I am disappointed by those
- Who are disrespectful towards women
- Utter small harmless lies as a matter of habit
- Indulge in corrupt practices and try to justify it
- Indulge in corrupt practices
I pity
- Someone having a job but not having work to do
I get attracted towards those
- Who are straightforward and transparent, and
- A little selfless
Fairly accurate assessments of me by those who have known me
- I lack the zeal for life
- I am a boring fellow
I wish
- I had learnt to play a musical instrument
Kind of movies that I happen to like
- Most of the movies by Gurudutt, Bimal Roy, V Shantaram, Balraj Sahni, Raj Kapoor
- Most of the movies by Steven Spielberg
- James Bond movies for their effects
- Alfred Hitchcock movies
A few specific movies other than above
- Ardhsatya, Jaane Bhi Do Yaro, Vijeta, Dev
- The Gods Must be Crazy, Where Eagles Dare, Guns of Navarone, Force Ten From Navarone, The Sound of Music, Ben-Hur, Amadeus, Star Wars, Minority Report, Bubbling Spring (Chinese with English Subtitles), The Pianist, Gandhi
Movie that disturbed me
- Life is Beautiful
Songs that I like are from old hindi movies
A lot of them have
- Lyrics by Sahir Ludhiyanvi
- Music by Naushad
Comic strips that I like
- Calving and Hobbes
The business leaders that I admire
- JRD Tata
- Ratan Tata
- Azim Premji
TV Programmes that I liked
- Tamas – Govind Nihlani
- Cosmos – Carl Sagan
- Bodyline
- Bharat Ek Khoj
- The Old Fox
- Satya – Irfan Khan
- Star Trek
- The World this Week – Prannoy Roy
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Chanakya
- Mile Sur Mera Tumhara – Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad
Columnists that I like
- Shekhar Gupta – National Interest, Walk the Talk
- Sunil Jain – Rational Expectations
- Arun Shourie
- TVR Shenoy
- Pratap Bhanu Mehta
- S Moolgaonkar – Indian Express
- AV Rajwade – Business Standard
- Subir Gokarn – Business Standard
- Surjit S Bhalla – Business Standard
- Inder Malhotra – Rear View: Looking at Yesterday to Explain Today, Tomorrow
- Subroto Bagchi
- Kiran Bedi
- AG Noorani
- Bibek Debroy
- Chetan Parikh – Capitalideasonline.com
In addition to above, I find following also often writing well
- Ashwini Kumar – Punjab Kesri
- Sucheta Dalal – Cheques and Balances
- Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar – Swaminomics
- Jamal Mecklai – Business Standard
- Subir Roy – Business Standard
Magazines that I read regularly
- Scientific American
- Business World
About Reading
- Books that I have and will lend in Delhi
- Books that I have read but do not own
- Books that I would read again
- Books that I want to read and would like to borrow / buy
- Book Extracts / Articles
- Case Studies that I Liked
Songs/Movies that I am looking for
Events that left an impression on me
Events that changed my view of life
