Shashi Tharoor got a new title as he himself tweeted on June 24, 2009 “In Dubai my old friend Sheikha Lubna, UAE foreign trade minister, hosted a friendly lunch at which she greeted me as ‘Minister Twitter’!” Read more »

Tata Group aims to achieve two things from this venture – first, fulfill its corporate social responsibility and second, make profit. This is precisely what Mr. C.K. Prahlad, the renowned management guru, has been advocating. Read more »

The IPL-Season 2 has started on a wrong note for both RCB and KKR. Before the start of the new season, both Mallya and Shah Rukh made several changes to their franchises. Both were not happy with their respective team captains. Mallya sacked his captain, Rahul Dravid, and replaced him with Kevin Pietersen, whom Mallya bought for a whopping Rs.6.61 Crore. Read more »

Consider this – At the time of writing this article, Susan Boyle-related videos have generated more than 100 million views in Youtube. As you are reading this, there must be thousands of viewers watching Susan Boyle’s videos. Read more »

In my mind, the best alternative is the formation of the Fifth Front. This Front should bring together all the capable independents under one fold and have a set of common manifesto. The candidates themselves should have individual manifestos that touch upon the developmental issues pertaining to their constituency. Read more »

What makes Sarath’s story outstanding is the courage he displayed at every turn in his life and how high he aims. There are other high profile independents contesting in different parts of the country but none of them have achieved so much in such a young age against so many odds. Remember he is only 29 years old. Read more »

M-B test has been quite popular in the corporate circles and is used in identifying an employee’s personality type and assigning tasks accordingly. Now, a website called Typealyzer has come up with a new tool that determines the M-B personality type of a blogger. Read more »

Shashi Tharoor is no stranger to many of us. He served the United Nations for 29 years (1978-2007). During that period, he rose to the level of UN Under-Secretary General. He campaigned for the UN Secretary General post but was unsuccessful in that endeavour. Read more »

The fundamental success of YouTube lies in the fact that it democratized creativity. Anyone with a handy cam/movie camera can produce and broadcast his/her creative production and reach so many audiences with minimal cost and time. Read more »

Over the last few weeks, two controversial auctions have been making news and facing huge protests. The first auction relates to the sculptures from the Chinese capital of Beijing. The second auction relates to Gandhiji’s metal-rimmed round spectacles, sandals, pocket watch and a brass and bowl plate. Read more »

The truly Indian cars, Nano and Reva, will hopefully benefit from this paradigm shift in the automotive industry. Let us wish Tata Nano success and hope Tata will continue to bring glory to India. Read more »

English is rarely used in China outside the metropolitan cities like Shanghai and Beijing. It is extremely difficult for a non-Chinese speaker to get around the country. However, English is very common in Hong Kong, which is a country by itself under the control of the Chinese government. Read more »

This is a great rag to riches movie which makes the viewers feel good at the end. No wonder this movie by Danny Boyle starring Dev Patel with music by AR Rahman is a big hit abroad and won 4 Golden Globe awards. The question is Will “Slumdog Millionaire” win the Oscars? Read more »

If there is one thing that is the most critical element of success in any profession, it is “leadership”. Due to the importance of leadership, successful business firms invest enormous amount of resources in identifying and grooming future leaders who can sustain the success of the firm. Read more »

Ghajini is the remake of the blockbuster Tamil movie with the same name, which in turn is derived from the cult movie “Memento”. I use the word “derived” because the story lines of Ghajini and Memento are based on the concept of “short term memory loss” and many of the scenes in the Tamil Ghajini were facsimile copies of some scenes in Memento. Read more »