Category: 2009

Get the numbers right

It’s summer again, with everything it brings – the heat, the dust, the mangoes, sugarcane juice… and best of all, holidays! But it is also a time of preparation, of cleaning out the old cupboards and readying them for new Read More …

Curbing groupism beyond limits

Among all the mixed messages and information overload we are subjected to every day in the news, one thing stands out for me this month: a young medical student’s death by ragging. While recognizing that what we read or see Read More …

Making every child count

After having sat up to watch the Oscars and celebrated A R Rahman’s recognition on a global platform, one is struck by the whole phenomenon of appreciation and validation. To receive, and even expect this for technical and creative excellence, Read More …

A hard look at soft skills

I am at a conference; people are milling around the coffee service station, lines forming and unforming at an alarming rate, some brash young upcoming professionals elbowing out older, gentler stalwarts. People are huddled in important-looking clusters and others stand Read More …

Time for clean talk!

December is a month of special days, and we are not just talking about the Christmas holidays! There is World AIDS Day, World Disability Day, World Human Rights Day, World Anti-Corruption Day, and so on. On World Human Rights Day, Read More …