Emmissions trade to set Economy on Blaze

Todays headlines on the Economic Times says:
"Emmission trade to set Economy on Blaze"

The next big foreign exchange producer could well be emmission trading.With over 250 projects cleared,India is emerging as a leader in emmission reducing projects which entitles producers to a large volume of carbon credits.The government expects 17000 cr of investment into the country till 2012 and estimates 10,000 cr a year by selling carbon credits .

The planning commission estimates that India can generate 205m CERs (certified emmission reductions) per year.
Trading in carbon reductions has become extremely popular after the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997.

Critics do say that CDM ( clean development mechanism) isnt directly saving the environment. But I have a different point of view. Unless you attach monetary value to something, there is never gonig to be any interest in conservation. Carbon trading presents this opportunity.
With the amount of FDI this is inviting into India, this represents an opportunity for a non- Annexe 1 coutry( a developing nation) to obtain huge financial gains by employing cleaner technology.

Check out the front page of the Economic Times, Mumbai edition on this link:
http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1456042.cms

Bitten by the Bollywood bug!

Picture 1

I want you to take a look at the picture 1 above. Seems like a nice happy bunch of college bum chums, doesnt it?
Now I want you to take a closer look at the picture belowand look a little closer at the girl on the far left at the bottom of the photo.


That girl is none other than Mansi Parekh- now star of India's latest primetime show- India calling!
India Calling is a show about a small town girl (Chandini aka Mansi) who comes to a big city in search for her elder sister and gets a job in a call centre. The show is quite a hit accross the nation.
What does it take to get from Picure 1 to Picture 2?
A lot of talent, a helluva lot of determination and a little luck,i would guess knowing Mansi.Mansi is also a beautiful singer and won scholarships in college for overall performance.
Way to go Mansi!
Read an recent interview Mansi gave in a local newspaper here http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1005385

Speaking of glamourous old friends, Id like to introduce you to Precious Lara Quigaman, currently touring the world as Miss International 2005. Precious and I were classmates back in Bahrain during the 3rd- 6th grade. She was always the tall pretty, creative type, but no way in my wildest imagination would I have ever imagined that she would turn out to be such a bomb!!
Congratulations Precious!
Read more here: http://preciouslara.thequigamans.com/

Sleepy sunday

Im sorry about the long intervals between my posts. To tell you the truth, I sometimes wonder whether its worth even having a blog at all!!
In Ahmedabad today, a peaceful city that I would have never thought of visiting a little more than a year ago.

The place Im sitting at right now is a lovely mint coloured cafe on this Sunday afternoon in this sleepy city. Bunked a couple of days from work, and it feels so good,..aaah!

Whats been happening- slogging it out as a regular 9 to 5 employee in the financial district of my bustling city. Thinking about flying away with the wind every single day as I hang out of the local train on my way to and fro from work.
Just need to figure out exactly when.

Friends all around seem to be flying away. The latest is Mr. Gulabani who will be joining a Bejing based equity firm. Congrats to Mr. VJ who will take his place at KPMG :) Just found out a few days ago.

Anyway chalo.Gotta go.

Cheeeeze!

Heres a picture from my newest team at work. I dont think its ever possible to have a group photo with everybodys eyes open and looking good.
From l-r: (top): Henning,Digvijay, Ellen,Ishani, Jennifer, Amit
(bottom): me,Bruno, Pranav
A rather diverse bunch!