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Wow... This is one nice lesson on CSR.. Hope this ...

2009-04-08T02:04:00.000+05:30

Wow... This is one nice lesson on CSR.. Hope this movie is shown to those who ran the Lehman Brothers!!

What conscription will change is this. Our citizen...

2008-12-15T15:29:00.000+05:30

What conscription will change is this. Our citizens will be much better equipped to deal with such a situation first hand. If people can save their own lives to save others, if they can survive to possibl overpower the terrorists, we can reduce the number of casualties to 50%. I agree, in the Indian context, there is bound to be corruption creeping in just like your example of S.Korea, but we

I am not too sure whether only conscription and no...

2008-12-15T14:58:00.000+05:30

I am not too sure whether only conscription and no change in the mindset of the people will do the trick. Now, if you say that a year's mandatory conscription will change people's attitude as well, its hard to buy that logic. People will go for a year or two's military training and will pursue their own interests once they are back.

Also, my boss in the Nortel project (I was working

yeah.. nice writeup.. i agree with your thoughts. ...

2008-12-15T13:30:00.000+05:30

yeah.. nice writeup.. i agree with your thoughts. The solution is propose : Conscription for Indians.

Nice one! Appreciate your thoughts on the subject!...

2008-12-14T16:40:00.000+05:30

Nice one! Appreciate your thoughts on the subject!

~SG

I have heard about bengali gold designs before.. S...

2008-11-14T15:31:00.000+05:30

I have heard about bengali gold designs before.. Seems like they are very skilled in that job

Thatz a common problem with these kinds of PSUs. B...

2008-11-05T15:06:00.000+05:30

Thatz a common problem with these kinds of PSUs. But, you perhaps missed to mention that "it was even more surprising that a Private sector company had chosen this Bank for salary account and other corporate needs!" Perhaps they have prioritized the credit needs of the organization over the employee satisfaction / dissatisfaction with a salary account :) You have no option left with you than be

Nice post. In business what matters is money. The ...

2008-10-30T23:22:00.000+05:30

Nice post. In business what matters is money. The public display of emotion is yet another bluff.

"We are taking advantage of their love ...” T...

2008-10-30T11:54:00.000+05:30

"We are taking advantage of their love ...” This is a statement of feelings. Our scientists may not feel that they are being exploited... but what our nation (and every citizen of India) benefits from them is because of their enormous generosity, patriotism & motivation.. And what we (we includes the entire nation and its citizens) reward (monetary) them is a peanut! Hence, I had this

I disagree that "we are taking advantage of t...

2008-10-23T21:32:00.000+05:30

I disagree that "we are taking advantage of their love ..." - these top scientists know that they can earn a fortune if they set their foot outside their country. Yet they choose to be poorer by a few pennies. Neither the Government nor any law of the land forces them to do so. That they have stayed back are their personal decisions and hence they are worthy of highest respect as human

There is nothing to feel proud about the sacrifice...

2008-10-23T01:40:00.000+05:30

There is nothing to feel proud about the sacrifice made by our scientists. This is a shame for our nation that we are not rewarding our top scientists appropriately. We are taking the advantage of their love for the nation and motivation of their work. This situation will not sustain in the long run – India will face an acute shortage of scientists.. I’m not sure if this situation (shortage of

The failure of the 30+ years of the Left Front rul...

2008-10-20T17:22:00.000+05:30

The failure of the 30+ years of the Left Front rule in West Bengal is irrefutable indeed. Everyone wants an alternative. What I meant in the last paragraph was that no democracy can flourish if it does not have a worthwhile opposition - and unless a political entity has clear standing on its policies it can not be worthwhile. Its West Bengal's ill-luck that the main opposition is

SG:
One more addition to my Comment: Last parag...

2008-10-20T16:02:00.000+05:30

SG:
One more addition to my Comment: Last paragraph of the article has: “proposing any pragmatic, viable alternative !!” … this is the job of the State Govt. CPM is relaxed today by blaming that crazy lady to be the sole responsible person to drive away Tatas. CPM cannot ignore its failure to keep hold of Tatas and / or offer them an alternative location. What CPM thinks today is it has got a

About the last paragraph… yes it was necessary. It...

2008-10-20T15:51:00.000+05:30

About the last paragraph… yes it was necessary. It was necessary to let the people of India and the world know that Tatas did not take it lightly. It was necessary to express the anger of losing USD 350 mn. After all USD 350 mn is the public money and Tata is concerned about it. It was necessary to express the anger of delaying the planned project which actually affected the Nano project

Thank you Soumya - for being the first one to comm...

2008-08-12T11:58:00.000+05:30

Thank you Soumya - for being the first one to comment on my blog and also for such a great feedback. Its a privilege to make someone think seriously about blogging with my naive writing!!

I will fulfill your request for adding pics in the blog - how about snaps of Charminar and Mecca Masjid to start with :-)

Also do let me know when you start your own blog - waiting keenly for

Hi ... read all the three blogs. They make a good ...

2008-08-12T10:42:00.000+05:30

Hi ... read all the three blogs. They make a good reading. I never knew you could write this well. Lately, I have also given some thoughts to start a blog but the thought didn't materialize. Anyway, great blog !! Add some pics too. You have inspired me. I will start one soon.