What I Did, Where I Went, My Opinions

Thurs, 09 June 2005

My article is published in the Times of India, edit page, on the US offer of F-16 and F-18 aircraft to India

Dinner with the Australian delegation led by the Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer. He made an interesting speech on Asian history and historical trade links between China, India, and Europe.

Tues, 07 June 2005

Dinner at ASSOCHAM for the visiting Foreign Minister of Sudan. Had ""interesting discussions"" with several members of the Sudanese cabinet (Military Junta?? / Butchers of Darfur??) about the North-South war in Sudan and the situation in Darfur. Over 60% of the present Sudanese Military Junta / Cabinet studied in India and are well-disposed to India. But why should we condone the suppression of south Sudan and the massacres in Darfur, and the deliberate famines.

Fri, 03 June 2005

Went for Arindam Chaudhri's lecture and party at British Council. Lots of hype, but good presentation and interesting ideas, though overgeneralized and oversimplified. Met a few old friends, and good beer and wine, as usual at British Council.

Sat, 28 May 2005

All day with my lawyers for various intellectual property rights litigation.

Mon, 23 May 2005

I am interviewed in Financial Express, eFe Debate, on the TRAI recommendations on spectrum allocation.

Tue, 17 May 2005

I am interviewed on Doordarshan News Channel, 22:30-23:00, on the Digital Divide on the occasion of World Telecommunications Day.

Thu, 12 May 2005

Dropped in at Press Club and met lots of old friends in the media. Then went for the launch of Porsche at Ashoka.

Wed, 11 May 2005

My article is published in the Telegraph of Calcutta, edit page, on the US offers of F-16 and F-18 aircraft to India.

Wed, 04 May 2005

NASSCOM get together at Oberoi on cybercrime. Superb presentation by Verisign. Learnt a lot which I can immediately apply at work. Met lots of old colleagues and clients and potential clients.

Then went to launch of Namita Gokhale's book, Shakuntala, at Maurya.

Mon, 02 May 2005

3G conference at the Imperial.

Fri, 29 April 2005

Went to launch of Sunil Sethi's book at British Council. Fantastic presentation by him. Met hundreds of old friends, interesting conversations with Daniel Lak and Manjushree Thapa. Great cocktails, as always at the British Council.

Wed, 27 April 2005

Went to launch of Daniel Lak's book at Habitat. Met dozens of old friends and drank lots of beer to celebrate Daniel Lak's book. Interesting conversations with Ashish Bose, Vinod Mehta, and several others.

Tues, 26 April 2005

Meeting of Cellular Operators Association of India at Oberoi in the morning. After lunch, went to the Infrastructure Conclave of CII at Meridien.

Fri, 22 April 2005

Went to dinner hosted by Telegraph at Imperial. Short and crisp and business like speeches. Good food and drink.

Thu, 21 April 2005

Went to an interesting art exhibition at Kumar's art gallery. Met a few old friends, and a lot of interesting people whom I did not know before. Passable wine and beer.

Sat, 16 April 2005

Went to two great parties. One hosted by the Romanian Embassy for an art exhibition at Ambassador Hotel. Great art, superb company of very interesting people, great food, and the best cocktails I have ever had. Second one by Penguin to launch their Indian publishing at Oberoi. Met several old friends.

Wed, 13 April 2005

My article is published in the Times of India, edit page, on the security arrangements for Pervez Musharraf's visit to Ferozeshah Kotla.

Appeared in court in the IPR litigation in which I am the complainant.

Tue, 12 April 2005

Went to launch of new Canon products at Taj Palace. Nothing great about the new range of Canon products, and the proceedings started very late.

Sat, 09 April 2005

Went to ABN AMRO's art exhibition at Oberoi. Great art, met many old friends, good cocktails

Wed, 30 March 2005 to Sat 02 April 2005

Was in Nagpur to give expert evidence in Nagpur High Court on flaws in Electronic Voting Machines and possible rigging and tampering of Electronic Voting Machines on behalf of Banwarilal B Purohit.

Tue, 29 March 2005

Went to launch of Saad bin Jung's book on wildlife published by Roli Books at Ashoka. Met Tiger Pataudi, Sharmila Tagore and lots of old friends.

Sat, 26 March 2005

Woken up early in morning by Charu Shahane of BBC calling from London to ask my views on the F-16 offer to Pakistan. Groggily told her that US had made the same offer to India a little later. Don't remember what I said, was too deep in sleep.

Tues, 22 March 2005

Attended a very silly art exhibition party at Apeejay Media gallery. Rotten art, but met lots of interesting people, and the liquor was great as usual.

Mon, 21 March 2005

Received lots of unsolicited inquiries from top corporates asking me to provide them advisory services.

PHD Chamber of Commerce dinner at Maurya. Met lots of clients and potential clients, great food and cocktails, lots of wind and rain.

Sun, 20 March 2005

Dozens of visitors at home, friends and relatives. We all watched India-Pak cricket on the big TV screen.

Fri, 18 March 2005

Returned from vacation in Goa. Catching up on emails and other messages.