In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life.Day 186
Guthu mane at Pilikula – A South Kanara traditional House My Chicago based cousin was bringing her young children to India for the first time, and I wanted them to get a sense of our native place living. Though they did enjoy our hospitality at our 100+ year old ancestral heritage home, it was time […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life.Day 185
Avani – The birth place of Luv and Kush. It was time to go to another day trip from Bangalore, this time to a place that I had not heard of at all before, yet had so much of spiritual significance associated with what I had read in the Ramayana. The hitherto unknown town that […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life.Day 184
Girls day trip to Horseley hills It was time for an outing to the only hill station of Andhra Pradesh with the unusual English name of Horsley Hills, though the local name was different, named after an old lady who used to live in the hills. As soon as we entered the Andhra Pradesh state […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 181
A rainy day of bliss with nature at Khondivedi village It is rainy season and an ideal time to to take a day trip out of the city. Just a few minutes after you step out of the concrete jungle of Mumbai, you can be surrounded with an abundance of natural greenery. After a three […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 179
Conducting a certification course for future in-house corporate trainers. The beauty about sharing knowledge is that the more you give, the more it increases in the world. And last week, it was a pleasurable experience to conduct a Train the Trainer workshop. It was time to share the background nuances and snippets of 12 years […]
Travel and smile at Patiala -the Punjabi city that is also named as a liquor peg measure! -Day 178
I have often passed by the city of Patiala, but could not stay there overnight due to other work commitments. Just off the main highway is the Bahadurgarh fort, which is now a military training centre and is open to visitors only on Sunday. I did manage to go to their famous Dukh niwahar sahib […]
Travel and smile at one of the oldest cities of Punjab- Bhatinda -Day 178
One of the perks of being a corporate trainer is the opportunity to travel to new places on work, and few days ago I was at Bhatinda. And I make sure to utilise every moment of the time, before and after work to get to know the local place better. When I asked the speciality […]
Travel to the city of Nawabs – Lucknow that makes you smile -Day 177
Luck smiled now at me, as I finally got to visit the city of Nawabs – Lucknow We were members of a wedding party, staying at a swanky place, yet I did ensure that we got at least one whole day for sightseeing and of course shopping! Inspite of the hot sun, we entered one […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 176
Ensuring that all the senior citizens dance at a workshop On the occasion of world elders day, it was a privilege to get an opportunity to spend some time with senior citizens. At the end of the workshop, I asked how many of them would like to dance and hardly any hands went up. However, […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 174
Using a practical demonstration of beach cleaning for conducting the first ever cleanliness awareness workshop Remember in the year 2013, the Swatcha Bharat movement was not even started. I had taken the initiative to start an absolutely unique workshop dedicated solely to the purpose of increasing the awareness to take responsibility for public cleanliness. And […]