Sports Equipment – An Emerging Technology Almost today has been affected by technology. Many innovations in the fields of sports have happened because technology has made them possible. In the house or at work we are constantly bombarded with technology to the extent that today we don’t give it a second thought, it is part and parcel of life. Sports equipment — a relatively young offshoot of technology seems to be...

Olympics and India India has been participating in the Olympics since 1900. It has shown some magnificent performance in Hockey at the Olympics. India bagged 6 gold medals in Hockey from 1928 to 1956 an achievement which has yet to be beaten. They won the gold medal at the 1964 and 1980 Olympics as well. In all India has won eight gold medals in hockey. However, despite this wonderful show in...

Indoor Games Indoor games were originally invented to help people amuse themselves within the confines of their homes. They were invented to pass time at home when, either the weather was bad or, when, sickness confined a person to his or her bed. Indoor games also meant, mothers could keep a watchful eye on their children while doing their housework. Indoor games can be briefly categorized into three types viz. Card...

Base Ball: An American Craze There is only one way of putting it. Baseball is to America what cricket is to Indians. Yes, Americans sleep, eat and drink baseball. One might wonder what Americans like about a game the rest of the world finds slow moving at best. What it is about baseball that it is touted as America’s national pastime??? The baseball game is divided into nine periods of play,...

The Reliance Family Saga Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company, was created due to the brilliant visionary efforts of Dhirubhai Ambani, a poor, ill-educated man. Building a million-dollar company from scratch in the proverbial rags to riches way was the genius of Dhirubhai. Dhirubhai showed his entrepreneurial skills from the early age of sixteen when he sold “pakoras” to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends. Reliance Commercial Corporation was started...

The Bulls and The Bears A common myth is that the terms “bull market” and “bear market” originated from the way the two animals-the bulls and the bears attack a foe. A bear attacks by swiping its paws downward while a bull tosses its horns upward. Although this is a good mnemonic it is not the true origin of these terms. Long ago, “bear skin jobbers” were notorious for selling bear...

Microsoft’s Corporate Culture Corporate culture can be defined as the personality of an organization, or more simply put- the way things are done in that particular organization. Awareness of the company’s corporate culture is very important when applying for a job. Although there are other factors to consider like the job, the salary, the bonuses, the perks; it is becoming increasingly important to know how well the employee might fit into...

The Retail Industry Boom The last two decades have seen a global trend towards outsourcing. India has been the beneficiary of this trend because of it’s large youth population. Outsourcing of work to India has meant that not only do the youth have jobs but they have lucrative jobs as well. Wealth generated from outsourcing has played a significant part in the fueling of the spectacular rise of the world’s largest...