In fact, in conversations with our sources, it was interesting to see the change that showed to them how Intel managed to eat a humble pie and wants to talk on equal terms.
All of these issues are rooted in the fact that no one nation can meet the challenges of the 21st century on its own, nor effectively advance its interests in isolation.
Mr Pokharna wheedled an introduction from a young member of the Godrej family, exploiting the fact that both had been at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school.
You may be tempted to rush, fearful that you will lose an opportunity if you don't push things through to completion, but just the opposite will be true.
It's easy to live our lives doing what we want and thinking that our ways and instincts are right on target when in reality our "bull 's-eye" shots at life are not on target at all.