Learning like Bruce
‘A King had been defeated six times at war. Forces scattered, facing death, he fled and hid in a rude shed. He was tired and shattered. As he lay in despair he saw a small spider attempting to weave a web. She tried and failed - six times in a row. The King thought, “She too shall taste bitter failure.” But the spider tried for a seventh time and emerged successful. Inspired, the King too endeavored into the thick forests, for a seventh time, gathered his forces and won himself a commendable victory.’ It’s a time when the self-declared godfather of world nations has allowed itself to be eclipsed by the emerging super powers, and paradoxically, uncomfortable ‘truths’ of the gaping holes in our political, economic and corporate fabric have made their hostile appearance. Nandan Nilekani ‘imagined’ the Indian picture perfectly when he said there is a worrying “ dissonance in opportunities that India has and political chaos.” What is most apparent in the word ‘opportunities’ i...