Reason #32 To Be In Kuwait

I get to live with my dad.

Dance Pe Chance Maar Le

…O zara kamar ko aise ghumana

jaise hawa main aath banana

le ban gaya step soneya

tu ban gaya hip soneya….

More Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi here.

Business And Sex

A small excerpt from Hooman Majd’s The Ayotollah Begs to Differ:

All business is like first-time sex; there are promises, then a little foreplay, followed by more promises and perhaps a little petting. […]At this stage things get a little complicated – you’re not sure who’s the boy and who’s the girl, but what you do know is that if you continue, you might get fucked. […]So you decide to proceed cautiously, touching here and touching there, showering the other party with compliments, and whispering an undying commitment, and then maybe, just maybe, it will all end in coitus, but it is rarely as satisfying for one party as it is for the other.

Adieu Jumbo

Vengasarkar’s Indigestion

Why oh why?

Dilip Vengasarkar is no longer a national selector for our team and that seems to have given him a license to take it out on all those players he does not like. First it was Ganguly to whom Vengasarkar would not respond as “we are in the middle of a Test series and it might affect the focus of the team”. But that did not stop him from promising to give Ganguly more than he asked for.

And now it is Kumble whom Vengasarkar has honored with his wisdom. Vengasarkar believes Kumble’s time is up. Why does he have to go on experting in the middle of a Test series?

Kumble, ever the team man has just announced his retirement (via cricinfo’s live commentary) and Ganguly ,never the one to hold back his punches, is going to give Vengasarkar a lot more once the Nagpur Test is over.

So, get ready Mr. Vengasarkar.

B2B Market

There is a comprehensive podcast over at Knowledge@Wharton titled Opportunities -- and Obstacles -- for the B2B Market in Tough Economic Times. Some snippets:

It's becoming increasingly easy to track customers and specific transactions over time. So instead of being very transaction-oriented -- "we just want to sell stuff now" -- start thinking about relationships with customers. It's something that's existed -- the concept -- in B2B markets for a long time, but the ability to actually anticipate what their needs are going to be, and what they're willing to pay, and what other offerings you want to wrap around with that particular product -- those capabilities are better than ever before.[…]

In these difficult times, it becomes even more important to focus on the best customers you have -- the ones you have a good long-term relationship with, that you're going to work together with on a partnering basis, and to even increase the ties that you have with those customers.[…]

Everybody thinks about products. That's not where the major innovations have come from. There have been innovations in business models. Now is the time for firms to think about doing business differently, because the rules of the game have changed. If you use the old business model, you're not nearly as likely to succeed coming out of this as if you begin questioning the fundamental business model -- the way you do business, the offerings, how you go to market, etc. -- coming out of this situation.

 

Constipated

The third India Australia Test is on and Ravi Shastri, in his infinite wisdom, intones that the reason VVS Laxman is so relaxed at the crease is all preordained. You see its in his name Lax-man.

All I want now are some laxatives to digest such tripe.