Amongst the severed fingers lie A golden ring engraved ‘peace’ A blind is holding a gun weeping And the deaf is dead with earplugs on The dumb stood still and cried out loud The insane bowed low and begged mercy The powerful were all crushed to dust And life was seen crawling on knees They said this war would restore peace But price per piece … Continue reading Irony of Life
via ted.com Metaphors have become so much of a part of our communications that we often don’t realize when we use one. An interesting piece in the video is that its the Metaphor is what gives life to what we convey and keeps it alive in the minds or the listener or reader. Interesting talk that opens up to new information about language Posted via … Continue reading James Geary, metaphorically speaking
The Blueprint of Life is infact Grey Continue reading BluePrint
Being Unkind is not our Kind, So Be Kind Continue reading Kind UnKind
Nothing in his mind Just Uncertainty On death row for 20 years He finally walks free A crime so heinous He wished death than being accused But now he walks Free Half dead of the man he was A part of him was put to death Every single day in confinement Another part just crumbled to dust In the weight of his own optimism 20 … Continue reading Freedom with an Apology
Today – I stand here looking at yesterday I went in search – Of me, into my own distant past I decided to tread The steps backwards for the first time I saw – Faces, moments and passions in life I realized – None of them were with me today The Faces – Shrunk in familiarity as I moved on I forgot – Many names … Continue reading A Walk into the Past
“Simplicity of Confidence”, so well said by Dr. V in this video. Medical practitioners’ world over have a position that many professionals don’t have. A position where people come to them with an unflinching element of trust, as it is looked more as a service than a profession. Hence this demands a very bold responsibility on their part to make an impartial judgment of what … Continue reading Aravind Eye Care System
Fields Wicker-Miurin’s talk had some people claiming it not that good or worthy for TED. Well the point many miss is that more than being taught of new things we need to be reminded of what we already know. I felt the talk was really good for it let us know closely three lives from different parts of the world that had the same message … Continue reading Fields Wicker-Miurin on Leadership’s Missing Manual
Interesting to note someone say that there is an Indian way to things and that it is very similar to the ways in other places, but built from the myth and believes in India. People visiting India both for fun and business both have seen the diversity from cultural traits with which they could never relate properly to mannerisms, accent and attire, that make them … Continue reading Devadutt Pattanaik on East vs. West
My expectation on Tharoor’s talk was too high I guess. More over there was a lot of twitterola on the same. He is with no doubt a great speaker and a refreshing addition to the Indian politics. His talk lights up these thoughts in my mind 1. The bricks that hold the diversity of India are very strong 2. India has so many more stories … Continue reading Tharoor’s Soft Power
Vinod Narayan 