Brain Waves

I welcome you all to my blog once again. Don't know what compelled me to write this post, but yes as the title suggests, I hope that this post marks the new beginning for my blog. Life is full of ups and downs and so is the economic cycle. US as well as 90% of the developed world is officially out of recession, however, much still needs to be done. Looking back at the year 2009, it will be remembered for the resurrection of the world economy. Positively, this could be the worst year that the world economy has gone through in our lifetimes. The best thing is that its behind us. Bottomline: We can look forward to the green shoots of economic stabilization turning into trees of economic growth bearing fruits of job creation and prosperity in 2010 once again. I guess thats enough of economic gyaan! Let me write a little about what's going on with my life now. I wrote about "moving on" in my last post. Yes, I think I have moved on. New company, new teammates, new city, new...

Letting this blog die a silent death is not an option for me and I blame my laziness for not writing a single post in the past so many days. I wrote something about two months back but never bothered to post it(Another example of my laziness getting the better of me). I thought I should include that text in this post. So here goes... There has been a flurry of monumental incidents since my last post. Just to name a few of the prominent ones, the scarce positive incidents first, Obama's official inauguration as the first Black president of the US, Ghajini breaking all records at the box office, Slumdog Millionaire bagging multiple international awards and now the negative ones, the Mumbai Terror Attack, the deepening global financial crisis leading to a worldwide economic slowdown/recession, the biggest ever corporate fraud in India, the Satyam Scam. So what does the future hold? Where are we headed? Is there a silver lining to the darkest cloud hovering over the world economy? When...