RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR When his father first showed Albert Einstein, the greatest of theoretical physicists, a receptacle compass, it was like what the falling apple was to his illustrious scientific ‘forebear’ Sir Isaac Newton. Einstein was barely five years old, but he felt an indescribable experience — his mind lit up with the gadget, in a […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Celebrity novelist John Grisham is to legal artifice and righteous failing what Lucius Annaeus Seneca was to stoic philosophy — and, still is — the difference being of degree. Grisham challenges to triumph by nurturing the nerve to flunk; the cabal to him is neither the ground nor the consequence of belief. His job […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It is a fact of modern life that you and I are somewhat disconnected from nature. Picture this — how many of us keep a track of the seasons, the blossoming of flowers, or caterpillars turning into butterflies, or a child’s fulsome laughter? If you were to ask your friends the last time […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It was a rainbow synthesis of words that made Ernest Paul Lehman’s genius an integral part of his artful dexterity — more so, because his cinematic chemistry mirrored his silky-smooth and built-in delightful ability to entertain multiple pairs of seemingly opposite ideas simultaneously. In other words, of seeing the whole picture, while integrating […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Kōnosuke Matsushita was not a great speaker. His voice was evidently frail. He never displayed quick-silver intellect. And, even if he did, it was all too rare — never in public view. He also never warmed his audience with hilarious anecdotes. But, he did what all great leaders do. He motivated large groups […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Many of us indulge in self-talk. Self-talk guides us from our own emotional responses to a more conscious level. You’d call this state a learning plateau reflecting our needs and attitudes. When you process experiences and emotions associated with self-talk, you begin to filter not just your experiences, but also beliefs. Beliefs are […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It all emerged, quite amusingly, from an unlikely pioneer, who, as a kid bearing a fragile, delicate frame, was, otherwise, perky in school with his relentless inquisitiveness. While not much is known of Sigmund Freud’s early life, because he purged his personal writings, twice over, his subsequent papers were strictly embargoed in the […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR There just can’t be a better example of globalised fascination than cartoon strips. You know them all — the great, all-time favourites. However, none comes close to one classical genre that is in a league of its own — the much-loved Asterix. It is a delight that’s going as strong as ever — […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Cricketing contexts are boundless means — not arbitrary constructions. They are, in more ways than one, nestled truths anchored in wide and deep realities, where each of such truths is a part of other wholes. In other words — a myriad artwork that more than highlights, or celebrates, a particular context. This also […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR All of us know its essence, if not its subtle nuance — yet, we are, for the most part, too tense about what the future would hold for us. As Albert Einstein said, “I never think of the future; it comes soon enough.” For most people though, the future is always near and yet […]