Lucy Kellaway, columnist at Financial times and author of “Martin Lukes: Who Moved My BlackBerry“, bids farewell to the flexibility fad, while predicting doom for working women, over at Economist’s The World in 2007 special: The image of the juggling part-time mother will belong to the past. Instead, the school gates in prosperous neighbourhoods of…
Author: Surya
Home, Sweet home
A place to paint our little dreams, A shoulder to cry when none comes true, A rooftop to shout out the simple joys, A street to rebel, even if it may be vain; It’s just bits and bytes afloat in ether Yet home, when it all comes together. Returning home is a bitter sweet idea…
Thank you & Good Bye
Today I bid adieu to many things that were a part of my life – the blog being just one of them. This blog turned out to be a much better experience than I could ever have imagined, mainly because of the many unexpected visitors and commentors I had. I appreciate it, thank you. Some…
On Microfinance
Here is an encouraging article about Microfinance that was featured in Women’s eNews today. Nothing particularly enlightening about the article, but it is good to see that awareness and interest about microfinance is extending beyond the realms of finance and credit. The article highlights how microfinance as a whole has grown by leaps and bounds…
To be or not to be?
Some questions remain timeless.. To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; Shakespeare (Hamlet’s Soliloquy) Update: And the answer is..Not…
Murphy’s other law
Came across this Murphy’s other law today.. “ If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page numberâ€.
Spammers and my home address
I am usually spared from terrible spams mainly because till recently, I was overly protective of my email address. Thanks to that, some of the spam in my mailbox do get a second glance once in a while – and today I got one which was addressed to me along with my home address which…
Google groups woes
A couple of weeks back, I decided it is high time we had a groups for my family. I have never really liked the yahoo groups interface – so I chose google groups. Also, I had am implicit faith in the people who gave us google(the search engine) and gmail. But that was for nought!…
Not newsworthy?
I just watched my daily CNN News headlines and was hoping to catch an update on the blasts in Bangladesh. The strange thing is – it wasn’t even mentioned in the headlines! I thought I had perhaps read the earlier piece wrongly and checked the BBC News site. And its not even in the main…
India is different!
Do not reinvent the wheel. If someone somewhere has done it well before you, replicate it – that is the present day business mantra. Knowledge management and best practice sharing are accepted norms in businesses these days.And with our high technological and communications capabilities, it is as easily done as said. But here is a…