मिर्झा गालिब to PM नरेंद्र मोदी: तेरी हुकूमत मे अजीब कश्मकश मे गुजर रही जिंदगी गालिब दाल खा नहीं सकते और गोश्त खाने नहीं देते उपर से शौचालय पर शौचालय बनवाये जा रहे है जब खायेगा इंडिया, तभी तो जायेगा इंडिया... आलम ये है की ना खा रहे है, ना जा रहे है... बस स्वच्छ... Continue Reading →
Microfinance – Organized usury?
Just a few days ago (on 25th July) I saw an interview of Shyam Sekhar (Twitter:@shyamsek, FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/shyamsek) where he said: "Microfinance is organized usury. Wouldn't give a P/E multiple to usury". Yesterday, in less than a week, Ujjivan Financial Services - a microfinance company that was recently listed on exchanges, announced that their net... Continue Reading →
२ पुणेकरांची मैत्रीपूर्ण जुगलबंदी
२ पुणेकरांची मैत्रीपूर्ण जुगलबंदी वेळ: शनिवार सकाळ ९ वा., म्हणजे आजच... स्थळ: अप्पा बळवंत चौकातील एक वृत्तपत्र विक्री केंद्र ग्राहक (ग्रा. - साधारण ७० वर्षे): नवीन साप्ताहिकं बघू... वृत्तपत्र विक्रेता (वृ.वि. - साधारण तेवढाच, ७० वर्षे): हे घ्या...ऑलिम्पिक २०१६ विशेषांक आहे. ग्रा: "पर्यटन विशेषांक" आहे का? वृ. वि.: नाहीये, अहो इतरही वाचत जा, क्रीडा वगैरे...चांगलं असतं ग्रा: कशाला? मी खेळ खेळत... Continue Reading →
Great people think alike…
Albert Einstein and Henry Ford - Great people think alike! “The object of education is not to fill a man’s mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.” — Henry Ford https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/07/henry-ford-actual-value-education/
What’s your ikigai?
Ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced [ikiɡai]) is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being". Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai. Source: Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai What's your ikigai? More on this soon...
The Business Sutra by Devdutt Pattanaik
The Business Sutra by Devdutt Pattanaik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7QwxbImhZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrUs8FAt40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4c_uQmJUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCB5vsD1CU Not very great if you dig deep, but I liked his style and approach of looking at and linking things/stories. Oversimplifies way too much...
Bringing to table…
A former waiter in a restaurant applied for an IT Engineer role (yes, there are no entry barriers...only exit barriers). The Tech Lead asked him during the interview: "Tell me, if you are selected what can you bring to the table?" "Anything that you order, sir!", the waiter replied confidently. He was right. "Bringing to... Continue Reading →
“१५९ ळ” चं कोडं
माझी पहिली "बी.आर.टी" वारी: काही निरीक्षणे... १. "परिवहन" च्या ऐवजी "परविहन" असं लिहिलं आहे...एकदा नाही दोनदा २. बस-स्थानकात बसायच्या ठिकाणीच गळत असल्यामुळे लोकांना उभे राहावे लागत होते ३. नाम-फलकावर "डाऊन", "हेल्पलाईन" असे इंग्रजी शब्द असताना मग Frequency साठीच "वारंवारीता" असा अवघड शब्द का? ४. "Mind the gap" चं "अंतरावर लक्ष द्या" यापेक्षा चांगलं भाषांतर होऊ... Continue Reading →
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