I am reading ‘Taming the lion’ by Richard Farleigh. Been only through a couple of chapters, yet, I am hooked. His views are very clear and the reasoning is impeccable. Nice read and very informative.
On a regular basis, we hear analysts who predict multiple future events like “Sensex is about to re-trace to 12380 in [...]
Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
Antidote to market analysts..
Posted in General, Inspiration, Investments, Learning, money on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Economics, Politics, Trust Vote, and a Little boy’s Dream…
Posted in General, Inspiration, tagged Dr Manmohan Singh, Dreaming big, politics on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Given below is the extract of the last part of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s speech in parliament just ahead of trust vote.
The Management and governance of the world’s largest, most diverse and most vibrant democracy is the greatest challenge any person can be entrusted with, in this world. It has been my good fortune that I [...]
Sir John Templeton
Posted in Charity, Inspiration, Investments, money, tagged Charity, Investments on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To quote from his obituary site,
As a pioneer in both financial investments and philanthropy, John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. If he hadn’t sought new paths, he once said, he would have been unable to attain so many goals. The motto that Templeton created for his Foundation, “How little we know, how eager to [...]
Leadership and Management
Posted in General, Inspiration, Learning on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 2008 railway budget of India was presented by Union Minister Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav recently. The points which stood out to me:
The railways had a cash surplus of Rs 25000 crore in FY08 with an operating ratio of 76%.
Fare cuts across the board. upto 7% compared to previous years’.
Introduction of more Software based controls, [...]
Badminton
Posted in Excercise, General, Inspiration, Learning on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Had a nice game of badminton yesterday.
Sam booked a court in Kodak Sports Centre in Harrow, drove all the way from Ealing and showed up with a spare set of gears. When he pre-empted my last resort of defence by showing another pair of badminton shoes in his car, I knew I ran out of excuses.
So in [...]
Roots
Posted in General, Inspiration, Learning on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.
-Aristotle
Took some time this weekend to read about the roots of Syrian Christians in Kerala. A largely inconsequential exercise, yet I found myself deeply engrossed in history. In case you are intrigued too, please [...]
Nessun Dorma
Posted in Inspiration, Music, tagged Luciano Pavorotti, Nessun Dorma, Opera, Paul Potts on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All’alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!”
(English translation: “Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At daybreak I shall win! I shall win! I shall win!”)
Discovered this from RK’s blog. I haven’t been here long enough to have watched it live, and so I am thankful [...]
my motto
Posted in Charity, Inspiration, Resolutions on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The lines from rubaiyyat (Omar Khayyam)
Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
before we too into the dust descend
dust into dust, and under dust to lie
sans wine, sans song, sans singer and sans end.
To leave a mark. To set right one disheveled rack of books. To remove one banana skin from the road. [...]
