🦅 On kite flying 🪁 The recently over Makar Sankrant or Uttarayan festival brought back the fun of #kite flying. Kites, brought from China by Buddhist monks, have been around for hundreds of years. They find mention (as गुढी/वावडी) in old Marathi texts of Namdev (13th

Hello @airindia, I am trying to update my frequent flier number while checking-in through your web portal. My contact number is wrongly formatted. The plus sign is there, but not the country code for India (91). So, the OTP is not being received. Please see the screenshot

#AI for #Board Members Since the implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 and subsequent SEBI governance regulations, the scope and complexity of board responsibilities in India have expanded significantly. This includes enhanced disclosure norms, stronger shareholder rights,

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🗳️ Voting on 15th? 👈🏼 Most of us, who are aware citizens, think of national issues first. Media covers defence, economy, and foreign policy more than local issues. However, the real pinch of poor governance comes from quality of #municipal services. Uncleared garbage, broken

If you are into stand up comedy, you may have seen @varungrover’s latest video on #CAPTCHAs. A 2-min clip below for your entertainment. Laughs aside, the tyranny of CAPTCHAs and OTPs is felt by all netizens. It can feel dystopian, irritatingly distrustful. Is there no other way?

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The Whole Truth It started with a discussion on our #IPS mailing list on #shades of #truth. You see, police investigators belong to the professional class of truth seekers who are required to be good detectives - and competent presenters of the facts that they have dug out

🤗 #Open, but #skeptical 🤔 As I waited at a traffic signal, I saw an advertisement for hair oil, emblazoned on a nearby bus stop. Its bold claim of ayurvedic lineage and the red hibiscus flower in particular caught the eye (an AI-version 👇🏼). Then I got thinking. #Hibiscus

Behold the rare red #Juhu sky! #MumbaiWinter #MumbaiMornings

#Future of #Boards I spoke in the Executive Access India event on the above theme on Thursday. It was a formidable panel moderated by the redoubtable Srinath Sridharann. He pithily started with the OMG triumvirate of stakeholders: ownership (promoters/shareholders), management

✈️ Indigo Crisis through the Risk Lens 🔎 I have a confession to make: During the first two years of my engineering college (almost five decades ago), I took things pretty casually. 😅 I was living in a hostel for the first time. There was a sense of unprecedented freedom and

#Governance #Matters Last weekend, @pravaasi and I were in Bhopal for a marriage. Monday morning, we came to the airport managed by the Airports Authority of India and waited for our delayed Indigo flight. Eventually, I got the coffee urge and went around foraging for a good

The board is not existence yet, but the frauds have begun! Senior citizen duped of Rs 1.25 crore by cyber criminals posing as Data Protection Board official, cops

Narrative replaces analysis, Blind belief supplants reason; You hear the patter of sheep feet, And wonder at the season.

Power of Purpose The recent Labour Code released by the Union Government is in news for various reasons. There is no doubt that this overdue initiative on improving ease-of-business in India will help propel our economic growth - and fuller realisation of our country’s human

Spot the birds! #MumbaiBirds #Parrots

The importance of asset inventory 😄 #InfoSec101 #governance The Air India story is iconic for why government should not be running businesses.

Kudos to @mybmc for the beautifully laid out, clean and well-maintained #Juhu #JoggersPark. Hope to see similar attention being bestowed on the Kaifi Azmi Park and Kishore Kumar Garden in JVPD scheme itself.

This was an interesting session today. Attaching some screensnaps.