Where do we go from here ?

Half the year is over and now I am writing..so that is not good, shows how lazy or busy I have been either ways it works. My intention of walking every day was a complete failure and I did not live up to my promise.

So what is new in India?

On the professional front, India is facing lots of issues, lots of challenges due to lack of leadership and inability to come up with good ideas and execution programs. Most of the politicians, industrialists, business leaders, government people are all interested in one thing, i.e. how to make more money for themselves and their families, society and country in general does not matter. I m  not sure how long this can last. Countries like Nigeria , Rwanda etc went though similar situations, but then we are so many people and a large market so we will drag a few more years.

I believe in the next 5-7 years a new set of leaders will come forced through by the desire of Indians to get something better, if Bihar can improve from Lalu Yadav's time then anything can. So business is tough and it feels like the late 80s or early 90s, where things are slow and the energy of growth cannot be felt anywhere, but I believe this is where the good prosper and the weak die.

On the personal front - my young son is growing up, and he is playing some tennis, he is also reading but most of time he loves to watch and play games on the Apple iPad (it seems in the next generation will stop watching television and consume content from mobile or personlized devices). Daughter is learning how to dance and is in love with Deepika Paduokone a leading Indian actress.

Overall no complaints, just that exercise is not happening and the economy is crashing but then I have seen a very different India when I was younger and am sure we can adapt to the same.

Happy reading,
Adios,
Shiva

Start of a new year

This is the winter of 2013 in Mumbai, where the definition of winter is that the temperature goes to 18 odd degrees Celcius :)

Welcome to my blog, where I will be writing exciting new observations this year from my perspective and I will start about it with myself. I m based out of Bombay, love to travel, continuously keep meeting new people, due to the nature of my job.

This year of 2013 is interesting, since I have christened it as the year of the health. I am making conscious effort to improve the quality of my physical human body, which over the years has completely degraded and detoriated in to the absymals depths one cannot even imagine.

So what have I done?? I started the year by getting a new iPhone 5 smartphone, and loaded a few applications of software that tracks my health activity and I have started walking, yes you heard it right walking. After tremendous research both online, offline etc, I have come to the conclusion that 45 minutes or 3 miles approx 5 KM of walking daily or even 4 times a week, will help reduce weight by almost 15 Kgs and is better than running / weight lifting etc, which can hurt your body in ways you cannot even imagine.

Due to my travel, I have started carrying a pair of sneakers which I just put on and go for a walk in the neighborhood and my little handy app on the smartphone keeps a track of what all I have done. I make a conscious choice in the kinds of foods I put into my body, so have become a bit more finicky on food.

So lets us see, if I can make progress, it is the first month, the goal is to continue this till the end of the year, I shall keep reporting and keep letting you know on what happens.

Thanks,
Shiva