Author: Heramb

Some incidents tickle the tender innocence most of us leave behind when entering maturity of age. I experienced this days ago while watching few episodes of Malgudi Days – the serial most of the 90’s …

Popularly known for his ‘Common Man’ satirical cartoons, which started appearing in The Times of India since 1951, R.K. Laxman has lived a life one can envy. Being a self-taught artist, he was lucky to …

Continued from…Voyage of Success: In Production 1) The resistance: Now that the distance between success and you is minimal, you are thinking about your journey: “Why did it appear an uphill task back then?” The …

Continued from VOYAGE OF SUCCESS: The Prequel 1) More than imagination: What fascinated you earlier appears totally different. The shine seems dull, revealing the surface beneath. “It wasn’t what I imagined it to be!” is …

A series of posts discussing the voyage of a success seeker 1) The face value: This is the time when we are in awe of something, gaping at it with wide glittering eyes. Now we …

Evaluating the role of information and experience in our lives. Living in an ‘information age’, experience, which may seem limited in significance, is the basis of everyday life. Isn’t a paradox: What do we do …

Every morning we wake up, unless in a hurry, we find that span of time where we are staring at something without knowing what to do. We are not trying to make sense out of …

What is personality? Simply put, personality is a product of our environment. Although we may deny this as it contradicts our idea of ‘free will’ and ‘choice’. Except a few who stumble into something new, …

This four letter word reminds one of the often used expressions like, “What time is it?”, “I don’t have time for that!”, “Is it the right time to talk?”, “Time is money” and so on. …

Claude Hopkins’ career began quite early in life and later he went on to work with big brands like Pepsodent, GoodYear, B.J Johnson Soap Co. (which later became Palmolive in the year 1917), and Quaker …

Few thoughts on the role of memory in our lives through a fictional account of how I woke up one day to find that the world had turned upside down I had my feet to …

What is money? There was a time when we exchanged things for things. But there was a problem in deciding how much of one thing should be exchanged for another. There were quarrels and trouble …