…and if it is anything like yesterday, I will be very pleased indeed. Our existence at Scala House is now taking the shape of a home base…and nothing better than the nice, big breakfast of last morning…..check this out: lady grey tea, apple juice, muesli with milk, whole grain bread, sausages and another round of tea to wash it all down. All on a nicely set breakfast table. Good start to the day.
As bright and sunny as
ever – and a brisk walk brought us into LSE in no time, or so we thought. Howard, the course director, was livid! We were a full minute or two late (some of having lost our way around the LSE buildings – it was after all, only our second day here!) – and ironically the discussion was on Time Management!
Everyone played safe, and so after the break, we were in a full ten min early – and might as well, because Sir Robert Worcester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Worcester) was there too for a seminar on “British Politics in the Global Age”. A 73 year old, he seems to be the authority on such matters like opinion polling. Interesting, but too many diversions into Trinidadian politics etc – and perhaps missed a simple overview that we all needed to understand stories from labour….
Lunch – getting smarter by the day. Food on campus is by no means cheap, and what is cheap is hardly fulfilling. The highlight of the afternoon was a session with Sir Howard Davies, the Director of LSE (http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/meetthedirector/aboutHowardDavies.htm). He was extremely upto date on a lot of matters on India, including micro details. Coming up next week, is a discussion between him and Allan Greenspan…it should be a big one.
One also had a brief interaction with Sir Nicholas Stern, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Stern) now fresh back at the LSE, and the Academic Patron on the Gurukul programme. Again, a wonderful experience. We hope and expect to see a lot more of him soon. His essays are truly effective, and the last years lecture on the economics of climate change was a big hit.
Got a feel of what is coming up for us in the next weeks, including visits to instituitions of interest. And a formal dinner of some British – German body. Things seem structured and in place. Today, I am expected to meet my Academic supervisor. The professional Mentor next week. Next week is on The Globalising Context of Leadership...look forward in particular to Transparency International.
Sunny in the morning, rained in the evening. Got back to Scala, and t
hen the boys stepped out to have a draft beer at a pub – and got a big kick on getting a 25% students discount on our beer. Tushar, who we have not yet introduced, is an architect who works in a specialised field of conservation & restoration. Sainsbury was tested out, as a variety for Tesco – and passed well. The evening back at Scala was important to get almost everyone together, for some riotous moments and a sing- song. Goutam’s stories of Korea and Koreans were pure masala! And the discovery that a GBP 2 bottle of wine tastes just fine made the day complete. No sign of the pakis as yet – they should b
e here in a day or two. The group is getting along well.
PS: A very important event. I now have, very truly, a Natwest Bank account in London. Important, because just before I went to Bangladesh, I had been sent forms for one, filled them up – till the last minute googlies happened then. But now, I do have one. And no thanks to any employer! Cheers to that.
As bright and sunny as
ever – and a brisk walk brought us into LSE in no time, or so we thought. Howard, the course director, was livid! We were a full minute or two late (some of having lost our way around the LSE buildings – it was after all, only our second day here!) – and ironically the discussion was on Time Management!Everyone played safe, and so after the break, we were in a full ten min early – and might as well, because Sir Robert Worcester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Worcester) was there too for a seminar on “British Politics in the Global Age”. A 73 year old, he seems to be the authority on such matters like opinion polling. Interesting, but too many diversions into Trinidadian politics etc – and perhaps missed a simple overview that we all needed to understand stories from labour….
Lunch – getting smarter by the day. Food on campus is by no means cheap, and what is cheap is hardly fulfilling. The highlight of the afternoon was a session with Sir Howard Davies, the Director of LSE (http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/meetthedirector/aboutHowardDavies.htm). He was extremely upto date on a lot of matters on India, including micro details. Coming up next week, is a discussion between him and Allan Greenspan…it should be a big one.
One also had a brief interaction with Sir Nicholas Stern, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Stern) now fresh back at the LSE, and the Academic Patron on the Gurukul programme. Again, a wonderful experience. We hope and expect to see a lot more of him soon. His essays are truly effective, and the last years lecture on the economics of climate change was a big hit.
Got a feel of what is coming up for us in the next weeks, including visits to instituitions of interest. And a formal dinner of some British – German body. Things seem structured and in place. Today, I am expected to meet my Academic supervisor. The professional Mentor next week. Next week is on The Globalising Context of Leadership...look forward in particular to Transparency International.
Sunny in the morning, rained in the evening. Got back to Scala, and t
hen the boys stepped out to have a draft beer at a pub – and got a big kick on getting a 25% students discount on our beer. Tushar, who we have not yet introduced, is an architect who works in a specialised field of conservation & restoration. Sainsbury was tested out, as a variety for Tesco – and passed well. The evening back at Scala was important to get almost everyone together, for some riotous moments and a sing- song. Goutam’s stories of Korea and Koreans were pure masala! And the discovery that a GBP 2 bottle of wine tastes just fine made the day complete. No sign of the pakis as yet – they should b
e here in a day or two. The group is getting along well.PS: A very important event. I now have, very truly, a Natwest Bank account in London. Important, because just before I went to Bangladesh, I had been sent forms for one, filled them up – till the last minute googlies happened then. But now, I do have one. And no thanks to any employer! Cheers to that.
2 comments:
Great blog Shraman! Well done ma boy!! And I hope you will be well prepared to take on that Alan Greenspan next week on his take on India and Fabian Socialism.... Until ofcourse u belong to his group of extreme right wing thinking, Ayn Rand style! Atlas has shrugged, and India has risen.
Go slow on the pubs...
dude, u seem to be having quite a lot of fun. if u are into theatres, do hook up with a theatre buff friend of mine. his name is Zubaer - +447921293501. he is into big time economics as well. u guys should have fun.
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