There is always a friendly Shwarma place next door selling desified fare with insanely extra mayonnaise and sauces.

The culinary ties between Bombay and the Khaleej are archipelagic.

Revenue or opportunity generation or simply growth is done by individuals and organizations alike through lead generation, grant or proposal writing or simply networking for the next cue. It is the lifeline and should be mainstreamed.

I read this book during the pandemic when I was writing professionally during the pandemic, and this book spoke to me and was a kind of work and scholarship which would be a benchmark. As an independent scholar it would be unlikely for me to find a PhD which would fund me, but hope to self fund with my engineering work in the days ahead.

The chai tapri in a gentrified format with neat space to sit and have a bite. These quotidian spaces are the social nodes of Mumbai where chai chats are ruptures in the rhythm of the maximum city.

The owner operator of this store runs it with one more staff and serves everything from Maggi to Garlic Bread.

In the flutter of disclosure standards chaos and data deluge about ESG and sustainability, we often forget the first principles underpinning the climate and ESG zeitgeist is of trust and transparency. ESG is a method to think with/through risks for resilience for responsible capitalism.

The ability to think through the fundamentals is key to building a climate and people positive future.

As Carbon is the heuristic for ‘E’ in ESG, with the EU CSDD and the German Supply Chain Acts, Human Rights Risk will be the go-to measure for ‘S’ within ESG.

ESG is compliance play with the climate zeitgeist making it mainstream, as impact accounting. Triple Bottom Line is here to stay.

Any net zero dialogue is not limited to capturing your footprint, which is the baseline. How would a net zero world look like? The answer would result in variegated geographies of globalization undergirded by historical specificities of power. Technological determinism will have limited purchase.

Net Zero will entail transition finance for climate adaptation. The issue is wicked and vexed, and there are various interlocking layers to it. Think complexity and nuance and carry out scenario planning assessments by futurists to be future savvy.

The boulevard of broken dreams ,
exiled from places of belonging , fragments of memories and live Facebook feeds,
efforts fall short yet dreams linger ,
memories ember as good memories are the oxygen for life

The missing part of the value creation imperative of ESG is the focus on culture and a culture of innovation where future savvy is the ethic behind the trust and transparency through reporting is achieved. Culture is not a vision statement but lived values where people and planet is at the heart of operations.

#culture #innovation #future #people

Pasta Del Nata or Portuguese Warm Egg Tarts reminds me of Egg Tarts in local Singapore Bakeries near Clementi Town Centre. Another index of Culinary Indian Ocean Circulations.

O Pedro lives up to its hype.