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Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Tuesday, December 31, 2024 : Happy New Year 2025 Good Morning Collage has not been regular, of late, even as a weekly edition. For personal reasons! 🙏 Happy New Year to all and Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday this week 🎊 M G Warrier A Welcome 2025 New Year gives you a once in a year opportunity to take stock, prepare and move forward. Collage Editorial, December 31, 2024 Social Responsibility India has accepted universal social security as a responsibility of government and interwoven all its ingredients in the Constitution. As it seemed a distant goal, the enabling provisions were included in Directive Principles and most of them are not legally enforceable. This position resulted in food security, health insurance and pension system becoming dependent on the magnanimity of the central and state governments of the day. As of now there is total awareness about the need to factor in the elements of all ing...

Merry Christmas 🎁 And Happy New Year Let's revive the spirit of X'mas the Happiness of New Year M G Warrier

In Praise Of Losing! The Hindu Open Page article today (Sunday, December 22, 2024) "Losing is the new winning" by Jairam N. Menon is a "Must Read" for winners, losers and those aspirants and trainers who are helping others including their own family members to win. Yes. Several basics about winning and losing are covered in the piece. Kindly refuse to be carried away by the elements of negativism and sarcasm which Menon has skillfully camouflaged. In principle, generally, in sports and war, the game is played or the battle is fought, irrespective of the chances of winning or losing. Sportsmanship and fighting spirit are words coming to mind in this context. This year (2024), I have joined the group of Octogenarians and perhaps it is late in the day to talk about winning and losing with a future perspective. But, as always, nothing prevents one from sharing memories or revisiting experiences for the benefit of those who are interested in listening or reading. T...

Audit Life! In lobbies and drawing rooms, we will find small stickers or framed messages, most of them expressing positive expectations. Like : 1) "Life need not be perfect To be Wonderful" 2) "Positive Vibes Only" 3) Gita Saar : "What did you bring, that you have lost? What did you create that was destroyed? What you have taken has been from here, what you gave has been given here. What belongs to you today belonged to someone yesterday and will be someone else's tomorrow." So long as one is lucky to lead an active life, every day is a new day, bringing new opportunities and throwing up new challenges. My stint in AG's Office, Thiruvananthapuram(September 1964 to January 1968) taught me certain basic principles of budgeting, accounting and accountability, concurrent audit and post-audit etc which can be easily applied in our daily life. This is in addition to the opportunity to get initiated to philosophy, spirituality and trade union movement...

The Golden Road By Dalrymple My son Kiran Warrier introduced this book to me. Found interesting : A Timeless Testament In The Golden Road, Dalrymple creates a bridge between past and present, offering a lyrical tribute to India’s intellectual, spiritual, and scientific prowess. His prose, drenched in the elegance of English literature, captures the soul of a civilization that has not merely survived but thrived through millennia. This book is more than a narrative; it is a meditation on India’s enduring gifts to humanity. To journey through Dalrymple’s India is to traverse the luminous landscapes of thought, creativity, and compassion—a journey that lingers long after the final page is turned. Happy reading M G Warrier Know More : https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Golden_Road.html?id=Gj75EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false @Amazon : The Golden Ro...

Management Lessons from Animal Kingdom* – Dog,Lion & Monkey A lost dog strays into a jungle. A lion sees this from a distance and says with caution “this guy looks edible, never seen his kind before”. So the lion starts rushing towards the dog with menace. The dog notices and starts to panic but as he’s about to run he sees some bones next to him and He thought & applied A lesson from MBA..says loudly “mmm…that was some good lion meat!”. The lion abruptly stops and says ” woah! This guy seems tougher then he looks, I better leave while I can”. Over by the tree top, a monkey witnessed everything. Evidently, the monkey realizes the he can benefit from this situation by telling the lion and getting something in return. So the monkey proceeds to tell the lion what really happened and the lion says angrily “get on my back, we’ll get him together”. So they start rushing back to the dog. The dog sees them and realized what happened and starts to panic even more. Can you imagine the qu...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, December 15, 2024 Good Morning Collage had a midweek edition last Wednesday. Residual content included in today's issue. Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during the week ending December 21, 2024. Nice Day M G Warrier A Speaking Tree : Good Karma Ends Tension https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/good-karma-ends-tension/articleshow/116222625.cms B India Watch : Forex Reserves https://kashmirlife.net/indias-forex-reserves-cover-11-months-of-imports-and-99-percent-of-the-external-debt-govt-in-parliament-375741/ C Media Response The Hindu Business Line Letters I December 12, 2024 Checks and balances* This refers to the article "Institutions must act when freebies go overboard" (The Hindu Business Line, December 12). Recent history tells us that institutions outside legislatures have a major role in ensuring that the citizens' rights and interests enshrined in the Constitut...

The Editor The Economic Times Chat Room December 12, 2024 Push Pension, Past Pretensions* Please refer to the article "The Great Pension Mess" by T K Arun(ET, December 12). This is the first comprehensive article on the subject appearing in the mainstream media after major issues on pension started surfacing around 2003-4. Since the introduction of NPS Centre and state governments and organisations responsible for implementation of pension schemes have been playing hide and seek. The near absence of any organised voice from pensioners/retirees ensured that the grey area of retirement benefits became dark. The creation of PFRDA instead of the logical expansion and empowerment of EPFO messed up implementation of both Providedent Fund and Pension Schemes. The need of the hour is the recognition that pension/retirement benefits are part of real wages and the responsibility to pay them as part of wages, Provident Fund or deferred compensation as pension squarely ...

Mysteries of the Universe I read select book reviews. When I feel that there will be something interesting in the book, nowadays, I order a copy. Since last few years, I could afford to buy books. Once I buy a book, I glance through the pages and get an idea about the content and later, I can read with concentration the portions that are found interesting. This book, I received as a gift for having subscribed for Reader's Digest. Because I got it free, the book travelled directly to the shelf, may be two years ago and I am taking it out today. Never gift a book. Thinking that the receiver will read it. Mysteries of the Universe - 2nd Edition: Answerable and Unanswerable Questions https://amzn.in/d/faWBbGP

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Good Morning A midweek edition to report the change of RBI Governor. Shaktikanta Das completed his six year tenure as Governor and Sanjay Malhotra became 26th Governor of RBI. M G Warrier A Shaktikanta Das completes his six year tenure as Governor, RBI : https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/das-leaves-a-capital-legacy-12886271.html Das leaves behind a capital legacy! Few would have thought at the start of his first term in 2018 that, with a post-graduation in history, Das could have led the RBI to achieve this level of economic, financial, and technological success. History has taught him a lot. Sanjay Malhotra is new RBI Governor : https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/sanjay-malhotra-appointed-as-new-rbi-governor/articleshow/116141059.cms B Happiness My RBI colleague Shri R Jayakumar responded to my message yesterday sharing his experience of the celebration the family organised on his 7...

My RBI colleague Shri R Jayakumar responded to my message yesterday sharing his experience of the celebration the family organised on his 75th Birthday. Please read : Making Others Happy Dear Warrier Narayani Ganesh's article on Warm Glow Effect is enlightening. https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/warm-glow-effect/articleshow/116112461.cms We don't need any gift for our birthdays. God has given us enough and more. Yesterday my family celebrated my 75th Birthday. In preparation for this both my NRI children made sure themselves to be available in the city. My two daughters planned ten days of outing to the South. One daughter wanted to buy me new a pant and shirt. When we went to the show room it took one hour for me to decide on the colour for the pant and shirt. Every colour available in the showroom was covered in the existing sets of dress available with me at home. My daughter got fed up and went out of the showroom. I finally came out buying cloths with...

New RBI Governor : Sanjay Malhotra New RBI governor: Who is Sanjay Malhotra? Meet the Revenue Secretary who will succeed Shaktikanta Das as 26th RBI governor https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/new-rbi-governor-who-is-sanjay-malhotra-meet-the-revenue-secretary-who-will-succeed-shaktikanta-das-as-26th-rbi-governor/articleshow/116141235.cms Download the TOI app now: https://timesofindia.onelink.me/mjFd/toisupershare

Making Others Happy https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/warm-glow-effect/articleshow/116112461.cms Warm Glow Effect : Narayani Ganesh We are most of the time chasing happiness. For a change, today, let's ponder over ways to make others happy. This article gives some interesting clues. Srinarayana Guru says : "avanavanaathmasukhathinaacharikku - nnavayaparannu sukhathinai varenam ! Let each individual take care of his soul! Let all get comfortable! Actions that everyone does for their own comfort should bring comfort to others too" M G Warrier

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, December 8, 2024 Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during the week ending Saturday December 14, 2024. Best Wishes 🙏 and Regards M G Warrier A Collage Magazine The book on my table : Dignity Dialogue, December 2024 These days I am getting two copies of the monthly magazine brought out by the Dignity Foundation, Mumbai. One, my subscriber's copy and second, complementary because the magazine editor Huned Contractor had interviewed me sometime back and published excerpts from the interview in the magazine. A decade ago I used to regularly contribute articles to Dignity Dialogue. Every issue of Dignity Dialogue is a feast of interesting content covering life and lifestyle for readers of all ages. The current issue has a cover story about the well known linguist Dr. Ganesh Devy (75) whose work with the tribal communities across India has been much appreciated. Dr Devy continues to do research and do...

History of Mumbai I'm sitting on the 20th floor of one of the 16 buildings in the Dreams Complex in Bhandup, Mumbai. One of the readers is thinking how a super senior citizen in India can put his location map in the public domain. No worries. By the time someone reaches here, my location will be different. Chinta mat karo... proceed with reading. There are 8 flats on each floor. So about 2000 plus residential units, with more than 90 percent with an average occupancy of 3. The vast area where the complex is, was the space occupied by Automobile Products of India (API) which produced essentially Lambretta scooters (I owned one of them during 1974 to 1990's). We are still using the water from some the borewells which were used by the factory. The large compounds in Mumbai earlier occupied by factories and cloth mills are now office and residential complexes and business centres. Geography and landmarks keep changing. On last Sunday afternoon, when we were moving out to watch a ...

Inspiration for perspiration Occasionally, the thought "to write or not to write?" comes to mind, of late. Then I remind myself about my commitment to write at least 200 words every day, so long as I'm using the mobile. Added inspiration is, someone far off is waiting to read what I write. The poet Sugathakumari has written some poems explaining why she wrote poems. The link to one of them : https://malayalamkavithakal.com/oru-pattu-pinneyum-sugathakumari/amp/ Yesterday was Sunday. The other half, Sudha loves watching Malayalam movies in theatre. Once in a while we go for a movie and as a side benefit, enjoy hotel food. Some minor painting/maintenance work is going on inside the house. Yesterday also one worker came and was doing his job. Thought the movie plan will have to be postponed till the painting is over. The painter while leaving for lunch gave the good news that he was taking afternoon off. We watched the Malayalam movie "All we imagine as light......

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, December 1, 2024 Beginning of the last month of 2024 takes our thoughts forward to the immense possibilities in store in the coming new year 2025. For me personally, the year is going to be particularly lucky. The numbers add up to 9 and I was born on 9th! Interpreting numbers is an art. You can always arrive at the number you love, once you decide. Even the numbers in my year of birth (1944) added up to 9. Sharing some thoughts on making a new beginning. Reshmy Warrier has shared her recent article on "hope". Happy reading. Let's move on preparing to welcome the New Year 2025 🎊 Best Wishes 🙏 M G Warrier A A new beginning Long since I captured sunrise by looking out in the morning. On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, the Sun was hesitantly looking up, ignoring the clouds around. I've been ignoring sun, taking the fellow granted as one among the pedestrian crowd I cross when I go out in Mumbai. Suddenly I rea...