2026-05-22

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This article is about Nokogiri in Chiba, but lets take a small tour into India’s history..

In todays global scheme of things, internet technology has established an effective line for communication and collaboration, which is critical for virtual teams to establish governance, control structures to help blend local talent and execution in regions and gently blend it with strategy and vision of the central HQ. Queen Victoria used the invention of the telegraph in the 19th century to control her colonies including India via the local management of East India Company.

If we go back few centuries, kings must have struggled in the analog age to establish power over a vast expanse of land with no access to communication technology. Buddhist Emperor Ashoka, who ruled a vast span of India supposedly used edicts. He erected pillars across the Indian subcontinent with a symbol, a 24 spoke “CHAKRA” or wheel. Each spoke corresponds to virtues conveyed by Buddha to his disciples, values which “upheld” by Ashoka, making him a “CHAKRA-VARTI” or a king. India’s national emblem, is an adaptation of Lion Capital of Emperor Asoka and I was zapped when I stumbled onto one at Nokogiri.

Oblivious to any Ashoka Chakra, I visited the Nokogiri, a scenic spot, popular for its serrated ridge overlooking a valley in the Chiba Prefecture, just an hour long drive from Tokyo.