This is not new for many but for me. I think I was hibernating all these years without knowing the Tiananmen Square incident. Thanks to the recent visit to ROM museum, where Chinese terracotta warriors and the relevant First Emperor artifacts are in display, the China interests are kindled in me and drove me to [...]
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The Tank Man
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Random
Tags:China·communism·tankman·Tiananmen
“Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs”
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Random
Interesting video for the parents. This is TED video. Speech delivered by Cameron Herold.
Tags:Children·Entrepreneur·process·skills·thinking
A refreshingly short film (Tamil)
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Random
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi
Poor customer service
July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Random
I’d unpleasant time with ZnetIndia, my domain host, for last few days. I tried upgrading my blog to latest WP version. I’d file permission problems. I tried changing with ftp client. Some how it din’t work. So I raised a ticket with them to help. They started with something and suggested something and it went [...]
Tags:blog·customer·domain·service·website·znetindia
Modern Interpreter
June 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Random
I think nobody is creating more awesome interpretations of Indian mythology and spreading his discovery than Devdutt Patnaik. Listen to his interview below and his beautiful interpretations at his blog – http://devdutt.com/ His recent CNBC TV 18′s Business Sutra, is more awesome. – http://devdutt.com/topic/video
Tags:inspiration·mythology·Spirituality
Financial Adviser
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Random
I am slowly realizing how important a financial adviser is for a common man. If you are not bothered about wealth creation over your working years, you can continue to exist without financial advices. For all others, especially who are less financial literate, I think adviser is needed. In 2007, I decided to work on [...]
Tags:adviser·finance·investment·mutualfund·stockmarket·stocks·ulip
Sports day
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Random
My friends were making fun on Google buzz when I mentioned we are having sports day and annual day at our office. Actually, I thought it is school-ish. But now, more realizations are dawning as each day passes. First, realization of my poor fitness. I am (was?) a good cricket player till I came to [...]
Tags:company·cricket·fitness·sports
MLM networking – book store strategy
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Random
I had this repeated experience. I go to Landmark, Forum Mall, Bangalore. Browse through books. Some one turns up. Quotes some book name and ask me if I’d read it. Negative answer and then starts introductions and continues with questions on work, family etc.,. After some 10 mins of speaking, gets visiting card and leaves. [...]
Tags:amway·bookstore·MLM·networking
Let money maketh money
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Random
A couple years of ago, I had an item in my ToDo list. That is to learn stock market and make money. So I bought a couple of books on stock market and started to read. Slowly I learned various aspects of it (still learning) through online blogs, forums and websites. After a while, I [...]
Tags:market·Opinion·Reflections·stocks
Random musings
October 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Random
I find it amusing – names of some of the Indian Nobel laureates. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. And also surprised to see this year’s Nobel peace prize winner!