Both my and Jigneshbhai’s wives are big SRK fans and despite the not-so-rave reviews, watching Ra.One was always a given for us. So we did contribute to its collections today when Swami and I decided that we will meet Jigneshbhai with our better halves for coffee and follow it up with the movie. But honestly … Read more
In the old MTNL days, customer service used to be quite honest. It may not have been good, but you cannot fault them for honesty. So when you called them for some request, mostly you were welcomed with something like “कृपया प्रतीक्षा करें, आप कतार में हैं” which made no bones about the fact that … Read more
“Have you seen that play called ‘Waiting for Godot’?” asked the wealthy man living in the sprawling bungalow next to my house. We had just met him at a common friend’s wedding reception. “Have heard and read about it, but never got myself to watch the play,” I remarked. “It could be called either funny … Read more
“”Thukrao Ab Ke Pyar Karo, Main Sattar Ka Hoon!” Jagjit Singh started his concert with these lines earlier this year” Jigneshbhai said with a tinge of sorrow in his voice when we met a few days back. Both he and I were great fans of Jagjit Singh and were fortunate enough to have attended this … Read more
Dr Edward De Bono came up with a famous theory of the six thinking hats, as a tool for group discussion and also individual thinking – as a means to think from all angles, more effectively, and to come up with successful decisions. The contention of the six thinking hats is that the human brain … Read more
Jigneshbhai has been a bit busy of late in preparing SOPs. Swami and I asked him what these SOPs were about. He said “Standard Operating Procedures used in service industries like technology and healthcare bring in standardization, process orientation and overall efficiency” Therefore, after studying various politicians and their best practices over different political parties … Read more
“One thing that is different in our players of today and our players of yesterday is that earlier our players used to play mostly not to lose, and today they very often play to win”, said my broker friend Jigneshbhai over our Sunday evening coffee. Continuing, he remarked, “The difference may seem minor but is … Read more
“Aside from forecasting the movements of the general market, much effort and ability are directed on Wall Street toward selecting stocks or industrial groups that in matter of price will ‘do better’ than the rest over a fairly short period in the future. Logical as this endeavor may seem, we do not believe it is … Read more
The wealthy man living in the sprawling bungalow near my house with his BMW and Mercedes speaks very sparingly. And whenever he speaks, it is quite cryptic. So, one must really concentrate when he is speaking, and think hard after he is done. So, the other day when my friend Swami and I were just … Read more