Neither exotic nor homey – Malta

You go to places. You have expectations. You do extensive planning, spend ridiculous amount of money to take cattle class in shit airlines to reach your dream destination. And bamm, in a split of a second you realize it was a bad bad choice. I thought to myself, maybe I need to scratch below the …

Gastronomic eroticism in Barcelona

There is food and then there is food. There are places to eat and then there is Barcelona. The notion that the "world is flat" is crap and I don’t think it will ever be flat, at least in the culinary world. The inconsistency has lot to do with the culture and history of any …

Why people don’t get what they want?

Here is a story of a three-year-old girl and his father. Every morning, the little girl used to wake up and the first thing she asked her dad was “Papa, can you play with me? You can go to office after you play with me”. As soon as he returned home from a long day …

How Japanese companies are wiping out shareholder value?

Just how many times have we heard that Japanese equity markets have been stagnant for last two decades? Analysts and economists around the world have elucidated various reasons behind it and occasionally suggested solutions on how Japanese companies and its respective management can improve the situation. Many upbeat economists have highlighted that Japanese equities are …