Archive for September, 2009
I want your job – Lounge – livemint.com
He’s happy to turn into a bookworm for his job: trendspotting in the global publishing world, visiting book fairs (“The recent Frankfurt Book Fair opened my eyes to the books young adults are reading all over the world,” he says), Net-surfing about authors and reading the best new [...]
28 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Traveling | The Art of Nonconformity
Lastly, remember that there are not many “undiscovered” places left in the world. Focus on the places that are undiscovered to you and you won’t go wrong.
Obviously, each place you go to will offer unique challenges, but following this list will [...]
Power Problem : CJR
a better approach in the wake of this disaster is to reflect on why all these “warnings” went “unheeded”…Alas, the business press does not appear to be in a reflective mood. But, business press…is not about you. It’s all about us. We citizens, like it or not, rely on journalists to provide [...]
Mad Cow Disease | Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind
All this however just goes to show that Indian politics, despite its Youngistan garb, isn’t a place for “normal” people with even a very “normal” sense of humor and that democracy in India is merely a garb for the worst kind of feudalism. Parties like the [...]
IT's 7 new Best employers- Indiatimes Infotech
Fiscal 2008-09 was certainly not the best for IT companies on HR front. The companies known for their employee-pampering HR policies were suddenly in the news for layoffs, salary cuts and recruitment freeze. The list included who's who of the Indian IT and global MNCs known to be the [...]
The key to Dan Brown’s success – Times Online
I’m not one for confessional journalism, but I admit I loved it. Any deficiencies in style or research went unnoticed as I raced for the finish. I promise you I am not an idiot, but I was so taken with it that I bought the special illustrated [...]