Champ CEO

At Cityscape in 2008, Santhosh Joseph, President & CEO, Dubai Pearl, said:

We have been listening to predictions over the last six years. In my research there was around 81 predictions before July 2008. 81 didn’t work out, and I don’t believe the 82nd or 83rd will come true. I think Analysts are shooting off the hip; they are not really studying the market. The fundamentals are still very very strong for Dubai.

Stunning!

Update: Feb 2010; our champion has managed to hold on to his job – even though his belief and research were proved wrong – fundamentally.

Chayakada’s lesson to youngsters: Stay away from B-Schools.

Google and Freedom Of Speech

Is it really Google’s new approach to China?

We have taken the unusual step of sharing information about these attacks with a broad audience not just because of the security and human rights implications of what we have unearthed, but also because this information goes to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech.

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China.

Google and their love for freedom of speech. Do they really think we are idiots?

Google’s track record is such, which makes them one of the biggest threats (present and clear) to freedom of speech.

Who is the liar?

This is on 26th September 2009.

‘The director took my book as the base but he has changed it according to his requirements. He took permission from me before taking my story, but has not involved me in making it into the final script. But, he has shown me the final script and I have liked it too,’ Chetan told IANS.

On Dec 31st 2009, on Chetan’s website: