They say ‘Idols’ are worshiped and adulated by a young lot to look up to them,get inspired and follow their path.Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has not been only an Idol to me since my childhood but also a constant example of an exemplary player,an ardent and a disciplined professional and a wonderful human-being–on and off the […]

They say ‘Idols’ are worshiped and adulated by a young lot to look up to them,get inspired and follow their path.Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has not been only an Idol to me since my childhood but also a constant example of an exemplary player,an ardent and a disciplined professional and a wonderful human-being–on and off the […]

In today’s world where startups have changed definitions and models of traditional businesses and are a very important part of learning/integration for the industry at large, how has the role of sales folks at startups changed? Will these people be relevant still doing the same job or is it time to accept that traditional “sales” […]

In today’s world where startups have changed definitions and models of traditional businesses and are a very important part of learning/integration for the industry at large, how has the role of sales folks at startups changed? Will these people be relevant still doing the same job or is it time to accept that traditional “sales” […]

“Thankyou Mr. Kejriwal, thanx a lot.” Well this is what Maruti Suzuki should say to Arvind Kejriwal. If you are wondering and thinking about the reasons then in a 10 second brainstorming session, it would be very clear to you. The most important reason would be Arvind’s guts for jumping in politics and naming his […]

Most times a movie has to walk the tricky tightrope between sensitivity, action mayhem, pacing, character development and social commentary. They’re all movie clichés and most movies jumble all of these elements up and they become horrible and clumsy afternoon soaps. But in some movies, it all just clicks perfectly. Metro Manila is the newest […]

Delhi has a large number of foreign press correspondents representing various foreign media organisations. Some of them have come to India to specially cover these national elections. Yesterday, I made a brief introductory statement to them and then left it to the correspondents to question me. With that in context, I will deal with some […]

“Never whittle toward yourself or pee against the wind” is a wise old saying among farmers which India’s political parties will do well to remember. Things have a way of coming back to you. The outrageous and barbaric outpourings of Imran Masood, the Congress candidate for the parliament from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, that he […]

On the eve of these elections, I observe that there is a mood in the public that nothing good is going to happen. Cynicism and indifference, as they say, are slow suicide. Yet, the worst and the most criminal politician is still better than the indifferent and smart Indian. This kind of Indian – middle […]

In this election season when we are talking and debating on all kinds of vote banks, why aren’t our political parties looking at the CAT vote bank? Even at a conservative estimate of 1.8 lac candidates taking the CAT/other MBA exams, their parents, siblings, girl friends/boy friends (in laws hoping to have a IIM bahu/Jamai), […]