It was in May of 2004 when I’d first blogged about a New, Improved India, based on the belief that a highly-educated economist being elected
I’ve been driving for more than 15 years. There were years when the office commute itself was a 50 km/day affair (in Mumbai’s traffic that’s quite
According to the backgrounder by The Economic Times: A lethal plume of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from a storage tank at the Union Carbide
It’s been a few weeks since I last posted something on the blog. Let me begin the New Year by introducing you to someone who
The world is talking about it from Mumbai to Minessota. Folks have travelled long distances to catch the pre-inauguration laser show and test drive on
AJAX based widgets that fetch XML feeds from various sources on Election-related news coverage… GoogleMaps that chart the course from your house to the Electoral
It was about 10 in the night, on 26th November 2008, when television news channels first started airing reports of Mumbai’s business district – Nariman
The last few days have been nothing short of historic, for the great nation of India: At the biggest Auto Expo of the country, Tata
More than a decade ago, way back in 1995, I was a graduate student in my final year at St. Xavier’s College, Bombay. As a part of our Honours’ project, we embarked upon a 7-day field trip to the interiors of Gujarat, thanks to the good graces of our Professor – Dr. Vlidakar – who had worked extensively in the Amba Dongar region. Soon, five young students (including myself) found ourselves in a location that was 100 kms from the nearest big city, armed with nothing but a map and a compass! It was on that trip that I first encountered Rangpur and the “Ashram”…
A weekend discussion with my (catholic) wife on different religions led me to an unusual quest. A quest for answers to all the intriguing questions that came up in our conversation… How did the Sindhi community come to be a part of the Hindu religion? Why do Sindhis follow an Arabic script? Why do Sindhis regard the Guru Granth Sahib as their holy book, and visit gurdwaras instead of temples?! I realized I hardly knew any thing about the origins of the community I belonged to…
I have personally dealt with some of the biggest and most successful organizations of the country, as a customer. Time and again, I have come to the realization that reducing variation and inconsistencies in internal processes is the key to successful organizations and happy customers…
It’s that time of the year, again. Rainy season will soon be here. Even in metro towns like Mumbai, the monsoons play an important role in addressing the burgeoning needs of its citizens and migrants alike. As I was preparing myself for the onset of the monsoons, I was reminded of the times when the “rainy season” used to have a magic of its own…
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