The Times of India | September 30, 2024
Walter Wriston, former chairman of Citicorp, once observed, “Failure is not a crime. Failure to learn from failure is.” When Jim Burke became the head of a…
Times of India | June 10, 2024
The American war of Independence was fought from 1775 to 1783. Having seen its consequences some of America’s leaders subsequently began to advocate peaceful methods…
Mr. Malcolm Forbes has, with great pertinence, made this observation about problem-solving: “It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about the problem.”
Facing a…
For about twenty years, between 1950 and 1970, Japan used to import superior industrial technology from the west, at times by outright purchase, but more often by borrowing or on a credit basis. As…
When the Prophet of Islam left his hometown in Makkah and emigrated to Medina, these words were on his lips: “Makkah, my dear and beautiful town. If my people had not expelled me, I would never have…
A cyclist whose brake got jammed took his cycle to a mechanic and asked him to repair the offending part, thinking that the mechanic would set to work on it at the point where the brake had got…
Soulveda | August 17, 2023
एलायस होवे (Elias Howe) अमेरिका के प्रसिद्ध शहर मसाचुसेट्स का एक सामान्य कारीगर था। वह 1819 में पैदा हुआ था और सिर्फ़ 48 साल की उम्र में 1867 में उसका निधन हो गया, लेकिन…
Soulveda | January 28, 2023
यह कथन बहुत प्रसिद्ध है, परंतु यह एक अप्राकृतिक कथन है। वास्तविकता यह है कि इंसान की योग्यताएं बहुत सीमित हैं, इंसान अपनी सीमितताओं (Limitations) के कारण एक सीमा तक ही…
Sunday Guardian | September 03, 2023
Reviewing modern, scientific civilization, a commentator has made the very pertinent observation that it is not invested with ideological permanence. This seems…