When shall we ever stop being so obsessed with celebrity worship? Not very long ago one Indian celebrity was accused of  illegal trafficking – Daler Mehendi. What it means ? Being a celebrity  does not guarantee your innocence.  After all who could think a year back Ramalinga Raju will be behind bar committing the worst  [...]

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Just about 25 km from the city’s koyembedu bus terminus on Chennai- Bangalore highway just after the toll gate .This is the place where our ex Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi  was assassinated. Even a layman would wonder , how such a venue so isolated without many people living around was chosen for Rajiv’s election rally [...]

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As usual this year too I did not miss the Gollapudi Srinivas award function.Paresh Mokashi  won the best debut director award in 2009 for his film Harishchandra’s Factory inspired by the life of Dada Saheb Phalke  and the begining of Indian cinema in 1914. The film broadly captures a common man’s adventure to do uncommon [...]

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Presided over a panel discussion at the recently concluded FICCI and ELCOT sponsored two days e- Governance conference at Hotel Meridien .Governance 2.0 as it is now called brings a sea change in the way citizens can connect to the Government. I am myself taking interest now in building this competency in my organization. [...]

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I  attended the e-Governance conference jointly organized by FICCI and ELCOT(Tamil Nadu Electronic Development Corporation).There was a cultural programme  on the  first day that saw scintillating performance by these little girls.

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