Author Archives: Vikas Chowdhry (Vikas)
 | We can’t all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. We can’t all be villains because somebody has to sit on the curb and heckle as they go by. I am the one who claps and heckles. |
A tale of two love stories in Bollywood
The mid-1980s were the best of the times, they were the worst of the times for Bollywood. At one end, it was going through a terrible phase – the era of Amitabh Bachchan was on the wane and his favorite team of producers-directors, in a desparate attempt to recapture his lost magic produced terrible movies [...]
The 10 conservative principles
The 10 guiding principles of present-day conservatives (in no particular order): State and local rights are great – until those rights go against my beliefs. Thus, it is conservative to have local gun control laws be trumped at the federal level but it is liberal to have federal government mandate gay marriage rights. Government is [...]
He helped raise two kids
We are planning to buy a minivan and last weekend I went to test drive a few. Now, you don’t expect a lot of profound thoughts to come from your car salesman but then, you never know where you might pick up nuggets of wisdom. While driving the van, we started talking about why we [...]
Fun!
I love the colorful and rich print ads in Indian media. So much more fun than the bland American ones.
Banker Compensation!
We expected to find that changes in incentive systems, especially executive incentives, would be highly correlated with making the leap from good to great. With all the attention paid to executive compensation – the shift to stock options and the huge packages that have become commonplace – surely, we thought, the amount and structure of [...]
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