Nomad - Photo Blog of an unknown Indian ; Once a B-school blog ,travelogue

London - Autumn 2009 collection

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sample this

2008-05-30T23:29:00.002+01:00

for the love of sports cars

2008-05-26T20:19:00.002+01:00

Isle of Skye

2008-05-14T21:55:00.002+01:00

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Arctic Winds !

2008-04-06T09:03:00.005+01:00

bhoom shankar at hard rock c@fe mumbai

2008-03-29T08:17:00.004Z

White Easter

2008-03-23T20:40:00.003Z

A friendly squirrel in greenwich

2008-03-22T17:31:00.001Z

Cardiff spring

2008-03-03T22:39:00.001Z

cardiff ...

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2008-03-03T22:37:00.000Z

Bute park

2008-03-03T22:36:00.000Z

Cardiff

2008-03-03T22:35:00.000Z

2008-03-03T22:34:00.000Z

Cardiff castle

2008-03-03T22:30:00.000Z

London Slide show

2008-02-06T20:08:00.000Z

tower bridge - not the london bridge

2008-02-05T22:06:00.001Z

London - 2

2008-01-01T19:34:00.000Z

New Year's eve - London

2008-01-01T19:05:00.000Z

London-1

2007-12-30T12:13:00.000Z

british museum,hyde park,south bank,speakers corner all the way to east london ,absolute mashup , no titles ....london is absolute visual delight , all I need is a digi SLR

cognizant pune

2007-08-19T11:57:00.000+01:00

Sleeping in Airports

2007-06-08T15:03:00.000+01:00

I was trying to help a friend figure out a place to stay for a day as she transits through mumbai airport,and i came across this interesting website,and so the cartoon from the wesbite.

A View of KL

2007-05-22T06:37:00.000+01:00

Taken with a prehistoric kodak 1MP digital camera,almost 5 yrs ago at KL,still like the pic though

Convo - the last chapter

2007-05-18T07:37:00.000+01:00

You must have really good cameras and lenses

2007-04-11T11:35:00.002+01:00

am done with my MBA ,just the convocation leftas for the the blog it never did justice as a bschool blogthe blog was intended to be a journal of my travels,more often than not it was a photoblogi guess the blog will remain a photoblog for years to come.. no more words. just pictures.i cant think of a better transit than this famous anecdote quite popular among photographersadios Once a

The Best Pics of Himalayan Trek

2007-02-23T17:39:00.000Z

Snow Trek Pics Instalment1 (click link you please)

2007-02-22T14:05:00.000Z

Himalayan Trek

a preview of pics to come

2007-02-21T06:42:00.000Z

just a sneak preview of pics coming your way

why does it always snow on me

2007-02-20T17:14:00.000Z

nomad's back from the Himalayas with loads of tales funny ,weird and eerie to outright scary , all that from one trip ,like a bollywood movie.what was meant to be another easy trek ,turned out to be 'difficult' by day-1 ,'very tough' by day-2 and "why in the world did i come here' by day-3 ,'impossible' by day-4 ,and 'absolute living on the edge' by day-5if u read the trek itenary in the

Trek Itinerary

2007-02-07T16:50:00.000Z

Dates Itinerary Trek Distance 8th Feb 2007 Eve - Leave Mumbai 9th Feb 2007 Eve - Reach New Delhi; Leave for Haridwar 10th Feb 2007 Morn - reach Haridwar, reach Eve - reach Uttarkashi, prepare for trek 11th Feb 2007 Uttarkashi to Agoda 18 kms 12th Feb 2007 Agoda to Manjhi to Dodital 15 + 3kms 13th Feb 2007 Camping at Dodital,

The Trek Route Map

2007-02-07T16:49:00.001Z

Where does this blog go from here

2007-02-07T03:08:00.000Z

my blog started as a travel blog ,and then bschool happenednot the other way around , which is usually the case :)and for the last two years it looked like a terrible self glorifying bschool blog,telling you the same stories of assts and submissions and placements...i dont know if you guys liked it ,but it turned out pretty boring for me ,esp towards the 2nd yearit's time my blog goes back to

Alibaug

2007-01-30T09:25:00.000Z

I never bought a nokia

2007-01-28T13:42:00.000Z

I never bought a nokiaMy first cell phone was the (pre-sony ) ericsson ,then samsung R220again another samsung (N620) and now motorolai gifted LGs , samsungs etcbut never never a nokiamaybe i was too irritated by the hype around nokiamaybe i didn't want to pay the premiumor maybe i liked underdogs !Nokia N95 could change that

Aspiring business leaders reach out to PMO ...

2007-01-19T09:31:00.000Z

lets say , this is in continuation to my previous postOur team won the 2nd prize at IIMK - WhiteKnight ,which means the suggestions are going straight to the PMO :)This event also brings me to the end of competitions and events as a bschooler.I've participated in whole bunch of events and competitions ,especially second year,and there are some great lessons to be learnt by trying out and ,even

The lone Knight and inclusive growth

2007-01-15T09:54:00.000Z

The next bschool event / comptetition on our agenda is the RIL WhiteKnight at IIMK Backwaters.The event is about driving inclusive growth strategies across various sectors.Our team picked,not surprisingly, "Rural Sector" and proposed four specific implementable ideas under education and livelihood options.Unfortunately, only one of our team members could go to IIMK for the final presentation to

Meeting Mr Mukesh Ambani

2007-01-10T12:39:00.000Z

A grand closing to the journey of rural tourism that began 6 months back.Team Gram Vihaar got to present the b-plan on Jan 6th to none other than Mr Mukesh Ambani,Chairman ,Reliance Industries Limited.It was an amazing experience ,presenting to Mr Mukesh Ambani himself.Here are couple of pics from the day as well as some pics from the event itself that happened in IIMA last year.

MasterPlan goes rural - GramVihaar gets cracking !

2006-12-02T03:52:00.000Z

Some fabulous news from Nomadnomad and gang ( of 6 ) have won MasterPlan - The Corporate Business Plan event of IIMA Confluence. 385 entries (incl 15 overseas) , and three rounds ,boiled down to one winner , team 'GramVihaar' from SP Jain.We proposed a network of rural toruism resorts across India.Team members : rohit jalan,vasav varshney,ananth chilukuri,kunal jain,lagnajit patnaik,aditya

Firefox gains

2006-11-17T21:14:00.000Z

Mozilla's Firefox is gaining on Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the browser share battle says Businessweek,from a survey that i took recently.not really a scientific poll but still interesting to know that majority of 3400+ survey takers voted for Mozilla.One interesting personalobservation,icici bank's online account has password limitations in IE such as number of characters,surprisingly

Borat & the Buzz ( Marketing )

2006-11-07T08:28:00.000Z

Buzz marketing exists in fantasy tales and the odd passing mention in marketing classesGuess it's still seen as an art form and not scienceHere's a fabulous case on buzz marketing - what else but , Borat the moviethe way the movie borat has gone about creating a buzz around the movieis pure buzz and online marketingsome people are even calling Borat the biggest small film everwhats the fuss

Borat very Nice say America

2006-11-06T11:15:00.000Z

Borat's the surprise hit of the weekend in USI've been tracking the movie and the show for a long timeand it's nice to know that it's a huge hitchk this outBorat had a venue average of $31,517, an average that puts Borat in the same ballpark as something like Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.way to go boratits just too bad the Indian release is set for Mar 2007

SPJIMR Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2006

2006-11-03T10:01:00.000Z

Check Out...SPJIMR announces the "SPJIMR Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2006"- to recognize and celebrate the significant contributions made and successes achieved in SCM practices by leading companies.......SPJIMR Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2006" will be held on the 3rd of December, 2006 at S.P.J.I.M.R, Mumbai and comprise of:A Panel Discussion on the topic "To create a vision for developing

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2006-10-30T05:34:00.000Z

thats a long name for a movie and quite a weirdly funny movie toobefore i blog abt the movie,i must say the usual disclaimers - the movie is quitecontroversial and could hurt lots of people / groups /countries / communities ....so who is borat? Ali G's show describes him as "Borat Sagdiyev is Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man. A leading journalist from the State run TV network, Borat has been

Gram Vihaar - How about some Rural Tourism

2006-10-28T06:19:00.000+01:00

We are exploring a business plan involving setting up a network of rural tourism resorts across IndiaWe are looking at locations ranging from Kerala,konkan coast,punjab etcThe idea is : Provide simple ,clean but elegant cottages in the villagesCombine this with boat trips ,nearby beaches,massage service, some old temples or historic locations etc. We are looking at Urban cookies who can do this

Segmenting financial consumers

2006-10-19T14:10:00.000+01:00

"The subdividing of a market into distinct subsets of customers, where any subset may conceivably be selected as a target market to be reached with a distinct marketing mix”- Philip KotlerBschoolers are all too familiar with the dozens of consumer segmentations doneas part of countless class room sessions,guest lectures, projects ,group works etc etcOne complaint you can often hear among students

KHOJ 2007 : "India's only inter business school equity research competition"

2006-10-17T06:17:00.000+01:00

About KHOJ Welcome to Khoj, India's only inter business school equity research competition, which rewards you handsomely for your analytical skills in the equity markets. Since its inception, Khoj has been attracting extensive participation from business schools as well as acclaim from the industry. This event brings together the brightest minds from academia and the biggest names from the

USB Missile Launcher - The ultimate fun weapon in cubicles / class rooms ?

2006-10-11T05:59:00.000+01:00

and i wonder how about using the missile launcher in the class room especially to prevent some really annoying DCP (aka desperate class participation in B-schools)The only downside is the range of 2.5 m could be less when we have a combined class in bigger rooms.Apparently , there's a video of the thing in action:here

Dear Alumni ( SPJIMR Alumni Meet on 27th and 28th Oct 2006 - Hyderabad Chennai Bangalore & Delhi )

2006-10-09T14:14:00.000+01:00

Dear Alumni,Following are the details of the meets that are going to be held:Hyderabad 28th October 2006 Best Western Hotel Amrutha Castle5-9-16, Opp. Secretariat,Saifabad,Hyderabad - 500063.Bangalore 27th October 2006 St. Mark's Hotel4/1, St Marks Road,Bangalore - 560001.Delhi 27th October 2006 India InternationalCentre, 40 , Max Mueller Marg,New Delhi - 110003.Chennai 28th October 2006 GRT

There's a Nomad in all of us (so where all have you been ? )

2006-10-07T08:19:00.000+01:00

Some interesting website i found where you can make customized map of places you've been( create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide )This is obviously for the nomads out thereIi look back at my 18 months of MBA journey - loads of learning ,unlearning , new friends ... ,I must admit one thing i definitely miss is my travels Its been very difficult ,not just getting back

Hyderabadiyon Ke Naam Pe

2006-10-04T05:47:00.000+01:00

Continuing with the Hyderabadi postings, here’s some interesting lines I came across in one of the Orkut communities (look for the community Hyderabadi Lingo in Orkut)Woh Charminar Ke Minaaraan,Aur Woh Niagara Ki Biryani. (paradise no more )Woh Madina Hotel Ke Chaiyaan,Aur Woh Azizia ki Qubani.Woh Pista House Ki Haleem, (trivia1: used to be exported to mid-east, donno now )Aur Woh Famous Ki Ice

The Angrez / The English

2006-09-27T12:16:00.000+01:00

'The Angrez' Disclaimer: The movie / just like this posting may not make sense to you if you haven't lived in Hyderabad or you don't appreciate the hyderabadi lingo.you still with me !!!, go ahead ,chill outI actually watched loads of interesting movies over the long dasara weekend and one movie i strongly recommend is "The Angrez" , literally means "The English" Not to worry , it's not another

Large company Smaller Profile vs Small company Larger Profile

2006-09-21T07:01:00.000+01:00

A friend of mine , a freshly minted MBA ,mailed this to me last week, "What strikes me about #xyz inc# is that one can actually feel the size of the organization in everything that happens there. Security guards at every door, people don't take interest in others, crowd too large for that, long queues everywhere from cafeteria to SodexHo coupon counters. People work for a decade and are still new

2006-09-20T06:22:00.000+01:00

If i can trust my Inbox I win a lottery every other day ,usually EuroLottery Some Nigerian prince offers equity in oil blocks almost every other week Cameroon diaz sends mails every other fortnight Discounts on Encyclopedia and CDs (while am happy with wiki and google )and then there are the SPAM mails on preventing SPAM !!Promises from plastic surgeons .. xxxxxxxxx that's just a sample of mails

Autumns '06 - SPJIMR strikes the winning goal yet again!!!

2006-09-15T06:39:00.000+01:00

Here's the official word on Autumns/Project placements for 2006.Although ,i must say, am a bit surprised that some big names (In My Humble Opinion) who were there for autumns ,are missing from the official announcement. Here's part of the text published on our website. Hope , some of you find the info useful.................. the Italian spirit found its challenger in SP Jain Institute of

After a l........ong break

2006-09-13T05:51:00.000+01:00

Never took such a long break away from blogging.Guess it was the project placments and loads of work combined with a touch of laziness Well, we had some fabulous autumns / project placmentsFin guys ,esp,considering the ibanks and pvt equity firms that were on prowlMarketing guys had the usual suspectsOps guys again had some good Ops consulting companies and the regular joes(as u guys can see ,am

Open Source Business Intelligence

2006-07-17T05:38:00.000+01:00

While BI sessions by Dr Sunil Ladkawala is in full swing , I came across an open-source BI toolDecisionStudio Professional, a desktop BI platformThats quite a shocker , you can practically run( ruin ! ) your business with opensource.In fact , am planning to make an application portfolio for an imaginary organisation ,comprising only of open-source softwaresLets see !http://decisionstudio.com/

Mumbai is falling short of blood

2006-07-12T08:31:00.001+01:00

Those of us who think can be of some use to citizens of mumbai at this time of need, can donate blood by contacting 32566602 or we can go to Cooper hospital or even the brahmakumaris blood donation camp near andheri station. Let's come together and try our bit to bring back the city to normalcy!

2006-07-12T08:31:00.000+01:00

Death and Taxes !!!

2006-06-26T18:59:00.000+01:00

"Nothing is certain but death and taxes"Whoever said that, was spot on. ( Was it Benjamin franklin or another line from 'Meet Joe Black' ! )death: too early to talk abouttaxes: i am forced to blog onWhy,because every tuesday is the 'taxing' day at spjain ,we have an exam on some freakin tax : CST,VAT,CENVAT,Service tax etc and a marathon session by one of our industry faculty, again on taxes.I

Bunch of 1 liners

2006-06-23T05:46:00.000+01:00

Some one-liners i've been collecting:First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Mahatma Gandhi"Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety." - PlatoKeynes didn't say that."Nobody can hurt me without my permission."-M.K. GandhiThe government was set to protect man from criminals and the Constitution waswritten to protect man from government."

War against time : How do the dabbahwalahs do it ?

2006-06-11T05:33:00.000+01:00

Individual Dabbahwalhs WorkloadCollect tiffins from homeBelief : Work is worshipTiffin Basket's weight : 55- 60 kgDabbawlahs us the good compartment of trainOur lifeline is the local train network0% fuel0% investment0% tech100 % cust satisfaction0% disputes99.999999 % performanceCODING SYSTEMSay, VLP 9 EX12 E3 Dsouza on the boxVLP: Vile Parle ,a Suburh name in Mumbai9EX12: Destination CodeEX :

Dabbawalahs on Campus : Logistics innovation for enhancing supply chain effectiveness

2006-06-11T04:33:00.000+01:00

"I got call saying that 'Prince of London' wants to meet you,we told the phone caller with respect, if he can meet us at the churchgate railways station at 11:30 AM ,for us our customer is the prince ,we can meet him if he comes there..."That was the president of Dabbah walah speakingAm sure we all know of the famed Dabbahwalahs of Mumbai.Here am blogging from a guest lecture by Mr.Raghunath

Sensex blues hits campus

2006-06-10T06:19:00.000+01:00

We have a medium sized investor gang in campus (including myself) and the mood swings of this group is usually linked to the sensex movement. One day sensex hits high and everyone's happy,sharing tips ,comparing profits,buying penny stocks and the next day there is a plunge ,and the group is in a daze with a touch of disbelief on faces.Its funny that all those sessions on Eff. market hypothesis

donkeys dont eat mangoes !!!

2006-06-04T06:36:00.000+01:00

Its been a season of mangoes for me ,right from choice of summer project to 'solar dried mango bar ' business plan for livelihood program in my summer project and the quantities of ratnagiri alphonsos i devour every day in bombay.Lets say the driving reasons to do my summers at byrraju foundation were : the unique rural transformation strategy of the foundation ,stay@home,happening

Trendz 2010

2006-06-02T19:54:00.000+01:00

Our prof for enterprise system arch, shared some of the findings from Gartner's business trends 2010 By 2010 the number of IT staff in the profession will drop by 15 percent IT pros need expertise in multiple domains Versataiity, cultural issues, regulatory env are some of the issues IS pros will grapple with 6/10 people affiliated with the IS organisation will assume business-facing roles

Man Eaters of Nakuru

2006-04-21T08:40:00.000+01:00

Just finished reading Man Eaters of Kumaon I just love the book , i read it a long time back and this was my second reading.While the first time i was very young and enjoyed how Corbett tracked down and shot down man-eaters conveniently ignoring other details ,this time the details of life in the remote villages and corbett's narration was even appealing.The man-eaters reminded me of my own

2006-04-19T06:29:00.000+01:00

Every day i spend in the villages , in the godavari district (Coastal Andhra , India) ,talking to people representing various sections and communities, one thing that stood out was the desperate need for alternative livelihoods. More importantly something that was non-migratory and non-agri based in nature. That in my view is probably the toughest assignment ,especially in these regions, where

A few more pics of ... Konaseema , Godavari Delta

2006-04-11T13:04:00.000+01:00

Godavari Delta

2006-04-11T12:23:00.000+01:00

FIrst set of pics from my summer project in the Godavari Delta

Views from the Penthouse

2006-04-04T13:42:00.000+01:00

I changed my hostel room before exams and summer project ,in fact we were moved to a different hostel , 7th floor in our campus.We renamed the 7th floor/top floor as "Penthouse"Here are some views from my penthouse room.

Long Walk to freedom

2006-04-01T12:07:00.000+01:00

This is also a good time for me to catch up with my lost reading habit, and looks like this is the season of biographies, i just finished winston churchill's bioPresently working through Nelson mandela's "long walk to freedom", this one is just amazing ,esp the parts about his 21 years on the robben island,and his initial experiments with non-violence Gandhi style and his justification for ANC's

Project Ashwini

2006-04-01T11:49:00.000+01:00

Tetali,Juvvalapalem,Kesavaram,kasipadu ….These are some of the names of the villages I've been visiting for the last one week.My summers brought me to coastal andhra ,to the godavari districtsThe timing couldn't be more perfect ,summer is yet to peak, the paddy crop will be ready in a week or so,the green fields turning into golden yellow,hundreds of canals cris crossing the country side,aqua

DOCC (Corp citizenship )season begins

2006-03-25T16:01:00.000Z

Everyone's kicked off summer projects ,as usual (usual for SPJAIN ,unususual for other bschoolers ) students head off to various corners of South Asia to apply their learnings from MBA and past experiences and most importantly understand the problems of under privileged - be it the rural or urban poor. Its considered very useful experience as you work in unstructured work environments, unlike

SPJIMR - 2006 Placement Details

2006-02-28T07:34:00.000Z

Placement Stuff , is obviously what some of the blog readers expect from a bschool blog :) ,so here it is 2006 placement details."It took the bastion of Indian spirit, the Indian Cricket Team 72 years for a triple Ton. S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, the pioneering Business School in India in only its 25th year of inception completed a triple ton in style for the Final Placements

Realty madness !!!

2006-02-26T14:21:00.000Z

Consider thisPlot Size: 5.3 acres roughlyConsortium of: Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC), ICICI Ventures, and MaytasTotal Deal Worth: Rs335 crore (Almost double the reserve price)Guess the city..........Location: Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad ( not Malabar Hills , Mumbai !)The real estate market in Hyd is on fire, this latest auction may just have triggered it. With the announcement of new

Companies and Names

2006-02-15T22:21:00.000Z

Wanted to share this article that i came across..enjoy,adi-------------------------------------ABN AMRO- In the 1960s, the Nederlandse Handelmaatschappij (Dutch Trading Society; 1824) and theTwentsche Bank merged to form the Algemene Bank Nederland ( ABN; General Bank of the Netherlands). In 1966,the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bank merged to form the Amro Bank. In 1991, ABN and Amro

Sinhagad - Trek Pics

2006-02-15T21:58:00.000Z

Situated 32 km south west of Pune, and standing at an imposing 1215 m above msl overlooking Pune city, Sinhagad, even today stands testimony to the grand Maratha Regime. Narvir Tanaji's Impossibly Brave Deed: Lil bit of History !! The fort of Kondana, which is today on the outskirts of Pune town was then an outpost overlooking Pune and the surrounding countryside. It was strategically placed

'Fab'ulous News

2006-02-10T18:45:00.000Z

Seen anything like itSome facts about the Fab City’s 3 billion dollars project coming up at HyderabadTotal FDI inflow into India in 2004-05 :$3.75 billionTotal FDI expected this year:$7 billionWhat Intel planned to invest in Bangalore:$ 1 billionWhat Bill Gates planned to invest in India:$1.7 billionTotal investment by Japan in India:$2 billionJobs5,000 jobs by 2009 10-14 lakh spinoff jobs in 10

birthday pics

2006-01-31T18:59:00.000Z

Hyderabad Airport Set To Take Off

2006-01-26T06:37:00.000Z

Hyderabad Airport Set To Take Off • GMR International Airport to give India’s tech-centre first truly international experience• Located at Shamshabad, expected to be ready by early 2008• Rs 1385-crore project is spread over 5,550 acres• Some 2,000 workers do 8-hr shifts for an average Rs 112 a day• Project being implemented by GMR Group, Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad, Andhra government,

Social Impact Awards 2006

2006-01-25T06:33:00.000Z

SP Jain is organizing Social Impact Awards 2006 on January 25, 2006, which is a contest on unique social initiatives taken in last two years. The details for the event are as follows: - Time: - 1:30 PM Venue: - SPJIMR Auditorium Panel of evaluators has selected 5 papers for the final event, which are as follows: - Titan Industries, Bangalore ASHA, Hyderabad

Smart Manager Contest

2006-01-05T11:22:00.000Z

Some good news , i won the smart manager case contest. Some of you,esp Indians, should be aware of the indian management magazine the smart manager ,considered india's first management journaland they feature a quarterly case contest on topics ranging from organizational behaviour , marketing etc across various domains.The contest is open to all bschoolers and the winner walks away with 25,000

Pandora's ( juke ) box

2005-12-27T18:01:00.000Z

How can you find more music that you like ?Well here's a site , www.pandora.com, that helps you find it and i just love it.how does it work?Pandora ,Oakland based company , finds music similar to the particular pieces of music you already like, based on a labor-intensive analysis of about 400 characteristics.They even raised some capital , Crosslink Capital led the $12 million third round, with

All Saints High School in select group

2005-12-03T09:46:00.000Z

This year is special for my school ( All Saints High School , Hyderabad) is into its 150th year of existenceApparently only 20 schools in India can boast of such a long history.All Saints High School in select group:STANDING TALL: All Saints High School, one of the 20 oldest institutions in the country, has an impeccable record to boast of.HYDERABAD: What is common between the wristy maestro

a habit of yours

2005-11-30T19:15:00.000Z

Arun Shourie was in campus,and he was showered with some nice intros,all praises( well deserved , of course) and when he finally delivered his speech he started off with an urdu pieceYe teri Ankhon ka sukun (The solace of ur eyes)Ye teri saanson ki dhadkan(This heaving of ur breath)Ye sab kahin ek rangin shararat hi na hoJise hum samazh baithe hai pyar ka andaaz (Which we have taken to be a

Sania needs check on her arrogance - 'Indian Express'ing Views or News

2005-11-25T02:17:00.000Z

Here's an interesting news item from express webs site.The title goes ---> 'Sania needs check on her arrogance'Its all about interview of Peter McNamara, a trainer at Tennis Australia,who was in Delhi recently.Now the point is nowhere in the article does Peter use the word 'arrogant' , but 'express' is arrogant enough to use a title like that for their news item.Maybe sania is arrogant maybe not

Arun Shourie @ SPJIMR

2005-11-21T20:16:00.000Z

“Bureaucrats like to take things easy but not at this ministry”. In official circles his ministry was described to be one where "everybody has to burn the midnight oil without any attendant perks or powers."He has published seventeen books till now on topics as diverse as Economics, Politics, Religion, Hindutva, History, Communism, Journalism etc., He is currently working on a new book “Turning

MBA student batters girlfriend to death, gives himself up

2005-11-17T08:06:00.000Z

some sad news..MUMBAI: It could be frustration, obsession or family pressure but it resulted in the death of a young woman. On Monday night, Pratik Gupta, an MBA student clobbered his girlfriend Megha Doshi to death with a stone and then coolly walked down to the nearby Juhu Police Station with bloody hands and clothes to surrender.The bizarre incident occurred at around 9.30 pm near NM College,

Analysis of Global Imbalances

2005-11-14T13:55:00.000Z

The following are the key reasons analyzed by our team , as part of our group assignment in macro-economics and also followed by suitable remedies to solve the global imbalances.A timed assignment this was,and more importantly ,the conditions were, google free and limited number of words ( no long stories),and,boy,we did score pretty high. The major reasons for CA deficit of US are: US

How an amount of 200$ changed Manikyamma's life

2005-11-10T20:02:00.000Z

Manikyamma - Kirana Shop : Muchavaram - Khammam BASIX disbursed a loan of Rs.10,000 to Manikyamma, for her Kirana shop at Muchavaram village. The loan was through the SHG - Sarojini Mahila Mandali. Her husband is an electrician and earns around Rs.500 per month. They have two school going children. They have agricultural land of two acres from

diwali

2005-11-03T12:16:00.000Z

Well, Diwali vacation it is ,but sadly no rest ,am kind of running around ,too many things on personal frontprobably my worst diwali - not a single firecracker on the big day :)

whats wrong with a quick nap at work !

2005-10-09T18:26:00.000+01:00

hectic lifestyles, repetitive tasks, stuffy environments , stresswhats wrong with a quick nap at work?take a quick survey please

Yusuf Mehrauli Village Industries

2005-10-08T06:11:00.000+01:00