Why does a Chinese internet company wish to get listed in the US ? I can't fathom the logic. Hence this post. The Chinese internet landscape is a strange one. Almost every one of the global majors is blocked. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Blogger, you name it and it is blocked. Instead there is a carbon copy of each one of them locally in Chinese. For Google, read Baidu. For Facebook, read Renren, for...
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Taxing Times
The season for tax returns is just over in the US. Its just beginning in India. Appropriate time to rave and rant on the nonsensically complex process of making out a tax return. No, I am not a tea party activist (I drink coffee and in any case, I wouldn't be seen dead with that rabble). I am just...
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Lights, Camera, Action
This post is about a movie ! It takes some gall for a blogger who knows zilch about movies and doesn't see them, to do a post on something his readers are masters of. But that's the beauty of this medium - you can fearlessly propound on things you don't have a clue about.
I am told actors are key to movies ! This one stars a legend as a hero. Across continents, this man is reputed to be...
Saturday, 16 April 2011
The morality of pay
The Church of England has taken a line on executive pay. You may ask what has that body got to do with the world of business. Well , there is the small matter that the Church manages a £ 5.3 bn portfolio and is a shareholder in many companies. And, of course, it is a voice of morality, however much you may agree or disagree with it.
The Church of England has said that it will not vote in favour of...
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Driving in the fast lane
Do you drive on the left of the road or the right of the road in India ?? Its not as stupid a question as it seems. Most of the British Commonwealth drives on the left of the road. India, being an honourable member of the Commonwealth, ostensibly follows the British tradition and drives on the left....
Friday, 8 April 2011
Indian Standard Time
No society understands the theory of relativity better than India - At least those elements of the theory of time. That time is not absolute , but is indeed relative. That's why the concept of Indian Standard Time is commonly used to explain the Indian's mastery of this subject.
That strange introduction is meant to draw attention to the Cairn Vedanta deal, which is again held up by government indecisiveness....
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
The Apple of my eye
Today's post is a guest post I made in Preeti's blog. Preeti is a famous blogger, writer of two books, artist and a very nice and warm person. She was very kind to invite me to write a piece in her blog and who can resist the ask of a pretty and intelligent lady !
The post is he...
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Hail the leader
If you wanted to understand leadership, you couldn't have done better than to be glued to the TV screens in India yesterday. It was the final of the Cricket World Cup, it was played in Mumbai and India won, setting off a celebration, the likes of which is unlikely to be seen anywhere in the world - not even if and when Brazil wins the football World Cup in Rio.
This post is not about the victory...
Friday, 1 April 2011
Water Water everywhere ......
........ Nor any drop to drink, goes The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge. He could very well be describing the labour situation in India. It seems to be one of perennial shortage. How can this be ?
After all, India is a land of 1.2 billion people. The unemployment rate is officially at 9.4...
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