Back in the school days, quite near our school, we had one Annapoorna sweets shop. It was a kind of bakery cum sweet shop. They mainly sold sweets. And they sold some of the best samosas during those days. There was no seating space there. We had to stand and order. They would give one … Read more
Ask me where we can get the best samosas in Mysore. I’ll guide you towards – Dhanalakshmi Sweets in Saraswathipuram. The location on Google map is wrong. However it’s approximately around the same locality. Just ask someone like olden times and they’ll guide you. Here’s the Google map location: Dhanalakshmi Sweets What’s so special about … Read more
Do you people also feel that good people are held accountable to higher standards than average or bad people? Let me narrate you a few incidents that happened with my family and relatives: It baffles me how all of these prejudices and fake claims are made only against healthy food items like fruits and vegetables. … Read more
Many companies and organisations these days have something like “staff welfare department”. This is created for the purpose of satisfying some norms of the institution to show off that they care for their workers. Sometimes, it is created as a mandate to satisfy some labour law or government norms. What these staff welfare departments do: … Read more
Let’s go back. Modi comes to power in 2014. Things are going fine in 2016, although Modi govt has already started their attack on democracy. Out of nowhere, Modi appears on TV on an evening of November 2016 and announces demonetization! What followed his announcement on state television is serious chaos, never ending queues outside … Read more
My friend recalled one incident at his company where the boss asked for ideas to show gratitude to the housekeeping staff. Housekeeping staff is the one that cleans up the office and premises. So the HR came up with a brilliant idea. The idea was that the office staff will do the cleaning for one … Read more
A few lessons for young people: First lesson is that be confident and do not be submissive. Know that you are an independent human being and develop your self worth. You do not need to bow down before people equal to you or even above you. Be kind to people below your hierarchy and also … Read more
Back in my childhood… When we moved to this house, our area was less populated. Less houses, less people, no vehicles at all after 7pm, no shops and amenities. The last bus was around 8:45 or 9pm! Summers used to be sunny and summer nights would be hot. But after 8 or 9pm, sometimes during … Read more
Take most of the businesses, they are all testing our limits and dehumanising us. Let me list out: Alternative? If these people should start respecting you, you should stop patronizing them. The problem is that – do you have an alternative? As long as the other person knows that you got no alternative or that … Read more
There are two interesting proverbs in Kannada and I feel the two are opposites and present alternate wisdom for the same situation. Situation: what is the right time to start a work? First: yudda kaale shastraabhyasa – probably borrowed from Sanskrit, it means: “practicing the use of weapons at the time of war”. This proverb … Read more