Archive for May, 2005

Sympathy going out of fashion in India?

By Surya ⋅ May 3, 2005 ⋅ 8 comments

Bloomberg reports on how sympathy is going out of style in India. A rather harsh statement, but given the context, one might agree that this is a move in the right direction.
India has had a legal system that was ‘kind’ to employees often at the expense of fairness. How else would one explain a decision [...]

Are you feeling under the weather?

By Surya ⋅ May 2, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance”-Jane Austen
Why does the weather play such an important part in one’s lives? I remember, when I lived in Singapore, the ‘air-conditioned nation’, you are hardly ever really physically affected by the weather - all offices and most homes have air-conditioning, [...]

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