President’s address Jan 26th 2007
Dear Citizens,
On the eve of the 58th Republic Day of India, my greetings to all of you in the country and those living abroad. Read more »
Mon
29
Jan '07
Wed
17
Jan '07
On Islamic Fundamentalism - Taslima Nasrin
This article is adapted from Taslima Nasrin’s April 28, 1996 speech at Harvard University, sponsored hy the Humanist Chaplaincy. Read more »
Let’s Burn The Burqa - Taslima Nasrin
My mother used purdah. She wore a burqa with a net cover in front of the face. It reminded me of the meatsafes in my grandmother’s house. One had a net door made of cloth, the other of metal. But the objective was the same: keeping the meat safe. My mother was put under a burqa by her conservative family. 
They told her that wearing a burqa would mean obeying Allah. And if you obey Allah, He would be happy with you and not let you burn in hellfire. My mother was afraid of Allah and also of her own father. He would threaten her with grave consequences if she didn’t wear the burqa. Read more »
Sat
13
Jan '07
GE’s Jeff Immelt on the 10 Keys to Great Leadership
When GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt teaches up-and-coming leaders at the company’s famed management-development center, he runs through a checklist of what he calls “Things Leaders Do.” In an interview with Fast Company, Immelt reveals his own leadership checklist. Read more »
Thu
11
Jan '07
Broadband woes. Solutions anyboy?
I have been one of those early adopters of Internet technology in India ever since VSNL introduced it at Rs. 15,000 per year. Since then the progress to the broadband speeds has been slow in coming but a welcome one. It is also fairly valued. Still, we as consumers must demand better, faster, cheaper, more reliable services. More importantly, the lacunae in these services must be pointed out so these PSU babus don’t take us for a ride! Being in Pune hailed as our answer to Bangalore, it is even more obligatory to keep vigilent as consumers of modern technology. So here’s my list of woes with Broadband: Read more »
Fri
05
Jan '07
Thoughts for 2007
“It is better to have a wise man as an enemy than to have a fool as a friend.”
Anonymous Read more »
