I was chatting with my American friend Bob on a chat site when he wrote.‘Hey you Indians are the biggest idiots. Look at the way a Chief Minister in India is erecting statues of herself. I cannot conceive such a phenomenon involving an American...

INFORMATION ABOUT A CREATIVE ASTROLOGER I did not know that I had acquired a reputation as a guru of creativity far beyond the corporate circles where I conduct workshops on LATERAL THINKING. I was surprised to receive an email asking me if I...

What is missing in India – the one door that can open all other doors. Returning after a three month visit to India my NRI friend felt that nothing had changed after 26/11. A self confessed India lover, he says that he would not be surprised if...

OF Netas (Politicians) and Black Dogs. After I wrote my humorous blog about Shah Rukh getting an ‘Honorary Black Belt’ award for his exposition of Karate skills in bollywood movies, I got a lot of interesting responses from readers. You may...

INDIANS AND AMERICANS – A NEW TWIST ! I was invited to address MBA students at a local B School in Maryland. I was told that students were a fun loving lot but would not mind if I interjected some serious stuff since I was a guest of their...

AN UNUSUAL AWARD FOR SHAH RUKH KHAN Shah Rukh Khan has set a new trend in India and not just in the film industry. Many actors and other achievers have received the Padma awards. Some have received the Dada Saheb Phalke award. A few have received the...

DOES INDIA RESPECT ITS SCIENTISTS ? At a party the other night the discussion came around to vegetarianism. Someone said that non vegetarians tend to be more violent than vegetarians. This sparked an intense debate. At one point I said that there are...

WORK TO DEATH The death of a MNC CEO Mr Ranjan Das of SAP, India, at a young age of 42 of a massive heart attack must make us all sit up and ask some questions. I shall begin by sharing something that I notice here in the US [ and sometimes in India...

SHAH RUKH, BECKHAM AND I Indians can now shout—as in Hindi movies—‘badla badla’. My detective friend Alphonso tells me that after the Shah Rukh Khan episode in which the star was detained at Newark Airport there was much anger and sense...

SHAH RUKH KHAN ,TALIBAN PAKISTAN AND I I attended a seminar at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C a couple of months ago .During the break I walked up to a table where an African American, and two young girls were sipping coke. One young girl...