Introduction Thirty-four years ago, I was enrolled in a master’s degree in economics, and found myself comfortably numb, and of course leaning to the left as any wannabe intellectual – quoting Marx and then something happened… On 24th July 1991, the finance minister – Dr. Manmohan Singh (who later became a brilliant prime minister of India […]
Paatal Lok Season 2
A murder mystery in the foreground of the gestalt of market capitalism & growth in India Introduction After having written rather long blogs on Kohhra, Udtaa Panjab, and Dahaad, I was quite worried that one more blog on the intricate web of crime, murder, political vendettas, police organizations, and the subaltern social systems where weary, […]
The Triumphant Politics of Joyful Change
Introduction Indian politicians and political parties have been mimicking their US counterparts for the past decade or so. For example, they have learnt that astutely devised narratives built on great research help. Mr. Modi is supposedly to have hired an international PR agency – APCO, and this was later denied by APCO, to build a […]
Shogun – A Kenshibu between the USD and the URB
A Review from the EUM Lens Introduction The Shogun Series is a beautifully crafted television series and has been hypnotic at several levels. If the strikingly animated series of the Blue Eye Samurai caught your attention or if you were reasonably touched by the Last Samurai (and despite the irritation of watching Tom Cruise playing […]
Working with Groups: ‘EnActing the Withheld’
Psychodrama, Dramatherapy, Theater of Oppression, and Augusto Boal Introduction This is the fifth blog devoted to “working with groups” as a part of a six-blog series. Given my experience across nearly two and a half decades of group dynamics, group relations, and process consulting in the form of behavioral labs, t-groups, and change management teams, […]
Three Anecdotes on Gender Identity & Identity Politics
Background This blog is devoted to Pushpendra Singh Tiwari of Jeevika Bihar (Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotions Society), as I witnessed him anchor an institution building meet at a grassroot level in Vaishali district with a cohort of 50 women in the first week of April. Jeevika is India’s largest organization with a membership north of […]
Working with Groups: History at Northfield & Celebrating the work of Dr. Sigmund Foulkes
Introduction This is the fourth blog devoted to “working with groups” as a part of a six-blog series. Given my experience across nearly two and a half decades of group dynamics, group relations, and process consulting in the form of behavioral labs, t-groups, and change management teams, I have been exploring and tracing the genealogy […]
Race in a Global World: Leadership, Organizations and __________ : My recent experiences
Many moons ago, Dr. Patrick Jean Pierre invited me to join him on a journey to explore race relations and collective humanity, within a global and virtual group relations conference – he stated this opportunity to work on race in an email as a ‘divine intervention’, as he painstakingly persevered to build a staff comprising […]
Gender Dynamics & Bias — Fissures between the Microcosm and the Macrocosm and a EUM Perspective
Preamble I am not a very big fan of the macrocosm and microcosm analogy — a philosophical cum spiritual lens that posits a structural similarity and resonance between the microcosm, i.e., the small order or the small universe and the cosmos as a whole or the macrocosm, i.e., the great order or the great universe. […]
Working with Groups – Tracing the contours and genealogy of process work
Preamble This is the third blog of a series that I am writing on process work, encounter groups, T-groups, and L-groups, and in this blog, I seek to trace the genealogy or lineage of process work as it is experienced in Sumedhas offerings, methods, and ideologies today. This blog may excite only the oddball who […]
Incorrigibly romantic ... 