker’s work…
Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert, born in Rouen in 1821, abandoned law after epilepsy struck, dedicating himself to literature. His masterpiece Madame Bovary (1857) exposed provincial ennui and adultery, earning him a trial for immorality but eventual acquittal. Flaubert’s meticulous prose,…
Sadguru Sri Brahma Sadguru Sri Brahma (1878–1920), born Kaliappan in Naduvapatti, Ramnad District, rose from a humble farming family to become a fiery yogi of immense intensity. He consecrated over 70 ashrams across Tamil Nadu, dedicating his life to manifesting…
Hafez Hafez, the 14th‑century Persian mystic poet, embodied the soul of Shiraz through verses of love, longing, and divine intoxication. His Divan remains a treasury of lyrical wisdom, blending sensual beauty with spiritual depth. He challenged hypocrisy, celebrated wine as…
Swami Dev Murti ji Swami Dev Murti Ji (1920s–2009), disciple of Swami Vishwanath Yati Ji Maharaj, became a Himalayan Yoga Maharishi known for synthesizing diverse traditions into “The One Yoga.” He emphasized discipline, brahmacharya, vegetarianism, and daily purification through kriyas…
Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens, born in The Hague in 1629, was a brilliant mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He discovered Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and correctly explained the planet’s rings. His invention of the pendulum clock in 1656 transformed timekeeping, remaining…
Every few years, a sporting event captures the attention of the world. Governments acknowledge it. Businesses invest in it. Media amplifies it. Millions gather around it. Money flows toward it. Attention flows toward it. And I find myself wondering: What…
awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics. Jean le Rond d’Alembert Born in Paris in 1717, abandoned at Saint-Jean-le-Rond church, Jean le Rond d’Alembert was raised by a foster mother yet secretly supported by his father. Educated…
Joseph-Louis Lagrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813), Italian-born French mathematician, profoundly shaped analysis, mechanics, and number theory. He refined calculus of variations, introduced Lagrangian mechanics, and advanced celestial mechanics, clarifying planetary motion. His Mécanique analytique unified mechanics through algebraic methods, eliminating geometric…
Stillness Even in Movement Travel is often associated with movement. Flights. Trains. Roads. Maps. Itineraries. Changing time zones. Changing landscapes. Yet some of the deepest moments of travel have nothing to do with movement at all. They feel like stillness.…
Moments That Stay Unexpectedly Travel is often remembered through places. Cities.Mountains.Temples.Museums.Landscapes. Yet when I look back on my journeys, it is often the people I remember most. Not because they were extraordinary. Because they were unexpected. A conversation in a…
Work often asks us to become specialists. To know one domain.To hold one role.To stay within one function.To become useful in one defined way. There is value in this. Depth matters. But some forms of work ask for another kind…
The world does not wait for our understanding to become complete. Technology changes.Climate expectations change.Business models change.People expectations change.Leadership changes.The meaning of work changes. In such a world, fixed knowledge is not enough. We need openness. Not the kind of…
Curiosity is often treated as a personal quality. Something nice to have.Something creative people carry.Something that belongs to learning, books, travel, art or exploration. But I have come to see curiosity as a serious way of working. Curiosity changes how…
Learning is often imagined as adding. More knowledge.More skills.More tools.More frameworks.More experience. But some of the most important learning in work begins with subtraction. Unlearning. Letting go of what no longer serves.Questioning what once worked.Releasing assumptions that became invisible.Seeing where…
Expertise is useful. It gives structure.It gives confidence.It gives language.It helps others trust that we know what we are doing. But expertise can also become a wall. After many years of working across leadership, sustainability, digitalization, energy efficiency, climate topics,…
Change often begins as a business need. A new strategy.A new system.A new process.A new target.A new regulation.A new expectation from the world. But change becomes real only when it becomes human. People have to carry it. They have to…
Not all change is loud. Some change does not begin with announcement.Some change does not begin with approval.Some change does not even look like movement at first. It begins quietly. A conversation becomes more honest.A person starts asking a different…
Systems matter. Processes matter.Tools matter.Structures matter.Data matters.Governance matters. But systems do not change by themselves. People change them. This may sound obvious, but it is often forgotten. In work, when something is not functioning, we often redesign the process, introduce…
A change can be implemented without being adopted. A system can go live.A process can be announced.A policy can be released.A dashboard can be built.A training can be completed. And still, the old way may continue. This is one of…
Resistance is usually treated as a problem. Something to overcome.Something to manage.Something to reduce.Something standing in the way of progress. But over time, I have learnt that resistance often carries information. Not always wisdom.Not always truth.But information. When people resist…
Learning, unlearning, staying open Work teaches continuously. Not only through training programs.Not only through certifications.Not only through success. Work teaches through mistakes.Through difficult conversations.Through failed assumptions.Through changing technology.Through people who think differently.Through problems that do not fit into existing knowledge.…
Change, resistance, making movement real Change is often spoken about as if it is a plan. A roadmap.A strategy.A launch.A transformation program.A new system.A new way of working. But real change does not happen on slides. It happens in people.…
Some work moves easily. Not because it is simple. But because the system allows it to move. People know what to do.Information is available.Decisions have a place.Responsibilities are understood.Exceptions are visible.Feedback returns into the process. This is flow. Flow is…
Data is everywhere in work. Numbers.Reports.Dashboards.KPIs.Trends.Targets.Charts. But data by itself does not create direction. It only shows something. Direction appears when we understand what the data is asking us to see. This distinction matters deeply in areas like sustainability, climate,…
Digitalization is often spoken about as progress. A new tool.A new dashboard.A new workflow.A new automation.A new system. And yes, digitalization can be powerful. It can reduce manual work.It can make information visible.It can connect scattered processes.It can improve reporting.It…
Outcomes are visible. A report submitted.A project completed.A target achieved.A dashboard published.A customer served.A change implemented. Because outcomes are visible, they often get most of the attention. But every outcome has a process behind it. And often, the quality of…
Every system produces something. Clarity or confusion.Speed or delay.Ownership or dependency.Trust or friction.Flow or repeated follow-up. In work, when something goes wrong repeatedly, the first instinct is often to look at people. Someone did not respond.Someone missed a deadline.Someone did…
Processes, structures, how things connect Work is never just individual effort. It happens inside systems. A process shapes how people behave.A structure shapes what becomes possible.A dashboard shapes what gets seen.A policy shapes what gets repeated.A culture shapes what people…
In complex work, the visible issue is not always the real issue. A delay may not be only a delay.It may reveal unclear ownership. A conflict may not be only a conflict.It may reveal different interpretations of success. A failed…