A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my title Ten Avatars and the unexpected commotion it stirred in a particular audience. This time I’m writing about a different commotion, coming from the other end of the political spectrum. What the two stirrings have in common, though, is that they’re about a name, and all the staggering propriety that can often go with it. This [...]
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What’s in a name? Part II
Posted in art, creativity, culture, politics, transculturalism, women's issues, tagged Kyla Pasha, Yoni ki Baat, Yoni ki Baat Seattle on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
24 hours between Country Rock and Indian Classical … or the truth about unity
Posted in culture, existential revelations, inspiration, music, politics, spirituality, transculturalism on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Intellectual discussions on diversity, multiculturalism, and blurring of identities are one thing, but to live these things actively is quite another. Such an undertaking is challenging, pushing one to unfamiliar territories and uncomfortable places, and if the lines are also blurred by time, it is tremendously revealing … of the truth of unity and the myth of duality. On this note, [...]
The cost of being right
Posted in business, existential revelations, life lessons, politics, psychology, relationships, spirituality, tagged Judy J Johnson, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, What's so wrong with being absolutely right on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] Nearly three years ago, when I still worked at a large global design firm, a new employee was assigned to the desk next to me in the open-office system. She was an interior designer with “several years of experience,” had come [...]
A Mix of Both: The Middle Path
Posted in business, life lessons, politics, relationships, spirituality, transculturalism on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a lot is going on in the world these days. The economic meltdown isn’t showing any big signs of recovery. There is anxiety over Iran and North Korea. Pakistan is falling to the Taliban, or so it seems anyway. Iraq has ongoing and unrelenting violence. The problem of Israel and Palestine persists, bigger than ever. [...]
Jesus Never Fails
Posted in business, career, childhood memories, creativity, existential revelations, inspiration, politics, relationships, spirituality, transculturalism, travel, tagged Roger Martin, The Opposable Mind on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Long international flights, like the ones I just did from Seattle to London and back, are great times to nap, watch movies, read a book … and well, for me, often ponder important thoughts. This time, besides making considerable headway on Roger Martin’s Opposable Mind: Winning Through Integrative Thinking, and watching 3 movies, I thought [...]
Why do we love the Slumdog?
Posted in art, childhood memories, culture, inspiration, life lessons, politics, transculturalism, tagged Slumdog Millionaire on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the stock market plummets, the stimulus package remains under scrutiny and more jobs disappear, what is it about Slumdog Millionaire’s rag-to-riches story that has overwhelmingly caught the Western world’s rapt attention? With the Academy Awards in which the film has garnered 10 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director being only a few days [...]
