It was the start of the rainy season. The elephant twins, Appy, a name synonymous with happiness and Proppy, a name synonymous with prosperity had come to the stadium at the edge of the forest. Nestled below a hillock, it was at the perfect height for the twins to watch sporting events. The ground was…

The brother and sister duo, Appy the male elephant, with a name synonymous with happiness and his twin sister Proppy, a name synonymous with prosperity, both as aspiring innovators decided to visit their human friend and a mentor Lucky, in his office in the city. By the time they reached the office, they were stressed…

They say, “History repeats”, especially when the outcomes are not a good one. Maybe we are not learning from history. Instead of creating a new history, we may be repeating the same mistakes. Once my boss at work asked me, “Naveen Lakkur, do you want to learn from your mistakes?” Without even a blink, my…

The World Thinking Day is an initiative started by the Scouts and Guides movement. Over the years, their “thinking day” changed to “World Thinking Day”. Every year since 2005 a theme is decided and discussed. In 2005, the theme was “Think about food” and in 2008, the theme was “think about water”. The theme of…

Among all else, Vivekananda was against fanaticism of all kinds and campaigned world over against it. Wherever he traveled, people came to listen. The defining moment of his life came on September 11, 1893 at Chicago. Speaking at the first Parliament of World’s Religions, part of the World Fair, he stood on stage and began,…

After waking up early in the morning, Appy an elephant tusker with great powers and his name synonym to ‘Happiness’ went to the living room to join his twin sister Proppy drinking her morning sugarcane juice. Proppy a sharp and beautiful elephant with her name synonym to ‘Prosperity’. Both Appy & Proppy love humans so…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also lovingly known as Bapu among the first circle, Father of the Nation in India or Mahatma in the World, is in the thoughts and memory of millions of people worldwide. Naveen Lakkur thinks he is one of the innovative genius to live. He disrupted things as they were and taught how…

“Change” is the most certain thing in life. Nothing is static in this world. Everything is subject to change. The weather changes every minute and so does your mind. The human mind probably changes faster than anything else known to man. One of the greatest influencers the world has seen in recent times, Mahatma Gandhi…

It was a Saturday evening and Appy, a male elephant with his name synonymous to ‘Happiness’, an aspiring innovator, and his twin sister Proppy with her name synonymous to ‘Prosperity’, a young aspiring entrepreneur, were just done hauling all the logs to the sawing station up the hillock. They had gone back to join their…