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It all started at IIM Bangalore. I regularly conduct programs for MDP sessions and one program I’ve been associated since inception is the Women Entrepreneurship Program offered by N S Raghavan [...]

My friend and a compelling professional speaker, Pravin Shekar http://katha108.com has been persuading me to write a book for over three years. I thought my lethargy will put him off. And he [...]

2005. My first visit to Bangkok. As my cab from the airport was navigating the crowded streets to reach my hotel,I noticed auto rickshaws known as tuk-tuks of varied colours whizzing past. [...]

Humor has many forms, jokes, anecdotes, quips, verses, limericks, satire, slapstick, stand-up, parody, morbid, topical and many more. But personally, I feel repartee outshines all these [...]

I am encouraged and grateful for your overwhelming response to my earlier post on humor. This prompted me to come out with five more tips based on my experience. Read on.. 6.Don’t announce humor. [...]

I thought I’d given a magnificent speech. And an elderly gentleman from the audience came up to me and exclaimed, “Well, your speech was both good and original.” Grinning from [...]

Well, part 2 and the end of the Q&A. From 100 plus questions I’d clubbed similar questions and created a list of 40 questions. I don’t claim these answers to be sacrosanct as they are a [...]

I gave a 15 minute talk on ‘UNLEASH YOUR HUMOR QUOTIENT’ at TEDx Dubai in 2010. My dear friend Pravin Shekar and team at www.katha108.com ran through it and gave me, A FREE Content Audit one 15 [...]

Last year I was scheduled to speak at a conference from 12.30 PM to 1.30 PM. Like it happens the initial delay cascaded into my slot and I was at the lectern only by 1 PM. The previous speaker [...]