Devil in Pinstripes-Book Review

Ravi Subramaniam has hit the bulls eye this time.

His new novel is an brilliant drama which offers an insight into the dark world of corporate politics,boardroom intricacies and the high profile world of international MNC banks.

The Novel is through the eyes of its lead protagonist who has to deal with the wiles of an established banking honcho whose entity has been merged with the global bank.

The novel starts with a slow pace and gradually meanders towards an intense buildup as the protagonist's better half joins the same organization and is caught in the crossfire between the two heavyweights.

How the protagonist diplomatically tackles the challenges faced by him with panache and through flank attacks to move up the corporate ladder forms the rest of the intense drama.

But the crescendo of the novel is the gripping climax,where the cliched phrase "the survival of the fittest" holds true with the advantage falling on the protagonist with the most skills rather than the most connections.

With this novel Ravi has heralded himself to be India's answer to John Grisham!!

Eagerly waiting for the next work from ravi's quiver.

IIM Eligibility Criterion

Recently the IIM board has decided to bring in some additional criteria for IIM entrants:-The Probable entrants should have scored 70% throughout their schooling.
This is other than the 99% cutoff.I suggest that some more criteria be brought in to
find the "Perfect Managers".
1.The CAT aspirant should be able to run a 10km marathon race.
2.He should be fluent in atleast two indian languages and should know one foreign language other than English.
3.He should be knowledgeable in Indian epics like the mahabharata,ramayana and the arthashastra.
4.He should have climbed a mountain peak above 5000 mts tall.
5.The aspirant should have participated in some adventure sports like bungee jumping or white water rafting.
hmmm..i will think of some more criteria to find the perfect manager...lol

German Bakery -Pune

A really tranquil peaceful place outside the Osho ashram.
I have been their once.The place is always buzzing with activity
with people from many nationalities.
The Bakery has an exotic menu list.
A good collection of continental and indian bakery products and beverages.
Sad to hear the place has been firebombed with a huge casuality list.

Their was tremendous opposition to Osho too....
But he prevails.Hope the German bakery will prevade too,inspite of the terrible mishap.

I bought the Monks Ferrari-Ravi Subramaniam-Book Review

A catchy oxymoron from the title of Robin sharmas original novel.

Ravi Subramaniam takes a shot at achieving big in life.
Drawn mainly from his own experiences in the banking sector.

The book is about achieving the "ferrari"-the dream sports car,
a metaphor for achieving big possesions which very few people
actually reach.

So,here we have the route to reach the ferrari by a professional who has
succesfully tread the conventional path to get his ferrari.

The book is interesting,nevertheless gets preachy at times,and
ends up taking the cliched route which many motivational book authors take.

A good pick for a one time read nevertheless.

Espionage....the murky world

I have always been fascinated by the world of espionage,secret service.Recently read a post in the Hindustan times about the life of a spy who died unsung for his work.
Anyways reminds me of one of my favourite movie theme character-007.
Somehow he seems to get the best in everything..[pun intended].
will be back with deeper insights soon.

Life's transformation

My life is moving in a state of transformaion.Finding hard to cope with the frequent changes in destinations.Will keep posting updates...

The truth

There are no facts, only interpretations