Monthly Archives: October 2010

Direct Flight Envy

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Jet Airways, one of my favourite airlines is heavily promoting a direct flight from New York (Newark airport) to Mumbai. A friend who lives in Chicago and travels to India often was quite pleased with American Airlines’ direct flight to … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Ajay Shah's blog: A cross-country comparison of charges of exchanges and txn charges. Indian exchng charges 2nd lowest http://bit.ly/ceAgiE # I want some transparent aid for my home expenses | Karzai says his office gets bags of money from Iran … Continue reading →

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Failure 2 Communicate

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

We’ll be going to see a very interesting play this weekend in San Francisco called Failure 2 Communicate. The play is written by Valerie Fachman and directed by Scott Baker. Valerie describes the play Based on my work experience in … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Agree or not with this, the American political system cannot produce such decisive action on divisive issues. http://nyti.ms/9w2S9H # Japan's NTT Data to buy Keane for $ 1.23B http://reut.rs/cohsht # NYT reports on recent research trends on Persistent Poverty. Translates … Continue reading →

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Open Toolbox – Blogging etc.

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

tools that I use since my move to the Mac. At that time there were some requests to write about blogging tools. Since I know many of my readers have their own blog, or at least often think about starting … Continue reading →

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The Yin and Yang of HR in Services Companies

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

I will start out saying something provocative, but true nonetheless. There are just two key elements in making a Services company successful – Leadership and the HR function. The company that does better on both these elements, wins. In the … Continue reading →

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Currency Wars and India

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an interview to FT has said that he is “worried about the global situation” over rebalancing the global economy. At the heart of the matter is what can be called currency warfare. Money is cheap … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

If Haryana was a country it would be in the top 10 medal winners at CWG. #CWG #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

CWG TV coverage is the long-tail of sports. Unpopular, weird and totally unknown sports – all in one place. 2 hrs of wt lifting anyone? # Airport announcements in Hindi must be written by Sanskrit scholars who don't care if … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

My tax dollars directly at work! Fremont Schools will receive $6 million from federal government – San Jose Mercury http://bit.ly/9Cb4Kg #

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