Monthly Archives: January 2010
Insanity
Our ubiquitous ‘Amma’ has left unannounced for the village. So the house is unmanageable. The landlord of the office has got the water supply disconnected. So the office is unmanageable and my daughter is having her exams. And there is a new team member joining tommorrow at a very high salary (for us). And I … Continue reading
A rented life
Our office is on rent. And the owner is rightfully termed a ‘landlord’. He is the Lord and we need to bend backwards to accomodate his whims and fancies. Due to multiple tenants in his building, water is usually not enough for all. As it is, water is mostly scarce in Okhla Industrial Area ( … Continue reading
Meerut Development Authority
We got the job. We quoted the lowest, you see. And the town planner, Vivek Bhaskar was apparently ‘helping’ us. ‘Me’ actually. At a price. At a huge price as I later got to know. As the execution of the work began, he wanted control of everything from the team members to the office. He … Continue reading
Ego ka daldal
The title is my daughters’. No doubt about that. And this came up during the execution of the project at PACT, Lucknow. The project was to be finished in six months but has carried on for nearly a year and is still not complete. The bottomline being that the specifications were not clear at all. … Continue reading
As good as it gets
I came in late to work today as I waited for my daughter to come home from school. She was to leave today with her father for Kashipur. Her father and I live separately and she has to travel to and fro to be able to spend time with both of us. Not a very … Continue reading
Mind and Money
Need to transfer 70 $ ( Rs.3100=00 approx) to a UK account for web hosting, for which we need signatures of the CA and some other logistic shit which will cost us Rs. 2500=00 extra and a lot of paper work. It is exasperating to say the least. Small jobs take big time. So there … Continue reading
Suit up, boot up and show up
That is what I am doing these days, whether I feel like it or not. Get to work. Show up. I had gone to the bank yesterday for getting our limit increased. And the credit manager made a straight face and said that our turnovers were really not good in 2008-2009. Which is true but then … Continue reading
Work
What is new today? Nothing. We have one project in hand for ‘Jaunpur Nagar Nigam’. And it is a small project. One which cannot meet our costs. A small area needs to be covered and a property tax solution has to be developed. Need work, need projects with a good margin. If no closure happens … Continue reading
GIS and tenders and money
One is wondering what would be the best way to use technology to create wealth for oneself and all who are a part of the company. It is very tiring to continuously play the survival game. Where to survive is a miracle. And to pick up projects at low costs, the only way to get … Continue reading
