Murthy speak

Assembling a team of extraordinary people who have displayed outstanding capabilities through their value system competence, low ego and high energy is crucial to the progress of any institution.

Different people run out of endurance and intellectual horsepower at different points of time. Some people drop out of the marathon since they do not see any value in an organization when their own time under the arc light is over. A leader's responsibility is to recognize this, provide them opportunities outside the organization, and usher in suitable replacements.

Minimalist foot wear

In a matter of an year or lesser, minimalist foot-wear is going to be the in-thing in foot wear fashion. You will be seeing a whole lot of branded running shoe fans going the minimalist way. You will be hearing a lot about the benefits of running bare foot against using jogging shoes.
Now, there is a small but growing set of researchers who are of the opinion that bare foot is the way humans should use their feet.

Ball man

Brands entering into art space has always evoked mixed reactions.It is a precarious feat for a brand to attempt because it can easily go wrong and have the exact opposite of the desired effect. A branded piece of art can be viewed as too promotional, too gaudy, too imposing and an intrusion into “public space.”
However, THEY are intruding into the art space and surprisingly, some pretty awesome results have emerged.

Nike’s 20-meter-high, 4.75-ton Ball Man made of 5,500 Brazilian Skill Balls was a huge hit during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. It was on display, suspended from the ceiling in the Atrium of the Carlton Centre mall in central Johannesburg, strung together by over 10 kilometres of cable wire.

This certainly takes the scale to a whole new level.

Rahul Gandhi

Some how, seeing the actions of Rahul Gandhi, I get this feeling that he is going to die at a young age. He is such an open target for terrorists while embarking on his populist actions that, by this time a terrorist group would've identified loop holes in his security.
But even if something happens to him, we cannot blame him. After living his whole life inside a security cordon one could be pardoned for this indiscretion, even if it costs his life.

Nano at 7500

It slightly amazed me when I noted the fact that our Nano has completed 7500 KM in little above 4 months. It has done 2 long trips, one to Chennai and another to Velankanni, without a glitch. Other than that, it is clocking around 60 Kms during Selma's daily commute to Whitefield.

A list of items which are lacking in Nano would be;

1. Left side rear view mirror (infact, it even doesn't have provision for fitting one)
2. Bigger Fuel tank (our model has the max tank capacity of 15litres which means at one stretch we can do only 300KM if it gives 20Km/litre)
3. Boot access from outside (the boot inside Nano is accessed by folding the rear passenger seat which makes the boot useful for only medium sized bags and suitcases)
4. Provision for fitting a standard music system (as of now, the space provided will fit only a particular make of Clarion specially designed for Nano. But that system comes with only memory card and USB provision, but no CD or DVD. At 8k, it is not worth buying)
   

New Year resolutions

Let's keep Nano aside, for this post. It is New Year and is the time for many people to take resolutions. I don't recall taking any resolutions previously. But 2010 is an year which I really want to take some resolutions and stick to it.

Number 1 - I want to cultivate the habit of gifting. I resolve to gift at least 12 times in the year 2010. That makes it 1 gifting a month ideally.

Number 2 - I resolve to make atleast 12 blog posts in the year 2010.

There are some more, but the above two are the ones which I really feel, should be made as the New Year resolutions. Among the others, the prominent are;

• Get back to programming in this year 2010. Hope it works out.
• Buy an Enfield Bullet.
• Reduce the waist size below 34 and the weight to 70KG.
  

First drive

The idea of starting this blog was to record my experiences with Nano first hand. Alas! it has not happened as I had wished.

The vehicle has already covered 2500 KMs and here I am trying to recollect my first drive.

I was not happy in my first drive of Nano. Everything felt a tad tight; clutch, brake, gears and the whole stuff. After driving continuously for around 30 KMs in Bangalore traffic the clutch started sticking. George consoled me saying these are natural for all the new vehicles till the engine is run-in.