Author Archives: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

We don’t belong here

Posted on March 28, 2012 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

School for Scoundrels: Doing Time in Prison Prep School Wall Street Journal – MICHAEL ROTHFELD – Mar 27, 2012 Advising panicky white-collar criminals on what life is like behind bars is a bull-market business, what with all the arrests on … more →

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Great expectations

Posted on March 28, 2012 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson – Harvard Business Review – 2012 It’s important to appreciate that Jobs’s rudeness and roughness were accompanied by an ability to be inspirational. He infused Apple employees with an abiding passion … more →

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An artist’s journey

Posted on March 24, 2012 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

This is the story of one man who comes from an old, established family and who worked with one of the world’s most prestigious companies as artist-designer for its top-range jewelry. Yet all the while others sought him out, he … more →

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Democracy: in business of plundering

Posted on March 21, 2012 Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Jewellers say non-branded gold to cost more Zee News – Mar 19, 2012 In the 2012-13 Budget, the government proposed to levy 1 percent excise duty on non-branded gold jewellery too besides doubling import duty on gold to 4 percent.

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