With every challenge comes the gorgeous opportunity to rise into the “next level” as a leader, performer and human being. Life is enmeshed in duality. Ebbs and flows are part of life. People, situations and circumstances in our lives are customised lesson plans to teach us and push us to expand our limits to…
It was 1997, when we were commemorating the golden anniversary of our Independence. In keeping with the spirit, we were asked to device ways to celebrate the same in myriad aspects and nuances of Indian Railways. The Railway time table was due for publishing in September, 1997, if you recall; it had zigzagged from March…
4th January 2021. I landed back to India with my daughter. Mumbai International airport, 9:00 p.m. approximately. We all know the dictionary meaning of freedom. But I felt the real essence of freedom that day. I had no idea where my life would take me from there. I didn’t know the future but that moment…
I joined Indian Railways on 11th April, 1983 as an Assistant Mechanical Engineer (a probationer) and reported at South Eastern Railway headquarters located in Kolkata at Garden Reach. Our appointment letter had mentioned that we had to report to the General Manager (GM) South Eastern Railway. Soon reality dawned on us, that the de facto…
Life gets blissful by change. What is meant for you will not pass you by. Make yourself the best so that you can make the most out of what you are. Some things are meant to be and if it was, you will know it. Your ability to make things happen is what makes you…
Life is about realising that you always get what you want. The best is yet to come. You must be willing to go away from the life you have thought, so as to have the life that is waiting for you. Just live for what today has to give and not for what yesterday has…