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Reality Check
But wait a minute, the mens’ queues were fast moving. All agile! No bottlenecks! So, what made difference to mens’ queue? The sheer number of security check gates for men far outnumbered those for women! But how and why?! The feminist inside me questioned. There were seven gates for men, versus two for women.
Integrating to Disintegrate?
The big fish eats the small. But at what cost? Welcome to the world of business acquisitions in the next story “Integrating to Disintegrate?”
A Bittersweet Life
Today’s story is about Mitali, a child-woman I encountered more than a decade back. What made her special?
Born and Brought up in Mumbai
Homemade, with love!
Finally, I asked her the million dollar question, “Radha aunty, what motivates you to churn a wholesome meal day after day, without fail, and you don’t take even Sundays off!?”, she simply quipped with a twinkle in her eyes, “Recognition! You see we don’t go to office like you all do, I want people to appreciate my food, and that’s my only reward, I don’t want anything else!”. How uncomplicated, brutally simplistic! Let’s get to know our next door Home Chef, Radha aunty little better.
It Starts with You, If not You, then Who?
Over the years, I have become more discerning of diversity around me. Sometimes I wonder, if this has been the natural outcome of conditioning that I received in my formative years. My journey of becoming inclusive of the world around me – “It Starts with You, if not You, then Who?”
Sharma Ji, the Unexpected Coach
What makes Sharma Ji exceptional, is his ability to carry on conversations on Indian politics with three of us on board – my parents and I, my father at the front seat, whom Sharma ji has direct access to, to brainstorm over all matters of national importance! In first couple of instances of travelling with him, I found him to be a definite extrovert and well, excessively chatty!