I have not yet watched Slumdog Millionaire - the movie that can (and in all probabilities will certainly!) give India its first ever Oscar winner (in form of A R Rahman)But I have heard and read a lot about it. And the reactions have been extremes...simply too great, outstanding, absolute classic OR crap, bull****, over-hyped... Continue Reading →
Another short anecdote from the book 'The New Buffettology' which I liked is about Warren's view about Market - he views investing in market as a deal between you (the investor) and Mr. Market.Here is the extract about Mr. Market:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOW MR. MARKET HELPED WARREN GET RICHWhen Benjamin Graham (Warren’s mentor) was teaching Warren about the... Continue Reading →
I recently read this book - 'The New Buffettology' by Mary Buffet (who was Warren's daughter-in-law for 12 years before she divorced her husband and Warren's son, Peter) and David Clark.I immensely enjoyed reading this book; though not a fool-proof, it has some very interesting snippets and anecdote's about Warren Buffet's investment strategies and business acumen. It... Continue Reading →
It is not often that you find a Paanwallah with his own brand and website! Yes, Muchchhad Paanwallah from Mumbai (Bombay) has his registered his own 'Muchchhad' paan brand and has a neat website (http://www.paan.com/index.html) But even he is not exempt from piracy and competition. Another look-alike or clone came up with the same name paan... Continue Reading →
A. R Rahman lost a dear friend and sound recordist H Sridhar days after 26/11. It has left the musical maestro shaken but not devastated. Without telling a soul, he left for the US to submit his Hindi song 'Jai Ho' from Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars.. a song that actually belonged to Subhash Ghai!The song has... Continue Reading →
An interesting article about the status of education quality in the US. It compares downfall of the inttelectual achievement by US students (in Math) to a similar downfall in Olympic sports.Also - some nice and encouraging words about the education system in India and China...http://2mm.typepad.com/usa/2008/08/what-if-the-us.html
This is a simple short story, but has something to learn from it...A man once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby.Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor... Continue Reading →
Someone just asked me: 'How did you spend your first day of the New Year?'I said: I reflected on the year gone by to see what I have gained during the last year...but that proved to be a bad idea...for, the only thing I have gained is...WEIGHT 😦
A R Rahman turns 42 today...Happy Birthday to A. R. Rahman - my favourite composer and undoubtedly the best of today's generation!!!2008 has been one of the landmark years for ARR - with as many as 6 films he composed music for viz. Jodha-Akbar, Jaane tu...Yaa Jaane Na, Ada (yet to be released), Yuvvraaj (weakest... Continue Reading →
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