Guess who else was feeling out of place!
“I have been a queer mixture of the East and West, out of place everywhere, at homenowhere..I cannot be of the [West]. But in my own country, also, sometimes, I have an exile’s feeling” – Jawaharlal Nehru.
Did he forget about India?
Here is an interesting speech by Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of IMF. The speech is insightful, giving a comprehensive look on the global economic outlook and outlining some key issues. But I couldn’t help but notice this:“It is no longer news that the world economy performed very well in 2004, with possibly the highest …
A gals night out!
Just got back from a gals’ night out. Well, with Srijith in Denver, I had nothing much to do, so I actually got together some friends and had a great time! We tried out one of the eateries, Cubanitos, that was recommended by one of my colleagues – and it was one of the best …
Diversity problem in the blogosphere?
Came across this rather interesting article, Blogging Beyond the Men’s Club which says that the blogosphere is dominated by white males. “Does the blogosphere have a diversity problem? Viewed one way, the issue seems a bit absurd. These self-generated personal Web sites are supposed to be the ultimate grass-roots phenomenon…So why, when millions of blogs …
India is “mostly unfree”
India is “mostly unfree” in the 2005 Economic Freedom Index, published by the The Wall Stree Journal and The Heritage Foundation. Categorised into four – Free, mostly free, mostly unfree and repressed, India ranks a rather sad 118 of the 161 featured countries. Here their take on India’s economic freedom:“The results of the May 2004 …
Microfinance – the next big thing?
Helping people help themselves – is it the solution to our world’s problems? 2005 is the International year of Microcredit and rightly so. The importance of microfinance for the underdeveloped or developing world is not often understood well enough. There is an old adage that says give a man a fish and he eats for …
Are you proud to be an Indian?
If you had to substantiate in a 10-minute argument that India is a great country, what would you say? I was frantically trying to finish my presentation for tomorrow, when my Polish colleague decided he needs to know more about India, and that too, NOW. The usually peace loving person that I am, I found …
Heres to new beginnings!
After a very hectic week, followed by a fabulous weekend with no access to Internet, I am back. It feels like its been such a long time.. ..may be because it is spring now. The winter is finally over and after a few days of hovering between both sides of 0 C, we are now …
I wish I could..
– do an “undo” when I take the wrong turn and end up in an unknown street.– cut one bean and do a click&drag for all the beans to cut according to the same formula.– upload my clothes and shoes to a central location before I travel and download them from wherever I am, when …
Joey
I just watched the latest episode of Joey and its laughs and guffaws all the way. The series started started off slow, but I think after about the eleventh episode, the comedy really picks up. I was one of those who were skeptical when they canned Friends and started Joey. Afterall Chandler was my favourite. …