http://calpolymbatrip.com The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:30:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last few weeks, Jason and Kirk were working hard to set up a video conference with some MET University MBA students whom we are going to meet in June. Last Thursday it was finally happening. The evening started at 7:00pm with some fine Indian food prepared by Dr. Singh’s ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/video-conference-with-indian-mba-students/ It was 4:00 am and I couldn’t sleep. Naturally I started to think about our India trip and logged on to our India blog site. Since the beginning of this year I feel like I have learned a lot about Indian food, culture, people, history, business, etc. But like everything ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/new-delhi-the-capital-of-india/ As most of you know, for centuries, Indian tradition has given parents ultimate power in deciding who their children marry.  As India continues to modernize, however, marriages based on love are becoming increasingly common.  The long held norm of arranged marriages is being replaced by matrimonial unions based on love, ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/the-indian-love-revolution/ http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/food-map-of-india/ On one hand, you could say that India is a notably tolerant country. Conversely, many argue that this isn’t so. Conflicts within the country between different castes and classes leave the impression that India is not so tolerant. However, treatment of tourists and foreign immigrants reveal characteristics of a tolerant ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/is-india-a-tolerant-society/ Photo: Ville Miettinen One thing about India that always perplexed me is that cows are seemingly allowed to roam free on city streets and in garbage strewn alley-ways. Why is this? Is this related to cow worship? Is it against the law to eat beef? Isn’t the practice of letting cows ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/do-you-want-to-be-a-cowboy-in-delhi/ While reading books like The Post American World, and The Elephant and the Dragon, I’ve found myself pondering the serious and easily apparent problems like clean water supplies, extreme poverty, and out-of-control population growth. However, there are business concerns that plague India too, some of which threaten the pace of ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/the-importance-of-legal-infrastructure/ It seems that the political, social, and economic goals with which Mao Zedong ruled China with, in 1943-1976, still resonates strongly today except, this has nothing to do with China. I’m talking about the Maoist rebels of India. These rebels have been fighting the Indian government for over 40 years, ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/what%e2%80%99s-mao-got-to-do-with-india/ A very important topic that should be included in any analysis of India is the effect of nuclear weapons in the region. Both India and Pakistan possess these weapons and the capacity to deliver them to the other country within ten minutes, tops. It is inevitable that if nuclear weapons ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/nuclear-arms-in-the-indian-subcontinent/ I was watching an episode of “Undercover Boss” the other night in which the President of Waste Management (one of the largest solid waste handler in the U.S.) went incognito, to work side-by-side with some of the company’s employees who handle the most gruesome, laborious, and stressful tasks of the ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/india/the-dirty-business-of-waste-management-in-delhi/