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Enigmatic Unicorns

February 10, 2022

We (my business associates) spent some time in Management Consulting before we were badly hit by COVID-19. During COVID lockdown too we never stopped ourselves from exploring both existing and emerging business models. Management Consulting is a very difficult proposition for the Indian market. In our short journey, we met a few promising and smart entrepreneurs with steady revenue but inefficient operations. We coined a term called “BAU on Auto-Pilot mode ”. By that, we explained that the business top heads need to relieve themselves from the monotony of daily operations and make some quality time for future growth. However, Indian entrepreneurs are very controlling and our proposed model seemed to have taken out that control from the clutches of the existing management vesting into a more efficient and manageable management group. Irrespective of the operational distress they draw synergy spending time in fire fighting all the time. We burned our fingers not once but at least half a

Freshly Brewed Security Threat

August 12, 2014

Amidst heavy tropical rain, I frantically searched for a local sim card of course with a set of valid documents. However, almost all shop barring none refused to have the stock and made some ridiculous excuses. Well, the place was in the vicinity of a 2 century old university, an otherwise busy market. My search continued for the second time again in the evening with similar fate though this time I stretched my combing operation to cover few other nearby markets. I was almost returning empty handed had it not been a small shop at the temple side. I asked my industrialist nephew to get down and repeat the inquiry though I was not very confident. I was still behind the wheel waiting for him to say "no" before I press on throttle. We had a silver-lining there, my nephew was smiling covering his head with a tiny waterproof file cover. I asked him twice on the noisy street to confirm whether it was actually there. Little relived now, I asked him for Airtel, he said only Vo

Reduce Your Carbon Foot Print.....

August 12, 2014

Of late, I am of the view that I should dedicate my writings for social cause only. My blogs won't no longer be a piece of writing but a silent movement in making. Though I am keenly working on a topic related to urban hazardous waste but in the meantime I received the invitation for one of my childhood friends's son's first birth anniversary celebration. The invitation card was received at my native home scheduled in a couple of days. I have been in very sincere thinking about an appropriate recycling and re-usability of invitation cards, essentially the marriage, and birthday cards, which ultimately ends up in dustbin. I remember sometime back I endeavored to prepare gift envelopes from the invitation cards, I used them too and believe me nobody could notice that. However, this is not very easy on all different card types because of the complex designs in few typical cards. So when my nephew informed me about the invitation, I asked him to keep the envelope and us

The 4th Soccer Reich, Germany

July 14, 2014

Finished!!! No More Football Pleaze They call it a sports but its a culture here in Germany so in many of European and Latin American nations. In a pre-final media encounter Sabella, the introvert Argentine head coach once mentioned, he respected 2 football playing nations, unfortunately one of them just decimated by the other-one he mentioned, Germany. Towards the start of this epic tournament at the home of football, the host was little shaky and far from a convincing champion team. Each time they were facing a team it was rather the emotions than techniques, which were at play. Mayhem Just Began However within 30 mins of their face-off with Germany in the historical semi final in Belo Horizonte , the visitor team mercilessly exterminated the centuries old famous Brazilian soccer culture for ever. Surprisingly, their people started questioning their own faith in the game, but there is no more any football greats, the likes of Pele or Ronaldo to reassure the trust back.

Demographic Disparity

July 11, 2014

"Do not count the numbers but the numbers you can count on"; need not to mention, quality is more important than quantity. Enough is enough, we celebrated the thriving numbers more often than anybody else on this planet. Certainly, its about the population, with a staggering growth rate as if we are in competition with some other universe to save the human race from extinction. Its worrisome for any rational person to contemplate that, we do not have a coherent population policy at national level. There is absolutely no advisory that could potentially deter further growth in population. Is This What We are Proud Of.... A billion and a quarter population which we achieved in 4 decades almost doubling the original count, is rather result of a failed population policy that we all should be deeply concerned about. Resources never grow not at-least in tandem with a 100% growth rate in consumers. Well somebody can claim that with the use of technology we can still multipl

Unconventional Warfare: India's Tryst with Super power

June 24, 2014

Mission Darius The conventional army loses if it does not win, the guerrilla wins if he does not lose.- Henry Kissinger. Conventional war is more like shadow boxing in the war-room but fighting in the battle field is another story. History is witness of many such encounters where numbers do not count, the myth of 300 Spartans defying the mighty Persians, millions in number still fresh in our memory. While Alexander, was framing his war plan in Gaugamela against the Babylonians, even his most trusted generals doubted his ability to conquer over a conventionally mightier Persians. History repeats itself, while skeptical Babur invaded Afghan king Ibrahim Lodhi, in India , he took a leaf out of Alexander's book. The Mogul king was leading a smaller army in comparison but capable of Guerrilla warfare right on the war front. Legends say had the Afghans or the Persians sustained on the battle field for even another hour or so both Babur and Alexander would have got an unceremonious

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