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| A newer start.. :) |
| 2009-03-14 11:57:00 |
It's been more than 4 months since I published my last post here. And back then I had talked about a new start in a new place.. Unfortunately, life dragged on in the months to follow, and I couldn't quite let my creative juices flow.Life at Tech M was an altogether new experience. It was my first tryst with the corporate lifestyle. That I could not continue with Tech M for too long, is indeed unfortunate.I was in Nagpur for a couple of weeks after I (was asked to) quit Tech M. A little introspection made me realize that I had done nothing constructive in the past few months. Wake up - go to office - come back - sleep is all that I did in my Tech M days. Looking back, I am ashamed of myself for having wasted so much time. I didn't read many books, I didn't write on my blog, I didn't meet up...
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| A new place.. And a new start!! |
| 2008-10-17 13:25:00 |
Finally!! I finally joined Tech Mahindra today. This has been one long wait, but the end (or should I say beginning?) came swiftly and as a huge surprise! As I went through the activities throughout the day, I kept my eyes and ears wide open for anything "interesting" and kept making mental notes of all that I saw or heard. I mainly did this because I knew that I would be writing a post here at the end of the day! :P Here's what I observed:1. Pune city wakes up VERY late. At 9 in the morning, I couldn't find a single photocopy-shop open.2. My first reaction after reaching the Tech M office: What if they cancel my joining and send me back? The mere thought terrified the hell out of me :D Initially I had butterflies in my tummy but the anxiety went away after a while.3. My first reaction af...
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| The Coup.. |
| 2008-10-16 06:45:00 |
When Shubhi wrote her To Pune post 10 days ago, I felt elated for her. After all, her frustrating yet patient, 3-month wait had come to an end. However, I also couldn't help feeling frustrated at my own plight. I knew that I had wasted more than 5 months just waiting for joining, but the actual gravity of the situation hit me only on 5th October. Call it mere frustration or peer pressure, but somehow, I was feeling very very shitty about myself. I realized that I HAD to start looking for employment soon.My first target was Tech Mahindra. And rightly so. I knew that Shubhi's batch was going to have vacancies (and a substantial number, at that) owing to other commitments of some of those who had been asked to join. (Shubhada got her Date of Joining as 10th October '08 @ Pune) So over the las...
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| New theme - Bugs (IE related) |
| 2008-10-13 13:25:00 |
It has been observed that this site shows errors (and throws up badly) when viewed in Internet Explorer (5+). From what I figured out, this is because of the JSON script that hides a part of the post.. Another script that's causing the site to throw up is the script that's handling the recent comments widget...And I thought, I had finally addressed all the layout-related issues.. :(Note: If you are using Internet Explorer by default, this site may not open up properly, and might even cause your browser to hold up and crash. I apologize for the inconvenience.Kindly view this blog on either of the following browsers:Firefox (All versions)Opera (Tested on V9.51 onwards)Google Chrome (no issues yet)Maxthon (V1.6.5 onwards)This site is best viewed on Firefox 2.0.0.17 with a screen resolution of...
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| New Look v2.0 |
| 2008-10-12 02:35:00 |
It's been some while since I wrote something here. Many reasons. One of them being that I was busy perfecting the look of this blog.Complete lack of activity has meant that I have had all the time in the world to sit and experiment with different options to change the way I display stuff on this blog. And yet I'm miles away from making "that perfectly SEO-ed blog"!Over the last co...
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| A day in the wilds of Tadoba Tiger Reserve |
| 2008-09-30 03:30:00 |
I had gone to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve for a day-long visit on 28th. I accompanied Dr. Arunkumar Kholkute, a retired veterinarian, (and a distant relative of mine) on his official visit. Dr. Kholkute was visiting the reserve to supervise the care being given to the female elephant there, who gave birth to a calf 5 days ago. So the 5-day old elephant calf was the main attraction of the visit!We left at around 7:30 in the morning by car and covered the distance to Tadoba in little more than 3 hours. The journey was brought to life by Dr. Kholkute and his colorful monologue about his escapades in the forests of Tadoba, Nagzira and Pench during his career as a veterinary doc. He gave delightful insights about his life as a veterinarian and the different people (and animals!) that he encoun...
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| What's the ruckus for? |
| 2008-09-28 12:52:00 |
I hate discussing cricket. We have an entire nation that thrives on discussions about the game. I hate discussing cricket, not because I can't understand the sport, but because I find the activity absolutely futile. The point that I intend to put forward in this post, is beyond the game. Understand this, and then proceed.Of late there has been a hue and cry in the Indian media about Greg Chappell's role as assistant coach during Australia's current tour of India. Greg Chappell is expected to stay with the Australian cricket team till the end of their tour of India; and assist the Aussies in adapting to the conditions and develop their game plan.Over the last week, the Indian media has gone to town, alleging that Greg Chappell has switched loyalties and acted unprofessionally. It is very we...
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| The new template is finally up! And running! |
| 2008-09-27 11:31:00 |
It's taken really long. A month to be precise. But I'm happy at the outcome.I picked up this template (the current one) from a free wordpress themes website and changed the theme code to make it compatible with blogger. It wont be correct on my part to take credit for either the layout or the code. All I did was that I slogged hard, acted smart, and brought together hundreds of code snippets and put them in the correct places to get the final outcome. It was like piecing together one huge jigsaw puzzle having photographs of different characters! And after the puzzle was complete, I erased out characters that I didn't want to see, and put in a few of my own!! It has been one big mix-and-match exercise.Here, I would like to acknowledge the help that I got from websites around the world-wide-...
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| Mother India loses a brave son |
| 2008-09-19 11:49:00 |
In the wake of the serial blasts at New Delhi, information was received from intelligence inputs that a bunch of suspected terrorists was putting up inside a residential block in South Delhi's Jamia Nagar. A police picket comprising of 20 policemen headed by Delhi police's best man, Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma reached the place to apprehend the suspected terrorists. The holed up suspects opened fire in which Inspector Sharma was grievously injured. After 8 traumatic hours, Inspector Sharma lost his battle with life.The safety, honour and welfare of your country, come first, always and everytime.The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command comes next.Your own ease, comfort and safety comes last, always and every time.This is the credo of the Indian Army, which every Indian sol...
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| Life's little pleasures! |
| 2008-09-18 13:25:00 |
Since I have nothing to do nowadays, owing to the postponement of my joining date at Pune, I have been coming up with different ways to pass time and keep myself occupied. After thoroughly having enjoyed four very eventful years of college, the last 4-odd months have been very very boring, to say the least.What can I do today...? This question did not crop up in my mind even once in the last four years! Every single day brought something new for me to look forward to, and every day was different in its own way. No use crying now, but life isn't the same anymore. It has been an awkward shift from the kind of schedule that I used to follow when I was in college. Nowadays I have to think of ways to kill time!I had realized a long time back that staying at home in the evening was next to impo...
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