The Dutchman in the Room

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Profit and Prejudice

Heavy industry minister Praful Patel, Rajan Mittal of Bharti Airtel fame, and Sajjan Jindal of JSW, spoke at the THiNK 2012 in Goa. Praful Patel joked that credibility of politicians is at an all time high referring to the many scams being uncovered. He admitted that business and politics have to …

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Big History

David Christian raised the interesting question at THiNK 2012 that many parents will have: what problems and issues will our children be faced with? He started to elaborate that the Russian economy prior to Brezhnev would have collapsed if people would have stopped drinking vodka as its economy …

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The Green Thing

The following story has been published multiple times without me or anyone else for that matter being able to trace the source. It is a good story which struck a chord with me. Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags …

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SpotMe™ at the Strategic Growth Forum™ India

SpotMe™ at the Strategic Growth Forum™ India

Ms Chawla (Photo courtesy Luxury Works) It was an event for CEOs and by invitation only. That is more often said than done but EY, as in Ernst & Young, were true to their slogan *‘Quality in Everything We Do’*and had send me a polite invite to attend their Strategic Growth Forum India 2012 …

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Sic transit gloria mundi

Sic transit gloria mundi

I love Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a great fan of any Danse Macabre and prefer a Nullus Funus Sine Fidula (no funeral without a fiddle) anytime. However, death used to be very much part of daily life. As a teenager I lived in the Gothic St Bavo cathedral in Haarlem where …

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