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Hospitality is a state of heart
It was a very hot day in May, 1991. Very dry, at the peak of summer with the monsoon another month away. We were passing through rice fields that ...
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The Door of Dialogue
It is not an exaggeration to say that at the leadership level the most important thing is not subject knowledge but interpersonal communication sk...
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Fact is stranger than fiction
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Riding Elephants
One of my favorite places in the Anamallais, Manamboli is the fishing spot down the road from Uralikal Forest checkpost at the bottom of the dam o...
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Climbing mountains to build teams
The biggest leadership challenge, irrespective of the situation, is the ability to build self-motivated, autonomous teams. Teams who after you hav...
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A factory, Karpusamy, and a Masjid
I had been a member of the team that built the Mayura Factory in the Anamallais where I was the Assistant Manager in charge of the building projec...
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No pain, no gain
Lower Sheikalmudi, like most estates, had fallen victim to a custom that had been set up by the British planters; that of worker’s vegetable garde...
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Monkey Business
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Memories of Anamallais
It is difficult to describe the beauty of the place where we lived; a place that changes the scene from season to season. In the summer, when it i...
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