Three stories.

I shall narrate three stories today and their contents shall convince you as to why they need to be told and retold.

1. Introducing Viroban.

A sustainable, trusted and proven antimicrobial and antiviral textile finish. To know more : https://lnkd.in/gqwJ4PQ

Indian Textile Industry Gears for Swiss Polymer Technology to Fight Corona virus.

An innovative product has emerged in the Indian textile industry that promises to render viruses such as corona virus ineffective. The credit to bring this technology goes to N9 World Technologies, a subsidiary of Bangalore Resil Chemicals and Consolidated Pathways Inc., USA. The two firms signed an agreement to build unique Swiss antiviral and antimicrobial technologies into sustainable cost effective custom blends for India's textile industry.

At the centre of the partnership is N9's unique organofunctional polymer marketed under the umbrella brand VIROBAN. The durable antiviral technology from the house of N9 brings hygiene to textile materials, thereby helping improve the fabric's resilience against viruses, including Corona virus.

The VIROBAN N9 XTS-18 creates a highly-catonic charge density on the textile's surface, deactivating the spread of the virus and bacteria upon contact. The technology is highly effective against enveloped and capsid viruses, having proven in reducing infective viruses by 99.99% in ISO 18184 tests. The technology is designed to quickly prevent transmission of viruses. VIROBAN polymers are highly compatible with other textiles while remaining gentle on human skin.

The proprietor of Resil Chemicals is MS Mohan Nair, my classmate and a good friend. A simple man who has not let success get into his head! In fact, this is the latest of a series of achievements that he has under his belt!! Proud of his team's achievement!!!

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2. The Greatness of Two Legendary Sons of India.

When Dr Abdul Kalam was the President, he visited Coonoor. On reaching, he came to know that Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was in the Military Hospital there. Dr Kalam wanted to visit Sam, which was unscheduled. Arrangements were made. At the bedside, Kalam spent about 15 minutes talking to Sam and inquiring about his health.

Just before leaving, Kalam asked Sam, "Are you comfortable? Is there anything I could do? Do you have any grievance or any requirement that would make you more comfortable?

Sam said, "Yes, Your Excellency, I have one grievance". Shocked, with concern and anguish, Kalam asked him what it was. 

Sam replied, "Sir, my grievance is that I am not able to get up and salute my most respected President of my beloved country".

Kalam held Sam's hand as both were in tears.

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3. Performance = Potential - internal interference!

A TV anchor once asked Martina Navratilova, "How do you maintain your focus and manage to keep playing, even at the age of 43?"

Her suave response was, "The ball doesn't know how old I am. Besides, for 90% of the match I don't have to focus".

In a typical tennis match, the players spend less than 15% of their time hitting the ball. During a round of golf, golfers spend less than 20% of their round swinging a golf club and in American football, the ball is actually in play for only 6% of the game.

In his excellent book, Stillpower, Sports Psychologist Garret Kramer says that a key factor to performing well in sports (and in life) is your ability to control the quality and quantity of your "internal dialogue", understanding.

Performance = Potential - internal interference.

In other words, you need to stop yourself from stopping yourself.

Sports, fitness, business and indeed life are played on a 6-inch course......the space between our ears!  

Tailpiece.

Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a half past 9. Initiated procurement of an induction cooker as the existing one has gone kaput. The contraption is needed by Lekha and her assistant, in the kitchen, to make things easier and it will fetch up tomorrow morning!

Spoke to my friends, the Banerjees, as part of the ongoing visual dialogue with close friends that I'd initiated. It was a nice interaction and I felt very glad. 

Saw the last episode of a Malayalam soap, 'Vanambaadi' - it has been going on for the past two-and-a-half years and I'd got hooked on to it, during my jaundice days. Felt sad in the manner it ended. I thought that the last episode would have that 'musical evening' where the father (Mohan) would at last, announce to the people that Anumol aka Anugraha was his daughter! 

I suppose this is what creative freedom of the director and the script writer is all about!