The first in a series of posts about Dusseldorf Rhein promenade The Rhine Promenade is really what I love the best about Düsseldorf. A stroll along the Promenade on a weekend or even a weekday evening, is probably the best introduction to life in Düsseldorf. A favourite hangout for locals as well as tourists, the…
Managing Change 101
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the ones I should, and the wisdom to know the difference” These were the opening lines of the music CD i was playing at work today. My neighbour at work keeps me well supplied with good music, but I…
Heaven and Hell in Europe
I just got back from one week of training ( yes, I din’t have to work at all this week!!). It was my first truly cross-European experience, as the training had representatives from almost all the European countries. Add to it the fact the faculty who taught the course was comprised of an American, a…
The Elegant Universe
Apart from the incessant pacing that I went through for three very long hours between the time Srijith left his hotel and got to the airport in Denver (yeah yeah – i know I am a worrywart, but I couldn’t reach him on his mobile and all the satellite cams of Denver showed a very…
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…