NS Ramnath
Read biographyRamnath has been with Forbes India since August 2008. He is based out of Bangalore, and writes mostly about business. He likes to track ideas that have the potential to change the world, or at least the way we look at it. This essentially means spending a lot of time browsing the net, reading books and magazines, and talking to people. He also likes to travel - almost always with a camera in his hand.
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It’s all about employee metrics: Paradox of HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies, founded by Shiv Nadar, has often been called the dark horse of Indian IT. It’s also in some ways a paradox. And that came to the forefront when several fresh engineering graduates who received offer letters but no jobs from the company, went on a protest. The protests were #Employee satisfaction #HCL Tech #HowThisWorks #Shiv Nadar
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Infosys: Here are signs of change the markets missed
The clearest signs that Infosys has started to do something about its dismal performance came on a day when the markets dumped the stock like never before in the last 10 years, when analysts panned it as if its numbers were a personal affront, and when the media seemed to #HowThisWorks #Infosys #Q4 results
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Postcard from Fundookistan: How to use temple treasure for social good
Mr Minister, welcome to The Biggest Talk Show on Fundookistan's Most Popular Television Channel. It has been more than a week since you announced you would take over the treasure stashed away for centuries in the The Very Old Temple for the greater social good. Let me first congratulate you #Fundookistani government #Globaltribal #Reserve Bank of Fundookistan #Temple Treasure #The Very Old Temple
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If Facebook is about transparency, Google+ is about organising information
Last week, ahead of watching Social Network on Sony Pix, I read a profile of Mark Zuckerberg in the New Yorker, written by a journalist called Jose Antonio Vargas. One paragraph that came early in the piece struck me as particularly revealing. After giving us several tidbits he gleaned from #facebook #Google #Mark Zuckerberg #TechTalk
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Philip Roth: Man Booker International and human comedy
When Philip Roth published his first book, Goodbye, Columbus in 1959 it won a National Book Award, a much-coveted prize among American writers. The event was preceded and followed by controversies. One of the stories in that collection had appeared in the New #Goodbye Columbus #LitCrit #Literature #Philip Roth
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Petrol prices have been hiked, so what?
Petrol prices are up by Rs 5 per litre from today. In Bangalore, where I live, it’s Rs 71.10 per litre. I also noticed that in Delhi, even after the hike, it’s Rs 63.37 per litre. The point of this post is not to ask why the rates are different #Fuel efficiency #Petrol #ToTheContrary