The anecdotal story is told of an American businessman who was also a Harvard graduate going off to holiday in Mexico. To his horror and dismay, he found the natives lazy and slothful by his impeccable standards. They hardly did…
Continue readingLast week we noted that it had come to pass that we were attracting tourists on the basis of our potholes and nakedness. According to the story, what the ‘poverty tourists’, did not see was the kids suffering from malnutrition…
Continue readingProbably you have never heard about or read any of Jeremy Paxman’s writings. If you have not, you better find his book “The Political Animal’ (2002). It is the quintessential anatomy of a politician in which he observes how politicians…
Continue readingAnother month, or week if you please (depending on how much salary and month is left)and another set of challenges and stories if you please. But isn’t that what this column is about? Examining the mindsets and beliefs that drive…
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