October 2016

October 14, 2016

An idea is like a foetus

14th Oct 2016, BUSINESS STANDARD

By R Gopalakrishnan, Author and Corporate Advisor We routinely use the reproduction metaphor when we talk about ideas, for example, we use expressions like “The idea was born”, “How the idea was conceived”, or “The idea was aborted.” How did this metaphor of an idea in the brain and a foetus in the womb come about?
October 2, 2016

Gandhi: The Great Communicator

2nd October 2016, ECONOMIC TIMES

On Gandhi’s birth anniversary and as the government designs its global communications after the horrific Uri incident, I am tempted to recall Gandhi’s response in the face of great provocation.