Think what you may, I still treasure certain old-world charms such as calling local taxi company in London for airports trips.

Mike Duke served as CEO of Walmart from 2009 – 2013. He joined Walmart in 1995 as CEO of International Operations.

Spanish flu of 1918 was the most severe pandemic with estimated 50 million deaths world wide

Our evolutionary brain operates in two default modes, fight or flight. Happiness mode is not part of the default factory setting, onus is upon us to upgrade the human operating system.

Pablo Picasso created "The Bull", series of 11 lithographs that famously depict the beast in various stages of abstraction.

Medici's were the first family of capitalism, attained prominence in Florence in the 13th century through its success in banking.

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys.

I probably overestimated the progress in our society. I was disappointed to read about inappropriate comments in Aviva AGM meeting this week.

We were watching cricket match on TV, it all started when my son started comparing Messi's and Neymar's pay at PSG to Virat Kohli's at RCB, then he turned around and asked about my salary and whether it is same as his mum's salary given that both of us have the same academic qualifications.

He was once the richest man in the world worth about $300 billion in todays money, gave it all away before his death. He spent $60 billion to build libraries all over the world - Why? What can we learn?

This situation allegedly led to a mental disorder called "Zero Stroke" - people were dizzied by the amount of zeros involved, so they ended up compulsively writing strings of zeros.

That was the question posed by my 6 years old son few years back whilst flicking through old photos in my phone.

A Father and son were traveling with a donkey. When the father rode and made his son walk, they were criticized by those they met;

When the humans finally settled, collective use of intelligence resulted in explosive growth of science, arts and culture. Humans applied the same principle to the machines by interconnecting them to create internet.

Long ago, there lived a merchant. Business was slowing down, he needed fresh perspective.

Once upon a time, there was a farmer and his most prized possession was family heirloom – pocket watch. The farmer carried the watch with him every day to the farm, he was distressed when he lost the watch. It was late evening and the light was fading fast.

The Federal reserve’s balance sheet size has doubled to $8 Trillion since March 2020 flooding the market with cheap money (near 0% interest rate).

It is often told that creativity and innovation arise at the intersection of art and science. However, Leonardo Da Vinci viewed the world around him as one continuous boundary less canvas filled with wonder and wanted to know everything about everything. We can only try to cultivate this thirst for learning in ourselves and our children.

A great Zen Buddhist master, who was in charge of the Mayu Kagi monastery, had a cat which was his true passion in life. So, during meditation classes, he kept the cat by his side – in order to make the most of his company.

Before the pandemic, free assorted fruits were provided to the employees at work twice a week. Being early to office gave me bird’s eye view of the fruit dynamics.