Author: Dennis Taraporewala

Storyteller, Business Owner, Musician, Life Strategist.

Blame: A Self Kept Burden

The outside world is deceptive in its orientation. It makes you feel, that there is something happening ‘out there’ beyond and without your reach. This deception is caused when we break our unity consciousness with all things and look through the prism of duality. Thus things begin to appear separate, people look different, forces seem to work in favour or against, alignments and agendas crop up. At the root of separation lies the idea of “us and them” or “me and them”.

But unity consciousness is telling us that everything is happening in perfect harmony and the universe is throbbing in the perfect way each moment. Continue reading “Blame: A Self Kept Burden”

The Thin Line with Lobbying

Recently lobbying has gained a whole load of currency (no pun intended) in the Indian market, with Ms. Radia in the news for probably perceived incorrect reasons. Lobbying has been defined in many ways and has a huge history. The common definition of lobbying is that it seeks to influence decisions made by governments or legislators for specific interest groups or institutions or groups of people. In fact in many countries, lobbying is not such a “bad” term as sometimes referred to in India and in some it is even the fundamental right of every citizen. For example the ability of individuals, groups, and corporations to lobby the government is protected by the right to petition in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Lobbyists actually use time spent with legislators to explain the goals of the organizations they represent and the obstacles elected officials face when dealing with issues, to clients. At its fundamental level lobbying is just another way of communicating your point of view, to people who could make a difference.

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Gen Next: A Figment of Our Imagination

Media, brands, radio, TV and authors, through eternity, have all been fascinated by Gen Next. Through the ages each generation is fascinated, fearful and awed by the next generation following them, the infamous “Gen Next”. Stories are written about them, what they like and dislike; they are analysed as a consumer group, brands start catering their positioning to them and advertisers start probably appealing to their lowest salacious desires. TV programs are created to titilate Gen Next and radio cannot have enough of them. But this entire fascination with Gen Next is actually an age-old phenomena and thus a repeating pattern within the evolution of humanity. Generations and generations of humans, have always been intrigued by Gen Next. Perhaps as groups of generations grow up on earth, they find their own bodily youth in them?

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What the Bleep Do We Know -:)

The truth is, I don’t know anything. And I am not too sure there is anyone out there, who knows much about anything as well. Not that there is anything really to know, out there. And then again, I could be wrong.

But we sure do love to sound like we know everything – the mundane and the divine -:) Its sounds cool at least. Imagine making a presentation to your client and starting of by saying, I don’t really know anything, but lets see what your issues are and then we can come up with some probabilities and possible solutions. Would be an honest take; but would it be cool? Of course, I would immediately hire someone who said that to me, if he/she could show me his/her process of thinking and attitude to the universe, beside not knowing everything.

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