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Title: Opposite Signal In the journey called life traffic jams occur blue pill may stop a fit & red pill for that extra mile                                                       Title: Doubts Doubts of sin when enters a train of thought spin the windmill of imagination to blow them away.                                                      Title: Slice of life   From time to time slice of life is never luck but hard work.

Story telling is an art which in digital age gets enhanced when infused with technology. Belief is key in all cultures but rituals and practices differ. Armed with these thoughts I set up to meet Pepsi Vietnam team, who this season had once again taken the initiative to bring Vietnamese families together with their CSR activity called Tet Sum Vay. Tet is the lunar new year celebrated in South East Asia to mark the months journey coordinated by the cycles of moon. Lunar calendar has more or fewer than 13 months unlike the solar calendar which has fixed 12 months. Sum Vay means family reunion. So what is significance of Tet Sum Vay? Having worked in APAC for a decade had the occasion of learning and seeing cultural activities in the region. The learnings were list of holidays each country enjoyed which allowed people to meet their families often. In comparison Vietnam has holidays on labour day, Ho-Chi Minh's Birthday & Independence day, both are...

A name holds a very important feature in a person's life and in a product's life. From your name one can create a brand. While I took my journey to find and define my course of work, after departing from KL, I made my arrival in Hanoi. The picturesque landscape held my view but the practical side nudged on to find a suitable vocation. I chanced upon meeting two creative, individuals, Hanh & Binh and their new baby Danet. On asking what is Danet, Binh said, it means "God is my judge, its a hebrew version". And the insight was for any kind of creative work, audience is the best judge. Hanh chirped in, Yes and also "its an old english girl's name. "Though Vietnam is called the fatherland but women exercise their rights equally, freely and successfully & Danet is an inspiration to new creative form in digital media for everyone. http://www.danet.vn/go For me it was a god send prayer. Every creative wants to get their work published its...

When Calcutta becomes Kolkata,  I traveled to see the change. Since declaring its independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 after years of colonial rule, a number of India’s big cities have undergone name changes as their states underwent reorganization. Capital of West Bengal-India, is the union of  race, moment and milieu. In Jan 2001, the name was restored back to Kolkata from Calcutta. In the alphabetical order many intelligent people remarked that it was a silly mistake. One should not swap a Capital C with K, it might push back the economic parameter of the state. Well so the people said but the decision was carried out. So I looked into the old tales of how the name Calcutta came into use. One story was that   three village blokes  were lazing under a tree when a  British troup arrives and they enquire, pointing at the paddy fields- "What's the name of the place?" but villager's misinterpret the question to (when was the paddy cut) and an...

Just as rules come in the path of justice, religion comes in the way of God. In this digital age, can we develop an app to directly connect with God? as God app! I had this query and so went on a journey to discover GOD! Rumor had it that Angel investors are angels for startups and the word app; If created creatively it might also win accolades and applauds! Religion to me is a dress code, as an infant one does not chose a particular religion their parents decide that. Following a given faith is serendipity, you happen to follow a particular religion, a practice because you happen to be born to a particular family following a given faith. Earlier humans were wise they prayed to nature, the wonders of the sunset, beauty of the moon, thunders and lightening. Simple things which affected their daily lives. With evolution came transformation, in thinking, preaching and practices. After-all evolution is a remarkable theory and all theories can be put to test. But evolution of man wi...

One of my HR friends, who had been in the industry for some 20 years, is quitting.  I asked him the reason and he confessed that after playing the role of a  judge for so long, three resumes have made him to do some thinking.  Now thinking is difficult, judgement is easy. After the judiciary it’s the human resource management that plays judge by assessing people’s bios and placing them with suitable jobs. He shared the three resumes with me and asked, as a writer who would be an ideal character sketch for my story. I already had started to chicken out after a haranguing dream where I had conversation with Dryden, Byron  and Alexander Pope, who had left me drained and insomniac. I was the last person to fall for this trick but his sincere insistence made me read through... CV1: The guy is 25 year old male, with matriculate certificate; had done odd jobs from childhood; working in tea stalls, flipping burger patties, wiping car windows, life was his ...

Ordinary men and women living a simple, ordinary life, day in day out. When they try to do the impossible,they fail but when they don't give up and take their failure as a challenge that is endurance nature. Any hick or harry in his own surrounding, among his friends and peers; comfort and convinience, in his own sweet time can call the shots and be a winner. But the ultimate measure for a man is where he stands at the time of challenge and controversy. As a writer, I took a journey to collect stories.It wasn't just about expressing my work, I wanted more than anything else to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. Malaysia apart from showcasing a tourist friendly country, it organises international Marathons.  Event: The race has three categories: 200 KM, 100KM,50 KM. Its the toughest terrain, starts from a Malay village Hulu Langat Batu 14.A rain forrest jungle along the winding roads, streching towards two major hills, passes through a beauti...