This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
The disaster in Uttarakhand is heart rending … I was remembering how Appa and I walked the 14 kms to reach Kedarnath in 1985 and Amma came on the pony. The taste of the roadside tea still lingers and the warmth of the razai at the guesthouse just outside the temple, still feels cozy. The … Read more
On Wednesday, June 19th, I was at a client’s place waiting for the meeting to start and as I picked up the phone to turn off the volume, I got a call. I picked it up and it was one of the Mango people who was telling me that they are closing the stall and … Read more
We drove back from Hyderabad today after my classes. We wanted to buy mangoes again at Rajmahal Road but couldn’t since traffic was backed up really long. So we decided to have sugarcane juice near our house. While the three of us were having our sugarcane juice, a slightly old lady came and asked for … Read more
The 555 pages of pre read should have prepared us for what was coming …. But the asymmetric learners that we are, we just didnt get it. And paid for it dearly. The dreaded cold calling came back and several of us tried avoiding Prof Zaheer’s sight trajectory, forming strategic support alliances but failed miserably … Read more
We will be learning about Strategic Alliances in this term and while our Prof has given us just 415 pages to read, it set me thinking on how can I draw similarities between all the technical definitions am learning and examples from day to day life …. And this post is the result. The business … Read more
Many of us in the corporate world have heard of Stephen Covey and his first book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. It’s a landmark book in many ways and an all time favourite of mine. I have recommended that book to many people, Krishnan and I had two study-groups around it and I quote … Read more
The first picnic happened in a car that was stranded in traffic – I was supposed to go to Noida and I did what Krishnan keeps saying I should not, which is to pack too many things into the same hour 🙂 I didn’t pack many things, just one – I wanted to hand over … Read more
I didn’t think I will get a chance to meet him in this trip, but telepathy worked and just as I picked up my phone on Monday during a break, Venki called 🙂 and we did manage to meet on Tuesday. Not just me, the gang managed to meet him which was almost like being … Read more
So Sanjay Dutt went to jail for his wrong doing – on a really big scale. It wasn’t a small “mistake” even if he didn’t know the consequences. This boy who funded his education by selling newspapers from when he was 10 years old has got admission to IIM Kolkatta. The reason I write about … Read more