TO DO WELL FORGET WHERE YOU LOST OUT

 

John Mathew had been a man of principles. 

He was teaching in a private school, Golden Valley High School, at Nellimoodu.  When the strength of the students grew to three thousand, he had woked tirelessly to set up a branch of the school under the same mangement at Kanjiramkulam. He had hoped he would be posted as the Head Master at the new school as he had been the senior most teacher at the Golden Valley High School. 

John was frustrated when the mangement posted another teacher quite junior to him as the Head Master at the new School.

Later, John was offered the Post of the Principal of  a thriving school near Uduppi in Karnataka. The management knew the capabilities of John well. 

We were good friends. John had forwarded the photos and a description  of the school, he had joined to me.

I replied:

Good place you are helming

John responded:

Thank you so much for your love, guidance, correction, and appreciation.

I wrote back:

To do well, forget where you lost out. Those were yesterdays. 

It is today that matters.

When your todays are good, your tomorrows cannot fall behind.

Take care of your responsibilities.

Fail to win

John replied:

Thank you so much for your sincere words. I know these are  real words, because you know me. I know, I have to be very careful at  the administrative front. 

I commented:

You ought to.
You can

TWO YEAR OLD AND EIGHT MONTHS OLD AT THE KEYBOARD

 

                  TWO YEAR OLD AND EIGHT MONTHS OLD AT THE KEYBOARD

KUZHIPPALLAM BOTANICAL GARDEN HISTORY ON A STONE TABLET

 

I wrote to Mr. Georgekutty, when I located this pure gem. 

Georgekutty and his brothers are helming the Kuzhippallam Botanical Garden. 

This is history. This is of historical significance.

I found this relegated to the top level of the bonsai gallery.

My suggestion is it has to be cleaned and restored.

This is where Kuzhipallam Botanical Garden began.

I would also suggest, it has to be placed in the most prominent place in the garden in an elevated round with flowers. 

Forwarding what KUTSeminary, Kannammoola, Trivandrum has done with such a tablet.

It is placed at the entrance of KUT Seminary

Please think of something like this.

Please light it up with light falling on it at night as well.

If it is neglected, chances are someone ignorant of its significance  would break it up one day

SUCCESS AND LEADERSHIP KIARA ADVANI AND M.S.DHONI

 

Kiara Advani - Film Actor - on the pressure of being at the top and evolving with audience expectations

I think reaching your goal is not the hardest part. When you have reached, what do you do with it - is what is harder. 

How do you sustain it?

You are also then at a position where people are looking up to you and asking ... what next?

I see it with my fans. they are like.'Okay, we supported you till here, now what are you giving us? 

We want to see something new, we want to see something different.'

M.S. Dhoni, legendary cricketer, who captained CSK in the IPL and had guided CSK to five titles, had passed on the Captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad

Dhoni's suggestions to Ruturaj on leadership

Run CSK the way he wanted to run it. That was the way I had run it for a long time. Cricket is a game where the captain has to make the decisions. Yes, there are coaches and support staff, but it is not like football where the manager decides. In cricket, it's about the captain and he has to decide. In fact I have told him he is free not to take even a  single piece of advice from me.

Dhoni says, there can be certain things Ruturaj can pick up from him, but he essentially needs to be his own man. 

There can  be certain things he will pick up from the way I used to lead. But individuals are different. Whatever you feel is your style, you have the full liberty to decide.

I am very open. I'll come and talk to you. But you don't have to do even one thing that I speak to you about. Let's say I come up with ten pieces of advice, if you don't follow even one, that's fair enough.

When you are the leader, you have to take that responsibility

 As a leader, you have to assess the resources you have to decide how to deploy it.

Times of India of 18 May 2026

 

THE ADAGE

 

The adage goes, with great power comes great responsibility

FUSHIMI INARI SHRINE WITH 10000 STEPS

 

Anoop writes from Japan today the 14thMay2026

He did call me at 5.29 pm. As I was driving to pick up Evana from the Falcon Badminton Academy, I asked Lila to take the call. Somehow the call was disconnected.

Later he posted a message:

"Pappa

Tried calling you 

Today We visited Todaji  Temple and Nara Deerpark where we touched and patted live deers

Subsequently we visited Fushimi Inari Shrine where we climbed 200 steps and the total steps were 10000

Then we visited Kinkako G Temple 

Also visited bamboo forest

Our guide Jimmy was one of the best guides we have ever had 

So helpful so friendly and he took us to a mini shopping street as we had enough time in.Kyoto 

Tomorrow early morning at 8.30 we are going to Hiroshima by Shinkansen Bullet train 

Going to sleep as we are tired from the long journey we had today"

When I saw the message I thought it would be better not to disturb them from sleep. But I posted a reply.

"Happy you had a wonderful day today.

10000 steps. Beats me. 

Clearing 200 is an achievement by itself.

When you called, we were going to pick up Evana. Gudugudu Road.

Lila took the call as I was driving. 

She said she couldn’t hear anything.

Sad I missed your call and voice.

Tomorrow, friday, again we'd go to pick up Evana. 5.30 pm is her winding up time. We leave after 5pm or at 5.15pm

Back by 6pm"

AT FALCON BADMINTON ACADEMY MOKKAT LANE ANAYARA TRIVANDRUM

                                             

                                               AT FALCON BADMINTON ACADEMY

                                           MOKKAT LANE ANAYARA TRIVANDRUM

While taking the Mokkat Lane, that had been purely a residential area, to access the Poonthi Road, we never thought it would ever be transformed.  Later, Flats began coming up there. Then we found a board FALCON BADMINTON ACADEMY on  a branch lane there. 

We were surprised it had been in existence for the past three years. Owned and managed by Ms.Thara, wife of a very senior Central Government official, Falcon Badminton Academy aims for the stars.

We explored it. We were wonderstruck. It was a World Class Facility at our door step at Anayara, that had been craving for development all these years..  They have very good coaches to impart the nuances of the game to the budding talents.

We believe it would soon churn out quite a number of Indian Internationals

We put Evana, our granddaughter, there. She's picking up the game fast. 

As we waited to pick her up after the day's coaching, we went for a few pictures.

They are here: