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April 11, 2015
Japan without phones
Tring Tring…the phone rang. “Can I speak with Mr. Kumar?” “But sir, he is travelling and is in Japan. Dimwit, didn’t you know that Japan does not have telephones?” I made up the second part of the reply; the dimwit part. I am sure this happens to you as well; when words are uttered without … Continue reading Japan without phones →
September 4, 2014
ROSE OR TEA….NAMO?
I had to go looking for a red rose at the crack of dawn today. The breakfast table looked somewhat like this picture today. Before you jump to conclusions, I am happily married when I last checked. Mothers of my elder daughter’s class at school decided that all children in her class will carry a […]
August 6, 2014
If Amir Khan can, why can’t I?
Image courtesy: ZeeNews Earlier this week, I saw a striking promotional poster of an upcoming Indian film featuring a famous Indian film star, Amir Khan (top left). For a country which takes pride in saying “No sex please, we are Indians”, this is a ground breaking picture. As I marveled at the creativity and the […]
August 4, 2014
Less is More
Recently I spent several weeks at Oxford University and other parts of Europe as part of a leadership program. The program was fairly relaxed and gave us ample time to think, look around, party, work and generally soak in the Oxford atmosphere. Some of the participants, having come from hectic working backgrounds, felt that the program […]
April 28, 2014
Giving away my vote
This morning , www.indiabookstore.net started a GIVEAWAY of my book, “Smart Phones Dumb People?” Go ahead and register yourself on the link below and you can stand a chance to win a free copy of the same. I am new to these giveaways and was pleasantly surprised to see upwards of 350 people sign up in […]
Giving my vote away
This morning , www.indiabookstore.net started a GIVEAWAY of my book, “Smart Phones Dumb People?” Go ahead and register yourself on the link below and you can stand a chance to win a free copy of the same. I am new to these giveaways and was pleasantly surprised to see upwards of 350 people sign up in […]
February 13, 2014
Open Letter to #NaMo (on Pepper Spray, Tea and others)
Dear Modi Sir, Pepper spray in parliament???! That surely caught my attention today. What have we come to Sir? I have veered away from following much of the news nowadays. Following news about India these days is following election news, which in turn is about pepper sprays and rapes! That is like my brain being […]
February 4, 2014
To Bee or Not to Bee?
“Honey, let’s go grab some coke.” “Hang on darling, there’s this giant of a man standing nearby” The couple watched from the distance as the man hovered around. In some time, he moved away. “The coast is clear honey…lets go for it!” They made a dash for it, starting a territorial war. There started a […]
January 15, 2014
Can technology eradicate corruption in the building industry?
Around us, across the globe, we see two types of corruption, in small or large measure. Type 1 is corruption at the corporate-political collusion level involving crores of rupees and Type 2 is at the common man’s level, when a cop on the street asks for a hundred rupee note to let you go for […]
Entrepreneurship : 3 myths
There are lots of ups and downs in business. Have you seen a lifeline up close? Its got ups and downs. Zoom out and see from afar…you will see a straight line. Change your perspective.The markets will improve over the next two quarters. You hear this often, every now and then…and it rarely does. Such […]
