Freedom as choice Anonymous Freedom as a choice To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose your feelings is to risk rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule. To love is to…
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Feludar hattrick
Feludar Hattrick Feludar Hattrick -Imagineering Ray After the box office success of Tintorettor Jishu (Jesus by Tintoretto) there is no end to speculation. Which is the next Feluda film? The maestro Ray himself had directed Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) and Joy Baba Felunath (The Elephant God).His son has directed Bombayer Bombete (The…
Face lift
Most people, after participating in a conference, will tell you what a “great” conference it was. To let the uninitiated in on a secret, this is not because all conferences are so good, but because conference organisers do not like to invite people who spill the beans and let those who were not invited know…
Enlightened capitalism
Enlightened Capitalism Capitalism for the poorest Roopen Roy http://www.mydigitalfc.com/views/capitalism-poorest-790 At the Global Business Summit held to mark the Centennial of Harvard Business School (HBS) Bill Gates told Professor Emeritus John Cash some home truths about capitalism. According to him, over the past 100 years capitalism has been enormously powerful. It has helped…
Empowering Eklavyas—-Digitally
Empowering Eklavyas—- digitally Empowering Eklavyas—- digitally Roopen Roy In the ashrama of Drona, the Pandava and Kaurava princes took lessons in archery. Nearby, there lived a bright and talented boy with a love and passion for archery. His name was Eklavya. He had a great desire to learn the art of archery directly from Dronacharya….
El dia que me quieras
El Dia Que Me Quieras An old love song from Argentina and a film on Che The Witness “In a stable that stands almost in the shadow of the new stone church, a man with gray eyes and gray beard, lying amid the odor of the animals, humbly tries to will himself into death,…
E-governance: not the technology, stupid!
E-Governance:not the technology,stupid! Way to go about e-governance Mar 18 2009 Now is a unique opportunity in the history of India to leave behind the British Raj and re-engineer and modernise government processes to build a new India of the 21st century. Hence it is essential that we first redesign the government processes keeping…
Dreaming with the fishes
Malice in Blunderland “That rascal has no feelings.It is the secret of his success.Just as the fact that he thinks that other people have none either is the secret of his failure that lies in wait for him somewhere on the way of life” Oscar Wilde One of Salman Rushdie’s characters was catapulted…
Cutting the Gordian Knot on Bad Loans
NPA is an emotional issue for every thinking Indian. NPAs or bad loans are taking away scarce funds from investments in education and healthcare, rural development and infrastructure. It is one of the biggest hurdles in the way of creating employment opportunities in a country which is releasing young people to the labour market at…
Creative destruction
Creative destruction Joe Schumpeter Up from the Ashes The Life and Thought of Joseph Schumpeter Schumpeter Illustration by Anita Kunz Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950), an Austrian who taught at Harvard for twenty years, was “one of the greatest economists who ever lived, and an electrifying personality besides,” writes HBS professor emeritus Thomas K. McCraw in…