Business – whenever, wherever
If you got to start your business, you can't always wait for real estate prices to be right. Sometimes, you just start..Wherever.! (Saw this on some random inner road on the outskirts of Pune) For…
My oldest bud
India has managed to retain the great binding power of the concept of “family” unlike many other countries, where kids become independent and usually move out soon as they are out of school/ college. But…
Fuel Hike
It's brilliant how a fuel hike causes such chaos the night before the hike. Kilometre-long lines of people waiting to pack in as much fuel as they possibly can before it gets dearer. And while…
Captcha This
Know how you have to type those alphanumeric characters online to prevent spam? Now those measures seem to be getting scarier by the day. It started with a string of arbit letters, graduated to CAPTCHAs, deformed sets…
The Seat Next To The Lady
The Seat Next To The Lady Recently, the latest player in the online travel business, Travelyaari.com brought in the option of "block your seat next to a lady" on your next bus journey. Yeah, I…
Starbucks
The entire buzz in the recent past about Starbucks coming to India reminded me of this question that popped up in my head when I was at a Starbucks at a mall in New Jersey…
Far From Perfect
Far From Perfect We recently ordered a table for home. A small and fairly simple design, with a Rosewood coloured Melamine polish coating. However, to make the base stable, the people from the store turned…
See Yourself Become The Villain
In the Dark Knight, there's a scene where Harvey Dent says "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain". When you first hear it, it sounds like…
Forward Pass
Forward Pass Try this. Say instead of zipping past a car on the opposite side of the road waiting to make a u-turn, slow down (of course, look back first, to make sure you don't cause…
The Fire to Hire
Start-ups and many small to medium sized companies often think that costs can be saved by hiring poor to average quality candidates, thereby being able to get the adequate "number" of manpower and be able…
Layers of BS
Ever realized how much time we spend each day either building a thick layer of ‘unnecessary’, and/ or scraping a thick layer of it. Rather than build quality products and services, we tend to build…
Fly-by-satire
Today, another MIG-21 crashed in Haryana. Thankfully the pilot was safe and apart from a big ass crater in a field, there was no major damage. With 6 MIG-21 crashes in this year alone, the…
Multiple Copy Paste
Multiple Copy Paste Ever felt the need for a double or second 'Copy-Paste' option on your computer, tablet or even mobile phone? That is, when you could copy 2 different things one after the other,…
Work Smarter, or Work Longer?
I guess the longer working hours became more and more common only in the last decade or slightly more, but it's quite surprising that it seems to be going strong even to this day in…
What’s in a Name?
What's in a Name? There is this shopping place close to my office (don't know if it would qualify as a mall, cause even though its got some of the characteristics of one, it does…