Mahabaleshwar

Mahabaleshwar is a hill station, situated in Western Ghats. With beautiful valleys and hills, and a splendid eating-shopping experience, Mahabaleshwar has become an attractive destination in India...

Oil Prices and Shift in Wealth

In a beautiful article in Washington Post (in 2007, but still very relevant) Steven Mufson, points out attention to a major impact of rising oil prices - the transfer of wealth from oil importers to oil exporters and the petroleum companies.

Oil Price Rise Causes Global Shift in Wealth

High oil prices are fueling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. Oil consumers are paying $4 billion to $5 billion more for crude oil every day than they did just five years ago, pumping more than $2 trillion into the coffers of oil companies and oil-producing nations this year alone.

The consequences are evident in minds and mortar: anger at Chinese motor-fuel pumps and inflated confidence in the Kremlin; new weapons in Chad and new petrochemical plants in Saudi Arabia; no-driving campaigns in South Korea and bigger sales for Toyota hybrid cars; a fiscal burden in Senegal and a bonanza in Brazil. In Burma, recent demonstrations were triggered by a government decision to raise fuel prices.

Read the full article here.

Biased Web - China Earthquake Vs. Myanmar Cyclone

Here is the Google Trends comparison of 2 major natural disasters...Draw your own conclusions -

"china earthquake" "myanmar cyclone"

China Earthquake Deaths - 71000

Myanmar Cyclone Deaths - 128000

iPhone Coming to India Through Vodafone - Its Official

In a great news for gadget enthusiasts like me (and to thousands of iPhone anticipators in India), Vodafone has announced that it will bring iPhone to India 'later this year'. This was announced today by Vodafone. Apart from India, iPhone will be introduced officially to 9 other countries.

Read Vodafone announcement here.

Read the PC Pro article about it here.

Best Advice The Best People Got

Fortune has a good feature-slideshow on its website. It features captains of industries, astronauts and other successful people. These icons share the best advice they ever got. Watch the slideshow here.

The one which immediately resonates with me is the one given to Sam Palmisano, CEO, IBM. He talks mostly of 2 things - 1. Leaders don't make themselves centre of attention; they listen. 2. Career is not a linear progression, rather, it ought to be a little unstructured and horizontal.