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| "Rani Comes Safe Out of the Ruins" | |
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| One of the pleasanter outcomes of the ongoing newspaper wars in Bombay triggerered off by the launch of Hindustan Times, Bombay Edition and DNA has been the dramatic flight to quality of all including the incumbent, Times Of India. "The Mumbai Mirror" is a something the Times now distributes free with the main paper and good , hard, well reported ...
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| 19:35 | 27/Jan/2008 |
| The Misguided Search for Excellence | |
| For a word that has its origins in 14th century Anglo-French, “excellence” has done very well. One can hardly ever attend a meeting of top policy makers in business or education or science without somebody or the other raising the question, “Are we striving enough to achieve excellence in our field?” For policy makers, “excellence” is one of those ...
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| 09:46 | 14/Jan/2008 |
| The Tall Man Watching Over Chowpatty Bea... | |
| The monsoon in Mumbai was winding down and Ganesh Chaturthi had just been celebrated when it struck me that this would be a good time to pay my respects to a man I much admire. So, on a recent bright and clear morning, on my way to work, I stopped by at Chowpatty Beach , that small stretch of sand at the start of Marine Drive that is an island of c...
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| 09:46 | 14/Jan/2008 |
| Decoding the Rs 1 LacMessage | |
| It is early January here in New York and the weather had no right to be as warm and sunny as it is today. By any account it has to be freezing and below zero Celsius and the streets have to be speckled with dirty, melting snow puddles. These pigeons that we see hopping along in the square ought to be hiding from the cold in a warm nook of some bui...
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| 08:30 | 14/Oct/2007 |
| Are our IIMs Overly US-centric? | |
| Twenty six of us were seated around a long U-shaped table. It was late in the afternoon. The room was semi-dark. Each of us had a plate of sweets and a bottle of mineral water in front. A third of the people seated here were CEO’s of large and famous Indian companies, some recently retired, others still very active in business. Another third were ...
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| 07:05 | 28/Sep/2007 |
| Trying Times at Patel General Stores | |
| At the southern tip of Bombay, where Colaba Causeway meets Wodehouse Road, wedged between Flashman Cleaners (“Curtains, Carpets, our Specialty”) and Teenage Library, is Patel General Stores. Across the road is a taxi stand where half a dozen taxis are lined up. The taxi drivers chew pan, gossip and share an easy camaraderie. They are refugees from ...
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| 11:54 | 9/Sep/2007 |
| IIM and IIITs' Class-less Future | |
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| It was 7 PM by the time I finished battling the rush-hour traffic in Bombay and arrived at Worli in mid-town Bombay from my office at Mahim,near Bombay airport. It had taken me more than an hour to travel the five kilometers. I had to hunt around for awhile before I located the name board. As the lift ascended at a glacial speed up two fl...
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| 11:49 | 9/Sep/2007 |
| Discovering What We Dont Know | |
| I stared at the sheaf of photocopied reading material that the instructor had distributed to our class anger welling up inside me. “Many years had passed during which nothing of Combray…had any existence for me…”, said the opening line of the reading. What possible relevance could this reading in old fashioned, stilted English have to w...
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| 14:05 | 26/Jul/2007 |
| Business Schools: Trouble in Paradise? | |
| Things have never been better for business schools. College graduates in every country in the world vie for admissions to business schools, after, in many cases, spending months training for the tough entrance exams. Business Schools everywhere have the luxury of picking and choosing among the many who apply. In the United States, at the top busin...
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| Shrikant S | 20:58 | 16/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (12)
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| BOLT's bolt |
| Anyone who would have watched the 100mt dash at 8PM today would have been a witness to history of sorts being made... and more than history they would have witnessed the finesse that the human body can achieve and demonstrate.Usain Bolt, Jamaica, broke his own record - technically. But more than the record, the lead he took almost 40 mt. into the r...
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| swati phatak | 20:46 | 5/Aug/2008 |
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| Mid age crisis !!! - (Part II) |
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| (concluding part)Monday morning, when Anu was getting ready for the office, her cell rang and it was Nikhil's call. Anu went through mixed feelings. Her heart skipped a bit and mind quickly revised all the points she was to discuss in the meeting today. “Morning Anu, Sorry to bother you, but I have some urgent work in the morning so can we meet at...
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| Rajesh Chakr... | 12:58 | 20/Feb/2008 |
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| Green Lessons from a Six Year Old |
| All this while I have been writing about trees and green things. Today, I am spell-bound to know that a six year old has done a great thing. Here is an email that was received by Janet's Trees for Free foundation. Friends, if it has touched your heart, join hands with Janet or maybe some other organization for planting trees. Its the need of the ho...
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| vira | 08:57 | 23/Aug/2008 |
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| Think Tank | 22:01 | 23/Aug/2008 |
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| Tank Man – anyone? |
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| J&KThree Men – Three Destinies…***(1) One man standing who became the Tank Man… (1)Do you know who Tank Man was? Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel, is the nickname of an anonymous man who became internationally famous when he was photographed during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China. The man stood in front of a column of 5 Chinese tanks and ...
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| Vikas Vij | 18:45 | 25/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (530)
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| A sense of justice |
| A sense of justice is not possible without a sense of reason. Animals do not have a sense of justice as they have no sense of reason.The pre-requisite to a sense of reason is that it must be completely devoid of emotion. Emotion is the attribute of the uncivilized. Truly blindfolded justice can be delivered only when it is completely devoid of emot...
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| Jessica Singh | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (860)
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| Sleepless in ...... |
| I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...
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| Uday Sodhi | 13:29 | 23/Jun/2008 |
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| Lonely on an island.... |
| Once upon a time, a man decided to vacation on a cruise shipin the Caribbean. It was wonderful--the experience of his life! He was waited upon hand and foot. But, alas, it didnot last. A hurricane came up suddenly and the ship wentdown. The man found himself, he knew not how, swept up on the shore of an island. There was nothing else anywhere...
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| News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007 |
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| please income |
| SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...
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| Omkar Shende | 11:28 | 1/Jun/2007 |
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| This is my first blog ever :)Just wanted to make a start, a Hi to all who view this page. I'll be writing about my own experience, thoughts, ideas etc.To start with, it rained last night in Mumbai and it was such fun. The anticipation of next day heat after the first rain, did not bother us. We were high on the fragrance she was emitting. It was th...
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| Srikant Sree... | 10:50 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| Freebase Parallax: A Better Google? |
| Google seems quite invincible at its numero uno position as the preferred way to search for information on the web. Then Wikipedia came along with tons of community edited “articles” that is in many ways more comprehensive and concise that visiting several Google links on any subject. Similar in spirit to Wikipedia is Freebase - Freebase is an open...
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| friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| VineethNambiar | 12:40 | 2/Aug/2008 |
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| WHO EARNS WHEN V PAY.....???? |
| India ranks sixth in the world in terms of petroleum demand and by 2010, India is projected to replace South Korea and emerge as the fourth-largest consumer of energy, after the United States, China and Japan. Most of the country's 19 refineries, barring two, with a capacity to process about 160 million tonnes per year are run by state-run companie...
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| dilip krishnan | 15:19 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| The Great Australian Sale!When it comes to competitive selling, it appears as if there is none to beat the quintessential Aussie. And what better medium than the ‘great seller’ e-Bay!Last year, to be precise on 25th January 2007, I had posted “Life on Auction” featuring the enterprising Nicael Holt who put his young soul on sale: e-Bay, naturally, ...
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| Down Feather | 22:11 | 9/May/2007 |
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| Where is GOD? |
| **Prelude**I am a lil sad today, my mom has been taken again to hospital and we did an ECG on her, though Doctors cleared her of just about everything, I feel depressed seeing Amma like this..Not really sure why she is suffering so much...She never expected things to turn out this way, on that fateful day in Novemeber, when they decided to do a Kid...
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| Matthew Schn... | 15:47 | 5/Dec/2007 |
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| On the trail with Anita Desai |
| To read Anita Desai is to know her genius. It is plainly evident in works such as Fire on the Mountain and Voices in the City. The characters she crafts, the strands of narration she weaves and the issues she explores in-depth are her hallmarks. To meet Anita is to see her brilliance shine brighter. It’s exhilarating to interact with such a dynamic...
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| Shruti | 18:15 | 17/Sep/2007 |
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| Missing you all.. |
| Dear Friends,Sincere apologies for not been able to keep in touch with you all for a long time now. Just came back to say Hi to all my friends.Off late, been very busy with my work and personal engagements, guys……….don’t get ideas not settling down with someone, ( u see abhi meri umar hi kya hai J).But needless to say I miss you all a lot, don’t kn...
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| Dil Kannur | 10:32 | 23/Jul/2007 |
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| Date with ??? |
| This is a beautiful story that touched my heart, trust you will enjoy reading it and then practice it .. Toooo.After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said I Love you but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.The other woman that my wife wanted me to ...
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| john sudhakar | 20:58 | 23/May/2008 |
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| JUST SALSA,JUST JALSA |
| Just Salsa………………………..just jalsa This is my 3rd novella in the unmaking. The first one was really principled.BUT I drowned it in the bay of andipatty during my short semester tours in search of the MISSING KINK. Thw 2nd novella was a course on the river CHENAB.I started child-like pebbling on the CHENAB and so intoxicated was I that I took my 2nd n...
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| neoamaan@red... | 03:39 | 11/Apr/2007 |
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| The code of Business Conduct |
| The code of Business Conduct* Always conduct business at your place of comfort. A familiarity with the place/surroundings/people gives an upper hand in any business dealing.* Never hire dumb people. Nor only will they under-perform, neither will they let you climb up.* Always hire smart, good-looking people, and know what exactly you have hired th...
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| brijesh mishra | 14:58 | 16/May/2007 |
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| Classifieds continue....... |
| some body was peeping in my PC. Man, after completing work, why can't guys just do some creative work, like me. ...Classifieds continue....I searched some thing and found they same. Pls you don't start search, you are not like me, or don't have knowledge that I possess. HEHEHE.. i have developed classifieds. Ok. I found information i was looli...
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| Sudhir Bisht | 13:23 | 12/May/2008 |
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| How Frontline Staff can save your compa... |
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| Prelude to aboring flightThe Virgin Nigeria flight, VK 302 from Johannesburgto Lagos, on 20thApril was expected to be a long and boring one. The plane is rather staid withno personal TV screens in its economy class section (unlike Emirates). Thefirst morsel is served at 11:30am and by then the stomach start to grovel, ifyou have not eaten breakfast...
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| Krishna Prasad | 13:42 | 27/Jul/2008 |
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| Food Wastage |
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| FOOD SHORTAGE Preface: I heard in BBC Radio one day morning that Somalia is suffering with acute food shortage. There was an interview with an unknown woman of Somalia village that she used to take maize powder and some times she used to take Animal Feed in order to subside the hunger. This is a horrific situation. Also, she told that when she e...
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| Arindam Sen | 17:04 | 8/Nov/2006 |
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| Last post in the interview series! |
| CAT experiences of IIMA students - I received quite a good feedback for the interviews. CAT aspirants have now a guideline and benchmark to follow. I remember we were quite unsure about how many to attempt! Some of us screwed up CAT just because they had no idea how many is adequate and ended up trying for the impossible. Now you have a definite pl...
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| Madhavan PK | 17:15 | 11/Aug/2008 |
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| Counting Sheep |
| I count sleep, the ability to hit the bed and doze off for upwards of seven hours as one of my foremost blessings. And I can do this on a train or bus, in a new or old environment, head facing east or west. May be I counted my blessings too soon. There is nothing more blissful than a dreamless sleep. You are fresh next morning ready to tilt your a...
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| janus janus | 17:16 | 1/Aug/2008 |
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| Weekend laughs |
| It suddenly dawned on me today that I have not been doing something that's an intrinsic part of my nature -- share the jokes I know. I just love jokes, and can be counted upon to rattle them off in sleep. So here goes my latest instalment of jokes, unfortunately none that I can lay intellectual ownershp of...*****"Guess what I heard today?" a man s...
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| PRATAP TC | 07:08 | 4/Dec/2006 |
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| A little bit of GK.... |
| Things I never even thought to ask. . .did I need to know it?Alaska :More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.Amazon:The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the rive...
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| Apurba Sen | 18:27 | 29/Apr/2008 |
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| Sardar fir se champion |
| Dont get foxed by the title - it has nothing to do with "bhajji".Its funny but real story.My sardar friend "Happy Singh" [name changed] is in Canada on deputation from a leading Indian software company.He wanted to gift me something from Canada.My MS office 2007 trial version expired.I thought what will be best gift other than a "Pirated Office 200...
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| Cyril Paul | 09:07 | 23/Apr/2008 |
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| Just Between Friends (Short Story) |
| Pushpa Saxena. Age 23, 5'5 in height, slender built, fair, attractive. I know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. Like her address, for example (#3003, 3rd Floor, Olympian Heights, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai). Or her cell number, both Vodafone as well as Airtel. Or her email address. I really know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. In fact, I think I know a lot more ...
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| Siddarth-The... | 17:43 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| I am a superhero but I cannot flyI am a superhero but I cannot act slyI am a superhero but I am not muscularI am a superhero but I am not popularI am a superhero but I am not the ghost who walksI am a superhero but I am not the one who stalksI am a superhero because I made someone happyI am a superhero because I made someone smileI am a superhero b...
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| Nandan Newla... | 01:20 | 22/Aug/2007 |
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| SAND |
| im never myself and never for myselfand that was why i had dug down the sandfor some short messagesthe bucket was deepand the sand mostly dryi took it out one after otherbucket in hand i emptied my messagesand my world went tring tringno one knew where i had hidsuch was the load of unread messagesi was dog tiredbut i still tried and tried to keep t...
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| shishir bhate | 19:52 | 21/Mar/2006 |
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| Are more H-1B visas good for India? |
| By the end of this month, if will be clear if the US Senate Immigration Reform Bill introduced to decide whether H-1B visa limit should be increased from 65,000 to 115,000 has been defeated or allowed to sail through successfully. Everyone says an increase in the H-1B visa limit will help Indians the most. Will it, really? But more on that in just ...
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| Sabarinath Nair | 21:23 | 10/Apr/2008 |
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| Wedding Sari blues |
| "There are only four types of saris. The cream ones, the blue ones, the green ones, and the maroon ones." said my friend Sethu, circa 2002. I'm in total agreement with him. I am still clueless when my mom gets confused over buying one from two saris, both of which look the same to me!With the wedding preparations getting into the groove, I am being...
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| Krishna Reddy | 16:30 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| Happy Guru Purnima |
| Today is Guru Purnima .Wish you all a wonderful Guru Purnima. See my earlier article on Guru Purnima . Also see Guru Purnima at about.com . http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/gurupu rnima.htm http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/gurupu rnima.htm
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| jasmeet singh | 09:49 | 12/Jun/2008 |
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| Re_locate |
| Dream, reality...nightmare? The grime under his chipped fingernail is inky black as he points in the direction he wants me to take. "Sirji aap gol chakar se dahiney haath mud jao, phir ring road se outer ring road ko ho lena...bas." He has a belly that I can rest my breakfast tray on, a handlebar moustache that coils funnily at the tips and a dark ...
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| The Witch | 23:29 | 4/Jan/2006 |
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| My Stupid Suicide Plan - Chetan Bhagat |
| Last week, an IITian committed suicide. People who commit suicide do itwhen they feel there's no future. But wait, isn't IIT the one placewhere a bright and shining future is a foregone conclusion? It justdoesn't add up, does it? Why would a young, hardworking, bright studentwho has the world ahead of him do something like this? But the answer isth...
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| surya s | 02:35 | 11/Aug/2008 |
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| Ours is not to reason why.... |
| ... but we can always wonder why.....People always assume that anyone not following their life choices are making a mistake ( or at least missing out on what life has to offer).So many otherwise impeccably dressed men here think having their hair styled like the rest of the guys in a birds nest style make them stand out.Petite girls mostly have Lab...
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| Amit Agrawal | 03:15 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| success in life |
| Get a good educationget a good job change to a better job ----do we really understand why job is being done for money most of the time and more often than not we are probably not looking at ways to get rid of money-dependence and its impact on our time pressures? Thoughts/Comments?
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| ratna rajaiah | 22:01 | 23/Aug/2008 |
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| Grow some butterflies..... |
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| Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. - Nathaniel Hawthorne"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly. "One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."- Hans Christian AndersenTo me it has to be one of the most beautiful sights in th...
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| sandeep ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007 |
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| The Real Shopping-Cart Revolution |
| Five hundred years of progress packed into a sack of flour.By J. Bradford DeLong, Wired MagHere's some food for thought.A smart shopper can buy a 5-pound bag of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents. That's enough to feed three people for a day - 7,500 easy-to-digest, relatively nutritious, and potentially tasty calories. All for less than 0.7 percent of a...
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