Archive for August, 2007


Should have posted this a while back, but as usual original posts coming out of a budding MBA student can be rare.
Anyway, I came down to Mumbai on 14th on college work. Our job was to interview an entrepreneur. The problem, he didn’t really have the time. So, this turned out to be a failed [...]

If you enjoyed my previous post on English, then I’m sure this is going to tickle your linguistic buds.
English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while [...]

If you thought, you were really good at English, especially in your pronunciations, then how about giving this a shot?

The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse .
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead [...]

Received this as a forward. I don’t know how far this is true… but it sure was fun reading!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is so priceless, and so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.
A lady died this past January, and The Bank billed her [...]

As part of the OSHE program I talked about a few posts back, we had to visit an industry in Pune itself to study the safety measures they have in place.
My batch visited Forbes Marshall in Pune.
The place in around 40 minutes from SCMHRD and the bus ride was noisy (leave a bunch of [...]

Scenario 1
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, then a fourth and. They start arguing about who’s right.
You are in KOLKATA
Scenario 2
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, sees them and walks on. That’s MUMBAI
Scenario 3
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along & tries to make [...]