http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss ALl of this and some of that Tue, 01 May 2012 04:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/02/sand-castle-for-world-cancer-day%e2%80%9d-by-simon-smith/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/02/sand-castle-for-world-cancer-day%e2%80%9d-by-simon-smith/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:36:31 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=489 Phoenix Mall used to be one of the places I used to visit regularly and frequently when I was there. Wish I was there to witness this. A UK based Sand Wizard – Simon Smith, World Masters People’s Champion had built a 10X10 Sand Castle in the Courtyard at High Street Phoenix for “World Cancer [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/02/sand-castle-for-world-cancer-day%e2%80%9d-by-simon-smith/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/05/rest-in-peace-aloke-dasgupta/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/05/rest-in-peace-aloke-dasgupta/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 08:13:04 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=188 Six and a half years ago I moved next door to a 76 years old man, an old man who lived by himself as ne never got married. I didn’t realize what a glamorous neighborhood it was till I found out who that old man was. His name was Aloke Dasgupta and he was a [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/05/rest-in-peace-aloke-dasgupta/feed/ 1 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/05/what-really-matters/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/05/what-really-matters/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 07:58:24 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=184 At R K SWAMY, I set up the team, I helped in defining the services, I ran the operations, I helped in pitching for new business, I oversaw the creative and operations of all the projects executed till I quit. We executed some brilliant projects and won 2 awards. However none of this is among the [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/05/what-really-matters/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/cant-rid-yourself-of-your-experiences-good-or-bad/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/cant-rid-yourself-of-your-experiences-good-or-bad/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:36:44 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=164 I guess at some stage or the other in our lives we feel that we are at loss of words. Sometimes it happens that someone else says something which communicates what you are feeling. In an interview Mark Tully talked about his attachment to Indian and the UK and I feel this is how I [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/cant-rid-yourself-of-your-experiences-good-or-bad/feed/ 1 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/bombay-the-city-i-loved-to-hate/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/bombay-the-city-i-loved-to-hate/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:27:00 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=137 Since I hated Bombay even before I visited this place, I have to say it is prejudice more than anything else. The local trains, the overcrowded city and everything I knew about Bombay was secondhand information and I have to admit that Bombay lived up to its expectations except for the only positive thing I [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/bombay-the-city-i-loved-to-hate/feed/ 3 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/02/beat-up-couples-burn-cinemas/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/02/beat-up-couples-burn-cinemas/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:18:22 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=59 You feel life sucks if you have to work on a weekend. Think about all the Shiv Sainiks and MNS people who have to not just work today but have double the work load. The Valentine’s day was bad in itself and it has coincided with the movie My name is Khan. People from Shiv [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/02/beat-up-couples-burn-cinemas/feed/ 3 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/02/shive-sena-an-opposition/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/02/shive-sena-an-opposition/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:37:27 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=14 “May be in the next elections we should vote for an opposition as well as a government.” A government by the people, for the people of the people may be the most popular definition of democracy but in my opinion the most important aspect of a democratic government is the opposition. The opposition keeps a check on [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/02/shive-sena-an-opposition/feed/ 1