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Category Archives: People
All Aboard the Cultural Express: Celebrating 150 years of Rabindranath Tagore
A 35-member panel led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was set up “to suggest, formulate and plan a number of events that would rekindle public interest in Gurudev’s rich cultural legacy and in his thoughts, ideals, teachings and values,” and … Continue reading
Java-Yatrir Patra – Rabindranath Tagore’s Indonesian experience
“Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.” Arnold Edinborough I am have been caught up in the frenzy of the 150th birth anniversary … Continue reading
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Career Change to Taxi Driver in Singapore
Lady luck was smiling at me – there was a taxi just waiting inside the Singapore Press Holdings building compound and the driver in an animated conversation with a young man shaking hands through the drivers window. I was on … Continue reading
Tapping the Hidden Potential
“Emptiness is described as the basis that makes everything possible” – The Twelfth Tai Situpa Rinpoche, Awakening the Sleeping Buddha ‘It’s like coming home’ said Geshe Michael Roach on Indonesia. I was surprised to learn that the school of Tibetan … Continue reading
30 Years of India Club in Jakarta
It all started with the initiative of the then Indian ambassador to Indonesia His Excellency Mr. Bhutani, on Aug. 23, 1981, when about 20 Indian families held an informal meeting at JIS-Patimura enjoying homemade snacks and hot tea. It is … Continue reading
Love and Light…with Santana at Java Jazz festival 2011
‘We all have the power to make a difference as we are all made up of 2 things – Love and Light’, said Carlos Santana in the middle of his performance at D2 Axis Hall, PRJ, Kemayoran. It was one … Continue reading
Do Your Best and Leave the Rest…to God
Interview with Shubraji as an audio podcast. At 13 years old, Shubraji was a student at Loreto convent in Lucknow, India, and an atheist. On a school holiday with her sister she first met Swami Chinmayananda and was touched by … Continue reading
Its a Juggling Act: Work Life Balance for Women Entrepreneurs
Teach a woman to fish and she will feed the whole village – African proverb The biggest driver of the 21st century global economy will not be India or China but women coming into the workforce. Women entrepreneurs are rapidly … Continue reading
A Touch of Magic – Indians in Indonesia
It must be a touch of magic that has drawn Indians to Indonesia for two millennia. Indians have historically made the journey to Indonesia – a name derived from the Latin Indus, meaning “India”, and the Greek Nesos, meaning “island”, … Continue reading
Indian Fashion Designer in Jakarta
Tarun Tahiliani is one of the most celebrated Fashion Designers of India and a Graduate of the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.The designer clothes created by him are sold in … Continue reading
