The Kerala Model Development

Something that should be read  http://telegraphindia.com/1110504/jsp/opinion/story_13928101.jsp
Harps on the idea that a plain GDP rate / big ticket investments are not the only option for growth

War Crimes & WikiLeaks

An article that reminds me of a lot of Hollywood movies ..
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/201139154141620744.html

Management Consulting & Ethics

Felix Salmon's article on recent insider trading controversies with McKinsey http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/03/09/mckinseys-corrupted-culture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+felix-all+(Felix+Salmon+-+All+(Reuters+%2B+FS.com))

Trading of Toppers :)

Never thought JEE coaching industry has reached to this level :) http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-02-20/news/28615129_1_coaching-classes-iit-coaching-iitians-pace

Market forces .. Sigh !!

Machines Controlling WallStreet

Fascinating article on how modern day trading works .. The big unpredictable world of algorithmic trading - http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_ai_flashtrading/all/1

Piracy Games

Intriguing article - http://www.thestreet.com/story/10707445/1/the-pirates-toll-high-stakes-on-the-high-seas.html

Lots of intriguing & ironical sentences "An intrepid Reuters' stringer goes into a pirate stronghold -- "stronghold," with its whiff of the medieval, being a favorite word to describe the places where Somali pirates live -- and comes out with the news that there exists a kind of bandit stock exchange; it's possible -- so the story goes -- to buy shares in a gang of pirates. If your company of corsairs returns to shore with a ransom: dividend yield."


"Before the tube of cash parachuted into the water, ISEC's lawyers drafted an actual contract, signed by both parties, ship-owner and pirate gang. The irony was not lost on anyone: drafting a contract for the release of a thing from the very party that stole it from you."

Criss-Crossing India

An amazing travelogue on India's longest duration train - Himasagar express http://www.livemint.com/2011/01/28185447/En-route-to-elsewhere.html

Has Athletics Performance Peaked ?

Fascinating article speculating about whether we have reached a plateau with respect to individual sports world records http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/01/23/peaked_performance/?page=full