Deepa's Jottings
Auto-Messaging…..
All autos in Bangalore have things written on them; names of family members, loved ones, cinema idols, or at least the names of various cars that the auto-drivers hope their vehicles are like! So I »
City: Bengaluru
Campus Diem
Of Bollywood – perpetrated myths and valid generalizations
Films of the late ‘80s and ‘90s immortalized the student populace as fun-loving, singing-prancing, volatile peoples; as entities with rebellious tendencies and a penchant for settling rivalries through bicycle races, boxing matches and dramatic fisticuffs. »
Entrepreneur's Corner
Interview: Manjula Sridhar, Co-founder Aujas Networks
Hi All, I am pleased to introduce and interview Manjula Sridhar, a high energy entrepreneur. She is co-founder and Chief Technology officer of Aujas Networks, a pure-play digital security services company. Manjula co-founded Aujas Networks »
Ideas at Work
A government and its ideas
The first BJP government in the South – how do you feel about that? Since the day BSY took office as the Chief Minister, I’ve asked many people this question. And I’ve got two kinds »
Dashing through the streets
From Pushpanjali to PVR
After a long hiatus, I had gone out with friends to watch the Aamir Khan produced movie ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ at Lido Mall recently. It was first time I stepped into the new »
Entrepreneur's Corner
Entrepreneurship: Today!
In recent times, many Indians have left their comfort zones to start their own venture. What was a trickle a couple of years ago is slowly but surely turning into a steady stream. In the »
Dashing through the streets
Work in Bangalore; Stay in Europe
‘Work in Bangalore, Stay in Europe’, announced a billboard advertising yet another apartment complex, as I walked along the dusty, narrow, one lane road that connects Jakkur and Amruthahalli. Far cry from the M5, this »
Entrepreneur's Corner
IIMB MPWE Alumni Meet … plus systems for cash management
There has been an unusually long gap between my last post and this one. Many reasons, the main being indifferent health, thanks due to the Bangalore weather and the road repair in my locality leading »
Citisense
A building blocks approach
While high profile, high powered summits on urban infrastructure development are hogging media headlines, a more low-key process taking place on the ground holds out hope for the beleaguered residents of one corner of the »
Entrepreneur's Corner
Forward looking to prevent fraud
I have recently come across a couple of organizations where it has been felt that a fraud may have taken place. The management is not sure and is trying to take stock of current positions »