The famous malayalam poet, Kunjunni Mash, had this to say 1/n
"ABCD il undoru thathvam, kalathin thathvam
AD kkullil kidappu BC"
loosely translated it means there is a philosophy of time in ABCD, and that is BC (past) is present in AD (current) 2/n
Hence the need to dwell into history.
According to Partha Bose, author of "Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy", modern executives can learn from Alexander's campaigns in three key areas. 3/n
It fundamentally boils down to three things:
1. it is where you want to compete, 2. when and how you want to enter or exit that market and 3. how do you want to go about competing when you are in that market 4/n
Alexander's ability to link the three, along with his marvelous organizational skills and ability to delegate makes him an interesting case study from a management historian/students perspective. 5/n
His approach towards cultural integration of countries that he has conquered with the Greek culture created a new vibrant culture. An example for Companies to emulate. n/n
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People are free to have a different opinion based on scriptures and they could be right too
I have always been curious and try to find a logical answer for many of our age old practices. 1/n
Why are the deities in our temples face either East or West most of the time (there are exceptions where the Deity faces the North but they are few and far between)? 2/n
For finding the answer one may have to go to an era where there were no electric lights and even possibly no fire.
The deities were normally inside caves or other covered places. 3/n
"There was an old monk in China who practiced very hard meditation for many years.
He had a good mind, became very quiet, had good meditation, but was not able to relinquish "us," or "I" and "others." 1/n
He never got to that source of complete stillness or peace out of which genuine change can happen
He went to the Zen master and said, 2/n
"May I please have permission to go off and practice in the mountains? I've worked for years as a monk and there's nothing else I want but to understand this: the true nature of myself, of this world." 3/n
One of the key dharma in Hinduism is to be Truthful always.
There are many interpretations to this.
As a kid we are told that we should tell only truth, and nothing but the truth always. 1/n
As we grow older, there is a doubt as to how we can tell the truth always.
Some truths hurt people. Then is it wise to tell truth? 2/n
My Brother in Laws Mother is 90 now.
Since both her sons were abroad in 1990s, I used to visit her and mama frequently, do odd jobs for them, take them to Hospital, and even stayed with them a lot in Coimbatore 3/n