What separates the two and how to close the gap Keynote Speaker, professional speaker, public speaker difference- Lakshmi Ramachandran, PhD The speaker is brilliant. Their credentials are unimpeachable. They know their field better than most other in the room. And yet as they start to speak, the energy in the room goes down and phones come out. After the talk finishes, people walk away with nothing that will change how they think or what they will do differently. This is no

Welcome to P.O.W.E.R UP- Brilliance to Influence, edition 14. This special edition is the last one for 2025. Save it and read it with a diary or notebook to benefit most from it. This period marks something extraordinary. The Winter Solstice. The shortest day and longest night. For millennia, cultures worldwide have recognized this celestial turning point as a symbol of renewal, release, and rest. The Earth itself invites us to pause, reflect, and prepare for the return of

“You have a science background! What made you write a cookbook? How did you get it published?” These are questions Meghana and I are often asked since we published Roomies/Foodies in Dec 2015. Although part of it is covered in the book, in this piece I revisit all the thoughts, moments and experiences that went behind the pages of Roomies/Foodies. On a sunny afternoon of late 2009 in Bangalore, the aroma of dishes prepared using coconut oil in our traditional Kerala way, fill