http://www.sastwingees.org Knowledge is Scrumptious Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:12:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you whose pulse quickened at the word “Collector”, imagined lurid tales of my days in the Indian Administrative Service & were licking their chops for some dirty gossip - This post is about the junk I collect. Fooled Ya! I'm so unsorry. Whenever we visit other people, ... http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/08/21/my-days-as-a-collector/ India celebrated its 61st Independence Day yesterday. I decided to jog my memory on this great occasion. 18 years ago, I reached the USA for my first stint there. As an Indian, I was almost immediately taken aback by the pride that Americans displayed for their country. The national flag was ... http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/08/16/61-years-of-freedom-what-changed/ Our house is full of guests, though not the paying variety. They have horrible hygiene. If the jam jar is open, they help themselves to a bit of marmalade – with their hands. If I finish my cup of tea, they lick & feast on the dregs. Its utterly ... http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/08/08/creepies-crawlies-und-ich/ Prolog The press is agog with articles on the collapse of the Doha round. It is sad indeed that after 7 years of negotiations the agreement collapsed on a single issue. I have been reading the articles and trying to make sense of what exactly has happened. I thought i ... http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/08/03/deconstructing-doha/ Prolog Leadership of every hue and cry has been covered in over 437, 869 book titles available on Amazon.com alone (Search for Leader). Not to speak of countless blog posts, magazine and newspaper articles on the subject. Judging from the reams of material that has been written and from personal experience, Leadership ... http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/26/the-unleadership-manifesto-making-of-the-21st-century-leader-part-1/