THE BRIDGE to dreams and reality is made up of hard work. The CEO of a top multinational IT company says it succinctly, “The problem is in the execution, which can be equated with hard work.” And hard work is…

AS a child, I believed in the magical power of certain words. I read with awe as Alladin’s “Open sesame!” disclosed a cave full of treasures. I often pretended to be a magician who with an “Abracadabra” and a wave…

A CARTOON by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Robert Mankoff shows two businessmen with knives stuck in their backs talking to each other. One says, “Oh, fine. And you?” The other says, “Never better.” “Backstabbing,” which is literally interpreted by this…