I am less worried these days. The headlines are not screaming figures of pink slip issues in thousands. And, if the 'pink slip pandemonium' is not a front page story but is now occupying a 2x2 space somewhere inside, I am not complaining. For a person like me, who is working in a sector which is least likely to be affected by economic tsunamis, I can only imagine the plight of the employees who have been at the receiving end. I really do not understand the dynamics of 'systems & operations' & 'finance' of the corporate sector but I do wonder if sacking was/is the only solution.
My very very limited entrepreneurship sense says that a more moderate approach could have been adopted.Instead of laying off 2000 employees, perks of say 5000, employees could have been scrapped, threreby covering part of the loss & cost.One does wonder, if the employees who managed to save their necks , do not mind the extra work that has ended up on their laps.Even if they are complaining, they dare not be vocal about it.Maybe , there is a paragraph somewhere (in some page of a thick book on Corporate law& finance) about a lower scale being offered in exchange of retaining one's position in case of an economic crisis..I am just wondering.
With each one of us burdened with mortgages & instalments, I can only hope that our economic pundits come up, fast & quick, with some plans of economic salvation.
Who said life is difficult outside the Earth?!! It isn't easy here, either.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Games Indians Play-A Book review
Games Indians Play, by V. Raghunathan ,explores the Indian mentality of being privately smart & collectively foolish.The author, a faculty at one of the IIMs, uses behavioural economics & game theory to explain why we do what we do & how acting in the common interest of everyone will do good to us in the long run.
The author uses prisoners' dilemma to explain why we Indians act selfish & go for short term gains. The book doesnt tell us anything new that we already dont know but the mode of putting across his point with a dash of humor ,makes it a very good read. I have never touched Economics even with a barge pole but his lucid explanation, with a good sprinkling of examples ,made the aforementioned theories qute simple to understand. Do grab a copy!!
The author uses prisoners' dilemma to explain why we Indians act selfish & go for short term gains. The book doesnt tell us anything new that we already dont know but the mode of putting across his point with a dash of humor ,makes it a very good read. I have never touched Economics even with a barge pole but his lucid explanation, with a good sprinkling of examples ,made the aforementioned theories qute simple to understand. Do grab a copy!!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Let Go !!!!!
How many times have we heard the phrase'learn to let go'?!!!!
recently learnt the phrase all over gain when I lost my cell phone.I still keep trying my old number to see if someone picks up.I still hope that some gentleman will return it!!
The world rides on hope!!!!
When I really think it over, we all are experts at letting go.
when we step into adolescence,we let go the age of innocence.when we step out from school into the gates of the college,we let go of the shelter that the school provides(though we mistake the shelter of school as college & the indifference of a college as independence)....
When we start looking for work,it is the security that our parents provide that we let go.when we get married , it is the 'I' that we let go.When we are blessed with our first child, we let go of our 'devil may care' attitude & start living for somebody else.
For each time we let go,we are blessed with something else.In adolescence, we are blessed with the first spring of youth.In college, we get the first whiff of independence. In our prfessional lives,we gain the 'justification of our faith in our abilities'.In our married life, we gain a 'we'.with our first child, we geta chance tio relive our childhood.
So, does every'letting go' herald the arrival of something better?
I will know when I replace the lost W700i phone with something else....
Thats the thrill....
recently learnt the phrase all over gain when I lost my cell phone.I still keep trying my old number to see if someone picks up.I still hope that some gentleman will return it!!
The world rides on hope!!!!
When I really think it over, we all are experts at letting go.
when we step into adolescence,we let go the age of innocence.when we step out from school into the gates of the college,we let go of the shelter that the school provides(though we mistake the shelter of school as college & the indifference of a college as independence)....
When we start looking for work,it is the security that our parents provide that we let go.when we get married , it is the 'I' that we let go.When we are blessed with our first child, we let go of our 'devil may care' attitude & start living for somebody else.
For each time we let go,we are blessed with something else.In adolescence, we are blessed with the first spring of youth.In college, we get the first whiff of independence. In our prfessional lives,we gain the 'justification of our faith in our abilities'.In our married life, we gain a 'we'.with our first child, we geta chance tio relive our childhood.
So, does every'letting go' herald the arrival of something better?
I will know when I replace the lost W700i phone with something else....
Thats the thrill....
I look forward to the few precious moments that I get to spend with you.When we are so caught up in the entries of the appointments in our diary, a few lines of snatched conversations here & there seem to be the highlight of the day.
In an era where everything is designed to make life simple for us, why a simple conversation with a loved one is so hard to manage? Why I cant just pick up the phone & talk to you ?Why I cant speak with you for three uninterrupted minutes? Why I need to cook up excuses to talk to you? Why cant you just speak a few more lines to me? Why cant you just talk to me?Or simply say that you want to talk to me? Why do I have to wait for something important to come up so that I can talk to you?
Why cant I just get to sit next to you for a few minutes & watch the crowd pass us by? Why are we like a crowd who are passing each other by in a busy subway? Why are we like the parallel tracks of a railway line which travel miles together but they meet only to go their separate ways? Why cant we just merge together so that you & I cant differentiate who is who? You say I understand whats in your mind. Then, why cant you understand whats in my mind?I want more of you, but if you cant give me, then let me have more of your time...
In an era where everything is designed to make life simple for us, why a simple conversation with a loved one is so hard to manage? Why I cant just pick up the phone & talk to you ?Why I cant speak with you for three uninterrupted minutes? Why I need to cook up excuses to talk to you? Why cant you just speak a few more lines to me? Why cant you just talk to me?Or simply say that you want to talk to me? Why do I have to wait for something important to come up so that I can talk to you?
Why cant I just get to sit next to you for a few minutes & watch the crowd pass us by? Why are we like a crowd who are passing each other by in a busy subway? Why are we like the parallel tracks of a railway line which travel miles together but they meet only to go their separate ways? Why cant we just merge together so that you & I cant differentiate who is who? You say I understand whats in your mind. Then, why cant you understand whats in my mind?I want more of you, but if you cant give me, then let me have more of your time...
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Precious Illusions
Its past midnight & I cannot sleep.
You are constantly on my mind.
I keep on wondering what you are doing
At this time of the day or night…
I wonder if you are having smooth ride…
I wonder if you are at peace,
As that’s how I want you to be..
I wonder if you need somebody to talk to
And I wish that it were me …
I know that you don’t belong to me
But I am happy that you are near me ..
Why I feel so warm when you talk to me?
Or I freeze when you simply ignore me?
I am wondering are you really so indifferent as you seem?
Or is there something more in your eyes
When I catch you glancing at me?
I feel there is something more in the way that you sometimes touch me…
Or when you could have but you don’t…
Perhaps its nothing more
Than my mind playing games with me…
Maybe these are precious illusions..But they are raising a storm inside me.
You are constantly on my mind.
I keep on wondering what you are doing
At this time of the day or night…
I wonder if you are having smooth ride…
I wonder if you are at peace,
As that’s how I want you to be..
I wonder if you need somebody to talk to
And I wish that it were me …
I know that you don’t belong to me
But I am happy that you are near me ..
Why I feel so warm when you talk to me?
Or I freeze when you simply ignore me?
I am wondering are you really so indifferent as you seem?
Or is there something more in your eyes
When I catch you glancing at me?
I feel there is something more in the way that you sometimes touch me…
Or when you could have but you don’t…
Perhaps its nothing more
Than my mind playing games with me…
Maybe these are precious illusions..But they are raising a storm inside me.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Movie Magic
Come friday & our eager eyes scan the entertainment section of our daily newspaper. And, dont they just light up when we see that a movie we would like to catch will see the light of the day!!!!!Thats movie magic for you.
In the hum drum of day to day activities, when reality is dead lines not met or the kiddo running a temperature or a stack of bills to be cleared, the dark theatre is our refuge from the storm we face every other day.Its bliss to be part of fantasylandwhere you meet the love of your life or make it big in the profession of your choice or you finally see good overcoming evil & good guys actually finishing first. You really believe that LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL & IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Movies essentially lead to a catharsis of our pent up feeling, desires & emotions.They ,though make believe & sometimes a showcase of reality, instill in us the hope that things can be different if we want to make them so .Movies can change our attitude & perceptions about things that ought to matter.
A good movie is the simplest form of entertainment for the family & friends. Procuring a ticket & easy accessibilty make it something which an average family can catch any alternate weekend. And with the flood of themes that the movie makers are experimenting with, there is something or the other for you.You can take your pick from Hollywood or Bollywood, Romance or Action, Historical or Retro, Comedy or Tragedy.The movie - goer has never had anything going better than this.
Its Friday again!!!! I can already smell the popco
In the hum drum of day to day activities, when reality is dead lines not met or the kiddo running a temperature or a stack of bills to be cleared, the dark theatre is our refuge from the storm we face every other day.Its bliss to be part of fantasylandwhere you meet the love of your life or make it big in the profession of your choice or you finally see good overcoming evil & good guys actually finishing first. You really believe that LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL & IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Movies essentially lead to a catharsis of our pent up feeling, desires & emotions.They ,though make believe & sometimes a showcase of reality, instill in us the hope that things can be different if we want to make them so .Movies can change our attitude & perceptions about things that ought to matter.
A good movie is the simplest form of entertainment for the family & friends. Procuring a ticket & easy accessibilty make it something which an average family can catch any alternate weekend. And with the flood of themes that the movie makers are experimenting with, there is something or the other for you.You can take your pick from Hollywood or Bollywood, Romance or Action, Historical or Retro, Comedy or Tragedy.The movie - goer has never had anything going better than this.
Its Friday again!!!! I can already smell the popco
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