Category Archives: Society

‘India’s daughter’ – Why I question Leslee Udwin’s intentions and why I feel Govt did a right thing.

I have watched the documentary ( on BBC 4) and I have also watched the interview of Leslee Udwin on NDTV. After watching both, I believe that what Govt of India did was a right thing. The worse thing in this saga is the controversy created by media. Look at the headlines in the two leadingContinue reading “‘India’s daughter’ – Why I question Leslee Udwin’s intentions and why I feel Govt did a right thing.”

Social media shaping our lives?

For most people including the marketeers, social media is a form of technology which maps our behaviour into digital world. Actually this is how the entire automation or for that matter the computerization has started. We first tried to automate the routine work with the help of machines then we made them little intelligent byContinue reading “Social media shaping our lives?”

Singapore, consider the open source way to achieve “quantum leap in productivity through pervasive innovation”.

Recently, the leadership in Singapore has stated its intent to grow the productivity by 3% and it has also identified, rightly so, that if it wants to make this happen it has to encourage the innovation. Very true. Gone are the days when you could through more cheap labour to manufacture some thing or youContinue reading “Singapore, consider the open source way to achieve “quantum leap in productivity through pervasive innovation”.”

Tiger and The King…. New learning

The other day I was telling a story (as usual, making it on the fly) and when I ended the story, I was surprised at the way I ended it. Once upon a time, there was a King, one day he went for hunting in the jungle. There he saw a tiger. But the tigerContinue reading “Tiger and The King…. New learning”

Side effect of Trust – efficiency

Travelling on a subway/ local trains in Singapore, Hong Kong, Kolkatta, Delhi, Bejing the most common thing that you take for granted is the entry point/ checkpoint automatic doors. They come in different forms – “snap” doors or “lever” doors. Your instinct tells you to tap your pass or push the ticket through, door willContinue reading “Side effect of Trust – efficiency”