tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160434892011-12-14T18:49:17.601-08:00Watching, Searching, Filtering, Registering, et alprotea.spicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04929086061450403518noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16043489.post-1129065904259012492005-10-11T14:04:00.000-07:002005-10-11T17:22:26.090-07:00<a href="http://www.iipm.edu/">Indian Institute of Planning &amp; Management </a>(IIPM) is pissed off at a concerted reaction from a number of bloggers and has sent 'legal notices' to a few. It all started with an article by Rashmi Bansal, an ex-IIM in her <a href="http://www.jammag.com/careers/articles/mbacorner/iipm/index.htm">JAM Magazine</a> that has become a 'HOT' topic.<br /><br />There is a whole lot of sensible and insensible viewpoint, comments, rants, raves, flames and what not on the subject <a href="http://chocolateandgoldcoins.blogspot.com/2005/10/reputation-as-business-asset.html">here</a> and <a href="http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/2005/10/lies-damned-lies-and-fake-blogs.html">here</a>. It is believed that the keyword -- 'IIPM' became the most popular subject discussed in the blogosphere for a while. For the current status on Technorati, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/iipm">click</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16043489-112906590425901249?l=proteaspice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>protea.spicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04929086061450403518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16043489.post-1125472635349051802005-08-31T00:15:00.000-07:002005-08-31T00:17:15.353-07:00Star TV’s program ‘Sansani’ is a must-watch since it appears to be a sincere attempt at exposing corruption, blackmail, exploitation and the gory-happenings.<br /><br />It is difficult and depressing to see all the sleaze every night before dozing off, but the show has been successful at pointing out some shocking misadventures and the producers deserve a round of applause for showing stuff as it is.<br /><br />Going by the rate at which s**t has been happening all around us, the show’s team is going to be very busy in the coming times.<br /><br />Another wake-up call for the nation's admins?!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16043489-112547263534905180?l=proteaspice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>protea.spicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04929086061450403518noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16043489.post-1125471574510425792005-08-30T23:14:00.000-07:002005-08-31T00:01:21.616-07:00Delhi's power-hungry citizens joined hands to lash out at the state's government and start a civil disobedience movement demanding reduction in the power tariffs hiked recently by the private power distribution companies (of the TATA and Reliance Groups).<br /><br />Through their residents’ welfare associations and other citizen's forums, they were able to jolt the discoms and the politicos out of their complacent ways and have nearly secured a rollback.<br /><br />Is this a good precedent? I am certain, we will see other similar reactions on many others issues concerning law &amp; order, infrastructural maladies and public welfare in the coming times.<br /><br />Civil disobedience sans violence is a powerful means of agitation. Given the poor state of infrastrucure, esp. public utilities across the country even after nearly 6 decades of independence, it is time the people made the politicos and the high-brow administrators (read bureaucrats) aware that they will be held accountable for mis-management. It is another matter that big private businesses seem to be as wasteful and completely unaware of their social responsibilities as their benefactors.<br /><br />Well done, Delhi!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16043489-112547157451042579?l=proteaspice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>protea.spicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04929086061450403518noreply@blogger.com0