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 […]
Why so serious?
An Inquiry into the Fragility of the Bhartiya Ego A few days ago, Mamta and I excitedly drive down to Mumbai to be a part of the Trevor Noah show. Trevor Noah is a part of the triumvirate or the troika that has brought many a smile to me over the past 8 years or […]
Pilgrimage to Punga
A micro narrative celebrating love and barakat Introduction With my father turning 84, my brother and I joined him in his annual pilgrimage to a ‘dargah’ or a shrine near the Punga village this year. While the glibly articulated reasons by us to make this trip along with Dad was ranged from ‘an anthropological enquiry’ […]
Kohrra – a Netflix Series
Exploring the world of men in love and in hate It was Stephen King that wrote – “the soil of a man’s heart of a man is stonier … (as opposed to the ‘richer garden’ in a woman’s heart). Kohrra as a detective series on Netflix, is an ode to the inner and stonier world […]
AI, Simulacra, and Joan is Awful
A friend of mine had recommended that i must watch Joan is so Awful – an episode in the Black Mirror series. My better half arm-twisted me into watching it recently. Such serendipity … I think this particular narrative of two women was disturbing at many levels. At the most surface level, it helped explain […]
Working with Groups – The Second Dilemma
Preamble Deng Xiaoping once said that managing the economy was like “Crossing the river by feeling the stones” — working with individuals and groups in process work settings, resonates with this metaphor — except that there can be multiple rivers and many of the stones get increasingly unfathomable as the journey extends across days in a behavioral […]
Dahaad – A Review
Preamble The real-life story of serial killer Mohan Kumar, also known as Cyanide Mohan, who is imprisoned for raping and killing 20 women in Karnataka, is repulsive at best. As a serial killer – his pattern is boringly repetitive. Mohan Kumar would approach single women from impoverished backgrounds, women who are burdened by dowry demands, […]
Working with Groups
Wrestling with and within on the First Dilemma Preamble As my son travels to Udaipur for the Sumedhas Summer program – a great place to learn and grow using process work in groups, I am overwhelmed with nostalgia and some anxiety as a parent. I am also in the process of apprehending dilemmas that have […]
Valuing ‘Unease’:
3 Triggers that cannot be wished away by the Adani Group Introduction I am not an active investor and have no stock market mega-wins to speak of. In many ways, I would be seen as an extremely conservative investor, who has grudgingly been investing small sums of money in index funds and mutual funds. While […]
