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Of bullshit, tamizh vaathiyaars and management lessons

Posted in Abstract, Humour, Me, Random on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Tamizh vaathiyaars (teachers) are great management gurus. Today, all of us may be in various parts of the world, building sound careers for ourselves. But one should never forget the contribution of those great men, who instilled precious lessons early in the learning process and made us better in what we do.
My 6th standard tamizh [...]

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A suit-able cliche

Posted in Humour, Random, Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »

“Please wear suits when you visit customers” was the boss’s instruction to Ritesh, who had joined us recently. Ritesh was supposed to travel with me for an assignment where we had to solve a few critical problems for the client. The day before we left, I accompanied him to this upmarket mall, where he got [...]

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On leading a mechanical life

Posted in Abstract, Me, Philosophy, Random, tagged , , on November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have been a human being and a computer since times when computers were human beings. Today, most computers are machines. Some human beings are machines too. So am I.

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Wake up…

Posted in Me, Random on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

… and sail away from the safe harbour!

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Sheet happens!

Posted in Humour, Random, tagged on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Overheard at work today:
There are many sheets in this excel file. First sheet reminds us of our responsibilities. Second sheet is the list of tasks to be carried out. Third sheet discusses planning. Fourth sheet is an amalgamation of the first three sheets. The sheets are ok till now. But the stuff gets too heavy [...]

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Take my breadth away…

Posted in I Stray, Random, tagged on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

… is my friend’s theme song for the gym. I dismissed it as a two-dimensional illusion.

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I Stray VI

Posted in I Stray, Random, tagged on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sophisticated software will not work in Kaiyendi Bhavans. It will always return a ‘Server not found’ error!

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Revolving Doors…

Posted in Abstract, Random on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

… get you nowhere, especially when life comes a full circle.

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I Stray V

Posted in Humour, I Stray, Random, tagged , , on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Goundamani: Dei Gearbox thalaya! Two wheeler license kedaikka enna da pannanum?
Senthil: Ettu podanum Nei.
Goundamani: Apdiya. Appo Andhra Meals Hotella license kedaikkanumna Pesar-Ettu podanuma.
Senthil: Ponga Nei. Ettu eppadi ne pesum?

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ZZZimple

Posted in Random on June 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Came across this well written piece in Slate, and could not agree more. I have always been a night owl and have never possessed the ‘good’ habit of getting up early in the morning.
But as an honest consultant, I have a solution that can help all of you night owls, bats and cockroaches kick that [...]

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