I voted, did you vote?

There is no point criticizing the Government, the public offices, the institutions, the politicians etc. if you don’t exercise your fundamental right and cast your vote. So, get up and vote – for a change. Let’s make India a better place to live in!

Votonomics

The Indian general elections -First off, please VOTE, Second, Vote for a change

I got my new voter id card (I had an old one issued in 2005 as well) yesterday. The process is quick and painless but the queue isn’t. I had to make my way through a long serpantine queue for almost 3 hours – thankfully, the saving grace was the sun had set and this made it bearable to stand in the cool of the summer night.

On a side note, what makes this election special from a Voting economic perspective?

Wish all my readers a very happy 2009!

Here’s wishing all my readers a very happy fun filled, healthy, prosperous 2009! Let this year be safe, peaceful and productive for all of us!

Impact of commuting on productivity – travelonomics!

I travel 75 kms to work daily. This also involves something like 2 hours one-way travel in a crowded unplanned urban expansion prone city such as Bangalore. The former metric does not sound like much to anyone living outside India (say the United States, Europe, Australia etc.) but the latter figure when correlated to the former does sound alarming.

Blogging guidelines – my two cents

What are the important factors one needs to consider before one begins to blog:

1. First, get over this obsession of Google adsense. 99/100 bloggers I meet first think of making a quick buck on adsense rather than focus on quality of their blogs and its relevance towards the topic(s) chosen! This is really very disturbing statistics.

Wish all my readers a very happy new year 2008!

Here’s wishing each of you a very happy, joyous, prosperous, healthy 2008! Watch this space for more as we plan to come with exciting posts over this year!

Multitude of tasks on my plate right now

I have been inundated with multitude of tasks right now. Will explain the position later in detail. This might contribute to reduced blogging in the coming days but I hope to pick up pace soon.

We had been to a resort yesterday and it was a refreshing outing!

Driven to extremes!

Have you come across this concept of trying to use every which way to advertise and gain popularity in the initial stages of your career only to later shy away from the limelight once you are a celebrity?

This is one of the biggest paradoxes of life!

One tries to seek attention when one does not have enough of it and one tries to shy away from the same attention when one has a surplus of it!

I have enough examples to put across on this. Give it a thought and share your experiences on this.

Made some changes to my blog appearance

I made some basic changes to make my blog look more presentable and make access to information for my users a little more easy.

I hope you will like it. You can drop in a quick line if you don’t. As always, suggestions are most welcome!

Why do I blog?

Why do I blog since 2.5+ years (since my 1st day at my MBA course at IIFT when this concept was relatively new in India)?

The answer is a 1-liner and extremely lucid: I have always liked writing!

I want to express my interest in a form that would help others and enhance/share knowledge. Knowledge is power – which is why I read all sorts of books/periodicals/business websites in my free time.

If you look at the Yahoo! group Eco_Fin, that is exactly what I did – share knowledge.

I learnt a lot just by surrounding myself with people more intelligent than I am! It helps raise my bar and I am able to perform better at my workplace and discuss better with people on a myriad number of issues!

Its just a simple yet such a powerful concept to just share your thoughts with like minded peers that I wonder why blogs are not used extensively by people more often!

If you look at why I started my IIFT EMIB blog, it was to help potential joinees to IIFT’s prestigious MBA degree and they could take a calculated decision based on experience of folks who do their part-time/full-time and then take their call.

There is no tangible benefit I get (nor do I expect!) from writing this blog (its purely for personal interest to share my interests).