by Shantanu | Mar 22, 2022 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Leadership, Risk Management
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world.” – Margaret Mead It was in 1986 that I joined a group of hikers, rock climbers and mountaineers in Mumbai, as a young and naïve enthusiast in his mid-twenties. And sure enough, I...
by Shantanu | Feb 5, 2022 | Pundit – Fun & Time-pass!, Risk Management
Hazards can be exciting challenges and a lot of fun! It was in a Wodehouse that I first came across the word ‘repose’ and I still remember how I immediately liked the word. Some words spark off an affinity for them in me. They just sound right, have a ring to them or...
by Shantanu | Sep 28, 2021 | Experiential Education
* The dream-child moving through a land * – Poem in preface to ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll The OutdoorPersons (OP) series brings you a post written by Shari Khanolkar. I have known Shari since she was a little girl, since she came in as the youngest...
by Shantanu | Sep 15, 2021 | Experiential Education
* Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love – Rabindranath Tagore * “It takes an effort to not take such views for granted!” That remark was made quietly, in a voice suitably laced with almost religious awe, by Dr. Dominic Blunt as we stood in silence on one...
by Shantanu | Sep 2, 2021 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Leadership
‘The exact contents of Batman’s utility belt are unknown, and he seems to change them frequently… In fact, his uncanny ability to have exactly what he needs is legendary’! – comicvine.gamespot.com “Shantanu, I really liked the fact that you brought in those few...
