The world around us

I wasn’t able to play any golf on my trip home, quite unfortunately as the weather was really quite good there. It would have been nice to play on my home course after about three years or so. The break hasn’t been too god on my handicap, where I have added a couple of shots due to my infrequent playing. I think a better way to get a handicap is to use a online golf handicapping system from NetHandicap.com which is the leading golf handicap software used by amateur golfers, golf clubs as well as USGA tournaments. Using this golf handicap calculator software, makes it a much easier and efficient method.

Chennai based grocery store, Subhiksha has been expanding to new territories and continues to focus on its target market, the masses of India. The company reiterated its intentions to only look to serve the mass market consumers and not any of the higher end customers. In an interview with The Economic Times, R Subramanian spoke about how he got started in the business; starting with 10 stores in Chennai and giving customers a 7-8% discount on all items. Subhiksha took two years to break even, but the company continued to expand and open more stores. ICICI Venture joined as an investor and the company carried on its expansion into Tamil Nadu, till it decided to expand on a national basis in 2004.

Considering just how many executive recruitment firms there are, very few have the qualifications and the expertise in the financial services industry. One such company that specializes in the financial services industry is Willis Consulting, which was founded in 2000 and has extensive experience in the financial sector. It is due to this wide experience that Willis Consulting Inc. is the place to go to find the best experience in investment banking, insurance, brokers, money managers, and financial consultants. Being one of the best financial executive recruiters, Willis Consulting is able to find the best of all financial consultants and executives, whether they are entry level jobs or at the senior management level.

So, we finally got back home late last night, or rather early this morning. Our Go Air flight at 1830 yesterday was at first delayed to 2030 and then further delayed to 2155. We landed in Bombay at 1230am and reached home at 1am, which was a rather quick turnaround time. After having been gone for close to 15 days, it feels nice to be back home and sleep in our own bed, but coming home to a closed apartment, that too in the monsoons is not such a fun thing as it entails lots of airing and cleaning. I have spent all morning cleaning stuff, putting the plants back inside and on my windowsills, getting rid of a beautifully made crow’s nest, stocking up on fruits, veggies and groceries and doing lots of laundry.

We’ve also come home to find that one of the entrances to our apartment complex has been made chaotic by the civic people’s road making endeavors. BMC has suddenly decided to raise the level of the road outside, even though the rains are here and is taking it’s own sweet time to finish it. Hopefully it will be done quickly and as painlessly as possible.