Monday, June 22, 2009

Too many things happening leading to tiredness

In the May blog (Transitioning India – a general public perspective) what I did not touch upon was whether the speed of transitioning is good or bad. Like in all such discussion there are people who will have their views good and bad. In this blog I give my perspective with reference to the place I live which is Bangalore.
Bangalore tires me out. Having lived in Bangalore for the last 35 years is sometimes called silicon city. God knows why it is called silicon city at best one may call it software city. The city reminds of World War 2 situation (I say this by seeing some war movies of World War 2 period) because of all the constructions- private, public, political, legal and illegal; Bangalore has a nice weather. It is a city where the opportunity to become asthmatic is very high. It has still some greenery left. It has the power of magic to transition lakes to ponds to barren land to areas of residence. It takes 1.5 hours to travel 20 kilometers. Working hours are from 8 am to 5.30 pm, means actually leaving home at 6.30 in the morning and returning at 8.30 pm. Welcome to the fast growing city of India and the quality of life you can possibly live.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Accept the truth

Today every sector is facing problem due to slowdown in the economy. But sometimes I wonder why everybody is crying so much as if they would have never expected this kind of situation. At the time of boom in the economy, every business has enjoyed so much that they even forgot that this is a phenomena which is mostly cyclical. Economy corrects itself definitely after few years. Now, during the downturn, the obvious has happened which is profits and growth has come down. So if you had enjoyed high growth at upturn than be ready to face the downturn.