Month: August 2006

Indra Nooyi, will become the new chief executive of PepsiCo Inc. She is the highest-ranking Indian-born woman in corporate America.Note She is now a citizen of the United States.So don’t fall back and claim an Indian became CEO of Pepsi. Nooyi, 50, lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her husband and two daughters, she will succeed Steve Reinemund on October 1 to become the food and beverage company’s fifth CEO. Kudos Nooyi!!

Important Note: Nooyi was born in Chennai,  she received her B.S.in Physics from Madras Christian College and an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta.

We can be proud that she is from our land of Idly, Sambar and is serving as a  great source of inspiration to thousands of Indians pursuing there dreams in this land of opportunity.

Image Courtesy: Forbes

"Girl Blog from Iraq" by an anonymous young Iraqi woman whose weblog has now been adapted into a theatrical documentary at the Edinburgh Fringe arts festival.The blog was praised by the New York Times as "articulate,
even poetic prose packs an emotional punch while exhibiting a
journalist’s eye for detail".
I happened to check her blog and it brought me a deep grief reading the realities of war. Now her blog entries were nominated for a major literary prize in Britain.
And this what the world knows about her. As she says,

A little bit about myself: I’m female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the
war. That’s all you need to know. It’s all that matters these days
anyway.

Read this article, India’s non-paper proposed more autonomy for Kashmir: Report
Kashmir issue is more complex then what we can imagine, neither sides tells the whole truth to its citizens and there is none left in the original kashmir valley to speak out the truth. In the midst of all the terrorists activities going on, trying to find a permanent solution is a nightmare. I strongly believe neither sides would like to have a solution as both the countries political parties have wooed the voters shouting on their kashmir policies and unless they get a bigger issue then kashmir, they wouldn’t like to solve it out. And as this article says, if India grants more autonomy to Kashmir then won’t all other states of India asks the same? I hope the policy makers, think twice before granting autonomy as a permanent solution for kashmir.