I am 45 now, and as the winter chill settles in, a simple act—oiling my head after a shower—triggered a cascade of memories spanning three decades. When I was a boy in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, the ritual of a weekly, sometimes daily, head massage with oil was as common as breathing. My favorite was the potent, earthy scent of mustard oil . I remember visiting our local vaid ji (traditional practitioner), who stressed the importance of this practice, lamenting even then that fewer people were keeping it up. Fast forward to adulthood, and my simple habit met the sharp reality of changing cultural norms. My wife, from a different background, and her circle found the idea of oiled hair "un-stylish." Even when I switched to the fragrant, dark luster of amla oil, the gentle teasing and continuous pressure to conform chipped away at my resolve. Now, my cherished ritual is relegated to an occasional, quick application, washed out within hours. Where Did the Oil Go? As I drov...
Should we move from a big organization to a small organization? What reasons can influence your decision when you move from a large to a small organization? How does it feel when you transition from a big company to a small company? What qualifies as a big organization and a small organization? Recently, I switched from a big company to a small company, this is what it looked like from the outside and in my first introduction. Here in this blog I share some of my experiences. Chandigarh University is a big company, and I dared to call it a company and not an educational institution because these private firms are in-fact selling education. There is little of actual value underneath the glitz and glamour that one sees from the outside of these organizations. I managed to spend two years at Chandigarh University in one of its core management departments. When things started becoming difficult and analyzing the dim chances of promotion, I decided to make the move to some other company. Un...