When Hari got the call from the US firm, he couldn't quite believe it. He called himself an "India Sourcing Consultant". Having worked in management positions in different firms for two decades, he felt it was time he quit the corporate rat race and tried something on...

Mano had recently shifted to Detroit to live with his son Anand, a software engineer from Chennai, India Having recently lost his wife, he felt it would be a good idea to spend the rest of his life with his son. And Anand was only too glad to have him - in fact, he...

Common sense is uncommon, and perhaps even more with super brilliant people. Rafael Martin considered himself to be someone with much-higher-than-average intellect. And the speed at which he was climbing the corporate ladder seemed to suggest that his belief in his...

Arjun was justifiably proud about his new house. He had spent twice the money on building to ensure that every bit and every nook had sustainability embedded in it. One cannot blame Reena for being annoyed at Arjun being so fussy about every bit being green....

It was a fight that was a complete waste of time, and both Akira and Asahi would readily consent to that - post facto. When their father Masumi was on his death bed, he beckoned both his sons to his house to bade them goodbye. Masumi was considered almost a...

It makes a lot of sense to do some groundwork before a date - ask Adriana. When Adriana was introduced briefly to Avram at a birthday bash for her friend, she was quite impressed with his intellect and knowledge of all that was happening in the world. And Avram was...

The forests of the state of Karnataka in India hold some real exciting natural habitats, besides a massive biodiversity of trees and plants. To preserving this, there were a number of non-governmental organizations, and one of the more prominent was Namma Aranya,...

"Grandpa, but you don't understand," protested Hamadi. "Well, at least in this you are no different from youngsters worldwide," retorted Muhammad. Grandfather and grandson were discussing the merits and demerits of climate change and global warming, in their palatial...

One man's problem is another's opportunity. The case of Scholl & Co proved it beyond a doubt. Scholl is one of the world's leading automotive Tier 1 companies. Tomas Scholl, the grandson of the firm's legendary founder Christiann Scholl, and its current chairman was...

Xiu and Jin had been friends right from the time they were at kindergarten at Beijing, and until they completed their undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at the prestigious Beijing Institute of Technology. They did everything together - well, almost everything,...