HBR

Many years ago, when I was starting my undergraduate studies, some of the industry folks that I talked to recommended me to read Harvard Business Review to improve my business skills. Maybe - the industry folks thought correctly that the tech skills imparted in college does not matter while biz skills stay with a person for a longer time. I probably didnt understand the value at that time.

My dad took pains to enroll me into a decent library (SIMA library in Race Course Road). One look into the book- and the jargons totally put me off. I hardly understood the articles (not that I am dumb - but then, to expect someone coming out of a high school where emphasis was just on mugging and not on understanding the concepts - it was indeed a big deal).

These were days when digitial activism was just starting in India and the costs were prohibitive for leisure browsing for a middle class guy at that time. That meant that certain knowledge would be outside my grasp for then.

Few years thence, I am now able to analyze any HBR article through tonnes of blogs- giving varied perspective. Just that now - given work pressure, time is such a crunch!

Deals2buy

That's an incredible way to advertise - isnt it? Just have everyone put up a link for deals2buy in their page and then randomly(?) pick the winner. Nice tactic - considering that the deals2buy site is kinda popular site (and i have to tell that it does come up with incredible deals). I myself have got a few stuff from deals2buy and found it pretty good(well - atleast for laptops - i used to check on this everyday).

the site can be accessed from the following link

www.deals2buy.com

Happy fun shopping with deals.

Global Recession?

That's what global financial markets indicate. Though not drowning into a depression era(similar to the 1929-33 period), this definitely is a period of recession. What started off as a sub-prime crisis is now blowing off into a full fledged recession affecting many sectors.

Stock markets are seeing a bloodbath - with huge swings in the indices intra-day. Well, some stock brokers and investment firms will make money during such a period while many will be losing their money. But given common wisdom, it is probably the best time to invest. Market might not be back to rosy levels anytime soon, but one can definitely expect huge returns in a 18-24 month time-span. Investment in any of the top stocks in India should expect to be doubled in that period.

Given all of the finance ministry's support, ICICI still does not seem to fare well with the investors. Its stock is crumbling LRC. It has approx 28% exposure to the US crisis (compared to 5% exposure of State Bank of India). Pity to note that India's second largest bank is going down the drain.

Welcome to my blog

Yipee ! This is my space for blogging. I've been out of blogging for quite sometime now and the urge to return to blogging has made me start this new blog.

Now, the question - what am I planning to blog about? I think I will blog about my life experiences, things that I see in life, things that has made me think, things that have had an impact on me and things that I believe in. Sounds very generic, isn't it?

Well, that's what I am - a guy who talks in a v generalized way and in a very politically correct and diplomatic manner. Being politically correct and diplomatic even with the closest of my friends have placed me in a soup! And one aim of this writing is to overcome that and be open about what I think and what I want to do.

Let us see how successful I become in achieving that.