When news broke on 8 October that Nana Patekar had died at 75, many Indians searched for one thing: how much money he left behind. The estimates range from Rs 50 crore to Rs 80 crore. These are media guesses, not audited numbers. But the way he held that money...
Many people confuse self respect with arrogance. From a distance, both look like a person who stands tall and does not bend easily. But they are very different, and there is one simple test to tell them apart: watch how a person treats the people who can do nothing for...
On the night of October 15, 2026, a car drove up a giant ramp in Texas, stuck to it upside down, left it, flipped in the air, and landed on its wheels. The crowd watched from hundreds of yards away. Tesla had just unveiled its new Roadster, nine years after...
Have you ever attended a meeting where someone spoke confidently about something they barely understood? Have you seen a person argue endlessly, refuse to accept a mistake, and still believe they are the smartest person in the room? Perhaps you have done it yourself. We all want to look intelligent....
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...
