Posts Tagged with: "inspiration"

Paths are Made by Walking

Paths are Made by Walking

0 / Jun 8, 2013 4:05 AM

Thank you to my distinguished friends, President Amy Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price and Rev. Charles Howard for inviting me to […]

Farming the Gandhian Way

Farming the Gandhian Way

0 / Oct 25, 2012 4:00 AM

Not many of us would have heard of Bhaskar Save but the world certainly has, even to the extent of […]

Hymn to Durga

Hymn to Durga

0 / Oct 10, 2012 4:00 AM

Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all strength, Mother, beloved of Shiva! We, born from thy parts of […]

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

0 / Sep 25, 2012 10:26 AM

(15th of September was celebrated as World Tree Day by an inconspicuous organisation is one corner of the world: worldtreeday.org […]

Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom

0 / Sep 13, 2012 3:45 PM

Sometimes you stumble upon a piece of writing which you instantly fall in love with and have this compelling need […]

The Extraordinary Average

The Extraordinary Average

0 / Apr 11, 2012 8:32 AM

At times one feels the sudden urge to do something – something larger than we are, more powerful, more impactful […]

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

0 / Nov 20, 2011 12:53 PM

(Steve Jobs (1955-2011) truly did take our world forward and we thank him for it. To celebrate his life, we […]

A World of Change

A World of Change

0 / Dec 17, 2008 6:27 AM

I have nothing to do with America other than the fact that some of my family resides there. I have […]

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap

0 / Jun 17, 2008 8:17 AM

Frequently, when we despair of where India is at the moment we do one of these three things: first we […]

A Hero Lives On

A Hero Lives On

0 / May 17, 2008 8:10 AM

For decades donors like the World Bank and the Governments of Japan and Germany had waited with millions of dollars […]

Hunger for Books

Hunger for Books

0 / Apr 17, 2008 6:16 AM

In 2007, celebrated writer Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Presented below is her acceptance […]

The Republic of Dreams

The Republic of Dreams

0 / Aug 16, 2007 10:59 AM

(Mahasweta Devi had people in tears at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2006. Delivered with passionate heart, her inaugural speech […]

A Man of Words

A Man of Words

0 / Mar 16, 2007 11:07 AM

I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work – a life’s […]