Just checked out the Forbes Billionaires list, and 4 out of the top 10 are Indian. Their names:
1. Lakshmi Mittal
2. Mukesh Ambani
3. Anil Ambani
4. KP Singh
Read the list and the article here.
This was the tagline at the bottom of the screen as I was watching CNN. The story was about how middle class people are unable to pay their home mortgages any longer because they were duped by subprime lenders who promised them an affordable home.
Now, this story featured a ‘middle-class’ woman who earned about $43k a year, bought a $710,000 home, and her monthly payments are $7k a month. I am sure I am not the only person who sees the absurdity of the situation. If you buy a $700k …
The year 2008 is here, finally. Even though a lot of significant things happened in 2007, here’s how I would remember it:
1. India got her first female President.
2. Television got some really great new shows.
3. The US still tried to force-feed its way of life and governance to countries worldwide, only at the cost of national pride, credibility, and the economy.
4. Lots of school shootings, including one in India.
5. The resurgence of Apple Inc. as a dominant force in the computing industry.
6. The year of the iPhone. (This needed special …
Produced on a Mac! Background score was written by me in Garageband ’08.
Normally, I don’t post entries like this, but I just had to this time. I am starting to believe that I really do have a nice personality. I have been getting this a lot lately, and so many people can’t go wrong.
This weekend, I hung out with members of a social networking group I had never met with before, and a couple of the people called me a “go-getter” with a very nice personality. Needless to say, I was flattered!
Then, last month, I got an email from a …