Deepti VijaykumarSeema aunty : Guardian of the Indian aunty consciousness on the world stageSeema aunty says more things wrong than right, according to my western educated mind. But as I started peeling the western layers off of…3 min read·Oct 15, 2023----
Deepti VijaykumarWhy Rihanna and Govinda are cut from the same clothRihanna’s Super Bowl half-time performance earlier this year struck me like lightning and continues to stay with me as trailing lightning…·3 min read·Mar 27, 2023----
Deepti VijaykumarThe Oscars brouhaha: a symptom of deep-seated Indian emotional traumaThe Oscars definitely validates talent, even if it is not the best judge of it. The moment an international talent is given a seat at the…·4 min read·Mar 14, 2023----
Deepti VijaykumarWhy the Kat-Vicky wedding touches the heart like no other celebrity weddingI am not a fan of Katrina Kaif, nor of Vicky Kaushal. But I find myself positively elated, smiling at myself at the news of their wedding…·3 min read·Dec 10, 2021----
Deepti VijaykumarThe dilemma of the local maximaThe side-effect of being a competitive person is having to feel like one is ‘the best’ or the local maxima at any given point of time. This…·3 min read·May 4, 2021----
Deepti VijaykumarRejection — is there a silver lining?They say, “Rejection is part of life”. This of course is true, but a hitch lies in the way it is said- like it’s a necessary burden that…·3 min read·Nov 23, 2020--1--1
Deepti VijaykumarLeadership myth #3 :Leadership is just a work thing!Leadership is an exhaustively studied domain but the mastery of it still seems to be dangling just out of our grasp. Why? Because we are…·3 min read·Oct 18, 2020----
Deepti VijaykumarLeadership myth #2 : I can be a perfect leader only when my team is perfect!Pragmatism is a highly underrated leadership skill. I call it a skill and not a quality or a philosophy because it can be learnt and…·4 min read·Sep 19, 2020----
Deepti VijaykumarLeadership myth #1: The glory is all mine!Some popular jargons in leadership intelligence today are ‘Lead from the back’, ‘Servant leadership’ and ‘Selfless leadership’.·4 min read·Sep 1, 2020----