...shoOOonya...

In the recent tumble down of the stock markets where people lost loads of valuation (read 'money') ...   a Trader commented ...   "This is worse than a divorce. I've lost half my net worth and I still have a wife." (Caught this on the status message of a friend, Karan Sadhwani)

The glass is not only half filled but there is nice refreshing fruit juice in it !!   Dont you think that is taking optimism just a tad bit too far ??  

When I got into Consulting ... friends said "Cool ! Now you will be travelling places !"   Well .. I did travel ... 14 months in Geneva, Switzerland - 6 months in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - now in Dubai, UAE ....   BUT   Ever since 2005 ... I have been away from Home ... during Diwali and also during my Birthday ... Fate invariably ensures that i am away from home, from family, from friends on these two very important occasions ...   Diwali is a festival where the entire family gets to come together ... its the festival of lights, joy, togetherness, lots of home made sweets, meeting relatives and friends, wishing everybody prosperity and happiness .... and so much more .... AND ... I end up ebing away from home !   My Birthday is a day when i am supposed to be at the centre ... wish wishes, emails, ecards, phone calls, gifts, party all flowing towards me from friends and family ... AND ... I end up being away from home ...   It all st...

When life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind !    

"Alchohol may not be the answer for all your questions !" - Swami Vivekananda ... to which a friend of mine added ... "But it sure helps you forget the questions :)" - Vasantha Sapalinga (BTW ... NO .. I do not believe nor subscribe to the thoughts above. I am fine with the questions in my life and do not feel the need to 'forget' them using alchohol :)

The following quote is relation to the recent Economic / Financial Bubble Burst .. There are two sides to a Balance Sheet - Left & the Right ( Liabilities and Assets respectively).  On the Left side there is nothing right.. and on the right side there is nothing left.

I have never been a good student of Finance ... not even Economics. So all this talk of financial bubble, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy etc was Latin and Green for me ... I came across an interesting blog post by Great Bong wherein a simple (yet complex for me) explanation has been attempted. Also, my best friend took some pity on my 'poor' state of mind (economically speaking) and sent me an even simpler version of the story which she received as a forward from someone who received it as a forward and so on ... I reproduce here that simple explanation ... and if the author happens to see this .. kindly write to me so that i can give the credit where it is due :) -----------------------------------------------------         Once there was a little island country. The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 dollars as there were only two pieces of 1 dollar coins circulating around. 1) There were 3...

Nice title na ... :)   but before you begin to think too much .. let me reassure it .. the title is a piece of fiction :)   Well ... I definately did not teach at IIM Shillong ... in fact .. I havent even been there.   But a very good friend of mine did. She recently visited IIM Shillong and took 2 sessions on Retail Marketing ...   So whats this about the title of this blog post ??? Read my friends post here and u will find me there (albeit tucked away in a corner)   Franky, i just helped my friend in her preparations and provided some good amount of moral support   :)

Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air.   You name them - work, family, health, Friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the Air. You will soon or one day understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four Balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same.   You must understand that and strive for Balance in your life.'