Cows are a scarce commodity on the Island, as in truth is every thing else of provision, we being beholden to our neighbours the Portuguese for almost every thing that we eat; otherwise we might starve, were we only to subsist on the production of the Island.” - John Burnell, writing about Bombay during the first decade of the 18^th century.

Was it inevitable for Bombay to become the...

5 warning signs of losing the equilibrium between career and life

I met a wise man recently who said something that made a lot of good sense. He said “Life is whole, whether big or small. Size does not matter. The apparent external separateness and diversity is being backed up by the wholeness of life.” He recommends a design and structure of life to complement totality. In this column, let...

Before fretting about those tele-marketing calls, register in do not call directories. It is easy and effective

Last week several complaints came up in my yahoo consumer group about the sudden increase in pesky marketing calls from Citibank. Group members described the calls as “disgusting” and “intimidating” and exchanged notes on how they can retaliate. Deepak said that the telemarketing...