Aha to Ha Ha Moments in My Life

Her students called her Baby Miss. She called them fondly “My Children” Baby Miss was a very strict school teacher and later a headmistress. Even now, I could recall her booming voice that resounded across the school during assembly time. One day, Baby Miss caught a student who was up to some mischief during her class. Promptly, the wooden ruler -which she always carried – came into play. Baby Miss quickly shifted the ruler to her right hand, turned it so that the edge of the ruler was facing down – to deliver the maximum impact. Swish..the ruler came crashing on to the boy's stretched palm. Cut after cut was delivered with the same intensity and force. Watching it from the back of the classroom, I flinched. Surprisingly, the boy who received all the beating stood without batting an eyelid. He did not flinch, or even move. Not a drop of tear could be seen on his face. He just wiped both his hands vigorously on the back of his trousers and went back to his seat. Sam...

Often during my travels abroad with business delegations, along with professional learnings – which I share in my Business Blog  http://prince4csr.blogspot.in/ I also discover many funny and uniquely quirky facets of Incredible India and Indians, which I fondly recollect and share here:  Image from Internet for illustration purposes only During a visit to the Hannover Messe  http://www.hannovermesse.de/home our delegation was invited to a Business Lunch. While I was aware of the implications of a business lunch, many in our group was not really aware. With German precision, the meeting started on time and there were presentations, casestudies and other business transactions. As the meeting was going on, there were plates of sandwiches, snacks, fruit juices being passed around. In addition, there were fresh fruits, assorted beverages, salads and more at the side table. The meeting dragged on and our German friends, grabbed the meat sandwiches a...

For the past few weeks, I have restricted mobility or rather unrestricted immobility (depending on how you look at it) and every day is a discovery for me on the things I can do with one limb. Here is a motley compilation Drive people nuts When I ask people to fetch drinking water, get the newspaper, switch on the wifi, switch off the fan, switch on the AC, make a cup of tea, drive away the mosquitoes – sometimes all at the same time you have set a new benchmark for others on multitasking. First few instances, they so filled with the “milk of human kindness” strive to fulfill my every command. Emboldened by this kindness, when I repeat it everyday , it dawned on me that I have discovered a new way of driving people nuts! Heightened sense of hearing: With just one limb you can actually enhance your hearing. Hard to believe? It is simple, when people see you lying down helplessly with one foot up in the air (literally) they somehow assume, that you are either sleeping or...