– Nanotechnology and Kaajal

Last updated on: December 7, 2005 at 1:15 pm By Desh Kapoor

Hmmm.. Nanotechnology is visible all over the Kaajal... age old cosmetics that is now the basis of further Nanotechnology efforts in India! Indian women for ages have been using kaajal as eye liner without knowing that it is a product of high technology. Now scientists are talking about commercialising the process. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur have shown that kaajal actually contains carbon nanotubes (CNTs). These objects, much thinner than the human hair, have strange properties and are considered the building block of ultra-small (nano) electronic and other devices. Read more

Weirdest CEO moments of 2005

Last updated on: December 6, 2005 at 2:45 pm By Desh Kapoor

A funny take on CEO antics over the year... Change of Flight Plan Boeing's board brought Harry Stonecipher out of retirement in late 2003 to rescue its then scandal-tainted image. But Stonecipher failed to follow the company's ethical guidelines, resigning on March 6 after an extramarital affair with a Boeing executive. The company all but slapped him with a scarlet A in an unusually candid press release. • Too Sexy for His Staff American Apparel CEO Dov Charney was named in two sexual harassment suits in May. Among the allegations: that Charney conducted job interviews in his underwear and gave employees vibrators. Charney denied the charges. He told a reporter, "I don't think I go over the line. Sexuality and sexual words become part of the daily banter of work life in any free society." Read more

– Three mistakes to avoid in stocks

Last updated on: December 6, 2005 at 2:44 pm By Desh Kapoor

Here are some lessons in stock investing mistakes.. here are some cautionary lessons from Fleckenstein (1) the hazards of "renting" stocks; (2) being blindsided by "trust-me" stocks; and (3) the "profitless prosperity" that weighs on technology companies. Read more

– Crystal ball gazing by Economists

Last updated on: December 6, 2005 at 2:39 pm By Desh Kapoor

Here is some crystal ball gazing from the economists on how the economy will shake up! In 2006, Mr. Ellis says, the economy will probably slow more than most forecasters predict, for the same important reason it has typically slowed at other points in the last 40 years: weak wage growth. The forecasters polled in a regular survey by the Philadelphia Fed say they think that the economy will expand 3.4 percent next year, down from 3.6 this year. To Mr. Ellis - who is also the founder of Blue Tulip, a chain of gift and paper stores in the Northeast - 2 percent growth might be more likely. Read more

– Journey of a Thousand Miles

Last updated on: December 5, 2005 at 11:18 pm By Desh Kapoor

This is a really funny view of a pessimist! Read more

– The Extra Helping of Cheese Ravioli

Last updated on: December 5, 2005 at 12:03 pm By Desh Kapoor

I overate at the party tonight. Somewhere in a poor neighborhood a kid died For lack of a glass of milk. A tear travelled the length of my well-fed face.. Oh! My extra helping of cheese ravioli turned so vicious .. so deadly! Read more

– God fearing

Last updated on: December 5, 2005 at 12:02 pm By Desh Kapoor

Sifting through the papers no end; She searched for a groom well settled. God Fearing and Open-minded; Was every family's forte. Do the Open minds of the Shaadi market; Worship a God or Devil? Or are they just plain masochists Or have named God after their worst nightmare? She now looks for one God-Loving family And often wonders. Do we fear God because he is loved Or Love Him because he is Feared! Read more

– God and the answer

Last updated on: December 2, 2005 at 8:09 pm By Desh Kapoor

This beautiful Earth, The Sun above, The peacock's colors, And the rainbow above. When none was there. He thought.. What was? he got no answer. But conundrum remained. Still no answer But he made up one. And called it God. This Compromise we gave names Allah, Krishna, and Jesus. More names yet.. but still no answers. Adjectives Dont Solve a Noun! Read more

– Who are we?

Last updated on: December 2, 2005 at 6:36 pm By Desh Kapoor

White light pours on this table; But blue it looks. Pure love enters me; But Desh I become. Are we what we get; Or what we give? Read more

– This is That!

Last updated on: December 2, 2005 at 6:11 pm By Desh Kapoor

A creative person Called Tanzan Senyaki has written on Intentblog Questioning A Hindu Mystic Tell me of your God Tell me in simple terms Don't tell me it is this ONE Or it is THAT This was my reply: My God is this AND that. That is this... And This THAT! I have names and forms.. My heart knows they are all the same Look closely, my friend.. Thou too ARE THAT! Read more