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Monthly Archives: May 2011
World No Tobacco Day
I probably should have written this post yesterday. Better late than never. When I was young, in Marathi, my mother tongue, there was a joke. This is how it went. Tobacco divides the humanity into four categories. 1. Those who … Continue reading
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Tagged postaday2011, quitting smoking, smoking
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A novel wedding invitation
In my last post, I wondered about what kind of people we Indians have become. I was really troubled by what I experienced. However today’s newspaper brought a news which was very heart warming. Who doesn’t know Narayana Murthy, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Narayana Murthy, postaday2011, Rohan Murthy wedding invitation
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Traffic Jam on Mumbai Pune Expressway
We needed to visit Talegaon today. We started at around 9 AM from Mumbai and expected to reach Talegaon at about 11.45 AM. I was obviously going to take the Mumbai Pune Express Highway. Every time I am on this … Continue reading
Towed away in Washington DC!
As I mentioned in Tiger Mom vindicated yet again… I got a chance to visit Washington DC with Kartik, as his son Sahil was participating in the National science bowl 2011. Sahil had gone ahead with the school team and … Continue reading
Better to be glum?
If you want to live longer, it may be better to be glum. Don’t believe it? According to this article in Times of India, people who are too happy die younger than their more downbeat peers. A study which followed … Continue reading
That man is richest…
One of the things that I try not to miss, is to read the Times of India on Sunday mornings. I hugely enjoy reading the Sunday Times with a breakfast of bread-butter-omelette and cups and cups of tea. May be … Continue reading
Chilkur Balaji–The Visa God
In last one and a half year, our business changed a lot. We suddenly needed to recruit people with skills that we didn’t have. Once employed, we had to send them to the USA to our parent company for training. … Continue reading
Tiger Mom vindicated yet again…
During my recent visit to the US, I had an opportunity to attend the final rounds of the National Science Bowl 2011 in Washington DC. This was an interschool science competition. Sahil Shah, my colleague Kartik’s son was in the … Continue reading
Innovation in the field of obsolescence!
Isn’t that an oxymoron? Whereas obsolescence means getting out of date, innovation means a new idea, process, product. So how can there be Innovation in the field of obsolescence? How can there be a new idea or a product in … Continue reading
Finally, a century…
My yesterday’s article You named me WHAT? was my 100th article! I was in the Nervous nineties for a very long time. My article on 20th April, Children are calendars! was my 97th. Like a a typical cricketer, I took … Continue reading
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