Q: If my boss asks me to comment on a colleague’s work, should I tell the truth, when I know stuff that may not paint a good picture, which may create bias in his mind? Should I suggest reasons why the colleague made work decisions which may seem bad at first? A: Tough as it...

He who, depraved, devoid of truthfulness and self-control, puts on the ochre [monastic] robe, doesn’t deserve the ochre robe. But he who is free of depravity, endowed with truthfulness and self-control, well-established in the precepts, truly deserves the ochre robe. - The Buddha...

What I learnt from the movie ‘The Informant!’, which is a true story, about lying… dramatised of course! (Is it lying?) When you tell a lie, you might feel compelled to tell another to cover it up, and another, and another… When you tell a truth later, you might feel...