Since returning from the Hampta Pass Himalayan trek, many friends have asked how I prepared for such a strenuous hike at the age of 56. The Hampta Pass trek is popularized as a moderate trek, but it isn’t—especially not at the age of 56. Had I not prepared myself well, I wouldn’t have been able
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26 August 2025Chitradurga. The fifth and one of the most essential survival strategies for small Indian hospitals, using the McKinsey 7S Model amidst increasing corporatization, is leadership style. I remember reading an excellent book, “Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?”, in which Lou Gerstner wrote about his historic achievement of bringing IBM back from the brink
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It’s more often that a flash of iridescent green wings would be seen flying across, uttering a sharp melodious trill through the landscapes of the Indian subcontinent—this is the Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), small but enthralling to the hilt, and significant to our ecosystems. But besides their beauty, most Green Bee-eaters are very acrobatic flyers
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I recently found a striking article by Rachel Nuwer, published in Scientific American Magazine, Vol. 331, No. 2 (September 2024), p. 50. Its title was “The End of the Lab Rat?” As an ardent animal lover, but not of the PETA kind that protests against laboratory research using animals, I was pleasantly surprised to see
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