Mindblog

Washing clothes, a part of routine, is considered here as a very important/special day, an event almost. Dates are cancelled, meetings re-scheduled and even travel plans have to adhere to the dreaded "Laundry schedule"! Laundry back home in India was never a major issue partly because the daily maid took care of it and we had a fresh set of clothes as and when needed. The case here is quite the opposite. With the residences I am living in- Kelvinhaugh Street, there are about 300 residents with only 8 washers and the same number of dryer's to take care of the laundry load. This means that the laundry, which is done only once a week (mostly due to time constraints through the week) takes the whole day from getting clothes to the place and bringing them back to the room! Let me describe to you a typical laundry day. You get up earlier than usual (never get up that early to study!!), pack the dirty laundry into whatever bag you can find and run down to the laundry room rea...

I couldn't help but follow the article I posted below this one with one which actually relates to who I am. Not the seroius analyst I may come across if you've read the one below, but quite the opposite! One who loves to see events in a lighter vein, because things really crack me up. I may end up laughing my head out without anyone noticing and no one would have a clue what I was actually on about inside, so if you ever notice me smirking.. Anyways, I wanted to put up a few things I feel I have come across living here in Scotland, just to give you guys a brief as to how things are on and about here. 1.Aye, aaaye, ay- all varients of the word yes, which you will undoubtedly hear every Scotsman/woman say a billion times during the day. 2.Very passionate people, may even mistake Scotlands victory over France in football as a victory against the French in the middle ages as part of the rebellion against the capture of Mary the Queen of Scotts. 3.There are more pubs here than there...

In today’s competitive global market environment, it has become essential for multinational companies to find means and methods to stay ahead of competition, not only for the purpose of profit, but recently, for the very purpose of sustenance as well. In this hunt for cheaper means of profiteering, the multinationals have to maintain a certain set of rules or protocol which would monitor their activities ensuring that the practices been followed during these profiteering methods, they do not stray from the righteous path of corporate social responsibility. “Corporate Social Responsibility can be defined to be the continuing commitment of by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large.” Lord Holme, Rio Tinto & Royal Dutch Shell. Corporate governance is the process to ensure to the stakeholders/ shareholders that the enterprise being r...