Anuradha Sridharan

I finished reading an interesting and thoughtful book "New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle. This book was suggested by my Professor Dr.DVR Seshadri sometime in Dec '08. Luckily, this book was available in my library but I was waitlisted for a few weeks. I got hold of the book a month ago and I have been reading it slowly, trying to assimilate the contents. This book touches upon serious topics related to consciousness, awakening, importance of being than doing, inner purpose and many such insightful ideas. Although some of these topics are interesting, this book demands a lot of attention while reading. The book starts off with the dysfunction that has led to collective human unconsciousness and how the direction has shifted towards a form focus. In order to become more conscious, one needs to increase the level of awareness and be immersed in the present. The author calls it "the power of NOW". There are many barriers that have made humans to constantly think about pas...

My contribution to Sunday Scribblings #152 - Lost Getting lost in my own world amidst the daily humdrums A dreamer, they call me! Staring at a distance in search of someone, amidst the gathered crowd A loner, they call me! Gliding through the clouds seashore abound with footprints, sulking in the beauty A wanderer, they call me! Feeling his presence my heart skips a beat, the sweet end to my quest A romantic, they call me!

Ever since the exciting news about Rahman winning the Oscars came out, it has been a musical week for me. My iPod and iTunes have been put to best use. Although I love to listen to music, it hasn't been such a continuous flow of beautiful songs one after the other from morning as soon as I login to my laptop until midnight when soothing melodies put me to sleep. As every Rahman fan would say, Slumdog Millionaire isn't one of his best compositions. I was also of the same opinion until I started to listen to "Latika's theme" in repeat mode. What a magical tune that is! I can't seem to get enough of it. With just the humming and a caressing tune, this masterpiece makes me so happy. It strikes at such a deep, emotional level everytime I listen to it. The other songs of SDM are not so great. Since 2008, Rahman has been churning out one album after another in quick succcession that one has very little time to get used to the tunes. With SDM taking the limelight, the...

காத்திருக்கிறேன் அவன் வரவுக்காக கண்ணில் சிறு தேடல் அதை மறைக்க கையில் ஒரு புத்தகம் எதிர்பாரா நேரத்தில் உன் வரவு என் கண்ணில் சிறு மின்மினி எதையோ நினைத்து ஒரு புன்னகை என்னவென்று கேட்க துடிக்கும் என் மனம் அருகில் வந்து அமர் ந்தாய் இதயத்துடிப்பு அதிகரிக்க ஒரு சின்ன வார்த்தை "அலோ" எத்தனை அர்த்தங்கள் ஒளிந்திருக்கும் சிறு குறள் மெய்ச்சிலிர்த்தேன் அத்தருணத்தில் என் பேனா எழுத துடித்தது மொழி கண்ணில் மறைய உன் வடிவம் என்னில் கரைய

I want to break free from the entanglements of everyday rigmarole, fly far until my wings show me their full potential I want to break free from the information overflow engulfing my thoughts, seek serenity until my left brainwaves slow down their speed I want to break free from the noises emanating from all directions, admire the stillness until my ears could hear soft music I want to break free from the responsibilities and society enforced restrictions, walk with the full moon until my footsteps make rhythmic raps I want to break free from the pressures of time and mood swings, romance around until my heartbeats echo my love

During casual weekly conversations with my dad, he asks me "When is the final exam?". When I tell him that I don't have final exams this quarter, he wonders what kind of a course it is without a final exam. Currently I'm working on a business plan evaluation paper and trying to come up with a new business plan for my eBusiness Models course. These assignments demand a greater amount of effort and thinking than the conventional final exams that we are so used to giving after every semester. One of the many good aspects I like about my PGSEM program at IIMB is the evaluation. In the past 1.5 years, I have done many group projects, individual assignments, case analyses, role plays, a couple of self reflective papers, two business plans, a movie review etc apart from a few exams/quizzes. I like this variety of options offered in different courses. Although it involves considerable effort throughout the quarter unlike the last few days of preparation in my engineering days...

Thanks to a recommendation given in one of the panel discussions at IIMB, I managed to read "Our iceberg is melting" today. It's a simple and thoughtful fable narrating the process of change and the steps involved in influencing change. The characters - Louis, Alice, Fred, Buddy, NoNo and many such penguins in this story are not new to us. They exist in different forms at our workplace and society. Change is inevitable and it is the only constant in life's equation. Yet many of us dread even a minor change in our day-to-day routines, let alone the bigger impact ones. The 8 step change process suggested in this story seems to be very useful and I plan to refer to it as often as needed. I admire the approach used by the author to discuss the important concept of change management using a simple fable. I highly recommend this book and one can finish reading it in a couple of hours.