Gerald D'Cunha

          “ Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.” B. K. S. Iyengar W ith every passing moment, and with every breath I take, I become more and more aware, that if I do not find my happiness here and now, I won’t be able to find it anywhere else, and at any other time… Happiness cannot be postponed… It fizzles out the moment we postpone for a future date. S ome years ago, when this young girl (one of my dear ex-students) got married, she really seemed the happiest. Her father, who owned a small grocery store in their vicinity, spent a bomb (a few crores) on his daughter’s wedding, just because the boy’s family wanted it that way, and, for some strange reasons, everyone on girls’ side thought, it’s all worth it. At hindsight, a small man going to this length, with the misplaced hope, that his daughter would be the happiest at her husband’s place – yes, at hindsight, such a thought sounds very na...

  “I believe, that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows” From the song ‘I Believe’ by Tom Jones   T here is an accounting concept called ‘Going-concern Concept’, which is also known as ‘Continuity Concept’. This is taught to every Accountancy student, right when he or she is about to embark upon the journey of   learning this subject. I have taught this to my students for over four decades. But, every time I have taught it, I have learnt something new – something fresh – about it… The core idea of the ‘Going-concern Concept’, which the accountant has to bear in mind, is: That, the enterprise, whose books of accounts he is expected to maintain, has an indefinite life… That, it is not going to dissolve in a foreseeable future… That, it can outlive all its assets, including all the Fixed Assets… That, it can, even, outlive its Owners, like partners or shareholders.   N ow, because the enterprise has an indefinite life, it becomes necessar...

“A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up." David McGee I t’s said, that an Oak tree lives far longer than the gardener who plants it. In fact, that is merely an understatement… For, an average Oak tree may live for 200-300 years, it can also live over 1,000 years! Yes, that’s why they are legends – who have been glorified by poets, songwriters and story-writers. But, think about it: does not the life of an oak tree begin just the way the lives of other trees do? There is something in the seed of this tree that makes the tree live an enduring life… Just as there are horses which are meant to run a long-distance race… Yes, the Lambi race ke ghode ! As Amitabh Bachchan, 77, (and several members of his family) are in the news today after they have been tested Covid positive, the imagery of an Oak tree and a Lambi race ka ghoda , suddenly, flashed before me… I have been a massive fan of Amitabh Bachchan. I was a high-school ...

“Cloudy skies are rolling in And not a friend around to help me From all the places I have been And I feel like going home” -        From the song ‘Lord, I Feel Like Going Home’ Lyrics by Charlie Rich I am very, very fond of Mark Knopfler’s and Tom Jones’s music. I can plug my ears and get lost in their music and songs for eternity… And, during these difficult times, that’s been one of the things I have been doing quite repeatedly. For last one week or so, I wanted to share in my blog an amazing stage performance together – a very rare and special - by these two legends. Somehow, I kept delaying it, even though I kept playing it many times during this week. Finally, today, I am unable to hold it back, any more… So, here it is… ‘Lord, I Feel Like Going Home’! E ver since I learnt about the tragedy on the railway tracks in Aurangabad, I have been wanting to write something on it, but have not been. Sadness...