Aristotle Says: 
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”  
Habits are not very hard to develop and not very easy to leave. Habits are usually  developed in two ways – one, those you pick up as a child or what you inherit from your elders like parents, grandparents […]

Gurukul a word that today’s generation probably does not think about. Education, a term often confused with literacy, a statistic measuring development. EXPOs, a new-age phenomena where everyone gets to showcase almost everything! 
In the internet age where everything has to happen NOW, the concept of EXPOs has its proven merits. On the other hand, India’s […]

Rupee is the currency of India.  It may be rising in value but it is falling otherwise.  Do you ever think about the pitiful condition of the Indian Rupee? I watch the way people use the currency notes carelessly handling it.   
You can see names, love symbols and lot of other things on currency notes.  […]

The other day I waited for an hour on the Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza. An hour! On an expressway! Aren’t they supposed to make distances shorter? Well, apparently not. And then it struck me that it’s not only the expressway, there is a problem everywhere. Along with a new flyover, comes a new traffic line –up. 
So […]

Recent statistics show that the job opportunities in
India have outnumbered the available hands.The problem is more of “Employability” rather than employment.  
So what is the reason for this resource crunch? 
The HR functionaries are racking their brains to acquire the best talent and trying even harder to retain them. 
Now, what is the talent retention task?   
To […]

Presidential Elections have just got over in
Russia and Dmitry Medvedev won a landslide victory in these elections that were held on March 2. Medvedev has been provided with a mandate to step into the rather large shoes of Vladimir Putin. In the final vote count, Medvedev got 70.2 percent of the vote with 99.7 […]

“I can’t believe you speak such fluent English,” is the comment we (my husband and I) get every time we meet a South African. My first thought is “you will be shocked if you visit India, where even daily labourer can string together a sentence in English.”
The statement shows little exposure people here have to […]

 
New Delhi, 29 February 2008:  The 2008 budget is highlighted by the single largest give-away in
India’s fiscal history – Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver for farmers. On one hand, assistance to small farmers by way of credit is a socio-economic necessity; the manner in which it is being executed displays a considerably abrupt response […]

Indian internet scene is buzzing with frequent launch announcements of Social Networking Sites (SNS). Every kind of player is jumping into the fray including publishing/media houses. Hyperactivity of this magnitude in an emerging and unproven business area has led to frequent questioning about phenomenon of Social Networking Sites.
But that has not stopped nascent SNSs […]

Last week, as I settled into the aircraft seat on my way back home from an envied ‘break’, I picked up the magazine in the seat pocket and opened to an almost blank page – with a scribble at the bottom that said   -  the greatest challenge is still the blank page. Needless to […]