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Is the Learning Experience Different in Arts and Aesthetics vis-à-vis Formal Education?

Filed in General Interest, June 6, 2009, 8:41 pm by

TweetWhile living along the East Coast Road in Chennai, India one gets to see the spectacle of many Europeans and north Americans dressed in Indian attire, several of whom are students of Kalakshetra, the legendary school of music and dance. One can’t but admire the dedication with which these learners have come from far-away lands […]

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The Great Indian Rope Trick – Election 2009

Filed in General Interest, May 17, 2009, 5:33 pm by ,

TweetUpdated: For people that want to understand the manifestos of the key parties, this single page PDF from The Hindu is a good source. Some people on Twitter seem to think we didn’t read the manifestos. The biggest circus of 2009 – the Indian Parliamentary Election – has ended. The decisive mandate has left many […]

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The Soul of Success Part 4 – Role of Luck

Filed in General Interest,Strategy & Business Models, April 14, 2009, 2:38 pm by ,

TweetProlog Happy new year to all that celebrate it today (Tamils, Malayalis, Assamese, Punjabis..). As always, thanks for the insightful comments on part 3  (here is part1, part2). Kumaran’s comment on Penicillin and Potato Chips , Nimmy’s comment on the invention of electric car being appreciated when fuel shortages occur, Ganesh’s comment about startups reinventing themselves  really got me into […]

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Future of news paper?

Filed in General Interest,Technology, March 26, 2009, 5:43 pm by

Tweet “Seattle Post-Intelligencer Will Shut Down Paper, Go Online Only” “Detroit newspapers to end daily home delivery” More and more I am seeing articles predicting the demise of news paper as we know it. With internet and devices such as Kindle, Sony reader what is the future of news paper business? Newspapers such as NYT, […]

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The Soul of Success Part 3

Filed in General Interest,Strategy & Business Models, March 22, 2009, 10:57 pm by ,

TweetProlog Please read the first 2 parts (part1, part2), please read the comments as well for a lot of wisdom has been collected.  While we may have reached some level of clarity on goals themselves,  we seem to have ways to go around recalibrating goals? Is recalibrating a cop out? The Role of Failure in […]