Archive for August, 2008
Vakil Housing Plans Affordable Homes
Date:07/08/08
Press:Financial Chronicle
The company hopes to tap the growing demand for branded value-for-money residential units.
Vakil Housing Development Corporation ( VHDC ) plans to enter the affordable housing segment, which has lately attracted premier real estate developers. The Bangalore-based company intends to build housing units catering to the message in another three to four years. At present, [...]
IT, realty bond strengthens
Date:19/07/08
Press:Deccan Chronicle ( Estate )
Although in the midst of a slack the realty sector is developing an IT edge and has entered mobile space.
As the realty sector hits the rough waters, the IT and Realty bond has grown stronger. The global economic slowdown and softening housing markets has cooled off the manic rush [...]
Green Revolution.
Date:21/08/08
Press:Financial Chronicle ( Estate )
Developers in India have formulated a new strategy of wooing customers. With increased emphasis on the space set aside for planting trees, shrubs and plants, they are cashing inon the growing demand for houses with “greener pastures”.
Gone are the days when residential real estate projects consisted onlyu of concrete blocks. These [...]
Grandma’s recipe for an Eco Home.
Date:31/07/08
Press:Times of India
If you want a green home, all you need to do is look at traditional houses for solutions, say Swati Anand and Debojyoti Ghosh.
On your summer vacations at your grandparents’ house, have you ever wondered why the heat doesn’t seem oppressive. The red oxide flooring soothes your feet and forget airconditioning, you barely [...]
Organise and Succeed
Date:July 08
Press:Business Gyan
” How I get 4 Days of work done in just 4 hours and have fun in the process.” Read on …
Picture this: I was taking care of the HR department of our Company and I was buried with applications that were flowing into our growing company. I badly needed a system to [...]
Beautiful Photographs of Vakil Garden City Clubhouse
Here are some beautiful photographs of the Vakil Garden City Clubhouse that were recently taken. The Clubhouse architecture is based on a Mogul theme. Enjoy
How we Successfully Implemented GTD across our Company thereby Increasing Productivity & Making Work More Fun.
Me and Ali are quite afficiandos of the life-changing GTD methodology. What’s GTD? GTD, stands for Getting Things Done. It’s a system of best practices, founded by David Allen that anyone can adopt which enable one to:
- have laser sharp focus
- hence getting much more work done,
- in a stress free manner,
- thereby actually making [...]
Behind the gates
Date: August 3, 2008.
The Sunday Read - Bangalore Mirror.
Upmarket Bangalore is retreating into the safe haven of gated communities that not only promise fancy homes but also an elite lifestyle.
It’s the latest obsession of the young ‘nouveau riche,’ those global entities who flit across time-zones and need a nest back home that reminds them of [...]