This video is funny and thought provoking! How many parents would want to do something like this? Well, the chances are that you (the parent) are also on the same side of children. I recently watched a stand-up comedy in which the guy cracked a joke on Government's "Digital India" mission. He said, the way... Continue Reading →
What Is Education About?
I saw this message on Twitter and it got me thinking about the state of education/schooling system. Here is the message: What I needed to learn in highschool: Public speaking Customer service People management Conflict resolution Critical thinking Accounting Financial planning Software development How to mentor Creativity Critical thinking Negotiation How much of our school... Continue Reading →
Hypocricy Thy Name Feku
How do you spell hypocricy? More importantly, how do you handle it? Rupee touched 72 per dollar today. Petrol is at Rs 86 in Pune (more than half of it is by virtue of taxes) Amazon, Wal-Mart, Ikea et al have started operations in India and expanding... On this backdrop I am repeatedly playing the... Continue Reading →
Tsundoku, The Subtle Art, and Ramana Sir
A few months ago I wrote a blog "My Week-end Is Booked" where I talked about my decision in 2018 to stop buying new books. However my close friend and IIM-A classmate sent me a book on Advaita and advised me to read. I started it and left halfway through since I was writing an... Continue Reading →
Just for Fun: Food for Thought
Interesting thought... Applying Logic to explain the nonsense. From 2009 to 2012, during the United Progressive Alliance's second term, Kaushik Basu served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.... ... ... ... Now you know why the UPA-2 was thrown out of power 😂🤣 P.S.: I am making the same mistake... "Applying... Continue Reading →
First IKEA Store in India and Investment Lessons from Herd Mentality
Last week (on 9th Aug) IKEA opened the first store in India in the southern city of Hyderabad and it was an instant rage. IKEA mania led to stampede and more than 40,000 people visited the store on first day! They did a sales of Rs 2.4 Crore ($350K) including Rs 11,00,000 from food sold... Continue Reading →
Friendship Day – Nice Ad By Vodafone India
Today is Friendship Day (first Sunday or August). I am not sure if it is World Friendship Day or International Friendship Day or just India-specific. I don't like the nonsense of Days - Fathers' Day, Mothers' Day, Neighbors' Day and all that. Some emotional fools or some clever Marketing brains device such days and the... Continue Reading →
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