Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Feb 05, 2010
When it comes to visiting Rajasthan, you are reminded of historic forts and fortresses, cities painted pink and blue, towns from where people buy marble, famous fairs of Pushkar and of course legends related to Prithvi Raj Chauhan. The curious ad of Fevicol where you saw more than 50 people huddled on a tempo dangerously crawling along, the saffron color and the style of turbans of occupants remind you of Rajasthan. But for me, it was something else last month.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Feb 04, 2010
It was in 2000 when I got my first email ID. Of course, I was very happy about it and went gaga about it telling my family members that I communicate online now.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Feb 03, 2010
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Dec 28, 2009
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You have heard about the "dew factor" in Cricket, which plays a pivotal role in a team's performance whenever there is a day-and-night match. Let's discuss something that sounds similar but has different implications.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Dec 25, 2009
Banks are always coming up with new ideas and offers that could engage their customers—one of the areas where banks like to focus is to ease the processing of transactions. However, lots of technology and back-end support is needed to ensure that the money itself remains safe from frauds.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Dec 24, 2009
Have you seen the recent contribution of letter “z” in the names of cars. Pick up Maruti-Suzuki—they got ritZ. Pick up Hyundai—they got getZ. Pick up Chevrolet—they got cruZe. Who can omit or dare to forget mercedes-benZ?
Indian car manufacturers are coming up with lots of stylish names for cars. It seems that apart from it being conceptual (Frontier by Toyota, Icon by Ford, Accent by Hyundai, Indica by Tata), there is another factor that needs to be included—Z. The “Z” factor has been there since long and has been used in various modes and different applications. Currently famous is “Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander”--the old and lanky wizard of the first order from American TV-show, Legend of the Seeker.
Zee-TV has been there from ages and has made inroads into Indian TV market becoming one of the most famous and talked about TV channels.
If you know anything about WordPress and its creator Matt Mullenweg, you need to know about zed1 dot com and its owner—Mike Little, one of the founding developer of WordPress.
If you like Bollywood, the super-duper-star Amitabh Bachchan got lucky with a film starting from this lucky letter—Zanjeer.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Dec 01, 2009
I assume you know the significance of this line. If you don't, here is something for you:
Juliet:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Dec 01, 2009
I was visiting Wagah Border, Amritsar, Punjab with one of my friends. We were walking towards the actual site of retreat where they perform the flag ceremony. On the pathway before the offical boundary starts, there were food outlets and small tea-shops. Lots of vendors were selling VCDs of that retreat so that people can enjoy them later and perhaps show others as what actually happens on the site.
In that lane of small shops, lots of people were enjoying tea and eatable items. Being the starting of summers in March, some people were looking for cold-drinks. I particularly noticed one foreign couple who were not able to make decision in which shop they should sit. Presently, a boy, wearing a cap, came forward and invited them in English to have a seat, while other shopowners could not take the initiative. This guy was fluent in English and he went on to ask that couple what they would like and what choices they got. The couple felt comfortable because they were able to understand the guy. They hesitatingly asked if they could get canned beer, which the guy very easily produced and the couple pretty happy about it.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Dec 01, 2009
Dealing with clients is one of the most important skills that an entrepreneur should develop as he moves ahead in the venture. Right from catering to the needs of regional clients who have different preferences contributed by many factors including geography, climate, cultural background, there are trends that go separately for online users. Furthermore, when it comes to dealing with foreign clients, there are many things that you will like to learn even in general conversation, your demeanor and while you communicate through mails.
If you are meeting people from western countries tete-a-tete for a business purpose, you might even like to know what dress would suit more, right from what scent (at all) would be okay, and whether you should wear some jewelry or not.
There is a common perception that you should not start an email to an analytical client with “dear—the name of the client”. Apart from this, there some other conventions that help you how to deal when a western client visits you or when you happen visit a western prospect.
In this regard, DARE has done a lot of articles as “doing business with a specific country”.
Posted by: Vivek Kumar
in On the Website on Nov 30, 2009
Few years back, what you found out at a petrol pump apart from what you were there for (fuel)? A “pollution certification center” or a “air filling system” that helped the vehicle owners. More often than not, the petrol pumps own a good area that is suitable to manage the inflow of vehicles—I hope you have been battered by waiting in a queue to get your tank filled, at least once in your life (of course, given that you own a vehicle and happen to live in a big city or town).
If you carefully examine, much of the space at most of petrol pumps lied vacant without any valuable use. It was used for placing some tools, a water-cooler perhaps and sometimes empty drums of mobile oils or similar fluids. Many passionate-drivers like to display their navigating skills with sharp cuts and multiple rounds of the steering wheel due to availability of empty space.
