Michael Jackson, ‘King of Pop’, died on Thursday.
He was my all-time favorite pop singer. Here are my 3 secrets about Michael Jackson.
1. MJ is the ONLY celebrity I have EVER sent fan-mail to! I wrote him a long letter when I was 18, and hunted high and low to find an address to mail [...]

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I was reading an interview with Chris Brogan, who is shortly launching his new book, TRUST AGENTS, in which he says:
“Trust agents are at the elbow of connections.”
Cool, I thought. And then watched this interview with Twitter MASTER, Maynas Eric Chua on TV (which aired across Asia) - where he mentions the role trust [...]

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At a wedding reception last week, I met many professional colleagues.
The banter was conventional, predictable, ‘doctor speak’.
Only a few knew about my online persona, and referred to it sparingly,
often with a snide smile or quiet wink twixt themselves.
Because I am different.
Unfamiliar, unusual, unlike what they are used to.
It doesn’t bother me these days. I [...]

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There are special moments in our lives when we feel deeply grateful for what is and has been. Today I enjoyed one such moment.
I got a parcel in the post. Opening it, I found a copy of one of my all-time favorite books, “The Aladdin Factor” - but this one was VERY special.
Inside [...]

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Yesterday, I noticed a high profile politician on Twitter. Shashi Tharoor was recently elected as a Member of Parliament in India, and has quickly built up a large following on Twitter.
As I watched his tweeting activity, I couldn’t help contrast it against the social media efforts of my good friend, who now holds a [...]

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In 2005, more than 135 million children were born; a little under 10 million children under the age of 5 died.
As a medical professional who has devoted his career to caring for kids, my heart aches at these statistics.

No child should die.
That’s my dream. It’s also a gargantuan challenge to meet.There are battles to [...]

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On Thursday, at dinner, my teenage niece was aghast at what I had just done. My cellphone beeped, indicating a message had arrived. And I IGNORED IT!
She was visibly agitated. “Aren’t you going to see what it is? It’s on YOUR cellphone!”
And became even more so when I replied: “I [...]

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This blog post has been ‘composting’ in my brain for 2 days.
During that time, there has been a mindless media frenzy about an actor named Ashton Kutcher getting one million followers on Twitter ahead of media giant CNN, which was (from what I hear) quite a contest to win.
I wondered why.
Frankly, I didn’t see any [...]

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My work these days is broadly divided into 3 categories.
As heart surgeon, I operate on little children with congenital heart disease.
As fund raiser, I seek donations from generous supporters to make this possible.
As infopreneur, I write (e-)books and sell them to raise more money for surgery.
Late last night, I lay awake wondering if this 3 [...]

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Of the non-profits I support, endorse and widely talk about to people, one of my favorites is the Caring House Project.
Real estate maverick entrepreneur Frank McKinney builds multi-million dollar mansions for the rich and famous - and uses some of the profits (plus donations) to build sub-$1,000 homes for the desperately poor and homeless in [...]

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