Seventeen top level managers were asked to quit. They were given personality assessment tests, and declared unfit for their positions. Few cases of implied fraud were raked up, and action followed. ‘Zero Tolerance’ was the new buzzword. ‘What is Integrity?’ became the new icebreaker game in conferences. It could hardly have been a bloodier beginning. … Continue reading Beginnings of …..
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NO SWETTING OVER SWOT, SIMPLY SOAR
Here’s the prompt.
By Neel Anil Panicker
Nitin Gokhale looked around him and found that he was the odd one out. Everyone in the large airy hall the size of a 5-star lobby was clad in suits. Cleaned and shaven, hairs gelled, shoes shining brighter than the morning sun, and holding sleek leather bound files in their manicured hands, each one of them radiated brilliance as their eager, sparkling eyes stood affixed on a corner door that for now remained firmly closed.
For a casual observer the scene could be mistaken for the grand finale round of the ‘Mr World’ contest when the door would magically spring open and the judges would walk upto announce the winner of the most prized contest.
Except that this was no beauty contest but a brainy one. The participants who were waiting were…
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The handsome horse with a red mane and hoofs was surprisingly unpopular. Business was low, thanks to the message displayed, “Ride with us, and we take you to places you have never been before, across the skies.” The owner happened to be a fiction-writer, with no head for business. (279 characters) Experience the Kat … Continue reading Business Sense
Akash was a dream my conservative parents had nurtured for 25 years. He was the kind of son-in-law they loved to flaunt in their social circle – brilliant, wealthy, handsome and yet, so grounded in reality. They had invested considerably in his premiere education. My sister fondly called him Grasshopper. He landed a lucrative assignment … Continue reading Grasshopper’s Flight
Curves are all about enhancing the experience of life. Curves miraculously increase the surface area, and provide different perspectives, which a straight line would fail to give. We got more ambitious and created shapes. We twisted lines and encased experience within a defined territory. Here is where we dropped down from infinity to numbers. I … Continue reading Limitlessness
The sky and water are both different shades of blue, as they reflect different realities for each of us. They represent the universal consciousness, which gets contaminated with our thoughts and ideas. I wonder how do fish view the birds in the sky. Do they see projections of their own fantasies, or distorted reality? We … Continue reading Recreation
Writing takes me to places inside me and in the universe, where I have never been before. It is an involuntary process leading to valuable discoveries. The process is also time sensitive in certain ways. I revisit a piece and think that I cannot do it again. It was something that hit my consciousness at … Continue reading Connect Me
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