Able leaders anticipate events, prepare for them, and act in time to shape them. My career in business and politics has exposed me to scores of people in leadership positions, only a few of whom actually have these qualities. Some simply cannot envision the future and are thus unpleasantly surprised when it arrives. Some simply […]
) Google’s Android platform will see a huge leap in its smartphone user base in India in 2014 and drive Apple into an insignificant status. Kinda like what South Indian superstar Rajinikanth does to his foes in movie after movie. As Tamil movie fans know well, by the time Rajinikanth leaves the battle field his […]
The Internet is a huge privacy crater. And I found one more example today of how users’ desire for freebies coincides with business carelessness to users privacy. Since SI blog is frequently the target of crazy people attempting to attack the site, I do random checks of IP addresses of readers. When I was checking […]
Put God First and Everything Else will Follow. – Jesus in the movie Son of God If you ask me, Jesus of Nazareth was either a blithering idiot, clueless about key concepts like balance of power, or had more than one screw loose. Most likely, a combination of two loose screws and a feeble intellect […]
Millions of Indians live in Lalaland. Hindu middle and lower classes itching to vote the BJP into power in the coming Lok Sabha (parliamentary) elections while dreaming of sweet relief from their woes will eventually swallow a bitter pill as their reward. These Hindu dreamers are no better than cuckoos. Business As Usual Folks that […]
Highway – Highway Robbery of The Chase I steered on to the Highway (Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda) with much trepidation this evening. This Alia Bhatt creature (heroine of Highway) was completely alien to me. And given my utter contempt for supremely untalented Indian ‘star children’ (Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Salman Khan, […]