Dinshaw Avari- Trying my Hand at Blogging!

July 17, 2019 Can we be both to our children? There are so many people who believe so! As a parent, you should be your child’s friend; but, can you be their “ BEST ” friend?   Should you be? At the very heart of this question is the quote mentioned above- and in my opinion to raise your children well you cannot be their BEST FRIEND .   You can be close friends.   To be a good kid entails us, as parents, TO BE PARENTS .   How can we correct our child if we are their best friend?   How can we teach, encourage, feed, advice, “tell”, scold or do so many other things which, as a parent, you can do but as a best friend you cannot or may not be able to? Practically speaking, even between friends it's difficult (though not impossible), to correct your best friend– however, as a parent you don’t have that worry. However, if you are your child’s best friend & vice-versa, won’t you spoil them to maintain that friendship level?   Would ...

July 12, 2019 We are an inquisitive nation and by extension an inquisitive people 😊 ! Politically, we just cannot stop poking our [long] noses into others’ affairs … and more than that, commenting on the same.   We are ‘holier than thou’! Locally, we must be part of the crowd – we just cannot mind our own business. Socially, not only must we ‘k eep up with the Joneses ’ but we must comment on “them”, their life, clothes, dogs, cats and anything else we are inquisitive enough to bitch about. We’ll stop to see an accident; we’ll mill around the affected; we’ll give our comments on who was right or wrong without even knowing anything about the incident; we’ll even pronounce judgement – all along with no relationship to affected parties concerned.   All because our voice must be heard above the din of another 50 onlookers with exactly the same purpose in mind 😊 ! Oi people!!! ... Get a life!   There’s more to life than inquiring into our neigh...

(Photo credit- https://www.redbubble.com/people/galaxysalvo/works/16066035-big-brother-is-watching-you?p=poster ) June 17, 2019 In a recent set of Tweets ( https://twitter.com/aamirkazi60/status/1139408694653800448 ), our GM Aamir Kazi, @aamirkazi60, raises some very interesting & pertinent questions on the use of Social Media by employees of companies (for brevity I am only reproducing an extract of some of the questions he poses) - Quote In a recent row of […] the question is- does any organization has the right to spy on any employee’s private life? •Check on our thinking? •Do their employees represent organisations on their social media? What should be the criteria or standard operating procedure while on job? •Does any organisation has any contract letter saying “your social media accounts & personal emails will be checked for foul language and inappropriate content and if found guilty, disciplinary action will be taken against you”- you may lose ...

(Photo Credit- https://www.digitalvidya.com/blog/impact-of-social-media/ ) May 22, 2019 The most hyped concept since the last decade – and growing ever stronger – has got some amazing advantages and strengths- ·         It’s brought old friends, & “flames”, together! ·         It acts as a mass “alerts” & warnings medium. ·         Sharing of experiences, travels, musings, ideas and what-not! ·         It’s characteristic of being such a positive influencer on one’s actions and thoughts! ·         …and so many other advantages each of us have individually experienced. However, we have witnessed it’s negative side too ☹ - 1)       Creating a negative influence and perception- and thereafter a mass “conversation” where none should have even existed. ...