February 2012
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Hallo, BPO calling →
From 2010 to 2012, $5 million was paid in 17,000 transactions to accounts controlled by the alleged fraudsters. Read the complete article.
Even those of us in India are not safe. If some of the large BPO’s move out, the cabbies who ferry the callcenter employees, will become active rowdies and thugs, intimidating and extorting money from people on flimsy pretexts.
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Some more Yoga →
A GREATER cause for concern for Karnataka’s liberals is the attempt to inject communal polarisation even in the cosmopolitan environs of Bengaluru, India’s IT hub. A casual visit to the Satyam and Infosys complexes makes for some disturbing observations… all in the pretext of yoga.
Read the complete article.
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“Conventional wisdom in most cases is premised on fallacies”
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On the prowl, get set ... Rowdy
While returning from Sarjapura, we stopped at San City Bakery for a cup of Lemon tea and our 3+ years old daughter was introduced to the Bakery owner’s girl.
As the two girls were beginning to build on a conversation a local guy came to the Bakery. As he stood before the display counter waiting to be serviced, he picked up Aviva’s (my daughter) cap, made a grunting sound and put...
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“PSK Sai Arcade, is the name of the Passport Seva Kendra located on Outer-Ring...”
– where is PSK Sai Arcade ?
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“Is there any country, where the best teacher award is named after the most...”
– Incredible India.
January 2012
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“The difference between two software project managers is that one excels and the...”
– Indian IT industry code monkey.
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“Does four color theorem hold the key to the challenge of India’s...”
– Happy Republic Day to all Indians and not H,M,C,S and such.
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“What is your native ? Violence and Entitlement.”
– Son-of-soil mantra. We are local, we can do anything.
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“Superstition can be a personal point of view but not an official practice or...”
– Government officers not present in office during Raahu-kal period.
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Changing monopolies. →
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“The World is Flattened.”
– title of book if Thomas Friedman ever came back to his senses.
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“Mark your online or outlook calendar with a fake meeting to escape another real...”
– dealing with Indian software manager.
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“Oh, they giggled and they goggled until all their brains were boggled.”
– what happened at the meeting ?
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“A three year old is not half of a six year old.”
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“Want to get photographed in all angles ? just take a walk in a Bangalore...”
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“The fact is that all revealed religions are just that “revealed”.”
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“By selective information or lack of information, we create a new paradigm.”
– Aldous Huxley.
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The 'new normal' or 'paranormal'
Bill Gross’ write up on the investment outlook for 2012:
The New Normal, previously believed to be bell-shaped and thin-tailed in its depiction of growth probability and financial market outcomes, appears to be morphing into a world of fat-tailed, almost bimodal outcomes.
A new duality – credit and zero-bound interest rate risk – characterizes the financial markets of 2012, offering...
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“Donot underestimate your abilities, that is your manager’s job.”
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“Being nice with an arrogant person is worse than being arrogant with a nice...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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“the country is in a state of ANNArchy.”
– Jadoo’s tweet.
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“Gandhian moment, is understanding citizenship ‘as a form of moral and...”
– Ramin Jahanbegloo.
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Semi-urban and Rural India growth done.
In the past few years, it was the semi-urban and rural India that demonstrated remarkable consumerism, leading to higher sales from cosmetics to condiments to cars.
With tightening agricultural credit and economic slowdown the discretionary spending has halted and income has flattened out.
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December 2011
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Bombay Lucky Restaurant at Bunder, Mangalore - one...
The one thing that distinguishes a great restaurant is the quality of food they prepare and serve.
Most of us would agree that it is the awesome food that matters when all the makeup (read ambience, fountains, allergic rhinitis causing perfume drenched stewards, lipstick dhari ‘how may i help you’, big massive paintings, extra cold air-conditioning, extra flabby lobby etc) is...
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“After 10:30pm it is very difficult to get a cup of tea in Mangalore.”
– Sarr, at this time you’ll get whiskey and other drinks, why do you need tea ?
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Mangalore Ideal's icecream neither ideal nor...
Post sumptuous lunch at Malabar Hotel where we literally feasted on fish, a suggestion came up to explore some icecream.
We asked people around in the hotel and at a showroom. One of the gentleman animatedly stated, “Just like Taj Mahal is famous in India, Ideal’s icecream is famous in Mangalore”.
Another person said, “can you see that big tree across the junction,...
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WatchShiradi Ghat repair work is in progress. One can do 35km in about 50 minutes. Parts of the 35km mountain pass have been repaired and many sharp curves have been patched. However, there are still sections which seriously need repair.
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“Diversity accelerates crowd-sourcing and trumps puritans anyday.”
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“Use the internet to evaluate the true worth of products and services.”
– A citizen call to value creation.