An ode to the smudges in our pristine lives I glance pensively at my long lived life I see a pure white sheet with a lone dark stain; And I can’t help but reminisce on that sordid spot. Many a years have passed since that eventful day Yet how could I ever forget the guilt …
A miscommunication in my taxi reservation. Twenty minutes of delay for them to get me a new cab to the airport, while I am all packed up and waiting at the lobby of my hotel, just off St. James’s park. Laptop is shut down, with a run-down battery and a charger packed away in the …
Isn’t it about time we established an Indian Institute of politics? Any executive running a publicly traded business would have either formal training that equips him for the job or years of apprenticeship working at various levels in the company or long experience in the industry or in many cases, all the three above. But …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Came across this Murphy’s other law today.. “ If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page numberâ€.
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 …