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There is a story that one day Shah Jahan wanted to know how the Taj Mahal was progressing. To find out he disguised himself as an old man and he went to the site by the Yamuna river. There he came across a stonecutter, whom he asked "What are you doing?" The stone cutter was annoyed by the disturbance and said, "Go away old man, don't you see that I'm busy?" The stonecutter's dedication impressed Shah Jahan.

Sankalp as an organization has been growing at a steady rate. We now have dedicated set of volunteers who are probably the best people to do the work they do, with less number of people to replace them and do the same quality of work. So, as of now, all of us are working in our respective wings, in turn actually working towards a common goal, eliminating blood shortage problem.

Just read about the controversy about RGV's new firm "Rann". Inquisitively I clicked youtube to checkout the promos. And to my horror I found this ghastly director has dared to play around with the lyrics of the National Anthem. Listening to the initial beats I stated getting up from my chair but within a second I realised that this movie has crossed all limits and seems to be exploiting the freedom of speech and expression in the worst kind of way.

In my small hometown of Mussoorie summers were short and warm. Being a very cold town indeed people are not used to drinking a lot of water. I am sharing with you the memory of the Humble Matki. It came back to me today for a reason that I have shared below.

The ascent of a country from poverty to prosperity, from tradition to modernity is a great and fascinating enterprise. India has recently emerged as a vibrant free-market democracy after the economic reforms in 1991 and it has begun to flex its muscles in the global information economy. But this revolution had eluded India for a long time. About 100 years ago, Karl Marx predicted that industrial revolution would soon dawn upon India.

The three broad phases of individual development described in Chapter Two were characterised as dependent, independent and interdependent. These also describe different relationships of power of people to each other in different phases of life.

I was communicating with a wise friend and we were talking about relationships. We were talking about romantic relationships at the time, but after thinking about it, the exchange we shared could be true of any significant relationship … between friends, co-workers, employees, and parents with children.

Proving one's point

I have heard this phrase several times. Mostly from highly ambitious egoistical types (A bit of ego is good enough), but never really understood. I have seen people straining themselves to just prove this thing. I got more confused.

Just few minutes back, I felt as if I understood what it meant.

Life is too simple to make complex or too complex to make simple???