This blog looks at choices ahead of the human race in terms of its very existence and living with nature. It questions the very intent of our survival including how we interpret our scriptures.
Category: On Communities
Anticipating TransformAction 2017
Historically, in the month of March each year, in the Riviera, just a few miles away from Nice, International Forum for Social Innovation (IFSI) – a not for profit body founded in 1976 in France, holds its annual group relations conference titled TransformAction – a seminar on Authority, Leadership, and Transformation. Over the […]
The Hero’s Journey in the clutches of Market Capitalism: Where has the magic gone?
In the past few weeks, I have been mulling over the sheer paucity of mono-myths or the hero’s quest that used to energize people – the old, the young, the men and women around me. It is almost as if the inner realm of magical unfolding has dried up, leaving us, at best, feeling […]
Udta Punjab: A Dark tale of Hope in a bleached Wasteland
Let me begin with a caveat – Udta Punjab is not a Hindi movie – nor is it meant for general audience in India for it cannot be understood lest appreciated by all. It is a dark and intense narrative and yet incredibly funny, that had me chuckling at times or weeping a tear, […]
Process Work Spaces – Triggering the Magic Within …
This blog is about Process Work and Behavioral Labs offered by Sumedhas
The losing cause of Masculinity vis-a-vis rampant Authoritarianism
This blog speaks of erosion in masculinity and a rise in authoritarianism in organizations and systems.
The Fall and Fall of Punjab
In 1975, my earliest childhood memory of the state of Punjab is of being perilously perched on a horse driven carriage (tonga), and racing through waving green wheat fields on a wintery yet sunny afternoon, clinging to my mother, as she spoke of Punjab being the richest state of India. She pointed to sighing power […]
Incorrigibly romantic ... 