This blog is a big fan of Thomas Friedman (Friedman has his own category with six posts). So I would like to share a bit from this article by Norman Solomon which attempts to synthesize Friedman’s brain waves [hat tip: Ashok Bardhan]:
Entries from October 2006
Channeling Tommy
October 24th, 2006 · 8 Comments
Tags: Friedman · Humor and Silliness
Demographic Cognitive Dissonance
October 21st, 2006 · 16 Comments
People who don’t practise what they preach are not necessarily hypocritical. Perhaps they are merely not sufficiently intelligent to realize that what they do is inconsistent with the logical implications of what they preach. This gap between what they insist to be true while doing something which reveals their words to be false can be […]
Tags: Population
Seeking funding?
October 21st, 2006 · 3 Comments
If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding for your brilliant idea, it pays to understand how VCs and angels think. Sramana Mitra over at Sramana Mitra on Strategy has a series of interviews with VCs and angels. Feel free to contact her if you need advice on any specific ideas you have which requires funding. […]
Tags: Random Draws
Administrivia: Deleted Comments
October 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment
If you have recently commented and have not seen it, it is because the last 15 comments were deleted by mistake. Do re-submit the comment if you don’t mind. The managment sincerely regrets the trouble. Those responsible for the mistake will be fired.
Thank you.
Tags: Blogging
Diwali Greetings
October 20th, 2006 · 9 Comments
Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu
Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu
Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu
Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu
Sarve bhavantu sukhinah
Sarve santu niraamayaah
Sarve bhadraani pashyantu
Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet
[Translation]
Auspiciousness be unto all
Peace be unto all.
Completeness be unto all
Prosperity be unto all.
May all be happy
May all be free from disabilities!
May all seek the good of others!
May none suffer from sorrow!
Tags: Random Draws
Thundering Airlines
October 19th, 2006 · 16 Comments
The mother of all thunderstorms is roaring outside the window as I write this from Kolkata. I got here last night from Pune after a brief stop-over in Mumbai.
The sky was ominously dark this morning and now it is pouring so hard that visibility is reduced to less than 100 feet. The thunder and lightening […]
Tags: Blogging · Why is India Poor?
Mobile Internet and India
October 19th, 2006 · 1 Comment
“In India, the Future of the Internet Will Be Built around the Mobile Phone” reads the title of one of today’s articles at Knowledge@Wharton. It is an interview with my colleague, Rajesh Jain, CEO of NetCore. Rajesh believes that the mobile phone will be the primary device for interacting with the web for a vast […]
Tags: Random Draws
Found on the web
October 17th, 2006 · No Comments
New and improved feature on this blog: “Found on the web.” The inaugural item is the Hubble Space Telescope pictures. Check them out and even download them as wallpaper, but don’t stop wondering how magical the universe is and how fortunate we are to be able to observe it.
Tags: Random Draws
A Passage to India
October 13th, 2006 · 7 Comments
Hi from Seoul’s Incheon international airport. Just a couple of hours lay over in transit from San Francisco to Mumbai.
This is pretty cool. Find a seat, open up the laptop, and you are connected and ready to do business.
At SFO, the Homeland Security code was “Orange.” Which, it appears to me, […]
Tags: Random Draws
Banning Child Labor
October 12th, 2006 · 34 Comments
From time to time I wonder whether some people are merely stupid or whether they are inherently evil. Or maybe they are actually stupid evil bastards. Just yesterday a report on the NPR show Marketplace got me wondering. It reported that India has recently passed a law outlawing child labor in households and in restaurants. […]
Tags: Child Labor · Silly Policies · Stupid Monkeys
Happiness
October 10th, 2006 · 5 Comments
The pursuit of happiness is an inalienable right according to that famous document signed on July 4th of 1776. The right to the pursuit of happiness follows after the rights to life and liberty in the document, as it should be. You have be, and be free, to have a shot at happiness. But […]
Tags: Random Draws
Hola
October 5th, 2006 · 6 Comments
Hola! from Mexico City. I arrived here last evening.
Apologies for not keeping in touch. Having too much fun in Mexico City visiting the Instituto Thomas Jefferson:
Based on the principles of self esteem, respect, and academic excellence, our mission is to develop educated leaders for the 21st Century who can compete, succeed, and be role […]
Tags: Travelling Places
