Nari Shakti to the Fore : Republic Day, 2015

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Ashok Chakra, Capt Divya Ajith, Indhu Mukund, Lt Cdr Sandhya Chauhan, Major Mukund Varadarajan, Nari Shakti, Republic Day 2015, Sqd Ldr Sneha Shekawat, Wg Cdr Puja Thakur

Republic Day is one festive occasion I look forward to most eagerly every year, especially the military parade. This year’s parade was exceptional. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t as good as we would have wished it to be. There was a slight drizzle when the ceremonies started but the weather improved as the parade commenced. President Obama was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations this year, the first time a President of the United States had accepted this honour.

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Mid-Career Crisis

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life goals, mid-career crisis, profit pressures

Ms. Middle Manager, if you don’t keep an eye open for opportunities to sharpen your skills and learn new ones, you could end up facing a mid-career crisis the impact of which will leave you flattened. Organisations being pyramidal structures, there’s less room at the top and plenty at the bottom but the problem is that you are in the middle of a fast-shrinking middle!

It Pays To Be Optimistic

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optimism, psychology, Science Daily, University of Illinois

The moment you speak of psychology, in which subject, by the way, I have a deep interest, people will say, “Yeah, we know, the glass half full or half empty stuff!” We often speak of friends and relatives being either optimists or pessimists. Over time optimists have been described as being people who see the positive side of things, people and situations. They are the ones likely to see the glass being half full.

The Sunanda Pushkar Case

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IPL Controversies, Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar

I had no idea who Sunanda Pushkar was till a controversy broke out involving the Kochi franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was known that she was married to Shashi Tharoor, then a Minister in the Union cabinet in the UPA government. The controversy ended with the team being turfed out of the IPL and one didn’t hear much about Ms. Pushkar until in Jan 2014 when one fine day she was found dead in the luxurious Leela Hotel in New Delhi.