A few months ago, I had the opportunity to host a group of senior women leaders at our institute. They were visiting India for a conference and decided to spend an afternoon. What was meant to be a brief visit slowly turned into a long and meaningful conversation. Like many who come here for the first time, they noticed the peacocks in the gardens, pigeons resting along the temple dome, the stillness of the space. For a few hours, these highly accomplished leaders, women who run divisions,...

There is something quietly powerful about seeing a conversation rooted in the Bhagavad Gita travel beyond the spaces in which it was written and arrive on a global literary stage. My book, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗮: 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 is now present at the 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿, being held from 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵. This book emerged from nearly three years of sitting with the Gita not as scripture to be explained, but as a therapeutic...

A few years ago, during a leadership program, a CEO shared something that stayed with me. On the outside he looked successful in every possible way. He was respected in his industry and known for being decisive and disciplined. Yet he admitted that he lived with constant stress. His blood pressure was dangerously high, sleep was irregular and he often felt on edge. Someone asked him a simple question: “When do you feel this tension the most?” He paused and said “Whenever I feel I might be...