Category: General

  • Migration to wordpress

    I had been contemplating the move to wordpress for a long time now but had not taken the step for reasons akin to why a mobile phone user with a lot of contacts wouldn’t change his number that easily. But a decision apparently made by a government agency (or misunderstood…

  • I, the tagged one

    Not long ago, two people decided to tag me. So here goes something akin to what everyone who gets tagged seems to do ….. I am thinking how should I go about this tagging thing thrust upon me by Snoop and Baarney I said once to my best friend that…

  • Rudest city in the world?

    A survey done by the magazine Readers Digest has resulted in amchi Mumbai being termed as the rudest city in the world, when it comes to common courtesy. Sao Paulo and New York have been found to lie at the other end of the spectrum. Click here to read more.…

  • A busy weekend

    Went to Chennai this weekend to spend some time with my parents who had come there but ended up spending most of the time with friends. Met with a few ISB batchmates in Chennai on Saturday. It all started with the 4:15PM show of the Tom Cruise starrer MI-3. The…

  • I am connected

    We have an internet connection at home now and that too one that works real quick. Setting up our home is almost complete except for getting the washing machine to work. Ramki and Kost, my apartment mates went to see the movie Omen yesterday. I couldn’t accompany them as I…

  • A day in heaven

    One of the places on this planet which could qualify as heaven for employed youth is the Infy campus at Mysore. Our batch of B-School grads who joined Infy this month went to the Mysore campus for a day to participate in a session on team building and needless to…

  • Venice of India?

    Thats what you would probably call Bangalore if you are present in the city just after a 10 minute downpour. Even a prolonged drizzle is enough to convert the roads in the city to waterways. The consequences? Of course, traffic jams everywhere (they would be there even without the rains),…

  • Found a house at last

    After searching for a house for nearly everyday after office hours along with two of my batchmates, I have managed to finally find one and shift in. I will be posted in Bangalore, at least for some time to come. The stop for the office bus is at a manageable…

  • Life these days

    Here is how a typical day of mine looks like these days: 5:45AM – Wake up 7:00AM – Catch the bus to office 8:30AM – Induction starts after a good breakfast. Go and SIT (Sleep In Training) 12:30PM – Time for lunch 1:30PM – Post lunch session start 5:30PM –…

  • Looking for South Indian food in B’lore?

    If you are looking for some really good South Indian food in Bangalore then come over to MTR. Ramki took me and two other friends to Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (or MTR in short), a very old restaurant located near Lalbagh, just a few feet away from the Lalbagh-Fort road today…

  • Some observations

    * The number of ants in the office campus seems to be much less than the number of employees 🙂 * The time taken to return from office is more than the time taken for a class at ISB to finish (2 hrs+) * The number of one-way roads in…

  • First day of work post-MBA

    Nothing special .. just the typical formalities and a few presentations. Arrived in Bangalore yesterday … found the city real crowded with lot of traffic problems and pollution ….. yet to explore it much though I did roam around with Ramki and Rajani, my batchmates from ISB who are also…

  • Interviews with pioneers of the semiconductor industry

    This one is for semicon enthusiasts ….. check out http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu . Got the link from a friend of mine yesterday. It contains video recordings and transcripts of interviews with a few pioneers of the semiconductor industry. Happy viewing/reading !!

  • Happy New Year 2006

    Wishing you a great year ahead !!!!!

  • Surveys

    Have to post this here as a requirement for using an online survey ……. so here it goes ….. QuestionPro Online Survey Software employs an easy to use Wizard interface to author and deploy Web Based and Email Surveys. No knowledge of HTML or programming is required. A comprehensive suite…