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March 11, 2010

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Of Ends And Beginnings

January 02, 2011

By Marguerite Theophil , The Times of India, Ranchi (Saturday, January 1, 2011) A gift of a bracelet from Ghana at first looks like a series of linked hearts, but on closer inspection i notice a stylised bird. I learn that this is the Sankofa, a mythical bird from their culture that flies forward while looking backward, with an egg held in its mouth. The word Sankofa derives from the Akan people, a West African ethnic group that today resides in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The Akan, over centuries, developed a highly artistic and communicative system of ideographic and pictographic symbols, each representing a specific concept, proverb or saying rooted in the Akan experience. These symbols can be found used extensively in indigenous textiles, metal and wood work, jewellery and architecture, too. The older African religions had no sacred texts. Their beliefs were handed down mostly orally through proverbs and stories or through pictorial symbols. A proverb from which the co...

Two Advice for Career and Life

March 03, 2017

S & S # 6 (dated 3rd March 2017) Different Knowledge base and skill sets are required to perform different tasks and to pursue different careers. But positive attitude and certain values are important for all jobs and careers. If a person practices certain values then he /she may not reach the top of the ladder of career but will have inner peace and get respect from colleagues and people. I had noted two advice – one from RD Tata and another from Maulana Wahiduddin Khan in my diary which I think are relevant even today for career and life. I do practice these two advice. I. “You will find in your path many pitfalls and temptations which you will have to shun and jump over, through great difficulties. If you always keep before your eyes truth and honesty whatever happens, you will come out safe – at least you will never be discredited or dishonoured”. - JRD Tata’s father RD Tata wrote a letter and said above thing in Dec. 1921 ...

DON’T GIVE UP ..........

January 25, 2015

Don’t give up whatever life brings Continue to move forward & strive to succeed Don’t give up on your hopes and dreams But hold on to them diligently. No one said life would never be tough No one said things would never be rough. It’s easy to be strong When things are going well, But it takes extra courage When things aren’t so well. If what comes your way does not break you, Then all it can do is to strengthen you. And in a little while, it will shape you – Into a tougher, wiser, and more confident person. Relax if need be, but do not give in. Remain strong and don’t be beaten. Your strength is not in giving in But in not quitting and in hoping to WIN. (I found it today in an old diary, which I had noted from a magazine (perhaps WISDOM) 14 years ago)