Jun 30, 2006
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Hi,
If an aspiring MBA student asks you to recommend a few “Must Read” business books to start with, what books would you recommend? Here is the list from Nattie Harstock, of “Must Read Business Book Blog”
While generally agreeing with her, my choice would also include “ You, Inc: Discover the C.E.O. Within! “ by Burke Hedges, which is an ideal book for beginners. Gives excellent insights into 10 valuable principles.
For example one of interesting quotes from the book “Life is like a 10-Speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use”. Here Hedges refers to childhood friends (who all we know of ) who were blessed with great abilities, but as adults, who have chosen to let their God-given talents go unused while they willingly turn themselves into overweight couch potatoes.
The purpose of this book is to offer the insights and actionable principles that will allow us (and them) to have all the things in life that we deserve. But understanding and acting upon the principles discussed in You Inc. … and then by incorporating them into our lives, we can certainly improve the quality of our lives beyond our wildest dreams.
Do let’s know what you think of her choices and what you would have recommended.
Regards
Ramesh
Jun 29, 2006
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A giant Nike Soccer ball smashing a car, parked in no place other than one of the most popular streets in Bangalore…Brigade Road. That too right in middle of FIFA Germany 2006 World Cup. Now, that’s marketing!
Here’s another one. For a second there I actually was wondering, is this guy really on top of this van reading a newspaper?
Nah, just a brilliant marketing campaign by Mid-Day (a Mumbai based newspaper) who’re launching in Bangalore. I wonder if there is a term for these kinda campaigns…
Jun 22, 2006
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Dharavai, situated bang in the middle of Mumbai, is often called “Asia’s largest slum”. Many have often wondered whether that label is used with pride or shame. If one walks into Dharavi, and spend a day or two just wandering about, the best answer might surprisingly be “both”. It shames you that India that so many citizens living in the appalling conditions one finds there. But at the same time, there is such a lot going on, such a lot of drive, industry, vibrancy, enterprise. So much spirit, in such squalid conditions, all that cannot but lift you.
For Dharavai also has a large number of thriving small-scale industries that produce embroidered garments, export quality leather goods, pottery and plastic. Most of these products are made in tiny manufacturing units spread across the slum and are sold in domestic as well as international markets, totally valed at a whopping $ 650m a year. This is a place where every free square meter is an opportunity to start a business, where the children of destitute migrants from dusty Bihar backwaters study software.
In more ways than one, it forces you to see what India could be, and what’s holding it back.
Robert Appleby, an English photographer based in Italy, spent weeks tramping through Dharavi. The result is what he calls City of Crows. His sensitive, almost tangible images in that collection capture a certain essence of our urban condition
Independent producer Julian Crandall Hollick, through his visit to a recycling center, a goldsmith and a busy pottery, finds that along the twisted lanes and back alleys of Dharavi, there is an industrious streak amid grinding poverty. Image Gallery: Dharavi, a Study in Contrasts
Also, checkout BBC’s take on Dharavi here.
Jun 3, 2006
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London’s Chelsea Flower show is the Royal Horticultural Society’s flagship annual event. Visitors come from far and wide to see the best and the latest in garden design and horticulture on show and to get ideas to take home to their own gardens.
The flower show transforms Chelsea Royal Hospital’s Ranelagh Gardens into avenues of exhibits, bustling with crowds. The flower marquees have endless displays of the highest quality flowers and plants, tempting visitors into huge spending spree.
Have a look:
Ps, here’s a riddle for everybody: What is common between Royal Horticultural Society & Vakil Housing ?
Answer : A passion for beautiful flowers and landscaped gardens (as evidenced in every Vakil Housing Project). Just have a look here, here and here :-)
Keep smiling!
