2020 started like any New Year would. Big bang celebration that marked the passing of the Year 2019 into history with 2020 shining like a new bride. The whole world celebrated without knowing what the year was going to unleash. At least one country knew that the New Year isn’t going to be great. The Lockdown announced on 24th March 2020 had people from different strata react differently. While the daily wagers, construction and retail workers felt the pain immediately, the working middle class took this as an opportunity to reunite and spend time with their families. But there were some who had torrid times. I decided to live the Lockdown through reflection, introspection.This book is an effort to help the students in their teens, college goers preparing to start their career and those who have started working in the last decade to review, reflect and replan their strategies in the light of a changed post Pandemic world wherein the Author has tried to include his life experiences right from the school days to the two decades of Corporate Experience in four renowned companies that he had worked to give a world view of the things to look forward to and the actions to be taken to remain relevant. The Book additionally includes tips for... Read More

India is a Land of diverse culture & heritage where the food habits, dialects change every 50 miles. Many of the states in India are larger than most European Countries both in Area as well as population. Each state have their own language, tradition, festivals, cultural beliefs, Superstitions and most important of all mouth watering cuisines that has a history of its own. Despite such diversity, there is a national fervour that runs from Kashmir to Kanyakumari which Unites them all. Different states play multiple sports however when it comes to Cricket, the whole nation watches together. Similarly an Olympic triumph contributed by Haryana, Punjab, Manipur or Sikkim is cherished by one and all, In terms of tourist and pilgrimage destination the country boasts of a great number of historical monuments, temples influenced by Mughal, British era apart from the great Indian Kings of past centuries. India has so much to offer in terms of its historical places, excellent diverse cuisine that its no wonder why millions of visitors visit India every year. This book is an attempt to explore the various facets of India however the topic is so vast that it would be impossible to cover or unravel everything about India in one book. This is only an attempt towards unraveling the India at surface, create a curiosity... Read More

We have all heard this sometime in our lives from our parents, relatives, friends and colleagues or may even have suffered ourselves. These revelations are not just limited to career or profession but they extend even to life-partners, and other life decisions...Read More

"Can you repair the faucet flush tank which is leaking, the plumber will only charge exorbitant?" Or conversely "I’ll repair it and save Plumber cost." "Can you fix the TV having ghost images, afterall you are the one watching it most of the time." Or conversely "I’ll get it fixed myself, no point calling the TV mechanic – they will recommend getting the picture tube changed or the TV itself." "Why can’t you change the stepney of the car, its no rocket science?" Or conversely "Will change the stepney myself, save the mechanic cost." I believe the above conversation is pretty common in many middleclass households and you would have heard them from your spouses sometimes in either mode. While the former signifies a domineering spouse making the other half work, while the latter is a boastful person trying to save some penny for personal ego boost to pamper his/her "know it all" personality. What is the common thread in all of this? Great if you guessed it, but if you didn’t then this book will be very useful for you. It’s the Core competence or the lack of it. DIY kits purchased from Hardware stores look very attractive however in the hands of the novice they do more harm than good. I know some of you might be using them with great effect ... Read More