My kids’ school is closed tomorrow because of the teachers are on strike. With the way things are across the UK, this was only a matter of time. I can’t think of any public service that hasn’t been on strike till now. I don’t think there’s anybody in this country who wouldn’t have been affected …
Note – I’ve still been thinking about some of the questions which No Logo left me with. So I am going to cheat a bit and build upon last week’s post to add some more of my thoughts. Deleting/editing last week’s post did occur to me, but I felt it will be better to leave …
It’s been more than twenty years since No Logo was first published. I finally read my copy more than a decade after purchasing it, during which it travelled with me as I moved between four cities in three countries. Had I read the book then, it would have been a revelation. Reading it now, I …
I don’t recall the last time I made resolutions in a new year. As far as I can remember, I never have. Although TBH, my memory doesn’t stretch much beyond the past 6 years. Parenthood transforms the way our brains are wired. Definitely for the better, because it doesn’t leave much space for anything …
“We have a third prime minister?” Yes, and I showed her his photograph. “Oh, okay”. For a soon to be six years old, it didn’t really mean anything to my daughter to see it was someone brown like us. When I told her that he was the first brown prime minister …
Last week, I baked a birthday cake for my daughter. I enjoy cooking but I haven’t really tried my hand a lot at baking. So I picked up the easiest sounding recipe for a chocolate cake. Why chocolate? Because every five year old loves chocolate. Actually, make that between five and fifty, to take into …
This time last year, I had been discharged from the hospital and had spent 2 weeks in isolation waiting for my “double negative” test results. By then, all I wanted was to be home in time for Eid. Looking back, there is so much to be grateful for. The gift of life, of being with …
There is a series of three lectures by Clayton Christensen which he delivered at Said Business School a few years ago. In the first one, unsurprisingly, he discusses the theory he is best known for: disruptive innovation. The second talks about management and the panda’s thumb – practices which were developed because they may have …
Bill Gates has released his green manifesto in the book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”. I haven’t read it yet and I am fairly confident that I won’t be able to come around to reading it either, but there’s enough on the internet to know what he wants. The key premise he talks about …
Gong Xi Fa Cai Not sure how it is in the part of the world you live in, but where I am, Chinese New Year is the biggest social event on the calendar. Of course, I know this quite well now after living in Singapore for more than a couple of years now. But I …
