Henry B Adams, American historian and writer, is believed to have said that “one never knows where a teacher’s influence ends.” As a teacher, I have always striven to keep that maxim in mind while dealing with students. Even if I couldn’t wield any positive influence, I never wished to leave a scar on the psyche of any student of mine. Best of intentions notwithstanding, we make human errors and there may be students who were not quite happy with me especially since.....
Most emperors are unromantic. Trump is an exception. He has shown that you can have many women in your life and yet be successful. Modi, his counterpart, shows us that you may have no woman in your life at all and yet be successful...
One of the histories of my family, written by a cousin of mine, traces the roots of the Matheikals to one Namboothiri family that was converted to Christianity by none other than Saint Thomas, disciple of Jesus. When I pointed out to the writer that there was no clear historical evidence of Namboothiri presence in Kerala until about the 8th century CE, his answer was that available family legends formed the basis of his claim. There are many Christians in Kerala who make similar claims: t.....
India’s New Education Policy [NEP 2020] lays much emphasis on what it calls Indian Knowledge Systems [IKS]. It refers to the integration of traditional Indian wisdom, including Vedic mathematics, Ayurveda, and ancient science and arts, into modern education. While some of that ‘ancient’ wisdom may be relevant today and some may be innocuous, much of that won’t do any good other than give us a hollow sense of pride in the antiqueness.....
The International Mother Language Day falls in Feb. My blogger-friends, Manali Desai and Sukaina Majeed, have chosen a theme related to IMLD for their Feb’s blog hop. I thought it’s a good opportunity to write about my mother language, Malayalam, which has quite a fascinating and potentially controversial history. The history of Malayalam is linked with that of Tamil, of the Brahmin migration from North India to the South, and the subsequent influence of Sanskrit. The or.....
The Indian Women in Hospitality (IWH) recently organized a knowledge session aimed at empowering and celebrating women’s contributions to the hospitality sector. The event, held on […].....
There's a reason we say Doctors practice medicine. Since we are always trying to learn more,do it better ,the learning continues.And that's the reason..
When Gukesh Dommaraju became the Chess Grandmaster at the age of 18, I was reminded of my personal passion for the game as a young boy. I learnt the game when I was ten years or so and I was so passionate about it that I picked up a book by none less than Bobby Fischer, the most famous chess champion of the time, to learn master strategies. I lacked the commitment of Gukesh, however, and hence didn’t become any champion. But I loved playing the game in those d.....
The hospitality industry is changing and adapting to the evolving work environments around us. This year has been nothing short of a thrilling adventure as I […].....
When fellow blogger Sakshi Varma invited me join a blog-hop on the theme of disability, in connection with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities [IDPD, 3 Dec], the first person who came to my mind was Christopher Boone. Before I come to Christopher, let me tell you about Augustin (not his real name), who was my classmate in high school. Augustin’s right leg had been rendered limp due to polio in childhood. But his greatest passion was football. During the games period,.....
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Charley wants to go back in time and live in the Galesburg of 1894. He belongs to mid-20th century in Jack Finney’s short story, The Third Level. What triggered his longing for Galesburg of 1894 is his accidental arrival at the third level of New York Grand Central Railway station. Grand Central has only two levels. But Charley lands on a different platform which belongs to the older period. The people’s dress, the ticket counters, the gaslights.....
Do you remember the girl in the picture below? The girl who is running naked and crying out in utter helplessness? She is Kim Phuc. Many of you will recall this picture easily because it is a classic photo that played a role in putting an end to the prolonged Vietnam War (1955-1975). That war remains in human history as one of the most controversial and traumatic conflicts. A futile war in the name of an ideology: communism. Communists and Anti-Communists killed each other with the nob.....
I met Ms Dhanya Ramachandran a few years ago at one of the centralised evaluation camps of CBSE. Then we met again every year for the same purpose until I retired from teaching officially. I’m not sure whether it’s her Mona Lisa smile or her commendable efficiency with the job that drew my attention more to her. Last week I came to know that Dhanya (let me take the liberty of calling her so) received an award for her contributions to the cause of education. I wished to bring h.....
