Quotables

Everybody knows many things. The question is “what am I doing with what I know?” and that alone makes all the difference.

Monkey on the Mind

Quotables

Dream. Your belief in your dream makes it a reality.Abandon yourself to your dream. Dream big and make it a reality.

In the afternoon, we visited the Chamundeswari temple on Chamundi Hills. This is Ashada month (Aadi) which is the holy month of the Goddess. In fact this is also the month of the Janmaashtami of the Devi Chamundeswari. The entire temple was decorated with colorful flowers and silver and gold ornaments. We had a great dharshan of the Devi.

On the way down, we visited the Big Bull or Nandi. This huge sitting bull a symbol of shaivaite worship was also bedecked with bright marigold flowers. It rained as we climbed down the hill but the sky cleared in a short while.

Political Economics

31.07.2010

Mysore

Professor S Radhakrishnan spoke on Indian Economy— an overview. I liked his speech. A gist of a part of the speech is given below:

We are not living in an Indian economy. We are living in an Indian Political Economy. Economic measures are being controlled by political interests. Economics says we have to do this; politics says if you do this you will lose the elections. Politics wins. Dr. Radhakrishnan says economic policy should not be dictated by political compulsions. I agree.

Smart Teacher Training

I am here to deliver talks on “How to become a Smart Teacher” to college professors at the inaugural function of the CPT classes of Prime Academy at Mysore. The local partner at Mysore conducting the classes is the Pentagon Group, a team of five, enterprising gentlemen from varied backgrounds offering a diversified bouquet of services ranging from lean management to outsourcing solutions.

The Carnatic Experience

31.07.2010

The monsoon has effectively set in Mysore. They say Coorg is being lashed by incessant and heavy rains. During my stay in the Royal city, there were occasional but heavy showers. The sky was overcast and the dark clouds loomed over the city.

This City of Palaces, Galleries and Museums has lost very little of its old world charm. The roads are wide and well-planned and the stately buildings combining colonial, Italian and traditional Indian architectural themes stand amidst lush gardens and tall trees spreading their shady boughs everywhere. The people are also friendlier and human in their behavior, unlike the absolutely urbanized citizens of the Garden City.

One memory I will carry for a long time from this particular visit to Mysore is the sound of Carnatic music; the refrains of the melodies that wafted from the stereos in the cars of all our hosts. All of them seemed to love Carnatic. The music form itself derives its name from this region. The elegance, sophistication and smoothness of the Carnatic Ragas can be truly appreciated only in this city where the kings patronized this art in particular and arts and culture in general.