India – Page 2 – Sridhar Turaga's blog

Here’s a tip …

I recently moved back to India after a few years in the US (this is the second and hopefully the last time !) … and needed to build our life ground up in Bangalore. So we got a phone, a gas connection, furniture, a broad band connection, a TV, cable and so on. A myContinueContinue reading “Here’s a tip …”

Nice guys (gals) don’t finish last

Jade Goody is out of Big Brother. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6282327.stm Personally, I care less for reality shows and even lesser for Shilpa Shetty. However, I couldn’t help wonder this morning if Indians have standing up to the world better than ever before. The unadultrated outrage within 24 hours of the Shipa Shetty Big Brother brawl … followedContinueContinue reading “Nice guys (gals) don’t finish last”

The humiliation of "Emerging" … the pride of "Real Re-emerging" …

All through the years I grew up through school and college, I always felt personally humiliated to have India first included in the list of “Developing Countries” and then in “Emerging Economies”. A civilization that gave the world the meaning of life away through Gita, Budhism, Sikkism, Jainism … a country that won it’s independenceContinueContinue reading “The humiliation of "Emerging" … the pride of "Real Re-emerging" …”

Propelled like the "Midnight’s Children"…

I grew up in a middle class family with no experience in running a business. I guess my MBA didn’t help either. An MBA at an IIM is prestigious, but I think it was preparing me for a career in an MNC … like the civil services creates bureaucrats for the public sector, the “BSchools”ContinueContinue reading “Propelled like the "Midnight’s Children"…”