It was 1997. I had just finished MBBS. For a short period, I stayed at home. One day I met Raman Menon and family from the house nearby. It was many years since we met. Raman Menon was in his early seventies. He had made his fortune in the Middle East. That was his ticket […]
Category: The anatomy of well-being
Genes- and the way we think
Robert Chang was a second generation American. He was born and brought up in the United States of America. His parents had migrated from China when they were young. Robert had an interest in Palaeontology, but his parents wanted him to become an electronics engineer. He was good in mathematics also. So he didn’t mind. […]
The Great Food conspiracy
The sales figures of a leading toothpaste manufacturer were falling steadily. The three top executives in the sales division were summoned by the CEO. “Do something. Each of you has to come up with a plan. It should increase the sales. Otherwise I don’t have to tell you what is on the line.” With their […]
Work- and Happiness.
Sailesh was a colleague of my cousin’s. He was a software professional employed in the same company for the last twenty years. He was good at the particular domain in which he was working. He had become a specialist in that particular branch of work. By his early forties he was drawing a fivelakh salary. […]
Money and Happiness- Issues Black, White and Grey:
It was 2002. I was in Trivandrum after I had just passed my MS and become a qualified Surgeon. Trivandrum was a place crawling with specialists of all disciplines. I got a job as junior surgeon in one of the private hospitals. They gave me ten thousand rupees a month. I went to a conference […]