“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” Charles Shulz The series on ‘The Millionaire Next Door’ was received very well by all of you and I got many pointed questions. Most of the questions were about the concept of “Ideal Networth” and variants thereof. I will urge you to read this series if you have not…

Nature is the greatest teacher in submarine warfare. Sometimes, submarines assume the tactics displayed by a pack of wolves, attacking their prey collectively, as it was practised in the past during the Second Great War and sometimes, they stalk their prey alone like a lone wolf looking for an opportune time to pounce upon their targets. Sometimes, the submarine emulates the shark, considered nature’s most…

A number of negative newspaper reports highlighting the constant intrusion of a female tiger and her two cubs into human habitation and twice into the city of Bhopal over a span of just a year, precipitated a meeting of experts and forest officials in the office of the Chief Wildlife Warden, on 26.07.2012. In this meeting, considering the risks to human life as well as…

Winter is the time for tiny birds. Tiny little tornadoes are in our gardens and parks – hopping between bushes, hurtling into branches, and whizzing out of sight. You can see them well only if they decide to pause for a second, between all the crazy energy they flourish in. Like little dogs diving from the carpet to the sofa to under the table before…