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Everything Else: May 2006
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Sunday, May 28, 2006. Have Your Say at BBC: You Never Know Who You Get to Hear. I read the news at BBC website a lot. And at times I take part in their debates called Have Your Say. Sometime last year, I got a call from them asking if I would like to participate in this phone in program. That debate was on ' Child Labor. My god, Professor Amartya Sen is on the program! Lyce Ducet asks Professor Sen, "Are you comfortable with the format of the program? You can see a video of it by going to this page.
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Everything Else: January 2007
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Thursday, January 11, 2007. What Makes a Leader a Leader. In the January 2007 of Harvard Business Review many top business leaders talk about their 'leading experience' at the top. The first one to give the views is the CEO of Nokia and I thought good, we get to hear from someone from Finland. He emphasises humility. The word military contracting rang a bell and when I searched the internet for the company I get so much more interesting stuff. Posted by Mridula at 2:42 PM. Links to this post. Without hav...
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Everything Else: March 2007
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Thursday, March 15, 2007. Reasons for Existence of Economists. Came across this priceless one in an article on US Mortgage situation in Business Week. That the only reason economists exist is to make astrologers look good. Now I should share this with my students in the next business economics class! Posted by Mridula at 3:27 PM. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 14, 2007. KPO Hiring and Talent Trap? Writes about some possible consequences. A thought provoking article. Posted by Mridula at 4:20 PM.
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Everything Else: June 2006
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Friday, June 30, 2006. Spreading the Word Around. I first saw it on Alka's. Blog Vijay is a very sick child in need of help. I am pasting her post below. I had posted about a couple. Writing to the Indian President seeking mercy killing for their son, Vijay Kumar. Their son has been diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia. Doctors at CMC Vellore and Tata Motors Hospital, where Vijay is admitted, have prescribed a bone marrow transplant - the cost of which is around Rs 12 lakh, way beyond Ashok’s means. But rememb...
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Everything Else: December 2006
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Disguised Advertising on the Rise on the Net? Got to read this interesting piece from a newspaper from Finnland:. The article claiims that corporations are disguising their messages on web to make it look like user generated. In December a blog appeared. Posted by Mridula at 11:17 AM. Links to this post. All my stories published at Gonomad can be viewed from this writer profile page. Interested in more India Travel Blogs? View my complete profile. Travel Tales from India.
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Everything Else: November 2006
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Monday, November 06, 2006. IITK PHD Student Commits Suicide. Update: According to the newspapers, this one does not seem to be due to the academic stress. Another suicide at IITK, this time by a Ph.D. student and the vews reports are very cryptic at the moment. This one is from DNA. KANPUR: A PhD scholar from Kerala, pursuing doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here, allegedly committed suicide by consuming cyanide. I wonder what the people at IITK are saying? Links to this post.
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Everything Else: September 2006
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Friday, September 29, 2006. Fortune 500 Companies that have Official Blogs. I came across this Wiki that tracks which Fortune 500 companies. Maintain official blogs. There are about 30 as of now that include Nike, McDonalds, Southwest Airlines among many technology company blogs. I am sure the list will grow with time. Posted by Mridula at 9:06 AM. Links to this post. Monday, September 25, 2006. Pew/Internet Predictions for the Future. Posted by Mridula at 12:58 PM. Links to this post. Post from the site:.
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Everything Else: July 2006
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Sunday, July 16, 2006. What is Up with Blogspot (Blogger) Sites in India? More details on my other blog. Abi also called Spectranet ISP. That seems to be blocking (users of MTNL, Exatt and a few others are facing problem, whereas I have no problem with Airtel at home but problems with Spectranet at office) the 'blogspot' domain and hears the same answer that I got. Posted by Mridula at 11:31 AM. Links to this post. Friday, July 14, 2006. Gore on Indian TV Channels after Mumbai Blasts. Links to this post.
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Everything Else: October 2006
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Edelman and the Walmart Fiasco. The headline of the story says: Edelman Has Been Through Enough at the Webpro news. If you remember Edleman has been managing the paid Walmart blogs. Without disclosing the fact. Now the author of the Webpro story goes to defend Edleman by giving this analogy:. Hmm, now if the local leadership is so imporant are the local leaders also remembered in the same manner when praise is due? The article goes on to say:. Posted by Mridula at 11:38 AM.
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Everything Else: February 2007
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Update on the Yahoo India and Malayalam Blogs Saga. Here is more on it. India (someone at customer care, not an official) responded to our many emails stating:. Posted by Mridula at 3:07 PM. Links to this post. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Business Standard: What Standards? I became aware of the Business. Written by one Devangshu. I am getting old. I don't want to spew venom. At the moronic words written in the article. Blog trying to give gyan. His two (or was it three?