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Why I Won’t be creating my Facebook ‘It’s been a great year’ Post

Facebook keeps telling me “Vinod, here’s what your year looked like!” Really…? And once I accept it, FB will relay to the world that “It’s been a great year for me” Facebook wants people to say that “It’s been a great year; Thanks for being Part of it” I am perfectly OK with the second part…. Thanking you all for being part of my year but not because it … Continue reading Why I Won’t be creating my Facebook ‘It’s been a great year’ Post

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10 Things for us to Think and Do Everyday

Life is like playing cards, we have no choice on the hand being dealt, but we are in control of putting up the best game we can. If there were 10 things to think and do that can fit into an everyday routine… what would they be….? It is an interesting question and many would have different answers and here are mine. I totally agree … Continue reading 10 Things for us to Think and Do Everyday

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Asaram Bapu the Besharam Bapu – A Religiotic (Religious Psychotic)

Asaram Bapu who once said that the rape victim is equally at fault as the Rapist has now been booked for sexual assault of  a minor (I had mentioned rape earlier which was incorrect)…  Nevertheless This is the same idiot who said that the Delhi Gang rape victim who lost her life last year should have called her attackers Bhaiyya (brother) and begged for mercy … Continue reading Asaram Bapu the Besharam Bapu – A Religiotic (Religious Psychotic)

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Resume Building and Jumping Ships

Earlier there was nothing called a resume building process that is tightly coupled with a person’s career. You finish education, get on the first job that comes and then retire from that job. Working for the Government and the private company was nothing different when it comes to the tenure you spend in a place. But then it changed when people started changing the companies … Continue reading Resume Building and Jumping Ships

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Education, Career and Passion

If you started your career in India as I did in the early nineties people had two choices Computer and Non Computer and as I moved on the years I found several people who in spite of taking non computer streams of education ended up in the computer field. Having done electrical engineering I myself found to be in the Information technology field. This was … Continue reading Education, Career and Passion

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What is your Response Time?

Response time make and break customer relationships. Not just customer relationships, but any relationships, be it professional or personal. But interestingly all non responses are not because of tight schedule or a because of being busy, sometimes they are intentional. Lack of knowledge on the responding side is a strong reason for non response to questions. A delay is chosen over an “I don’t know”. … Continue reading What is your Response Time?

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Learning without being Taught

I often joke saying “My Learning started after my formal education ended”. It is not all that wrong in my case because during formal education I felt I was mostly taught and learning happened as a result of being taught. But Life after the formal education was different, you had to take the initiative and learn, often going to the places where the knowledge to … Continue reading Learning without being Taught

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Rushdie, Freedom and Jaipur Lit Festival

When Salman Rushdie decided to pull out of the Jaipur Literary festival, seems like it shattered many hearts with people calling the action cowardly (even calling him a coward) and many telling that it is sad and it should not have happened. But is that really true? While it is true that the Government did not have the balls to tell the damn extremists to … Continue reading Rushdie, Freedom and Jaipur Lit Festival

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