Unspoken

I recently read this article on msn.com about CEO's and how they abuse shareholders through weird compensation / perks.. Very interesting read..

 

 

It is aslo fascinating how companies spend so much of thier money to retain a few and so little to retain the most... May be these CEO's are really worth it ? Do they really do miracles ? i really have no clue on what the CEO's themselves think about these perks..

 

what are your thoughts ?

During this trip i managed to steal Suresh for a bit.. he threw a party for some of us at La Promande ( a restaurant near Pondicherry beach..) It was a big deal to get hold of the newly weds ( Suresh and Hemaambika..) but hey it was well worth the wait.. we had a good time

 

pictures of the get together are here..

 

In my recent trip to india ( July '06) i thoroughly made it a point to test out the day to day life. As a part of it i realized that the first thing many pondicherrians do is to go work out early in the morning either at the beach or the gym... My dad goes there every single day of the week.. ( gym)..

 

Growing up i used to play hockey and would be on my way to the grounds as early as 6 AM and on days i didn't play i used to go run in the beach.. There will hardly be about 50 people on the beach for a couple of hours.. but now its so not the case.. Every one young and old , men / women and kids all are aware of exercise and its benefits.. I was awed by what i saw every day at the Pondicherry Beach during my 3 week stay .. as early as 6 or as late as 8:30 ... the crowd as there.. lots of people doing exercises / jogging / yoga and more.. Women are at least 40% of the beach goers.. it was really inspiring to me ... I wish there was the warm weather and wonderful beach like Pondicherry right here in the Redmond Area...

 

Just as indians are onto Pizzazs and burgers.. they are also onto Fitness craze .. a good thing !

 

here are some pictures from the beach.

Aparently , indians (cyber savy) aren't searching for thier soul or mukthi .. here is what google has to say ...

http://www.google.com/press/intl-zeitgeist.html#in

India - Popular Queries: June 2006
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38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

36% of NASA employees are Indians.

34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians ( who who i am one of them.. )

28% of IBM employees are Indians

17% of INTEL employees are Indians

13% of XEROX employees are Indians

You can read more interesting facts from http://www.tourismofindia.com/fs/interestingfacts.htm