Think Tank

Learning work ethics from a Kachra wallah………………………………………………………………………………We don’t stop learning. We can learn anytime, anywhere, from anyone. That is what is expected from us in our lives. We all have heard a lot about the Dabba wallas of Mumbai. The Dabba wallahs deliver Tiffin boxes at the right places with six sigma accuracy. Some days [...]

A cute little story………………………………………………………………………………Concept of relative motion says, those resting on earth are not actually in rest. Sometimes we are stuck in awe in strange places in odd times. Take a short trip to believe that. Last evening, I was passing through a narrow lane. It had just stopped raining and the road looked liked [...]

Rainy days are here again………………………………………………………………………………The key to happiness is to like what we have got, and not in longing for what we could have. The day I arrived in Mumbai, the first rain of the season started. It rained and rained afterwards to the extent that Mumbai lifeline local trains stopped, schools got closed and [...]

One eve @ life ………………………………………………………………………………Sometimes we don’t care and sometimes we are touched. Though I had shifted to my present housing/flat two months ago, I hadn’t met any of my neighbors yet. Last Sunday, I realized this and here I was at the door of the flat opposite to mine.  A boy opens the door. [...]

Behind every successful Brand ………………………………………………………………………………Inspired by an article written by Mrs. Sudha Murthy; the original piece attached with at the end.   Do you know what some people do when they see the companies spending millions in the ‘brand building’ advertisements? They just laugh. They laugh because there are companies, though few, which are able to [...]

Warriors in trucks             ………………………………………………………………………………I want to share with you what I saw last night. Everyday in our cement plant, fleets of trucks come and leave for loading and unloading material. Because of delay in loading etc, often the truck drivers and their helpers need to stay in the night near the ‘truck yard’. This is [...]

I visited Kuala Lumpur (or “KL” as it is commonly known), Malaysia in March 2005. The visit was official. My company was sending me along with a colleague to take part in the much-sought-after “Training Session” for young engineers, a program by the Lafarge Group, Paris. But it turned out to be equally beneficial on [...]