Words – Chandra Shekhar Chitrala

Transactional Analysis – The Means to Understand Ourselves and our Relationships

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The quest to understand human nature and relationships is a fascinating journey. From the times of Freud, the study of the human mind has yielded a variety of theories on how we think, process information and react to our environment. While Freud introduced the concept of the Id, Ego and Superego, this was further refined…

Musings of a Pet Parent

Sometime in early January this year, my better half Subha announced that a niece of ours had a friend who was looking for a good home for a Labrador puppy, and that ours would be that home. With all the firmness I could muster up, I put my foot down and said that we would…

Changing Perceptions – How Yesterday’s Sins are Becoming Today’s Virtues

The origin of most religions can be traced to the need for order and discipline in society through definition of what constitutes acceptable behaviour and what does not. Consequently, those actions that were deemed harmful were called sins, that would be punishable, either in this life, in the afterlife or in the next life, depending…

Data Visualization as a tool for MSME’s

A picture is worth a thousand words. The truth of this age old idiom is once again proved in the business context through Data Visualization. Computerization has helped businesses in automating transactions and generating reports of these transactions for managerial use, and almost all small and medium businesses today have adopted computerization in one way…

Leveraging the Crowd – When Strangers Step up

It was a WhatsApp message from another young alumnus of my alma mater XIMB that brought Nikita’s request to my attention. Nikita and her husband Manoj were both recent alumni, and I was not connected directly with them. Manoj, a young professional working in the development sector is directly involved in the upliftment of vulnerable…

Startup mode Governance?

For those familiar with the startup ecosystem, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is often considered the go to handbook when embarking on a new venture or project. In the book, Ries has put together some seemingly common sense rules that should be followed by organizations to improve their chances of achieving success. The Lean…

Importance of Brands in Education

Bombay became Mumbai in 1995, Madras became Chennai in 1996, Calcutta became Kolkata in 2001 and Bangalore became Bengaluru in 2014; but IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIM Calcutta and IIM Bangalore have still not changed their names. In each of the institutions mentioned above, the place name was initially an identifier, but now, it has…

The Virtual Mob: Promoting Polarization

One of the saddest things that I see nowadays is good friends falling out due to their differing views. The interesting thing is that both of them want the same thing, but are prepared to destroy the very thing they want due to their belief that their way is the only/right way to achieve it.…

Values and Value Systems

A society can be defined by the values that it considers important, and in a heterogeneous society like ours, where multiple value systems exist, peaceful coexistence and growth can only come if we are able to identify and nurture common values. The development of values and value systems is closely intertwined with religion, and very…

The Changing Role of Women – A Male Perspective

This Women’s Day, I was privileged to be a part of a panel in an event organised by ThinkZone – a startup focussing on bringing quality education to pre-primary and primary school children in rural areas. I must admit it was a bit disconcerting to find that I was the only male participant in the…