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Maa Tujhe Salaam

It is said that God couldn’t be everywhere and therefore he created mothers. The sacrifice that a mother makes cannot be explained in words. Her baby is her epicenter. She plays different roles for her baby. I tried to draw a sketch of the emotions I went through when I thought about ‘mother’.  She is the creator (sun), the energy source (fire), she sacrifices (cross), bears all pain (fire, cross), works round the clock (wheel), gives unconditional love (pigeon) not expecting anything in return (half heart at the right hand corner of the sketch). It is perhaps because of this greatness, God must have given her the blessing to be a creator. He bestowed upon her the power to give birth, to keep her baby in her womb for 9 months, to feed and nuture it. The whole process of baby being born and nurtured inside the womb is a miracle. Science has just been able to provide evidences, theories or supportings just to substantiate the process. When a woman becomes a mother, s

Yes Boss

You can hide, you can run but you cannot escape. Wherever you are, you will have one….Boss. You will have to report to someone, unless it is your own company or you have your own shop (doctors, lawyers, etc included in this). When I was pursuing my Masters in Business Administration, (oh, by the way its MBA but I prefer writing it like this as it sounds something big and cool), we were told about different types of leaders and qualities of a good leader. I wonder why it was included. They could have reduced the syllabus by not including this. Anyways! Generally, a leader or a boss is categorized based on the leadership style he uses. However, I like to talk about the traits rather than the style in categorizing bosses, because traits define the way you behave or rather misbehave. Before I start mentioning them, let me have a disclaimer: “All the characters are fictitious and do not bear any resemblance to anything living or dead, even though one couldn’t resis