Posts from ‘March, 2010’

We are trying to negotiate for an increase in cost for the Jaunpur and Barabanki projects (its quite a pain in the ass) with the client and the interface, M/s Uptron. Uptron is truly acting as a commission agent. They do not wish to assist in the work, they do not wish to invest in [...]

I got a call today from a ‘women in business’ leadership forum. I was very amused as the guy kept trying to give me the various reasons as to why I should be a delegate in a two day event being organized by them. And the reasons ranged from the list of who’s who invitees [...]

The Jaipur guys came to visit the office today. I guess it went well. They saw the infrastructure and met a few team members. So all is well that ends well. Now ‘the wait’ for the results.
Things are moving but at a very slow pace. ‘patience’ and all that jazz sound good, But I am [...]

The work order from Jaipur is under discussion. Looks like it is on its way to closure. And that would be awesome. For the team, for us as a company and for our finances.
For the project we need to order satellite images from NRSA and there is a lot of paperwork involved. Authorization from government [...]

I like the familiar sounds in the house. The whistle of the cooker, the pottering of the untensils,the filling of the water. It somehow symbolizes some stability, familiarity in an otherwise insecure world.
As an enterpreneur, I have no idea what stability or a steady income would mean. As a single mother living in a [...]

 The Jaipur trip was positive. A lot of discussions and negotiations. I was very tired as I had taken an early morning train and had had only very few hours of sleep. And the train was a chair car, which is exhausting.
Nevertheless, I think the facts were presented very well and the next step was [...]

I am leaving for Jaipur tommorrow for discussions and meeting with a potential client. ‘Potential’, now that is a huge word like an empty womb waiting. And there will be ‘negotiations’, which actually means ‘ reduce the price to meet our budget else just fuck off, there are others waiting in queue’. Ok. let us [...]

My daughter has passed in all the subjects and that is a huge relief. For both of us, school is a concentration camp. The only relief being that you can go home after a few hours. Celebration time!
Ok, I had a lot of work to do, which I did not. I mean there is something [...]

And two more wickets down.
Reason for leaving: some petty ego hassle. Not again!
Dealing with a lot of small stuff. Somehow there are always too many little issues to be dealt with. The water arrangement, the calls for payment, the daily e mails, the roz ki chak chak takes away 80% of the time.
There is barely [...]

We are co-bidding in a tender with Genesys. Which is nice. Its just that the power equation is unbalanced and they are of course a larger entity with more resources,money and power with them. So on the face of it there is an agreement but the underlying economics of the relationship cannot be ignored. In [...]