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Sunday, 29 November 2020

An Ode to Audit

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Nearly fifteen years ago I was posted as the Addl. Divisional Railway Manager of Nagpur Division in the South East Central Railway. We had a...
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020

A New National Festival (दिल्ली की सर्दी)

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Delhiites must think that they are God’s gift to Indians. They enjoy the best civic amenities in the country. Delhi has the best roads, pave...
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Monday, 16 November 2020

Winding Down

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What is the age at which one should begin to think of uncluttering life? Fifty, sixty or three scores and ten? Now that I am quickly approac...
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Saturday, 5 September 2020

The Death of the Conference Circuit

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Some call it the cocktail circuit. To attend one of those you had to pay an entry fee of $1500, then travel and hotel expenses would add up ...
Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Of High Perch and the Hard Ground

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It is necessary to know your men if you want to go beyond the incremental and deliver magic. The difference between a leader and a manager i...
Tuesday, 26 May 2020

मेरी तप की आकांक्षा और मोक्षमार्ग की बाधाएँ

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पुराने ज़माने में ऋषि मुनी बात- बात पर तपस्या में लग जाते थे ।   क्रोध पर नियंत्रण नहीं रहा तो पर्वत पर पाँच वर्षों की ...
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Saturday, 9 May 2020

Remembering Father on Mother’s Day

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Loss of one’s father is a shock that is impossible to recover from. Don’t get me wrong. Mother is no less important. Mother is the very esse...
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An Ode to Babugiri

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I had an interesting incident in Southern Railway, a typical babu response to a routine matter. The response was meant to impress all and ...
Saturday, 25 April 2020

DREAM URBAN LIFE - Any takers anymore?

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What fun is living in a metropolitan city if there are no movies, clubs, restaurants, parties, music festivals and lit-fests? Over time ci...
Friday, 24 April 2020

Killing of Sadhus and Attack on Arnab (What is amiss?)

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Killing of Sadhus in Palghar is disturbing no doubt, but such motivated attacks have been common. Attack on Arnab is also understandable si...
Monday, 23 September 2019

On the the First Engineers’ Day After Train-18

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In my SCRA interview I was asked a simple-sounding question, “So you want to be an engineer?  Can you name five engineers of the country?” ...
Saturday, 14 September 2019

Crisis in the Indian Automotive Sector! Really?

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Media is agog with the crisis in Indian Automobile Industry - sales are down, losses are mounting, there is unsold inventory and so on. We...
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