The Wonder of Learning

It is that time of the year (no, not talking about Bangalore rains) when results are announced for all public board exams in India. You have the proud toppers (with their prouder parents) who ended up – yes, you are reading it right – with 99% or more and centums in 3 or 4 subjects – even languages are not spared these days. Then you have the “not sure if they should be happy or sad” set who got above 95% and their parents lamenting how they lost the centums – a small careless mistake from their ‘almost there’ wards. …

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I have a friend

I love this poem by Charles Hanson Towne. He wrote it decades ago but it still fits well in our time too. I use this poem sent as an email to threaten by friends to be in touch..     Around the corner I have a friend,     In this great city that has no end;     Yet days go by, and weeks rush on,     And before I know it a year is gone,     And I never see my old friend’s face,     For life is a swift and terrible race.     He knows I like him just as …

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Thank you very much!!

Today morning I had to go to Koramangala for some personal work. I met Mr. Ram Mohan and came out of his house. My bike was parked over a cement slab on the pavement and I was having difficulty in getting it down on the road. Just then a woman came begging for some alms. She should be close to 50 and was looking like any other beggar that we see in India. Since I had already started moving my bike down the slab, it was difficult for me to get to my purse. But I usually try my best …

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Trigged by a Failure

All things require a beginning and this blog began when I lost my free neopages account. Not that it was because of a mistake from my side, but rather because the college student, Roy who was maintaining it had called it the day for neopages when he finished his studies. Fair enough!!!.Then I got a mail today from Sheikh boy, stating that he had started blogging on blogger http://regal-sivas-regal.blogspot.com and so I thought why not switch to something like this. After all it does not matter where our site is but what it does contain. I will try my best …

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Poor IIM Prof

Today I did not have shirts washed, so I went for the HTSL white shirt that was given to us as a token of recognition for the CMMI level 5.I also wore the marriage pant (green). I set off and it was a terrible traffic. I went to pay the electricity bill which was very low (Rs 237) and when I came near adigas, there a person who asked me whether I was working in Honeywell. I said yes. He said he was working in IIMB, probably a prof there.He asked for lift and I said ok. He was quite …

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