Spirituality and Management

Few years back, I delivered a talk @ NASA annual symposium. The topic was “Spirituality and Management ”. Talk went fine and was interactive with lots of questions . But there was one Gentleman sitting at the back waiting for the crowd to clear. At the end he approached me,

Gentleman: “Mam, I have to confess to you”

I was surprised. Made me wonder, what has this very tall handsome man, who is totally a stranger got to confess to me?

Gentleman: “I came to your talk, because I was attracted by the Indian dress that you are wearing.I just wanted to see. But, the topic was so powerful, I got engrossed in the talk and forgot the purpose I came for! And I learnt something new that helps me for life. My apologies, I take a bow”. I smiled as he bowed. Spirituality shines so bright!

This is the saree that I was wearing.
The dress code told to me by NASA was Business suit, but I felt I must dress in my national costume to represent my country and my culture to deliver on a topic so close to my heart. Yes, I did write to them ahead of my talk about it.

An initiative to encourage Indy style of dressing ‪#‎100Sareepact‬#