Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the General Interest category.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Filed in General Interest, January 21, 2008, 1:16 am by Ganesh VaideeswaranTweet“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” – MLK Jr. January 21 2008 is Martin Luther King Jr. day and I took this opportunity to learn more about him. Here are some things that I learnt during the past […]
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Filed in General Interest, January 19, 2008, 8:52 am by SujathaTweetPlease join me in welcoming guest blogger Sujatha Manivasagam (she reads and comments on many of the posts here). She is a former team mate of Priya Raju and I. She reads a lot on a variety of topics. And it shows in this first ever blog post that she has written. Please be generous […]
Blog Pongal #2 – Best posts of the year 2007
Filed in General Interest, January 15, 2008, 1:11 am by SukumarTweetIn keeping with the knowledge is scrumptious theme, i had this bright idea last year to celebrate Pongal with a harvest festival of my own – harvesting the best posts of the past year. This is the 2nd edition of the Blog Pongal covering the best posts of the year 2007. It was another great […]
Egypt & Shopping – Straight, No Chaser
Filed in General Interest, December 26, 2007, 11:52 am by Priya RajuTweetHere is my sequel on “Shopping in Egypt”. I’ll scrawl my account on “Women in Egypt” later – The current post will get too long otherwise. And you know how I hate to gas away for more than 2 pages. At any rate, you know now. Let me begin at the very beginning, always a […]
The Beauty Premium?
Filed in General Interest,Management, December 23, 2007, 12:00 pm by SukumarTweetUpdated Dec 26, 2007: Ganesh brilliantly connects this with Gladwell’s Warren Harding Error in his book Blink. Today we got the latest issue of Economist dubbed as the special christmas double issue. The article with the biblical sounding “To those that have, shall be given” caught my attention. The first para hooked me completely: IMAGINE […]
