Want to weave a rainbow? Here’s your chance.
January 31, 2007
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
January 30, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Art of Living: Another Letter
Not having the gift of foresight, one rarely knows how far one will stray having embarked on an ill-advised direction. So it is with me and my simple assessment of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar many years ago. I began with … Continue reading
January 30, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Bush Bumper Stickers
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. That bit of popular wisdom comes to mind when one considers POTUS George W Bush. Clearly the man is not to blame. Nearly half of the US voted … Continue reading
January 29, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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A Bit on Mobile Advertising
Advertisement as Signaling Advertising is the communication of a signal (information) with the express purpose of gaining advantage over one’s rivals in a competitive environment. That’s my definition of advertising in the broadest terms. In those terms, advertising is not … Continue reading
January 28, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Dawkins: The God Delusion
Reading on a lazy Sunday afternoon is a luxury that I look forward to eagerly. Authors that I have special regard for, I read slowly and deliberately. I value not just the ideas but also how they are presented. So … Continue reading
January 27, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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This Amazing Web — 1
Check out this site. Click on the little square after the site has finished loading. Like that instruction on the shampoo bottle, repeat. Isn’t the web an amazing place? Why? Because the world is full of inventive, amazing talent and … Continue reading
January 27, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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When Are We?
Today is 27th January of 2007 of the common era (C.E.) calendar. The date is just a name, a nominal entity only. Different calendars give different names to the date. Even though it is just a name, it is still … Continue reading
January 27, 2007
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Planning Com’s No to PURA
The Planning Commission has recommended that PURA–Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas–be dropped from the Ministry of Rural Development’s Centrally sponsored schemes, the Pioneer reports. (Hat tip: Pranav Kumar Vasishta.) I have argued against PURA because it makes no economic … Continue reading
January 24, 2007
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Marshall Plan for India?
Well, well, well, what have we here? (Hey, that would make a good site: www.whathavewehere.com) “Vinod Khosla’s Marshall Plan for rural India” is the subtitle of a “How the World Works” article by Andrew Leonard on Salon.com. I must admit … Continue reading
January 23, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Governance Cafe Baghdadi Style
Cafe Baghdadi is a little hole in the wall restaurant in Colaba, Mumbai, just around the corner from Regal Theatre and next to the famous street restaurant Bade Miya. Baghdadi’s fried chicken would beat KFC’s chicken any day of the … Continue reading
January 23, 2007
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Jan 23rd, 2007
My younger brother’s daughter shares her birthday today, 23rd Jan, with David Hilbert who was born in 1862. Hilbert compiled a list of 23 unsolved problems in mathematics in 1900. “This is generally reckoned the most successful and deeply considered … Continue reading
January 22, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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In Spite of the Gods
A NY Times book review (Hat tip: Pankaj Narula) begins with a classic gambit: “All eyes are on China as it races to become the world’s next great power. Smart bettors would be wise to put some money on India … Continue reading
January 22, 2007
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The Still Point of the World
T.S.Eliot’s poem Burnt Norton begins with Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
January 19, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Talk on Entrepreneurship at XIMB
“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for time is the greatest innovator.” With that quote from Francis Bacon (1595) I introduced the topic of “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at the XIMB’s (Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar) … Continue reading
January 18, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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RISC at XIMB
I spoke about RISC at the “International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at XIMB last Saturday, Jan 13th. It was a brief talk and was largely based on a document that I had done for an infrastructure report published this … Continue reading
January 17, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Konark and Beyond
“We shall do such things, what they shall be I know not, but they shall be the terror of the earth”. That’s Shakespeare’s King Lear making his new year’s resolutions, I suppose. My more modest goals are to blog more … Continue reading
January 12, 2007
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship at XIMB
“Be Indian, fly Indian” could have been the subliminal message that they wanted to convey when they (whoever they are) decided that it would be good to change the name of the airline to “Indian” from “Indian Airlines.” As I … Continue reading
January 10, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Goodbye and Thanks for all the Noodles
This post will make no sense to most people who have not had the experience of being an impoverished student in the US. Very few who read this blog can relate to Top Ramen. But for those of you who … Continue reading
January 9, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Blogspot Censored?
If you have been unable to access blogspot today (as I have been), then here is a work around. Use Anonymouse.org. This public service announcement has been made possible by a grant from the Freedom Foundation (which hopes to have … Continue reading
January 9, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Minds Without Fear
The Atlantic Monthly recently published a list of The Top 100 most influential Americans. Arguably, many on that list would also make it into a list called “The Top 100 Most Influential People” as well. Indeed, the modern world is … Continue reading