Muralidharan Saravanamuthu

Those of you who have visited our home may have noticed the nameplate at the entrance - The Nest. NEST is the acronym for N urture, E nable, S ensitize and T ransform. I discovered this framework many years ago loosely based on my understanding of how birds raise their offsprings.  I don't claim to be an expert on birds and their living patterns.  I am using the bird's nest more as an analogy. While I have chosen to explain this framework in the context of a family unit, the same framework can be applied to any other type of organization - school, social, commercial, government and so on. Nurture Nurture is to provide a safe, secure and caring environment for the child to grow into an adult. To begin with, when do birds build their nest?   When they decide to lay eggs and raise their offsprings.   Why?  To ensure that their eggs and offsprings have a safe place to develop into fully grown birds. More often, birds build their nest high on a tree to prot...

Both my parents are no more. My father died in 2000.  On his 66th birthday, he went on a pilgrimage and died suddenly, two days later, due to heart attack.  It was a great shock to all of us.  As I was very close to him, it took me a long time to overcome his loss.  For years, I used to wake up in the middle of the night, shaking and crying, while dreaming about him.   I performed the last rites, being the youngest son.  During the 16 days mourning period, I read  The Bhagavat Gita by O.P. Ghai.  In Chapter XIV titled Discrimination of the Three Gunas, namely, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, it said, "When Sattva is predominant, there is happiness and goodness among the people."  It further said, "Shri Krishna explained that when, at the time of one's death, Sattva prevails one goes to heaven where all men of noble deeds go;" My mother and other relatives, who were with my father, mentioned that he was joking and laughing wholeheartedly th...