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October 02, 2008
By Sushma Ravikiran
Eyes are the most integral part of human physiology. Can you imagine spending a single day blindfolded? That can never be possible. Right? The day will pass, but with a lot of obstacles. Such is the importance of this organ. But it´s not enough if we just have a pair of ...
September 24, 2008
By Jayanti Shekhar
Do you know which human habit is not categorized as a disease but is a well-known cause of a number of diseases? It´s none other than smoking. 'Smoking is bad for you'– is a very old warning, but had not been taken seriously by any generation. Around 1.1 billion people an...
August 29, 2008
By B. Premila Kabuini
Bogged down by the countless problems of day-to-day existence, it does seem like a challenge to put even a smile on your face.
I remember a quote by the world famous comedian Charlie Chaplin – "A day without laughter is a day wasted." How true! The ability to laugh at a ...
August 05, 2008
By Jayanti Shekhar
The Womensday.com story - Living in pain - simply does not discuss the experience of Carolyn Bishop but reflects the suffering of entire humanity from fibromyalgia.
Carolyn says in her article, "When the nurse told me that I had fibromyalgia, I started crying. Finally someon...
July 16, 2008
By Sangeeta Ghosh Dastidar
Let us join a class where kids aged eight happily spell ´Pots´ and ´Tops´ and obviously they are objects distinct from each other; anyone with a more than average IQ knows that. But, when these letters seem to read the same, the result is ´...
July 10, 2008
By T Harish
Having a mentor is like having a compass. The choice ultimately depends on the direction one takes. The relationship established between two individuals where knowledge, skills and experience are shared is mentoring. Successful mentoring can bring about a drastic change in organisatio...
July 09, 2008
By Aparajita Purkayastha Dutta
How many times have you felt like the whole world was looking at you, waiting for you to take the call? How many times have you felt all eyes in the room boring into you, waiting for you to take the call? I have felt it a zillion times, and I am sure most of you wou...
June 16, 2008
By Shilpa C Nangali
On February 13, 2008, I read in an online outlet that a teen collapsed after ingesting seeds of morning glory plant. I looked for details and came to know that the seeds of many species of ´morning glory plant´ contain ergot alkaloids, which can create an effect si...
June 13, 2008
By Hariprasad .P
Has stress pushed you into the danger zone?
"Burn out is an equal-opportunity condition" say many experts in different fields. And, that holds true whether you work in an office or at home. Burn out is a due to poor time and stress management. It can be caused due to lack o...
June 11, 2008
By Arunava Das
Weekends for some Bangaloreans would mean partying, hopping discos or liquor. For them these are means of relaxation and a break from the fast paced life during the week.
Though I am one of those who lead a fast paced life, I beg to differ from them. For me weekends are opportu...
April 14, 2008
By Laveena Mathias
Supplements were meant basically for patients who do not eat enough and for people who do not include certain nutrients in their diet. But as time moved on, there are hundreds and thousands of supplements in the market today, each with its own boasts and claims. Certainly they ca...
April 09, 2008
By Shekeb Naim
Even though it is a mature industry, the fast food market in the United States is seeing a fair amount of upheaval. Competition is tough and survival is difficult. It is no longer enough to just fill someone´s stomach – you have to do it better and faster than others do. Produc...
February 29, 2008
By Sushma R
We have seen our parents and elders constantly complaining about joint pains and body aches. These pains come due to several reasons and many of them depend on one´s eating habits, exercise patterns and the medication taken for other causes. We can say that age-related problems ...
February 15, 2008
By A Geeta
We have all heard the story of six blind men who were asked to describe an elephant by touching and feeling it. And all six came up with six different descriptions! One who touched the tail of the elephant said it was a rope, and then the other who touched its ear said it was a huge fa...
February 07, 2008
By Shilpashri
Extempore is an impromptu speech that is delivered with little or no preparation. Although it is spontaneous, it requires great effort to deliver an extempore successfully. In the corporate setup, ´extempore´ is one of the ways to assess a prospective employee´s comm...
February 04, 2008
By Sangeeta G. Dastidar
From Bangalore in southern India to Kaziranga in the east and westward too, asthma as a "living" ailment is definitely worth worrying than the "breathless cough" it triggers. Asthma by "prevention" and not mere medical symptomatic cure is the new health buzz. So the questi...
January 15, 2008
Schizophrenia has remained a mystery over centuries and its exact causes are still not very clear, despite decades of rigorous research.
December 28, 2007
By Arun Swamy
A growing trend witnessed in recent times across corporate boardrooms has been the concern for environmental protection and implementation of initiatives for environmental conservation. Half of the US's top 100 companies are now reporting on their environmental, social and governanc...
November 30, 2007
Srividhya S
Diabetes mellitus has gained immense notoriety in recent years, as it is fast becoming the world’s biggest silent killer. Despite thousands of people dying each year all over the world due to diabetes mellitus, it is unfortunate that no proper cure for this disease has been discovered y...
November 16, 2007
By G Ravi
Time management began with a commitment to change. The key to successful time management is planning and then protecting the planned time. The solution for successful time management is really quite simple, all that needs to be done is ‘Plan one’s work and work one’s plan’. But that’s eas...
November 08, 2007
By Prathima V
Schizophrenia is one of the most chronic and disabling of major mental illnesses. It is a highly complex condition, and scientists are not even sure if it is one disorder, or a range of disorders, with different causes. About one percent of the population develops schizophrenia during...
October 29, 2007
By John Rajiv
The rapidly changing arena of mobile phone technology has spelt out the catch phrase ‘Innovate or Die’, where global companies are clinging on to their area of expertise to stay in, rather than being out, and the mobile phone industry has truly weathered the ‘Winds of Change’. In the ...
October 12, 2007
By Sangeeta Ghosh Dastidar
Are you a worried citizen of India but mature enough to take an avid interest in the foreign policy implications of India? If so, ‘India’ beckons all in this ‘sovereign world’, and whether India signs the much touted and hacked to death “Nuke Deal” is well, worth the watc...
October 08, 2007
By Sharada K.S.
Fast-paced lifestyle, lack of physical activity, pressing deadlines, domestic pressures, crumbling relationships, degenerating environment; blame it on anything, and the five-letter word stress has come to occupy permanently a corner of our brains, and silently cause a host of ailm...
October 04, 2007
By Prashanthi Reddy
Innovation means introduction of something new or a creative idea. These ideas improve the way we create and do things to remain competitive. Some ideas are small and iterative; others can create an entire paradigm shift. Evidence shows that businesses that have the awareness ...
October 01, 2007
By Guruvardhan J
A schoolteacher in a small town distributed some colorful square sheets of paper to her Class III students. The students were then told to create any form they could imagine. The class fell silent and all that one could hear was the rattling of papers. Suddenly, a boy shrieked vict...
September 24, 2007
By Guhamba D
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. — Samuel Johnson
The importance of the above statement cannot be overemphasized, more so in the age of Internet that has revolutionized the way we approach information sources, ma...
September 24, 2007
By Shoma Bakre
"If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman" - Margaret Thatcher.
I object to anyone saying that it is a man’s world - in fact I don’t think it ever was. I am not a feminist and certainly never cared about burning bras. I like men to be chivalrous...
September 18, 2007
By Shoma Bakre
In the current 24/7 economy, also known as the knowledge economy, the ability to act faster and more effectively than the competition can define market as well as industry success for any organization. The new economy is fuelled by information that plays an essential role in the deve...
September 11, 2007
By Shekeb Naim
People, generally, love to take routes that require less effort and energy, ignoring the fact that to accomplish any task there is some threshold effort that has to be input, anything less than that is unacceptable. Can the molecules of water start colliding against each other with t...
August 30, 2007
By Roopa S
The current state of biotechnology education in Bangalore, the biotech hub, leaves far too much to be desired. Serious attention needs to be paid by authorities to offer meaningful education that fulfills the needs of industry and also the aspirations of the scores of students.
The key ...
August 24, 2007
By G Ravi
'For it is not upon the physical sciences that the future will depend. It is upon us who are trying to understand and deal with the interactions between human beings' -Carl Rogers
The ability to understand how people see and hear us or perceive us is critical for effective communication....
August 22, 2007
By Shoma Bakre
“Satisfied employees are a precondition for increasing productivity, responsiveness, quality, and customer service.” The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action By Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
In a skills based services company like ours, people are our greatest as...
August 21, 2007
By Aparajita Purkayasatha Dutta
Consultant, businessman and author Richard Koch defines the 80/20 principle, as an inherent imbalance between cause and result, input and output, effort and reward etc. The 80/20 principle arose from the wide imbalance in the patterns of wealth and income consolidati...
August 12, 2007
By Nandita Sen
As a mother of two boys (who are now in their teens), I have - as most parents - been faced with their inquisitive minds. Their inquisitiveness was often squelched by a tired (blame it on the career-family juggling act) and sometimes an irritable mom, who would tell them that they a...
August 12, 2007
By Sangeeta Ghosh Dastidar
Would your coffee taste any different if the pack reads ‘Tata Coffee’ instead of ‘Eight O’ Clock’. Or if your energy drink was manufactured by the erstwhile New York-based Glaceau under the aegis of Tata Sons? Would it matter whether your toothpaste tube is manufactured i...
August 03, 2007
By Shoma Bakre
“There’s a whole new world of consumer opinion emerging on the Internet. It’s called the “blogosphere” and it is ripe with opportunity for your brands”, Chris Hoyt, President, Hoyt and Company
The Evolving Media Landscape
The media landscape is now in a state of flux with the conti...
July 31, 2007
By Shoma Bakre & Sujatha Gopal
Attractive Destinations For Investors
In a survey conducted by A.T. Kearney, global executives indicated a greater future for investing in emerging markets than in industrialized countries. It found that a majority of the top 10 destinations most attractive to corpor...
July 26, 2007
By A Geeta
A tender shoot breaks open the hard earth and reaches out to the warm skies—luxuriating in its new-found freedom after a tough struggle—hopeful and expectant. The moment it takes its first breath of free air, it is in danger. Its tender leaves are nibbled away by wandering cows. The care...
July 26, 2007
By Aparajita Purkayastha Dutta
Welcome to the ‘Connected Age’. Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your ‘conversation’ belt and hold on tightly to your ‘communication skills’. This article aims to take you through the fast lane of ‘how being connected’ is not only a great leadership trait but also ...
July 26, 2007
By Sangita Joshi
A new baby, a sabbatical, then the desire to get back to work …that's what really set me thinking about the much hyped concept of flexi time work - is it possible for me/ will I be able to land one given my specialization/ does it allow me sufficient remuneration to make it worth m...
July 15, 2007
By Ravi G., Sr. Media Analyst
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be the individual who cannot read and write, but the one who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” - Alvin Toffler.
Organizations, like individuals, also learn. Many of the fundamental phenomena of learning are the same fo...
July 12, 2007
By Sangita Joshi
It started at the Jethro Tull concert almost a year and a half ago. This concert was set, for the first time, in a leading business school (my alma mater, no less), and, I would assume, was supposed to test the ‘organizing’ abilities of a set of budding managers.
What set me think...