(via Indian Express) has a series on views of leading personalities on what India Empowered means to them. I was very disappointed that politicians made statements that were the most motherhood and apple pie and no substance. Of course Manmohan Singh and Abdul Kalam continued their NATO (No Action Talk only) statements. Also disturbed that [...]
Archive for September, 2005
Best of India Empowered
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Blogging Attitudes
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2005 | 1 Comment »
The other day in a nostalgic conversation with an Intel veteran, received a small complement that my blog is better than our CEO Paul Otellini’s blog. I was a little stunned at his remark and responded that I was not sure whether my blog was better than his but for sure I started writing mine [...]
Flying SpiceJet
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2005 | 23 Comments »
I generally need to travel from Pune to Bangalore at short notices of 3-4 days. With Intel it was on Jet Airways and the full return fare is about Rs 14,000. On Spicejet even at 3-4 days notice I am able to fly for Rs 5000 return. It would be much lower if I am [...]
Rural Kids handle Ambiguity Better
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
(via Education Initiatives) Educational Initiatives offers products and services that help to accurately measure learning, promote self-learning in children and empower educators and school leaders. A lot of “learning” that happens in our schools and children today, turns out to be rote memorisation with very shallow introduction to ideas. To contribute meaningfully in tomorrow’s world, [...]
The Extinct Indian Entrepreneur
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2005 | 21 Comments »
Red Herring released a list of 20 entrepreneurs under the age of 35. There was one Indian Anurag Dikshit but not a single Indian from India. My take on this issue is the explosion in the job market with Multi-nationals and Indian companies on a hiring spree. You have to be in some sense a [...]
India’s Mobile Future : Part 1
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
(via emergic) a brilliant summary of why mobilie phones have become ubiquitous and what lies in store for the future. Marko talks about the issues and future of the mobile business and bringing into its fold the next 2 billion customers. Some real good points from the article ….. The mobile industry grew on the [...]
Recognizing and Rewarding Honesty
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2005 | 3 Comments »
After leaving Intel buying a new mobile subscription or requesting customer support has been very interesting. My two experiences with the customer service departments of Dell and Bharti has been really bad business, pathetic experience, root cause being not trying to understand what I or customers really want, but just blindly following their bad processes [...]
Patil Ganesh Moves to Pune
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
ganesh-puja Originally uploaded by My memories. After more than 30 years we have moved Ganesh Celebration from my uncle’s place Rakhi Mahal, Mumbai to Pune. We started the 10 day Ganesh festival by installing the idol at our place. We had a family puja at around 10 am in the morning. We will have Ganesha [...]
Letter to Medha and Rohan
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
ganesh Originally uploaded by My memories. Dear Medha and Rohan Wish you a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi! Ganesh Chaturthi, the birthday of Lord Ganesha, is celebrated every year in the telugu month of Bhadrapada on Chaturthi ( ie fourth day after the new moon ). This year it is coming on 7th September. Ganesh was [...]
