There are few take aways from IPL..

* There is one thing to have an idea.. And completely different thing to execute it.. Just look at the difference between ICL and IPL.. IPL is an example of ‘Execution to Perfection’

* But we just cant take away credit from ICL here.. ICL brought in the competition.. BCCI was a monopoly till then.. It could have done much more to improve the Ranji Trophies and the Duleep Trophies. But BCCI was only looking at the money.. But ICL came in.. It revolutionized cricket.. And made the mammoth elephant – BCCI to run for its bucks..

* There are a few things which made IPL a grand success.. And ICL as just its shadow.. Trust me.. One of the biggest factor was undoubtedly Media.. The amount of coverage news paper, TV channels, FM Radios etc.. has been giving to IPL has be just unbelievable.. If BCCI had not relaxed its criteria with the press, before the start of the tournament.. I must say, BCCI would have just screwed up things.. Media was the biggest factor for IPLs success…
Pen is mightier than sword!! – No doubt about it..

* IPL also brought in Corporate Honchos and Bollywood big guys.. And very big money along with them.. They had so much at stake… that they took sufficient effort to market their team.. And in the process, IPL had distributed the role of marketing itself.. The corporate culture also got professional touch, which is generally missing with the sports administrations across the country.

* IPL brought out amazing leadership skills of Shane Warne.. Oh man.. What did he do to the Rajasthan Royals.. I thought they were clearly out of the tournament.. when I looked at the team on paper.. This is one of the best examples of what a leader can do.. A great leader can bring in so much energy.. He can make anything possible..

* Dhoni ofcourse deserved his due credit.. I always like the way Dhoni looks at things.. His ‘Go out and enjoy!’ attitude is great! We should also appreciated the way ‘The Team’ accepted defeat.. He didnt pin point fingers @ anyone..

* IPL is yet another huge success, which was completely ‘MADE IN INDIA’.. One more reason for India Inc to be proud!! People are already thinking of replicating this model elsewhere.

* IPL is over now.. People are going do some searching.. to spend time in the evening.. Every one got what they wanted.. atleast to some extent.. The people, BCCI, players, franchise.. I cant help but make this comment.. Even Sreesanth got.. What he really really deserved..

Anyways, Hope you had a nice time watching IPL..

Its my pleasure to invite Chandramouli Mahadevan a.k.a Mouli for the first “live” interview on CWS. Mouli is a TLM (Tech Lead and Manager) at Google. He is voracious reader and is kind enough to share some of his learnings about Peak Oil Crisis with CWS Readers. Thank you Mouli for sparing your time.

The interview is here.

[audio:http://coffeewithsundar.com/Voice040101005.mp3]

You can also download the interview here.

http://coffeewithsundar.com/PeakOilDiscussionsWithMouli.mp3

The following can be used as a reference to skim through the interview.

1. What is this Peak Oil Crisis all about? (0:09)
2. Why did the whole issue start? Why is it that the people are suddenly aware of it? (1:26)
3. How is today’s oil crisis different from 1970′s oil crisis (6:25)
4. What are the alternate sources of energy available to us? (8:31)
5. There are these small steps like minimizing driving, work from home etc.. Can economies of scale help us mitigate the crisis with these small steps? (10:16)
6. Recently, there was a report that US found oil reserves which is approximately equal to one third of the earth’s reserves. Will this help? (13:51)
7. Well there is shortage of resources on earth!! Should we go beyond earth.. Should we look at moon or mars etc? for resources? (17:45)
8. We all agree that there is a problem. What can we do to solve or postpone this crisis? (19:51)
9. Do you think we should get back to small community, work near by, the old way of life? (20:42)
10. What do you think are the short term impacts of Peak Oil Crisis? (22:06)
11. Can you talk about the food crisis. (24:06)
12. What is going to be the biggest problem that earth is going to face? Global Warming vs Peak Oil Crisis vs Combination of both? (25:45)
13. How long have you been tracking this issue? Can you share some references for further reading? (27:00)

Here are some references for further reading on Peak Oil Crisis.
theoildrum.com
energybulletin.net
lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
Peak Oil – Is the world running out of Oil?