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Well I have to admit one thing in all honesty. With this novel, a new storyteller is born who is destined to go places if “A theory of intelligence” leads him there.
Infact storyteller wouldn’t be an apt word for him; raconteur would be the perfect adjective to describe him. And he is none other than 22 year “thinking adult”, if I may put it that way, DCEiite whose name is Sachinn Garg. Now you may be wondering why an extra ‘n’ in “Sachinn”. Is he like those who believe in changing …
“Pakistan’s finest English-language novelist“! That’s what New York Times Book Review had to say about Bapsi Sidhwa, the author. About the novel it says “… heart rending real and intimate … a powerful and moving tale“.
Well every word of it is indeed true. Though I have not read many Pakistani novelists but can say this piece of work would surely rank among the top class.
An American Brat, set in late 70s, is a story of a Parsi-Zoroastrian teenage girl from Pakistan who is sent to America by her parents to …
I am going to attend 2nd blogcamp@Delhi organized by Indian Blog and New Media Society (IBNMS).
What is it??
The camp is proposed to to be a camp where we get together and discuss/rant/brain-storm/share opinions about about blogging technologies & trends, micro blogging, photo-blogging, video blogging, social media, … everything about the world of blogs & new media that interests us.
When is it??
7th March, Saturday
Where is it??
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
JNU new campus,
Aruna Asif Ali Marg,
New Delhi - 110067
The Agenda??
No specific agenda as such. It is a camp by the people and for the …
The news has come in. The board has approved RIL-RPL merger. Contrary to the beliefs of possible swap ratio of 20:1, the swap ratio has been pegged at 16:1 which means for every 16 shares of RPL (Reliance Petroleum Ltd.) held by investors, they would get 1 share of RIL of face value 10 each. For full details of the merger, click here.
The merger will be effective from April 1 and is expected not to give any tax relief to RIL. Reliance Industries Ltd. will issue 6.92 crores to RPL shareholders …
Couple of days ago, I had an opportunity to listen to Mr. Abhijit Bhaduri, writer of some of the famous books like Mediocre But Arrogant and Married But Available. If one would have noticed carefully, both titles share the same acronym MBA which actually makes the backdrop of books. To access his site click here.
He was talking on leadership. Some of the insights which he provided were really fresh and helpful at personal level. The traits in leaders which he elaborated upon were -
1) Trust: - It is very important …
Well you may be wondering what sort of heading is this!!! To be honest, I tried to keep it as close as possible to the heading of an article which I read in today’s newspaper (Times of India editorial) which read -
“The Credit’s Misplaced by Mr. Dipankar Gupta“.
Since India is a democratic nation and everyone has a right to voice their opinions (as I do ), he argues that Mr. Modi has not done anything great as far as the growth is concerned even if the state is clocking …
