The Grand Gramophone: Recent Episodes

Lakshman R

A series of intriguing and thought provoking take on mundane life. A series of Toastmasters speech packed with helpful tips and an attempt to provide an humorous take on Life.... Hope you enjoy it.

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Bangalore or Chennai, Metro and public works have only made car driving crazier. In this episode, I share my anguish on how we all have been transitioning from "Crazy Driving" to "Driving Crazy". 
If you are an avid driver,  this content should be very relatable and please do share your comments and feedback on how your driving experience has been. 

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In an ever evolving world, have you ever wondered why men and women exhibit specific traits that sometimes cannot be defined or understood. Some of these behavior's cannot be logically explained and in this episode I share my experience of debunking the reasons of how a man and women react in certain situations. My guidance come from the book with the same title with my personal opinion and review of the book.  Please do listen and subscribe to my podcast for more such interesting episodes. 

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After spending a decade as a Project Manager, in this episode am sharing the delightful experiences of how a "mid  life crisis" PM is sandwiched between Juniors and Seniors and the plight of being a PM with pun intended. 
Please use your headphones to listen for better audio clarity as this was recorded live. 

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Given a choice we all would like to be happy without any worries in life. Is there a secret to happiness or do these motivational and inspirational authors take us for a ride? Why is happiness so elusive and what can we do to find this from within. 
Please do listen in to my 2nd episode of "How to be happy from within" where I share stories of my journey in an attempt to discover happiness and my view on it. 
Hope you like it !!!

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What's there to life if we cannot follow simple rules. Rules that emulate respect or depict social intelligence. Why does our human instinct to showcase our smartness always ends in undermining others? 
Listen in for some hilarious stories on how we behave at airports or in peak traffic even worse becoming phone zombies.