On Gandhi Jayanti, we remember the man who taught India that freedom could begin with something as simple as a thread. Today, October 2, we remember Mahatma Gandhi as the leader of India’s freedom struggle, the man of non-violence and Satyagraha. But there is another Gandhi we should remember. The...
Most people network like beggars. They show up wanting something, and powerful people can smell it in seconds. The ones who actually break into rooms they weren’t born into do something different — they make themselves useful before they make themselves known. Andrew Carnegie understood this before he had a...
The day people stop respecting you may be the day you finally realize something uncomfortable: You may have taught them how to treat you. Not intentionally. It happened quietly. Every time you said yes when you wanted to say no. Every time you stayed silent to avoid conflict. Every time...
We often ask children, “What do you want to become when you grow up?” Engineer? Doctor? Entrepreneur? IAS officer? Artist? But perhaps we are asking the wrong question. The more important question is: “What do you want your life to mean?” Because a profession gives you a living. Purpose gives...
Every year, we read new numbers about Kerala’s business families. Joy Alukkas of Joyalukkas Group. T.S. Kalyanaraman from Kalyan Jewellers, The Muthoot Group,India’s largest gold loan corporation. M.A. Yusuff Ali of Lulu Group. M.P. Ahammad of Malabar Gold. These men built empires from nothing. Ali left his village in Kerala...
Most of us grow up with one simple belief. Earn more money, and life will get better. Work harder, get the promotion, buy the bigger house, and happiness will follow. This idea is so common that we rarely stop to question it. But here is a strange truth. Many people...
This week, SpaceX went public. The shares were priced at $135 each, the company was valued at around $1.77 trillion, and the offering raised roughly $75 billion. It is the largest stock market debut in history. That single sentence is bigger than the entire IPO that made Saudi Aramco famous...
On March 14, 2018, the world lost one of the greatest scientific minds in history — Stephen Hawking. But even when his body had almost completely stopped working, his mind was still exploring the deepest secrets of the universe. Just ten days before his death, Hawking completed his final scientific...
Tomorrow morning, May 18, 2026, at the Thiruvananthapuram Central Stadium, a man born in a modest home in Nettoor, Ernakulam, will place his hand on the Constitution and become the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka, Mallikarjun Kharge, Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah, Telangana’s...
Walk into any room, and before you say a single word, you’ve already said a lot. Not through language. Through presence. Every pause, every shift in tone, every small movement—these are signals. And the uncomfortable truth? Most people are broadcasting insecurity without even realizing it. Let’s break down the 7...
