Drishti - the vision

Ok so here is my promised blog on Ahmedabad trip that I recently made. Most of it will be about Ahmedabad rather than the trip (just a convenient filter for some users who might want to carefully choose what they read). A bit of a history here - I have grown up in Ahmedabad, went to three different schools there and spent almost 8 years in that city. So I used to use IIM Ahmedabad as a landmark to give directions long before my fellow-IITians made it their ambition, goal and all that. Not to say that its value as a landmark is anywhere comparable to its value as India's best B-School but thats just how useful it was to me back then. Not only had I demeaned the status of IIM Ahmedabad by using it purely for the purpose of giving directions but also I had sinned against other great institutions such as PRL (Physical Researc Laboratory) set up by Vikram Sarabhai, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) frequented by Abdul Kalam and what must have contributed to the success of Chandr...

Apologies to those for whom it is a repeat telecast... My Resume Most prominent was the name on the top, though little difference did it make. Even with a Tom Dunst sitting there, Little notice people would take. All the time that I have spent on this earth Sat right there on the corner of the page With a sense of remorse on the years I had lost I looked once again at my age And the days when I had gone to school, And the days when I had earned some glory. Were right there in a nice looking table, Forming the next part of my life’s story. It was all there sitting one after the other My talents, my interests, my skills and my knowledge And placed arrogantly in a league of its own Was the name of my prestigious college. The college days asserted their authority And demanded a line for every year Courses, politics, posts and grades Was all spelled out loud and clear And here it was, a desperate effort To prove my worth to everyone A verbose and glossy account Of all the work that I had e...

I have just returned from my trip to Ahmedabad. It was a great experience but more about that in my next blog. This one is about feedback. I am very particular about safety, so much so that it borders on obsession sometimes. This can be partially attributed to the industry I work in (oil) where all the time you are dealing with a potential mass-destructive bomb and partially to the fact that I believe dying on roads is a waste of life. Anyways, so I took this taxi to the airport the other day. I had ordered a Meru Cab, which is one of the best taxi services available in Bangalore (and also in Mumbai and Delhi I think). They have very high safety standards etc etc (so they claim). But half-way to the airport the driver started to resort to his own ways (which he must have picked up driving call centre cabs - a guess) which included driving at 100 Km/hr without maintaining enough distance from the car ahead and talking on the mobile phone at the same time etc etc. In spite of repeated wa...