The Tea-Master's Column

You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face." It is better not to be different from one's fellows. The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live--undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet. They neither bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands. When I like people immensely, I never tell their names to any one. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mys...

No wonder why the entire nation salutes this man. An ordinary man with etra-ordinary vision. Yes, thats NRN for you. He has done it with the software industry and he envisages the same vision for another highly profitable industry thats the Film and Entertainment industry . http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/08murthy.htm Very aptly he has laid down the points to organise the Film industry, find, award talent and meritocracy and make it profitable. "To have a global mindset, you need to produce where it is most cost-efficient, source capital from where it is the cheapest, and sell where it is the most profitable." I believe its most cost efficient to produce in India and East Asia. Icredible India is the most beautiful place to be in - with seas, deserts, mountains and every natural thing available. By picturising in India, we would be able to sell India to the world by showcasing the exotic locations. Not only that, 500 years of history is still preserved in places lik...

The Tiger and the Dragon have reared their heads and it seems that the World has heard their growl. Consider this: ASEAN GDP at $735b - Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos .. SAFTA (SAARC Free Trade Agreement ) from 01-01-2006 RTIA (Indo-ASEAN Regional Trade and Investment) to touch $30b by 2007 China-ASEAN - FTA: Biggest Free Trade Zone in the World Biennial East Asian Summit - China, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN CECA (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Aggrement) with Indo-Sing Indo-Sri, Ind-Thai, Indo-Nep FTAs in place Asian Development Bank predicts Asian economy to grow by 7 %. India's GDP to exceed France in 2020, Germany in 2025, Japan in 2035. India-China trade - $10b India-EU - $28b India-US - $16b India-ASEAN - $13b Asian Highway being built to connect India, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Malayasia, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to facilitate land-based merchandise. India's Strength: 1). Auto Components and assembly: Foreign ...

Of last, the 3 Silmarillos, prserving the light, fire and glory get scattered in the air, the earth and the seas. Fashioned by Feanor, lost through guile and hatred, retrieved by oath and might, the jewels finally went beyond the possession of any living being. Created as a flowing thought of music, JRRs epic consisting of The Silmarillion, The Hobbits, the Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and the Return of the King shall remain unequalled in the choice of names, characters and dynasties, surpassing even the Mahabharata. Ideas conceived and intermingled with fairy tales and history to give England an Epic that they can call its very own. The creator Illuvatar, the 7 Ainur, the immortal Elves, the mortal Men, the Dwarves and the Hobbits make this a fantastical reading, that takes one beyond imaginations, and posthomously honours the creative-genius called Tolkein. Unlike the other epics of yore, none of the characters save Morgoth live till the end. While infighting, treachery...