Great fun watching the IPL on a large screen in a cool resort next to the jungle. Awesome. junglehut

Today is milestone no. 9 in a success-filled journey with my lovely wife. Thanks Sucheta for enriching my life!

Sad to know the Jungle Hut in Masinagudi is under threat due to Govt's Elephant Corridor plans. Let them be - they are very kind to the environment!

The SGI CTO's point of managing feature richness vs. cost vs. time-to-market in software innovation is SO TRUE. http://tinyurl.com/63wmz9g

Armenia makes it mandatory for every child (6yrs+) to learn chess. Interesting approach for improving academics! http://tinyurl.com/3vgrqjg

US Supreme Court weighs data mining and privacy rights. Future implications on data usage to be seen. http://tinyurl.com/62w96e5

DYK the world's largest privately-owned businesses? Here is a chance to read about them. Enjoy being surprised. http://tinyurl.com/PvtBiz-1

Increased gold prices means more deforestation and increased mercury into environment. Not good news. Agree? http://tinyurl.com/DangerGold

Evidence suggests that diamonds are not as precious as they are perceived to be. Interesting read! http://tinyurl.com/SaynotoDiamonds

The 1 year scorecard on BP's oil spill is out. Some good news and some bad news on how it has impacted nature. http://tinyurl.com/BPImpact

How algae can restore eyesight to some of 15M blind people explained. Here is hoping it happens soon! http://tinyurl.com/CuresDBlind

DYK the Japanese tsunami will impact how soon we get our iPad 2? Yes, that is right. Read to know more! http://tinyurl.com/JapanSCM

RT@amitsomani: "Ability to keep conflicting ideas in your mind (at the same time) is a sign of intelligence" Anonymous.

RT@amitsomani: "Ability to keep conflicting ideas in your mind (at the same time) is a sign of intelligence" Anonymous.

RT@amitsomani: "Ability to keep conflicting ideas in your mind (at the same time) is a sign of intelligence" Anonymous.

My company's PoV around social media is available here. http://tinyurl.com/EPRTrove
Let us know your thoughts. Thanks.

The biggest challenge in the managerial world is to motivate employees to churn quality-assured output, consistently. Quite a task! Thoughts?

Drinkers of 100% fruit juices have reason to be happy as they are likely to get disease-fighting benefits. http://tinyurl.com/JuiceHelpz

Interesting learnings from an economist about joie de vivre (life) & worth pondering on! Some reading reqd! http://tinyurl.com/Listof40

An ad from Emirates had asked, "When was the last time you did something for the first time?" This is an option! http://tinyurl.com/3jlr6vn