India, July 26 -- Times are such that age-old values like integrity, respect, and goodwill are being challenged at their very foundations. The monstrous dark clouds that negative social media activism has shrouded the atmosphere with, refuse to allow most of us to even think of such niceties anymore. Calm conversations, the art of listening with intent and courteous interactions, have been reduced to the bare minimum. This is an era of 'bare up' and flare up.

Yet, some sane voices still exist and they might ultimately win the day. All the prophets of doom and perpetrators of hatred put together cannot douse the flame of goodness coupled with intelligence and dynamism. Success, even today, comes to those who imbibe, reflect and depend upo...