IWSBians at the Himalayas
I am just back from another round of Himalayan Outbound. I do wonder sometimes if it makes sense for CL to have a permanent camp near Padampuri or Shivpuri as we make quite a few trips every year.
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Satya hopes to rewrite the education playbook
Satya hopes to rewrite the education playbook.
Children, Kahlil Gibran, Frank Furedi and Parenting
“Thank God – We, human beings, are insoluble in water….” I was celebrating that fact of life as Nandu (Anandita, my daughter) and I went down and played for an hour in the pouring rains of Gurgaon. Uma went about her buying groceries in the neighbourhood market with an occasional that was at once appreciative as well as reflective !
Children have their own mind and thoughts. And quite distinct from us, the ‘mature’ adult! Playing in the rain is such a compelling need for children in the most natural way. Isn’t that true ? I too was reflecting even as I played with Anandita.
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Ranbaxy Sells out !! Without R & D, is there a future?
“ Woh afsaana jise anjaam tak laana na ho mumkin
Use ek khubsoorat mod dekar chodna behtar
Chalo ek baar phirse ajnabi banjaaye hum dono”
50.1% for a staggering USD 4.6 billion. That is what Daiichi has valued Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) at. At a family holding of about 34%, the Singh family would take home about Rs 12,000 crores of cash from the transaction over the next few months or a couple of years.
Pineview Nursery, Kalimpong
Let me start with a bunch of quiz questions –
- What is Cactus ?
- Where do you generally find cactus?
- Can you make cactus grow in aplace where there is lot of rainfall and little of sunshine ?