*** Spoiler warning: if you are planning to see Ghajini, don’t read this just yet… *** After my previous comments on Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, and how I did not like it much, I have come across so many other opinions, many of which are far different from mine. And now, as I start penning [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Ghajini review and related thoughts
Posted: December 28, 2008 in A R Rehman, Aamir Khan, bollywood, GhajiniTags: Aamir Khan, bollywood, Ghajini
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Dil Kabaddi – Highly Recommended for Married Couples
Posted: December 21, 2008 in bollywood, Dil Kabaddi, Irfan Khan, Konkona Sen, Movie Review, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali KhanTags: bollywood, Dil Kabaddi, Movie review
Caught a Sunday matinee show of Dil Kabaddi. And enjoyed it throughly. It’s a modern day story of DINK couples (Double-Income-No-Kids). Especially related to the games people play in marriage (yes, the spouses.. with each other..), infidelity in modern day marriages, and especially the sexual interplay in marriages. A kind of adult topic, its been [...]
Leaders who started young, and their journeys
Posted: December 21, 2008 in cricket, india, Leadership, ManagementTags: Leadership
The splendid victory of South Africa against Australia set my mind thinking about their leader, Graeme Smith, and how he led from the front. And about his leadership career, as South Africa’s cricket captain. When he took over as SA captain, he was young and almost brash. There were other seniors who were still in [...]
Living in Denial
Posted: December 21, 2008 in Economy, india, Jim Collins, Living in Denial, Recession, Stockdale ParadoxTags: Jim Collins, Living in Denial, Recession, Stockdale Paradox
Okay, so the economic crisis gave way to the Mumbai terror attack, in as far as the centre stage of news is concerned. But the challenges of the current times have not gone away. Raw material values skidding to reduce credit limits of companies and making value-added production becoming unviable. Reduction of US and global [...]
Who is the Commander-in-Chief? Do we have one?
Posted: December 21, 2008 in india, president, bangladesh, strategy, Leadership, Pranab Mukherjee, A K Anthony, Pratibha Patil, George Fernandes, Indira Gandhi, war, military, commander in chief, chief of integrated defense staffTags: chief of defense staff, commander-in-chief, india at war
There has been a lot of talk, rumors if you will, about how India is ready to take battle into the boundaries of Pakistan. How, if necessary, we are ready to wage war also. As long as it is rhetoric, it is fine. But could it actually move from talk to action? Should Pakistan call [...]
The citizen / voter / shareholder is a sucker.. shit happens!!
Posted: December 21, 2008 in india, life, politics, UncategorizedTags: Citizen suckers, india
Come across some of the most shocking instances in recent days, that convinces me that we, the ordinary citizens, are helpless fools, and much as we agonize over things, shit happens!! Some stark examples: Vilasrao Deshmukh, after resigning as CM, does not feel it necesary to attend the Legislature. And he justifies it in public [...]
Rab Ne Banadi.. Aditya ne kyun Banayi??
Posted: December 14, 2008 in bollywood, bourne ultimatum, movies, Shah Rukh, vinay pathakTags: Aditya Chopra, Anushka, bollywood, Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, Shah Rukh Khan, vinay pathak, Yash Raj Films
For a change, went and saw Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, on Friday night, without waiting to read the reviews in the papers. After all, there had not been any big releases for a few weeks, and in fact, I had not seen any movie for a couple of weeks. So with SRK and the YashRaj [...]
Recent Management Learnings!
Posted: December 14, 2008 in Business, Leadership, ManagementTags: Leadership, Management lessons
Some management lessons learnt over the last few months. Especially in context of senior management – hiring and performance.
Mumbaikars will not pay taxes!
Posted: December 1, 2008 in india, mumbai blasts Nov 2008, politicsTags: mumbai blasts
A quick and immediate protest that Mumbaikars can go for, is to make an income tax contribution of Re 1/- as advance tax, in December! A token payment that is a slap on the face of the government, to protest against the betrayal of the city’s taxpayers. For the government’s apathy towards the city, for [...]
The Prime Minister must go too!!
Posted: December 1, 2008 in india, Manmohan Singh, mumbai blasts Nov 2008Tags: Manmohan Singh, mumbai blasts
We have been admirers of our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. In the 90s, when he took over as a Finance Minister during precarious times for the country, he single handedly brought back the country from the brink of disaster. Even this time around, when Congress was to form the government, he was a good [...]
