Over the years, the Indian economy has undergone a huge metamorphosis and seen a lot of dynamics at play. The primary drivers of growth have shifted the focus from dominance of agriculture to a rapidly evolving IT and IT-services model. This change in paradigm shift has also altered the country’s locus-standi in the ‘globosphere’. However, India has been seen as an outsourcing destination of choice for sometime now, with progress and innovation in other spheres being neglected by the media pundits and political thinkers alike. The India of today is more flamboyant and ready to take risks and innovate. Indian companies are on the global acquisitions path, aggressively pursuing expansion and growth opportunities across borders. These are healthier times for Indian business environment both internally and externally, and I carry a strong belief that these times are here to stay.
However, I also have a bone to pick with the people who are fuelling this growth. Outsourcing services (both BPO, and the newly evolved KPO) have definitely fuelled the growth patterns and provided a lot of fillip and confidence for Indian businesses to try out new things. The private sector has focused on attracting new clients for its offshoring and outsourcing services, and endeavored to meet world quality standards. However, what they have failed to understand is that only the creation of world-class offices and state-of-the-art working environments is not going to help in the longer run. The need of the hour is an excellent infrastructure support by the Indian government as well. We still have delayed flights, stinking loos, poorly maintained airports, lack of accommodation, potholed roads et al. These are basic requirements necessary for attracting foreign talent and clientele so much so that they can live and work here, if needed. Surprisingly, both the Indian government and the private sector have not focused on this issue till now.
It is high time that the government and the private sector join hands and address this urgent and inevitable necessity. A strong infrastructure is the key that paves way for more business and greater client confidence.
6 December.
12:00 am.
Not Just Jazz by the Bay.
Music.
Candles.
Karaoke.
Dance.
Birthday Wishes.
1. Move the Tabs - Move the tab bar to the bottom of the firefox window or on the left or right. Very useful feature, in case you do not want to keep moving your mouse to the top of the browser window for changing tabs. The code can be found here.
2. Session Saver - A must-have tool for people who see frequent browser crashes or OS reboots. SessionSaver restores your browser on restart with windows, tabs, and even things you were typing-exactly- as you left it. This is a very handy tool as it is immune to OS or browser crashes. It simply restores everything as it was when the shutdown/crash happened.
3. Del.icio.us - This is a new extension for Firefox. Now I can save all my bookmarks directly from my browser window, without leaving the page at all. Bookmarking with Del.icio.us is a piece of cake now. The buttons can be placed anywhere on the browser menu and you can access and post your bookmarks with a single click. When posting, a pop-up window opens up thus obviating any need to leave the page. A neat feature.
4. Super DragAndGo - One of my favourite extensions. Simply drag a link or anything like a uri (e.g. “gagankaul.com” ), and throw it to anywhere blank on the webpage to open the it in a new tab. No more pressing the control button to open links or pages in a new tab, and no right clicking either. Simply drag the link and drop it. A very neat extension.
5. Web Developer - Absolutely a MUST for web developers. The extension provides quick links to all the standard developer tools, the most outstanding being the ability to edit CSS.
I have finally laid my hands on the book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy. A sudden visit to the local bookstore Crossword in Bandra turned out to be a moment of serendipity, as I had been waiting for this book to come in India since quite some time. However, it is only now that I shall get a chance to delve into the thoughts and ideas in this book that are taking the world by storm.
The book addresses the most famous cliche for each working professional - time management. However this book, instead of focusing on time management that most other books in the market usually end up doing, shifts the focus on execution. The time management paradigms thereby get based on the principle of execution, a concept preached by the the likes of Stephen Covey. A review on this book would be coming up soon, as I expect to finish reading this book by end of next week.
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