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Forever, the present – The case of Clive Wearing and the question of memory, identity, and love.
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Asking for a pay raise – a few thoughts on Indra Nooyi’s remark in the New York Times Magazine
Salary raises are touchy issues. When someone of the stature of Indra nooyi makes a remark about the reasonableness of asking for hikes, it is bound to raise a lot of eyebrows. The common reaction is “hey, she is a wealthy lady, so she needn’t ask for one anymore, but we need to? Thats true as well. However, it is unfair to Indra and her life’s work if her remark was negatively perceived. Her remark comes from the depths of a deep, brahmanic cultural upbringing that often put education and performance above everything else. Indra’s comment is better understood from the dual perspectives of culture and as an immigrant. The thoughts in this short essay is my attempt to understand what Indra meant when she made the comment on pay, to the New York Times.
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Indra Nooyi — ‘My life in full’ a beautiful autobiography of an iconic Global business leader, visionary thinker, daughter of two countries, and a quintessential South Indian Brahmin girl at heart.
( Note: The picture you see above is a painting of Indra Nooyi. In November 2019, a year after she[…]
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Sophie’s choice – William Styron’s literary masterpiece.
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Freshdesk – the making of a Decacorn – The phenomenal achievement of entrepreneur Girish Mathrubootham and his team.
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It was not Djokovic’s day – The US open men’s final 2021
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