Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation).  In the last week of January 2026, I shared an excerpt from a reflective field note titled ‘What AI Can’t and Shouldn’t Replace’. The field note points out that, what we’ll give up for AI if we’re not careful is an essential degree of challenge and struggle in   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week, I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Conversations and Community’ from the book titled ‘The Argument Culture’ by Deborah Tannen, a distinguished university professor in the Linguistics Department at Georgetown University and author of many books and articles about how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships.   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Understanding Ourselves and Solving today’s Problem’ from an article titled ‘An Ancient Brain in a Modern World’ contributing writers are Robert Ornstein, PhD; David Sobel, MD, MPH; and Sally Mallam. Through this and many interconnected articles the authors are trying to   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) to the ones paying heed, this is where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and the importance of our attention, why is that? Now ‘let us remember this again, ‘What we give our Attention to matters,’ as Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today ‘let us remember, ‘What we give our Attention to matters.’ Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), Today I would like to share a thought provoking excerpt from the chapter, ‘The Greatest Resource – Education’ from the book “Small is Beautiful”, A study of Economics as if People Mattered. Also as we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’. Our life experience would ultimately   →