Myriad thoughts on a million things
Archive for August, 2008
Wedding vows: upgrades required!
Aug 23rd
I have fond memories of my wedding. It was the usual big fat Indian wedding… a different function every day for the run up to the main event, a few thousand wedding guests, all the bollywood type dance and music, a few hundred ceremonies, all the pampering, shopping and tons and tons of feet touching and gift taking. I had fun! J
The only thing I thought could have been more meaningful was the wedding ceremony itself. I’m not sure if it was do with the undertrained priest that we had, or it is something to do with the ways wedding More >
Wine and Dine – Moches’ style!!
Aug 11th
This is the first of my review blogs and I want to start with my review of this delightful little bistro called Moches’ in Cuff Parade, Mumbai. The ‘townies’ might have enjoyed its existence for a bit, but for a ‘suburban’ like me, it was a pleasant little surprise!
When we (Abhi & I) had some friends ask us over to town for an evening out on a working day, I was as one would expect, grumpy! I mean who wants to go all the way from Andheri to Cuff parade after a day’s hard work? There are a million More >
Employee Development in a Project Based Environment
Aug 10th
Many knowledge industries today work in a project based environment. These would involve individuals with different skills coming together to work on a time bound project and then dispersing again to join some other project team. In the IT industry specially, one would find this kind of environment. As an HR person supporting employees and managers in this kind of environment I have found it a typical problem that managers usually are unequipped to deal with the challenge of balancing short term project objectives with the long term goals of employee development.
We know the direct manager for an individual More >
Terrorist Alert or Inflation Control?
Aug 5th
We all know about the multiple bombs that have been going off in all our big cities… Bangalore, Ahemdabad, Surat…. The scare is touching all cities with people in Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Chennai wondering when the terror train will hit their cities, Astrologers going in mystic convulsions predicting the next city to be hit, TV channels having a blast zipping from one bomb site to another and causing more panic with their dramatic overtures.
55 dead and more injured… that’s just one of the more obvious impacts of the terror attacks. But what else is happening because of this? People More >
The Power to Design our Lives
Aug 5th
As in all great designs, there is a very thought through carefulness to the whole randomness of life. At first glance it would appear arbitrary, random, but beneath it all is an intricate design waiting to be glanced upon, understood.
In terms of art, many would have experienced this with the great works of Woodsworth and Blake. For example, Blake’s most well know work ‘Tiger tiger burning bright’, on the surface would seem like a child’s nursery rhyme. But only a literature enthusiast who has spent time and energy to understand the true brilliance of the piece would be able More >
Things one should know before going to/living in the UK
Aug 3rd
This is not one the regular travel blogs that give you a list of things that you should keep in mind before you travel to/live in a new country. This is actually in addition to them. Clearly, reading the tips on the travel blogs is not enough to prepare you to live in a new country. You need something that tells you about all the mistakes made by someone who has already been there, done that. For example, someone like me. See I’m the kind of person who reads everything there is to read so that I’m prepared with info, More >
