• Market for shoes

    A shoe company wanted to expand its business. The top management decided to send a team of marketing professionals to assess market feasibility in a remote, small and poor region. After a…

  • Slow down to speed up

    Look at the keyboard of any standard typewriter or computer. Q,W,E,R,T and Y are the first six letters, followed by other alphabets in what appears to be a random order. Who decided…

  • Kindness pays!

    One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one dime  left, and he was hungry. He decided…

  • Geese facts

    The next time we see geese flying along in a “V” formation, heading south for the winter, we might stop for a moment to reflect on what science has discovered as to…

  • Making a difference

    An old man was out for a walk along the beach near his house early in the morning. Ahead of him, he saw a young girl who was walking at the edge…

  • A puppy for sale

    A farmer had some puppies to sell.  He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving…

  • Sharing the seeds

    Every year, in October, Half Moon Bay in California, USA, holds a pumpkin competition. The biggest pumpkin grown in a season wins. One winner, upon accepting the prize, gave a handful of…

  • ‘Bhootabhrute namaha’

    In the famous Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, a long line of devotees would patiently wait for the delicious prasadam, even a few centuries ago. A poor Vaishnavite used to be…