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I, ME AND MYSELF

We at ease can talk, advise and comment about the entire world around us, but when it comes to tackling personal issues, we are often without a solution. Why is that so? It is not because we are not competent or incapable of decision-making, but have emotions and inhibitions attached to it. Each one of us is bestowed with an abstract sense called the ”Sixth Sense” or a “ Gut feeling “. The sixth sense provides us with an answer to many questions, but we seldom go by it. More often...

Organise Your Speech

The Opening-Body-Conclusion (OBC) method is the most tested approach while preparing a speech. Any well-written speech adheres to this guideline, simply because OBC effectively helps prepare a complete speech. Each of our speeches has a definitive objective –either to Inform, Persuade, Entertain or Inspire. A speech could also be a combination of both – Inform and Persuade, Inform and Inspire etc. For Ex: - A speech on ‘Why to Quit Smoking’ could deal with the ill effects of...

When the Mind Is Confused

The mind is confused. The various permutations between a “YES” and a “NO” are being analysed. For every ‘YES’, there is a counter ‘NO’ .A war is being waged within the grey cells, an internal war called decision making. The battle is being fought between the “Rationale” and “Emotional “half in me. History has it that they have seldom agreed during a decision making process. ‘Internal Ego‘ fails to provide space for the other. Amidst their battle, I lay wide awake at...

The Government Job

It’s a cold winter morning and the dense fog shrouds the atmosphere creating little visibility, as the lone pedestrian makes a hurried walk down the alley. The spine chilling wind has kept the morning joggers from venturing outside. Our old little lady, Nagamma, makes her way through the sidewalks of the dusty street. The heavy winds that brought along dunes of dust have dirtied an otherwise well-tarred road. The bright red flowers of the gulmohar tree lay freely scattered on the dusty...