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OBC Reservations in India

Friday, May 26th, 2006

I am not against reservations, but at the same time I am against the way they are being implemented.  I am against the way reservations became a vital card in the politics of India.  I am against the criteria used to give reservations… I am against the current system of reservations and not the reservations […]

Cindrella Man

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Just saw the movie - Cindrella Man.  The movie was cool and liked the story too.  As in case of The Worlds Fastest Indian - a story about Burt Monroe, the first thing I did after finishing the movie was to read more about this Cindrella Man and ofcourse about Max Baer.  Movies, with minor […]

Brain Drain — version 2.0

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

Yesterday bunny asked if I had some “ultimate opinions in life”, something that I keep thinking of [about my future?]… and before I could say anything much he asked me my opinion about ‘management studies’. My answer, as most of you can guess was “management? forget it!”
We had a small discussion following it […]

Felicity - The IIIT Annual Festival

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

I spent most of this weekend was at the IIIT’s annual cultural and technical festival. With many of my classmates coming in from outside this city of Hyderabad, this was one of the most enjoyed weekend in the recent months. Played a lot of tennis, defeated hari and venky in table tennis and […]

tsunami - waves of destruction

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

A few months back, when watching the movie ‘The day after tomorrow’, I appreciated the creativity of the hollywood story writers… I thought, movie makers can go to any extent to make money. But now I change my mind - the nature can be more destructive than you imagine… it can give seemingly small […]

Personal view of corporate ethics

Monday, December 27th, 2004

Thinking about my ‘long term’ goals brought me to a rather general topic - How ethical are corporate ethics? What is more important - personal ethics or corporate ethics? I personally have a big list of can-be-done and cannot-be-done rules, which I respect a lot and try my best to live complaint to them. […]

Preparing for an examination!

Monday, October 4th, 2004

Remember the days when you worked hard just before the examination? The last few days were very similar to them. The only difference being, this was a more demanding situation. I always expected the software industry to be much more organized, but after the last one week i think i will have to change the […]