Enigma Solution

                                    I f you go to a restaurant, there is almost always a waiter to serve you. The reason the person is called a waiter is he or she waits on you. The waiter's job is to wait. To not only wait but also watch and respond to the guest seeking information or some service.  No one likes to be summoned by the snapping of fingers, talked down in a demeaning manner or to clean up an unnecessary mess. The waiter's job is challenging especially when demands of guests are unreasonable. While waiting is common in restaurants, what do we say when this happens in organisations? It is quite common for even highly qualified and senior people having to wait on their bosses and political masters. Many bosses and even heads of families like to hold a grand audience with several people waiting on them. This makes them feel important while making people around t...

My nephew Karan and I recently debated over various economic and political matters one evening. I asked him how he was convinced that what he said was correct. He replied that he read and saw it in the media, and therefore they were 'facts'. Foolishly we believe we are consumers and therefore we are being served with facts. Nothing can be further from the truth. ___________________________________ By whatever affiliation, all the major media players are large companies, owned and interlinked with even larger business groups. Like other companies, they sell a product to a market. The market is advertisers - that is, other businesses. The product is audiences. The elitist media decides the basic agenda who and what must be promoted and which others must adapt. So we have major corporations selling their ideas to other businesses. Not surprisingly the picture of the world presented reflects the narrow and biased interests and values of the sellers, which ...