Shakti's Musings: Blogs on everything under the sun
स्वागतम, Welcome, Bienvenue, Willkommen, ترحيب to Shak’s blog and to the world of Light, Love, and Laughter. It’s time has come…Let us make it happen!
This happened a few weeks ago at Vancouver, B.C. just before my birthday. My nephew was driving me in downtown Vancouver and we were headed to Chapters bookstore. Just before getting there he asked whether I was looking for a specific book. I told him yes, that I was wanting to check out “The World... Continue Reading →
#CitizenIBM #IBMCSC The relationship between business and society has been a long but somewhat checkered one. However, in the last three decades we have witnessed some major breakthroughs in what remains an evolving journey. The notion that corporations are pitted against society is not quite true. In this era, we are witness to the birth... Continue Reading →
April 27, Rabat, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #IBMCSCMorocco10 #Citizen AMSAT, an NGO, is the acronym for- which when translated into English reads- 'The Moroccan Support and Assistance for people afflicted with Down Syndrome'. It was set up in 1981 under a different avatar and has evolved to now focus only on people with Down Syndrome. It has... Continue Reading →
April 22-23, Marrakech, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #IBMCSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM It's 22nd April; its Earth Day and we are on the road to Marrakech via Casablanca. In Morocco, I have been less involved in checking my Twitter account but today I happen to do so. Twitter is humming with messages reminding us of the significance of Earth Day.... Continue Reading →
April 23, Marrakech, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #IBMCSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM The one thing that strikes you in Morocco is the absence of the Indian diaspora which is otherwise so widespread. Indians are among the top global travelers today but barely twenty thousand Indian tourists make it to Morocco every year. Perhaps, Morocco is under marketed in India. My... Continue Reading →
April 16, Rabat, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #IBMCSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM Fes is a must-do for travelers to Morocco. We are visiting Fes for just the day and decide to take the very first train departing Rabat. Our train is late by about 45 minutes but that hasn't dampened our spirits. Fes was the former capital of Morocco till... Continue Reading →
April 15, Rabat, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #IBMCSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM As part of our assignment we have been asked to meet and mingle with students from the University of Rabat to provide them guidance on a choice of careers. We commence this exercise together as a team of 15 volunteers and subsequently divide ourselves into four tracks. These... Continue Reading →
April 14, Rabat, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #IBMCSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM We are conducting a "Design Thinking" workshop for our customer Comite National De L’Environment Des Affaires today. Currently CNEA is going about with its mandate in a somewhat unstructured way and with little involvement of its stakeholders on whom they are dependent for success. Their stakeholders are many... Continue Reading →
April 12, Rabat, #IBMCSC #CSCMor10 #CitizenIBM It's almost 10 days here and Yoga is in the air. I have two diehard yoga colleagues on this trip, Catalina from Colombia and Rina from Japan. I have been practising yoga daily for over 5 years but I choose not to bring my yoga mat to Rabat as... Continue Reading →
April 9, Chefchaouen, #IBMCSC #CSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM Today is a day committed to hiking. We leave our hotel after an early breakfast to go hiking in the Rif mountains. Our destination is the Cascade (waterfall) Akchour. We first drive for about 45 minutes to get to our starting point. We are 11 of us today and... Continue Reading →
April 8, Chefchaouen, #IBMCSC #CSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM We leave our Rabat hotel at 5:10 a.m. for Chefchaouen, an out-of-the-world medieval era town about 250 km N.E. of Rabat. Chefchaouen is in the Rif mountain region famous for its blue coloured buildings and is known as the blue town. We divide ourselves into two Ford Tourneo vans.... Continue Reading →
April 5, Rabat #IBMCSC #CSCMorocco10 #CitizenIBM Today is the third day of our assignment with CNEA. In English, it stands for the National Committee for the Business Environment. After a brief but formal kick-off on 3rd April, our sub-groups got cracking on their individual assignments. My group consists of Peter Guest, from Edmonton, Canada; Rina... Continue Reading →
Shakti's Musings: Blogs on everything under the sun 