Travelling in India

I am on a 2 day trip to Jhansi for personal reasons. I was supposed to go to Delhi by train and then fly back to Mumbai. The train (No. 2651, TN Sampark Kranti Express) was supposed to leave Jhansi at 12:10 and reach Delhi at 5:30. I had my flight reservations at 9:25 - [...]

Tata Nano features in the Top 10 Tech Cars

The IEEE Spectrum in its April 2008 issue featured the ‘Top 10 Tech Cars’. This included the recent eye candy of India’s common man - Tata Nano. With Tata Motors planning to go full production in later 2008, this small car revolution is obviously creating excitement.
There are concerns about environmental hazards because of easy affordability [...]

The case of the “Bonsai Manager”

The case of the bonsai manager - sometime later in 2007 I got a chance to read this wonderful book by R. Gopalakrishnan. In this interesting book, Gopalakrishnan derives inspiration from nature to motivate managerial thoughts and growth stories.
I have never been a ‘manager’ myself - except from being a lead on some projects and [...]