Since my childhood I have always been attracted towards nature, towards people needing help and care, as it was something I picked up from my mother, who had huge affinity for such things and used to tell me about how we the privileged few, have a role to play in society. She used to say it is like a chain. God gives us resources to train and educate our children in m...
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On 30th December 2001,we drove from Dubai to a place called Fujairah, some 170kms away from Dubai. It is a 2 hour drive. This was pre-planned and we had booked ourselves in Le Meridien Resorts in Fujairah for the New Year. Lovely roads, some tunnels, as we crossed the stony mountains on two sides, a bit scary, total rocks, tunnels were decent size, the last one being ...
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There are phases of life, when after you have reached a certain edifice, you keep getting this feeling of “now what?” People say, me and my family have done and achieved a lot, then why do I need to search for doing more?
But it has to be clearly and once for all understood that people like us want to keep purging ourselves, to get into the core of any area o...
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A very funny thing happened to me today, when I sat down to write my contemporary blog of the day. I finished the key communication with a lot of intensity and energy, then, all of a sudden, BOOOOOM!!!! The content vanished and I could not retrieve it till now,... Learn More
If I did anything in a planned manner and with a motive in business, it was to set up broadly 2 lines of Business, which had its own tributaries and endless growth opportunities after me. But I was also clear when I must leave the place, and leave with a very strong foundation for growth, proper infrastructure, adequate operating money, thereby profits and a strong ed...
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Today is 28th November, a date which tells us that Winter is setting in, or is round the corner. In Dubai, November to March are the best months. So, Funtime, shopping time, exhibition time, events, dining out --- all happen in these months. Also, you come to Dubai mostly for these reasons. Residents in Dubai wait for these months. Retail businessmen welcome their cus...
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Analysing one own self is an intriguing exercise. It never ceases to fascinate. You keep saying “if only…”
Also, when you try to do a 360-degree evaluation of your own self, you keep discovering yourself. All this while, external desires, likings, enjoyment took centre stage for life to govern us. However, for a good number of years now, atleast for me, it is t...
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