Public Issues

One of the most abhorred, yet very real aspects of life is ‘Expectations’. Right from the top – the CXO and the Board level, to your friendly(?) neighborhood canteen owner – everyone has the dreaded ‘E’ word (expectations) to deal with. The worst part is that a lot of times, what we expect from ourselves is unrealistic, and that puts immense pressure on us. Perhaps, one of the greatest secrets of success is managing what one expects from him/herself. continue

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Having read too many views about the Bharat Bandh that happened today – which had real impact from what I saw in Mumbai, and what I saw reported in the media – I can definitely say that the Bandh has impacted everyone in India in some way or other.

There were some incidences which could have been avoided. In my relative’s office, one of the officers was beaten up for ‘showing the courage’ to turn up for work. Really, such incidences can be avoided, infact should be avoided – they leave a mark in the minds of those affected. continue

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Off the various experiences that I have had during my hostel life, this one in particular is worth sharing. Due to lack of better things to do at 4 in the monring, for good or bad – me and Saurabh – were discussing the biggest HR question – Where do you see yourself 15 years down the line ? “While I was thinking of an answer, Saurabh reacted almost insataneously – I would like to start off with a liberal arts school in India. continue

On May 1, Maharashtra (and Gujarat) turned 50. While it is true that the state is among the leading states as far as development is concerned, the development is extremely uneven and in spurts. It is also the state where farmer suicides has been a huge problem over the past 5 years or so. continue

In November 2009, Papers around the qorld were shouting from their front pages about the Dubai Recession: continue

I saw this news article on BBC News and it got so many memories back. We all are so lucky to be witnessing technology and the world around us changing so much. It seems like yesterday when I got my first computer which had a floppy disk and a CD drive. I played so many games even on MS-DOS which were actually stored on a floppy disk! A floppy disk in which I transferred programs to school from my home PC and made my school project. continue

By now almost everyone will know the entire Greece story and if you don’t then please do read some economic news on the world. The effect of the controversy on one country (Greece), one region (European Union), one currency (Euro) and million of people is unbelievable. Not really unbelievable … because this has happened to countries before but everytime the nuances are different. The important thing is to get a few lessons from the entire debacle specially for India! continue

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By the way, I have never used Aircel nor do I have anything against them. continue