I’m on my way back to the States but before I get there, my parents and I have a 3 day layover in Malaysia. We flew into Kuala Lumpur (KL) on Tuesday morning and checked into the JW Marriott, which is located in the heart of the shopping district. Once we got all settled [...]
Entries from March 2006
Malay-over
March 29th, 2006 · No Comments
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Indian Entrepreneurs
March 26th, 2006 · No Comments
One of the issues I have with the Indian media is they focus so much attention on a select few that many of the great success stories never get heard. The following PDF does have the usual suspects such as Ambani, Bajaj, etc…But, also covers: - Ekta Kapoor, a television producer/writer who single handedly turned [...]
Going back to Cali, Cali, Cali
March 21st, 2006 · No Comments
In the words of LL Cool J, I’m going back to Cali, Cali, Cali. After having landed into Bombay on Oct 1, 2005 sadly my 6 month stint is coming to an end. However, since things are going so well on many fronts I’m heading back to Bombay in June for a longer term stay. [...]
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Happy Holi
March 17th, 2006 · No Comments
I celebrated my first Holi in India and it was pretty cool. I went to Lonavla with a cousin of mine and threw colored powder at each other…yeah it sounds really lame but it’s a great way to get back at people under the guise of an Indian tradition that goes back thousands of [...]
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Budget is out and so is the commentary
March 1st, 2006 · No Comments
The budget was announced on Tuesday morning and all eyes were glued to CNBC-18 and NDTV, who were providing live coverage of the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram who went through some of the highlights. Over the next 24 hours, all the financial research houses sent out their reports on the impact of the budget. I’ve [...]
