The Culture of Five Positives

  01 Jun:      If we do not honour our own words, the others could even be mopping the floor with them, putting them to perhaps their best use. 02 Jun:     Firmly defend yourself against wrongful criticism because if you don't, your critics and detractors will soon be walking all over you. 03 Jun:     When you find your energy draining away, just remind yourself of your purpose in life, and experience a flow of  energy back into you. 04 Jun:     By taking an offence, instead of being grateful, on being corrected, you are demonstrating to the world that your growth as an individual has stopped. 05 Jun:     To be worthwhile, our life's purpose has to be much bigger than ourselves. To realise it, therefore, necessarliy, we have to involve many others. 06 Jun:     The greatest gift that we can give to ourselves is the gift of enthusiasm. 07 Jun:     Generalisation is useful bec...

 01 May:      When China has refused to withdraw from Hot Springs and Gogra, and has continued to occupy our parts of Depsang Plains, it will be a monumental shame if India accepts medical or any aid from that country. 02 May:     Now a days, when the formal leadership seems to have faltered and will need time to regain its usual confidence, it is for each of us Indians to exercise self-discipline and act responsibly and compassionately. 03 May:     From tiny Bhutan to the super-power United States, no less than 40 countries are helping India tide over the acute shortage of medical oxygen and other means to fight COVID-19. This shows how much distance we have to cover before attaining our goal of Aatmanirbharata or self-dependence.  04 May:     By only papering over cises, India will never be able to stand tall and look other nations in the eyes. 05 May:     China mocking India's new Covid cases in a da...