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Abdul Kalam a true secularist
A P J Abdul Kalam was just a name to me until sometime in 2000, when I had to necessarily meet him on a personal mission. I was CBI Director, and he Principal Scientific Adviser to the PM. He had his office in South Block and the meeting was arranged courtesy my college classmate T…
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Hosting Teen Parties: What’s Your Liability, Good Parenting lesson
I have nieces and nephews who range in age from eighteen to late twenties. I am sure it was a real drag for them when their fun-loving, risk-taking aunt turned into an overly cautious, suspicious lawyer. Sure, they’ll be happy to have me if they ever get divorced or sued, but until then, I suspect…
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ET Women Ahead: Corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders — Priyanka Singh
Call it the Pygmalion Effect or a corollary, but those marked for stardom do shine bright. In 2015, The Economic Times released a first-ofits-kind listing of corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders, based on an extensive study conducted by Spencer Stuart. A dipstick survey now shows the 25 women on that list have more than…
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Humans are hardwired to fall OUT of love in the early stages of a new relationship, expert claims
Humans are hardwired to fall out of love in the early stages of a new relationship so they can rationally assess their partner’s suitability as a potential parent, Dr Fred Nour claims The brain is pre-programmed to cut off the supply of lust hormones at the point when getting married or having children becomes likely,…
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Health and wealth; the pursuit of humankind – Ms. Priyanka Singh
Priyanka Singh (popular as ‘Ms Singh’ within her peer group), is the Director of Taj Pharma Group companies, India. She is also the founder of an Agro company “Taj Agro Products” which deals in commodity sector and Food Industry in India and abroad. Ms Singh played a pivotal role in the decade transformation journey of…