We Chat with Anyone, Anywhere !

If given an opportunity to imagine and chat with five people, I would rather imagine that the five people are Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, Bill Gates, Larry Page and Ang Lee.
The issues are space, mathematics, IT and exchange of ideas.
I would want the discussion to be debate like. Therefore it will be only appropriate that two teams are there. The highly educated Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose and Larry Page on one side. And Bill Gates, Ang Lee and I on the other.
Though I would like the discussion to have its own flow, still there is one topic which is important and relevant. It is the relevance of logic in this social sites era.  I am sure this topic will be interesting to most of these gentlemen and the discussion could last for a couple of hours at the least.
It is also interesting to know that there is no need for translator as all these gentlemen speak English. Will the Chat ever happen?
Indiblogger, I am sure will arrange for such a meeting should there be enough enthusiasm from these men. Over to you, Indiblogger. The ball is in your court.
(In response to Indiblogger contest)

My Dream Business

This post is in response to the invitation by indiblogger contest on "Your Dream Business" using Microsoft Office 365 products. http://www.office365.in/.
Microsoft Office 365 is about OpenXML standards among other things. OpenXML is a standard for including database objects in your word document, excel spreadsheet or in a powerpoint presentation.
A asp.net program can be developed with a supported language like C#. This program can embed data from a table into a word document or an excel spreadsheet or a powerpoint presentation.
There is scope for using OpenXML in Indian business scenario. What do small business offices look out for? They mainly want information stored in various formats like access, excel, text to be suitably presented in a powerpoint slide or maybe as a report in word. They also expect such a system be dynamic and change with the change in data. And they also expect that a datum presented be editable to maybe round off figures or maybe change the font size.
OpenXML programming is most suitable for above need and Office 365 supports OpenXML. I have developed a prototype using OpenXML in Visual Studio 2005.
Though it would not be a dream business, I will definitely treat it as an exciting option and a challenging entrepreneurship assignment. And of course a step towards . . . . . Everything At Once.
 

Hobbies

Cartooning is one of my hobbies. Below is a sample:-

The sheet is normal A4 sheet. Pencil is HB pencil. Background is my black briefcase. The signature on top is mine.
Hope you like it !!
 

Common Sense

Hello, World. What is common sense?
You are correct as usual Mr. Spock. It is the knowledge of 50-50.
Common Sense, the most uncommon thing in the world, is nothing but the knowing that a thing or an event is 50% favourable and 50% unfavourable. It might be an English thought, but England has laid the foundation in almost all the country of the world.
Which is the midpoint is a matter which is local in perspective. A banana peel which may make a man fall or which may not is as seen by someone. It is at the most a personal observation and personal reference drawn by the person. The mid point here is to fall due to banana peel. To another person the midpoint may be uncleanliness in the city.
Finding a mid-point to a lot of common situations is a challenging exercise. To a Delhi walla stopping a car in the middle of a road is OK. The middlepoint to him in this situation is the scratch on his car and whether to deal with the other guy with his fists or not.
What do you think is the middle point to some of the common situations that happen in our city?
 

Friendly China

Chinese president has proposed five point formula for improving Sino-India relationship. But China is reluctant to solve the border problem with India.
China's perception of border is amazingly beautiful. They "feel" for the people and environment and draw a boundary where the "feel" ends. India has had a boundary problems since independence. Most of the borders have been marked by Britishers. India does not have a feel for boundary like China. Many states adjacent to Pakistan like Gujarat feel Pakistan is acceptable. Some Indians even talk of "Akhand Bharat" which is India and Pakistan together as one country.
I take the China's perception of border very seriously and it is also fearful.
Another thing Chinese president talked about was business relationship. Cooperation in this area is possible. What I envision is, for example, what China makes in steel India need not make sort of cooperation. Also in electricity we can have an international grid from China. This will make the world less polluted as India is mainly coal powered electricity producer.
But these calls for visionary business thinking and what we see today is businessmen like Ruia and all involving in corruption. The business community is shameless and sell their own daughters for money.
 

Direct Cash Transfer Schemes Opened

Our PM Dr.Manmohan Singh has launched direct cash transfer schemes.
Under Aadhar programme, the workers need to be paid. MNREGA schemes were getting controversial because money meant for the poor never reached them. The middlemen siphoned off money and only a fraction of what was meant for the poor reached them. Also government needs to pay subsidies to poor. Here too, corruption prevented poor from getting the money due to them.
Now, our PM has planned for direct cash transfer scheme. This will ensure that money can be transferred to a poor man's bank account. This is a very big achievement for the government.
Will there be loopholes? Yes, it is possible that loopholes may be there. What if there are two Raghus? Duplicate Raghu may be getting credit in his account in place of actual Raghu. Clearly this problem is a bank's problem. Because they have not verified the records of the person opening the account. Or it might be inefficiency of MNREGA officials for not confirming bank account.
India must develop working in a professional way. The problem area should be clearly identified and clear cut actions need to be taken. This is very important. Without good administration direct cash transfer scheme can be dangerous. Because money can go to wrong hands and then the money cannot be taken back. How can someone say "Give back 1 lakh rupees because I gave you wrongly"?
 

Unity Among Women In India

The country is going through a difficult phase. The men are facing tremendous opposition from themselves. Take a look at Anna team. Infighting is beginning to show.
Someone has said that behind the success of man there is a woman. A woman has been symbolised as Shakti and Mahishasur Mardhini.
Now take the case of Kejriwal and his protest in Delhi against Salman Khurshid. Kejriwal wanted to make Delhi a Tahrir Square. No man turned up. Very few at the most. The women should have come forward at this. Men and children would have followed.
It is important that Lokpal and UID schemes are seen through. The government seems to be caring less on these crucial issues. Believe me these two schemes have the potential to see India through the most difficult times.
Dussehra has gone. The evil has been killed by the good. But we hardly seem to be celebrating. Instead we are infighting among ourselves and preparing for the next Dussehra. This has to end for ever.