Entries from November 2008

The Undying Mumbai Spirit

Date November 30, 2008

  After every terrorist attack on Mumbai, when the dust settles down, I hear “Netas” talking about “the undying spirit of Mumbai.” It gives me a sense of Deja Vu. Mumbai is spirited. Mumbai is full of life. Mumbai provides livelihood to millions. It gets back to its feet after every disaster, every attack, every riot. But the [...]

The Self Within

Date November 30, 2008

  In a world of my own, where battling myself is my destiny… Where I am the horizon, I am the ship. I am the lonely ocean as the years slip. Looking back, I’ve come so far, not knowing I am lost. Now my roots keep searching for me everywhere. I can’t see the difference [...]

Education kills by degrees

Date November 17, 2008

As the head of a content writing company, I come across many young graduates looking for jobs in Mumbai. In this so called age of “BPO” and “call centre jobs”, it is difficult to find candidates who are looking for a career. I don’t know if it’s the same in smaller cities and towns, but [...]

A Brief History of Internet (through my eyes)

Date November 9, 2008

It all started off in 1998 with a cyber cafe in Mumbai. Me and my friends came across this “coolest thing to do while bunking college” – internet surfing. It wasn’t cheap. Rs.80-100 per hour for a trip down the virtual world, but nothing could keep us away from the information superhighway

7 Money saving ideas for startups with a shoestring budget

Date November 7, 2008

It is no myth that capital is scarce. It is more so for small businesses and startups, where every penny matters. It can be quite difficult in the beginning when you are just starting off and have very limited resources. While some expenses and costs are totally unavoidable, a budding entrepreneur can really cut down costs [...]

A new beginning…

Date November 2, 2008

The journey of a thousand blogs begins with a single post in the right direction…. At last, I finally managed to take out some spare time out of my ‘spare time’ to jot down these couple of lines.   Right now, it seems, I am all set for an interstellar overdrive. Get ready to hitchhike…