Alka Dwivedi

I read this deeply disturbing news of Prof. Stephen Hawking suffering mysterious injuries for the past few years. Here I don’t want to discuss the person behind his injuries, BUT the sheer act of audacity the attacker possesses. We all know that Professor is one of the greatest surviving intellectuals on this earth. This severely [...]

Warning: Long post. Read at your own risk These days, I am reading a book “Maverick” by Ricardo Semler. A few samples…… =============================================================== Every Wednesday afternoon dozens of men and women file through the front gate on their way to a third floor meeting room at Semco, the company I lead in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [...]

Sending cards, instead of writing letters always saves time. Whenever need to write a letter arises, time always seems a precious commodity. What a high it is for me when I while away time in any card shop or hip and happening places. The feeling never leaves me that I have arrived! O yes, I [...]

I was interviewing a maid for household work. She will look after my household for few hours. I was questioning her. Where does she live? She belongs to? Ah Which state? How many children she…..? Who was her previous employer? Can she give me the phone number of her ex-employer? (I crossed checked her credentials [...]

We have never had it better. We (read metros or some developed towns chicks) are being given the education on par with boys, our parents do not stop us from following any profession, in school and college we have a good time, select and drop boyfriends at our whims and fancy. While choosing boyfriends, we [...]

He is a bright teen. The problem is he won’t try to gel with others. He gives a damn to peer pressure. Forget about succumbing to belong to a group. Nobody, especially girls, leaves him with his peace. When you are one of the top scorers in the class, get selected into your district’s basketball [...]

Scene I I remember talking to my childhood friend. Prashant works in the marketing department of a multinational firm. He was narrating me an incident. Like all young men, he was on high after visiting a hip and happening night club in Mumbai. The girls swinging to the music, danced with him too, though he [...]