tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37227512011-10-22T00:52:17.928-07:00InSenSpeakFellow Bloggers.
<a href = "http://quatrainman.blogspot.com">Ramanand</a>
<a href="http://georgethomas.blogspot.com">George</a>
<a href="http://gauravsabnis.blogspot.com/">Gaurav</a>
<a href="http://bvhk.blogspot.com/">Harish</a>
<a href="http://tavaishnav.wordpress.com/">Ted</a>
<a href="http://hirak.blogspot.com/">Hirak</a>
<a href="http://bloguntildiskonnect.blogspot.com/">Vidya</a>
<a href="http://girlwithbigeyes.blogspot.com/">Priya</a>Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.comBlogger1021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-78116694506352317592011-10-20T18:30:00.000-07:002011-10-21T15:20:52.997-07:00HawaiiDay-1An early morning start on Thursday, and instead of going to office (it is just 5 min from the airport) I was in the Hawaiian airlines flight. The colorful uniform of the crew was the first sign of Hawaii. Flight was relaxing, all of us spent most of the time sleeping. The descent at Honolulu, was beautiful, seeing the limpid blue color of the ocean, dotted with white boats and yachts, Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-81359429607586286162010-04-16T19:37:00.000-07:002010-04-16T19:58:17.340-07:00The Story Of India.Saw a wonderful 6 hour documentary, on the history of India. Presented and conceptualized by an Englishman called Michael Wood. This is an ambitious undertaking, trying to distill the entire history of India in a manner that is cohesive and comprehensive. He and his team do quite a good job of it. Shot on actual historical locales like Turkmenistan , Madurai, Khyber Pass, Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-44527931653908608952010-04-09T16:47:00.000-07:002010-04-09T17:10:49.867-07:00Oscar Wilde PlaysFrom the treasure trove, that is the local library, I got a set of Oscar Wilde's plays on DVD. It was a BBC Production from the 70s, featuring some good TV actors. The plays were "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Picture of Dorian Gray', "Lady Wildemere's Fan" and "An Ideal husband". The wit, humour, satire, complex characterizations and the gentle twists in the plots make Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-17011180269119690742010-03-24T16:41:00.000-07:002010-03-24T17:06:11.743-07:00Tennis MatchLast month had a great opportunity to watch top-flight tennis action at the San Jose ATP tennis tournament. Saw Andy Roddick and Fernando Verdasco in action. It was an awesome experience to watch live tennis, we had some good seats just behind the baseline. It was an indoor arena, the lighting was fabulous. One of the best ways to spend an evening. First up, the home crowd favourite Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-68299263895075788352010-03-23T23:07:00.000-07:002010-03-24T00:04:55.771-07:00TennisHave been a regular tennis player since I came to US in 2008. Almost every weekend I play around 2-3 hours of tennis with friends. Have been an ardent fan of tennis ever since I was 10 years old. Followed the Grand Slams quite closely then, including the earlier rounds. Waited for the Quarters and Semis because from that stage onwards, Doordarshan used to telecast the matches. My childhood Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-38091888760234241552010-01-24T22:36:00.001-08:002010-01-24T23:01:47.520-08:001000 Ways To DieWas watching this program on TV. It was showing all weird ways of dying in which few actors enacted the method of death, followed by a specialist explaining the causes. Was really interesting. most of them had a catchy caption in the endFew which stuck in my mind were. A Flying Tent with a woman inside. A freak wind generated enough uplift to carry a tent 1 mile in the air , with Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-31995969418598503052010-01-15T18:02:00.000-08:002010-01-15T19:01:48.872-08:00Sports Watching Since childhood I have been an avid fan of various sports , I used to watch all sorts of Sports programs on TV. The initial days of Star Sports in the early Nineties were fascinating for me, for the first time in my life I had a 24 hour sports channel at my disposal, though there were Remote Control wars, but I still had my fill, because Sports were not tied to Primetime TV Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-52444952391053874992010-01-10T22:57:00.001-08:002010-01-10T23:25:25.268-08:00New Decade. An entire decade just went by. The fourth such event in my life, do not remember anything of the transition from 70s-80s as I was a toddler then. 80s-90s was quite significant, as I became a teenager then, India was changing rapidly, Indian political landscape was in an unprecedented mess, it was also the advent of the Cable TV, liberalization, Sachin Tendulkar. 90s-00s was also a Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-24846077286707263382009-09-03T15:24:00.000-07:002009-09-03T15:28:46.141-07:00Barca...Saw Barcelona in action in San Francisco. It was my first world class soccer action, my previous experience being limited mostly to East Bengal-Mohun Bagan match-ups at Calcutta.So saying this was an upgrade is an understatement.Barcelona was playing against a top-flight Mexican league team, Chivas from Guadalajara. The stadium, belonging to the NFL team San Francisco 49ers, was filled Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-20727735353583583072009-09-02T12:23:00.000-07:002009-09-02T12:40:37.864-07:00Day off from Office/School ...Some interesting circumstances that have occurred in my life for which I wasn't able to go to my school or officeAmmonia leak in a nearby meat-packing factory in South San Francisco, which resulted in the entire office district being closedFiring by terrorists on a school bus carrying children of Army personnel, belonging to my school in Srinagar(Kashmir) (Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-27054554792835755142009-08-18T20:21:00.000-07:002009-08-18T20:56:11.199-07:00Independence Day PlaylistFor the last two Independence days the only special thing I have done is, listen to a varied list of patriotic songs on my laptop. It evokes a range of emotions; like pride, sadness, regret, and nostalgia. The list :Ae Watan Ae Watan hamko teri kasam - Has a simple jingoistic feel to it. Ae Mere Pyare Watan (Kabuliwala) - A nostalgic melodious song, having a Persian/Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-21775802315278628212009-07-31T15:53:00.000-07:002009-07-31T16:05:45.317-07:00Been over a year in the USA now. The best reminder of it were the NBA-Playoffs. Last year also I started off watching the Eastern conference finals between Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics, and this year I improved on it by watching and following both Eastern and Western conference finals, Le Bron James was literally a one-man army, but he couldn't sustain the momentum for the Cleveland Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-12911587910832052402009-07-31T14:27:00.000-07:002009-07-31T15:27:01.337-07:00San Francisco!Been over 9 months in the San Francisco Bay Area for me. This place must rank as one of the best in terms of the natural beauty. A sprawling crystal blue bay merging into the immense Pacific, dotted with emerald islands like Alcatraz, Angel Island and Treasure Island; crisscrossed by imposing architectural marvels like the Golden Gate and Bay Bridge and flanked by undulating Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-5233396477379085542008-10-30T18:45:00.000-07:002008-10-30T19:28:15.096-07:00New York and Washington DCDay 1: Left home(Detroit) at 3.30 am in the night. Drove about 2-3 hours till Cleveland, took a break and slept around 2 hours in the car. Had breakfast and started off fresh again. Then had a wonderful scenic ride in the morning as we passed through Pennsylvania. The Fall colours were so vibrant, with trees in various shades of yellow, orange, carrot and red. Cruising Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-44794275638820032952008-08-01T12:59:00.000-07:002008-08-01T13:13:20.141-07:00Vonnegut and Chocolate After coming to USA , one of the best things has been the access to a wonderful local library, where everything is free and unlimited. An unheard of concept in India; was pleasantly surprised.Hope to utilize the opportunity to the fullest and devour through a diverse collection. Have started off by diving into the works of famous American writers like Vonnegut, Tom Wolfe, Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-88578785762564153842008-06-26T15:26:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:45:44.440-07:00Sports in USACame out of India when the IPL series was in its decisive phase. followed the last few matches on cricinfo. The semi-finals were damp squibs, but the final was total paisa-vasool(value for money), sorely missed watching it on TV.The sports scene out here in the US was also impressive with the NBA conference finals going on and the local team Detroit Pistons in the fray, watched a Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1236396264613040752008-06-26T14:31:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:20:41.091-07:00Life has taken a nine and a half hour phase shift, as I now find myself in Detroit for the next 8 months. Weather wise the timing was perfect having avoided the inconvenience of monsoons in Bombay and getting the best possible climate here with the onset of summer in this notoriously cold part of US.Hope I could have said the same about the Economic or Political climate out here. Michigan has Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-47905957133536431432008-05-05T21:59:00.000-07:002008-05-05T22:14:10.407-07:00Had a bump-in with the rear-end of the mobility icon of the Indian Government, the Ambassador.No prizes for guessing which party was worse off in it. With less reaction time and my bike CBZ's front disc brakes not responding fully; I went skidding into the Amby, and had visions of crashing straight into the rear window of the car and become an unannounced guest of the paper-reading babu of Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-23954235077975490152008-04-23T02:05:00.000-07:002008-04-24T07:58:12.505-07:00Melbourne TripWent on an official trip Down Under to Melbourne for two weeks. Landed on the evening of the Australian Open Mens final, got to hear the radio commentary on the taxi!! Later found out that my hotel was a 5 min walk from the Flinders Park Station, and about 10 min to the Rod Laver Arena.Melbourne is a great place for sports enthusiasts; the city has some of the best sports stadiums Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-8502204960000351142007-07-09T23:35:00.000-07:002007-07-10T04:08:29.626-07:00Read some good books recently, the sort of books one should chew on rather than gulp down. - Man Behind the money This is a biography of Alan Greenspan, lucidly written with lots of anecdotes about his Jazz days, association with Ayn Rand and the tumultuous times with the various Presidents, and how the cult of Greenspan came into vogue.- Sumantra Ghoshal on ManagementConsists of a collection of Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-44815842853147031952007-06-18T03:08:00.000-07:002007-06-18T03:36:47.828-07:00Triumph of the "Galacticos"Was privileged to watch a pulsating last match of the Spanish league between Real Madrid and Mallorca. The passion and excitement kept me awake till the wee hours. The most interesting match I have seen this year. Madrid scripted a brilliant come from behind 3-1 victory after losing both their stalwarts Nistelrooy and Beckham to injuries and trailing till midway in the Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-79142917488033168162007-02-13T22:47:00.000-08:002007-02-14T00:03:27.209-08:002006It was quite an eventful year, involving lots of changes. So let me relive some of the defining moments of my life in 2006. Last term in IIM LucknowThe best part of the stay in Lucknow, with all the fun of student life without the attendant pressure and stress. I had got placed early and the subjects were less and not taxing, so the two months from jan to feb were an extended party, with Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1164979917351052832006-12-01T05:24:00.000-08:002006-12-01T05:31:57.396-08:00Visited INS Vikrant docked in the Bombay harbour. It has now been converted into a Naval musuem. It was a worthwhile trip, got to see the innards of a ship for the first time. That too a mammoth aricraft carrier. Very well maintained by the Navy, and a comprehensive tour is allowed, which takes more than an hour. Timelines and details about Naval combats of the Indian navy, plus lots of pictures Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1160481089828099412006-10-10T03:44:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:51:29.866-07:00"Dusk To Dawn"A really weird movie that I saw recently. Quentin Tarantino has done the screenplay and it is directed by his buddy Robert Rodriguez. , it is a typical Tarantino action crime thriller with profane dialogues and dark humour. Midway it effortlessly segues into a comic horror movie . Not a great work of art, but a decent timepass after a few glasses of beer. First time saw Tarantino Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1160476562889235162006-10-10T03:31:00.000-07:002006-10-10T03:36:02.913-07:00HockeyThe Mens World Cup hockey had some exciting action. The final was high-paced end-to-end stuff with goals galore. The German teams display was electric, their hockey team has also reinvented itself just like their football team, it is not the dour, mechanical clockwork display we are used to, there is a lot of flair and skill involved.I am disappointed with India's performance, especially Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1157711655787269862006-09-08T03:28:00.000-07:002006-09-08T03:34:15.810-07:00Split LoyaltyMorning when I switched on TV for the US open, Blake and Federer were playing with the third set tie-break at 3-3, and Federer 2-0 sets up. Then for the first time in my life I willed Federer to lose points, so that I could watch him play another set. There was so much conflict inside me when the rallies were going on, with the "Black bloke Blake unable to finish the tiebreak". Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1157457106991987312006-09-05T04:37:00.000-07:002006-09-05T04:51:47.343-07:00Roger FedererFollowing is the text of a small persuasive 2 minute speech that I had to give as part of a Communications course that I had taken in IIM Lucknow. (It was before 2006 French Open).*********************************Is Roger Federer “The Greatest Tennis Player Ever” ?From the land of chocolate, cheese, banks and the Alps comes a phenomenonHe has 7 Grand Slam wins in last 3 years. Never Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1156857086918485332006-08-29T05:21:00.000-07:002006-08-29T06:11:27.003-07:00Back to IndiaStarted with an airport staffer asking for a bribe of 20 rupees, I just ignored him and walked off. Then pondered over whether I should be pleased for it or disgusted. Pleased, because did I look innocent and young enough that among several people, he approached only me to blatantly ask for the money, since in a year and a half I would be pushing the wrong side of thirty.Bombay looksSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1156179644226170922006-08-21T09:26:00.000-07:002006-08-21T10:00:44.516-07:00Niagara FallsFinally ticked off the most important "to-do" thing in Canada. Saw Niagara Falls, the name Niagara means "thunder of waters" in the native Indian language . The falls were as spectacular and majestic as expected. I remember as a small kid I had seen lots of photos of Niagara and had a longing to see it. So it was a day of wish fulfilment for me and it was worth it. The best part was Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1156130702959252432006-08-20T19:58:00.000-07:002006-08-20T20:25:03.013-07:00Canada DiaryBeen over a month here in Toronto. Days have gone by in a pretty structured manner. Weekdays have been quite unvarying in nature, essentially consisting of bulk of the day spent in office, then going for a walk or jog in the evening followed by the treadmill, cycle or some weights in the gym, then have a relaxing shower, have some beer at times, watch TV or read newspaper. Have Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1155513856694793692006-08-13T14:49:00.000-07:002006-08-13T17:06:35.500-07:00Dozen Things I did not know about Canada1. More probability of finding a Sardar than that of spotting the enduring symbol of Canada, the maple tree. 2. Topless women drivers tanning themselves, maybe getting the benefits of greenhouse effect in the car.3. Canadian dollar is known as a "loonie" and two dollar is a "toonie", shows the seriousness with which they take their currency, and people Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1154921857327851792006-08-06T20:19:00.000-07:002006-08-06T20:37:40.673-07:00Middle-East ConflictWatching more television here in Canada than I do in India, because I am at office by 7.30am and am out between 5 and 6pm. So the evening is long enough. I catch most of the TV while I am at the gym or while having dinner in the room. Mostly watch the news pertaining to the Israel Hezbollah conflict. CNN coverage is quite comprehensive, with their correspondent Anderson CooperSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1153710030370207532006-07-23T19:52:00.000-07:002006-07-23T20:02:30.503-07:00Impressions Of CanadaCame here last week on an official project. Will be here for about two months. Staying in a nice Marriot hotel in one of the suburbs of Toronto called Brampton.As usual the first impact is the serene clean environment, the superb roads,and the lack of people. The contrast is even more starking especially if one is coming from Mumbai.Canada seems more multi-racial than the USASamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1150288803834454992006-06-14T04:48:00.000-07:002006-06-14T05:40:03.886-07:00Completed a half-century of days in Bombay. Adapting reasonably well, but sometimes have nostalgic pangs of IIM Lucknow, and of my earlier days in Pune.Have found a decent place to live, which is close to my office. Travel by my bike, a mode which must be a rarity in Bombay considering the distances and traffic. Once for a weekend quiz session I travelled 20km one way. In Pune you can cover the Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1147700244744674632006-05-15T06:33:00.000-07:002006-05-15T06:37:24.756-07:00Another long lull in the proceedings on this page, and as it normally happens; a lull here corresponds to intense activity in the brick and mortar world. Has been an eventful period with lots of change and also involved a lot of travel.MBA exams in Lucknow got over in mid-Feb, then went over to Pune. From Pune took off for a weeks' holiday to the hill resort of Bhimashankar. After that it was Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1139757497688496522006-02-12T07:08:00.000-08:002006-02-12T07:18:17.700-08:00Peter Drucker Drucker was voted as the Guru of Gurus, in a survey of Management thinkers all over the world. He truly is the patriarch of all management experts. Died recently in his 90s. He was more of a philosopher than a mgmt guru. Infact he also wrote few fictional books, in addition to stuff on economics, politics, society and of course management. He is credited with foreseeing a lot of Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1138647102098058222006-01-30T10:05:00.000-08:002006-01-30T10:51:42.133-08:00Trading and Investment StrategiesAttended a talk by the Head of Derivatives unit of Karvy Broking. He gave us insights on investment strategies, and gave tips on trading and investment. He called them the 30 incomplete rules of trading and investment.One of my friends noted them down, so just keying them in. Thankfully have loads of time at my disposal. Hope some people would find them useful, Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1138299789993299412006-01-26T09:39:00.000-08:002006-01-26T10:23:10.006-08:00Last LapNow just a few weeks left of my MBA. Needless to say it has been a great experience. Probably the two most interesting years of my life. This term has been a gentle breeze compared to the gales and cyclones that were there in the previous terms, especially in the first year. The profs are cool about things, plus the students are even more chill. Though I thought there would be a bit of Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1132592163416240202005-11-21T08:42:00.000-08:002005-11-21T09:18:08.453-08:00Of Oil and Oil CakesHad a talk this weekend by the Head of Treasury of L&T, who had come over to campus along with an Alumnus of ours. The company has one of the best managed and developed Treasury Departments among Indian companies. The speaker was knowledgeable as expected, he gave lots of insightful snippets of information. First of all he started off by saying that corporate finance and Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1132433331660693962005-11-19T12:31:00.000-08:002005-11-19T12:48:51.670-08:00"Retro Night"This was the theme of the insti party this saturday night. Not that themes count for much here, with most of the junta just sauntering in all sorts of clothes ranging from formals to nightdresses, and go straight to the makeshift bar in the badminton court and get their shots of vodka or whisky. Only some people follow the theme aka retro, blues, patriot etc.I also hardly care for Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1131545021212511912005-11-09T05:17:00.000-08:002005-11-09T06:03:41.223-08:00Had an extended break from studies. Last few days were busy doing company liaison work, as the college summer placements were going on. Reminisced about the same time last year, it was quite stressful, going from group discussions (GD) to GDs, some you convert to get a interview call some you do not. Luckily I made it through with my second interview only. Some people had to sit through Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1130532516082036422005-10-28T10:34:00.000-07:002005-10-28T13:48:36.133-07:00Free TimeThe fifth semester here has been relatively easy on the academic front. There is a lot of time for sleeping, movies, reading books,exercising and taking part in competitions. This is primarily due to the choice of subjects that I have taken in this term. There is a preponderance of Strategy Courses, they do not require as much effort and time as compared to finance courses. Have taken Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1129751453300364322005-10-19T12:02:00.000-07:002005-10-19T12:50:53.306-07:00Back AgainAfter another long blogging break. This has been a recurring event, I write in spurts, say will make 5-6 posts in a month and then do a vanishing act for 2-3 months. Very erratic indeed. One of my friends here; Tadatmya maintains a regular blog. I am mighty impressed that he has managed to keep it going continuously for the last 2 years, his interest never flagging and the so called Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1125690654861974292005-09-02T10:17:00.000-07:002005-09-02T12:50:54.900-07:00DonationI am generally not a person with a predilection to charity, I seldom contribute much for any social or religious cause (Ganesh and Durga puja chanda collections only, nothing more bigoted like the Bajrang Dal annual reunion) . Beggars are definitely not on my list, except sometimes to an old or invalid beggar. Also earlier till college time I was wary of eunuchs , and used to dispose themSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1124657838653499692005-08-21T13:44:00.000-07:002005-08-21T13:57:18.660-07:00Soccer PostFelt inspired to write about it, due to our inter-hostel soccer tournament going on, plus saw Arsenal and Chelsea slug it out, and read in the paper this morning about the strong team that Inter Milan has assembled this time to challenge for the Serie-A Scudetto(Italian League title) .It is my favourite sport, I love watching it for hours, and do not mind watching even games between Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1123528807813208172005-08-08T11:04:00.000-07:002005-08-08T12:20:07.833-07:00Last WeekHad regular classes throughout the week. Attended all but one; that was early in the morning at 8am, didnt feel like listening to the droning after having slept pretty late. Organized a quiz after long, had collected a surfeit of questions in the last few months, it was good to challenge the motley band of quizzers here with the stuff. Almost all the questions got answered, except the Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1122926011559166982005-08-01T12:08:00.000-07:002005-08-01T12:53:31.566-07:00Langer vs SachinThis post has nothing to do with cricket directly. The title is just to show the relative luck or bad-luck of the two batsmen. Today I had a Langer-esque day. Got answer sheets of a mid-term paper. Was expecting average marks around 60% or so. Got 90%!! . The exam had gone in the Langer fashion, lots of nicks given , trapped plumb and good balls just missing the edges , but the Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1122410728919950922005-07-26T11:49:00.000-07:002005-07-26T13:45:28.946-07:00Movie TimeHad two full free days. Exams finished on Monday and classes do not start till thursday. This I guess is the first time I had so much free time on my hand after coming to IIML . So saw a few movies "Full Metal Jacket" - The first half was quite good, especially a foul-mouthed marine instructor. The second half drags a bit, it is the same old Vietnam quagmire.Another movie was Ijazaat. aSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1122150368050336352005-07-23T13:06:00.000-07:002005-07-23T14:19:40.600-07:00Conquest Of HappinessI had read a book on happiness called "Conquest Of Happiness" by Bertrand Russell. One of my few forays into philosophy. Russell was truly a polymath (term I got courtesy Word-A-Day list), he possessed such a wide range of knowledge it is unbelievable, also one of the rare literary people who were great in maths and science. Russell wrote a definitive mathematical treatise Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1122105207768799102005-07-23T00:47:00.000-07:002005-07-23T00:53:27.953-07:00I am BackBeen quite long since I posted something. Not unusual for me. A combination of laziness and work and other priorities. I must have thought numerous times, mostly while sitting in the class and feeling distracted; that I should write on so-and-so topic, but by the time I am in front of the computer later that inspiration is gone, and there are dozens of other things on my mind. (Infact I Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1114600129345976052005-04-27T03:38:00.000-07:002005-04-27T04:08:49.346-07:00Booze and BrainsNo this is not a post about any new obscure survey propounding the beneficial effects of booze on your grey cells. This is the name given to a weekly quiz conducted by a pub called NightWatchman out here in Bangalore. They claim that they have been holding this for the past 6-7 years on a regular basis on Thursdays. One of my roommates made me aware of it and we decided to pay a Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1113809298934886102005-04-17T23:57:00.000-07:002005-04-18T00:47:28.346-07:00"The Road Ahead"Have got to know more about the anatomy of Bangalore or more precisely the circulation system of Bangalore. I usually have a keen eye on the different roads, landmarks of any new place I visit, I try to map it in my mind, and then sometimes challenge myself to think of a way of going from point X to Y and to predict where a particular road will lead to without actually going on itSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1113302077366043362005-04-12T03:21:00.000-07:002005-04-12T03:34:37.366-07:00Wishlist from SachinWas watching Sachin in the match today and suddenly I came up with a wishlist.Some records I would like sachin to end with20000 runs in ODI and tests. 50000 in all50- hundreds (in tests as well as ODIs)100-fifties in both forms10 double centuries200 ODI wickets100 test wickets 200 catches in ODIs and 100 in testsPlay 500 ODIs and 200 tests His current stats before today's Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1112959382507405522005-04-08T04:09:00.000-07:002005-04-08T04:23:02.510-07:00Train Of Thoughts in a Plane.Recently while flying down from Lucknow to Bangalore I had this bizarre sequence of recollections. I was sipping an apple juice and cursorily glanced at the pack, the place of manufacture intrigued me. It was Rangreth in Kashmir. It set me off to the period 1987-89, when my Dad was posted in Srinagar, we were in a place called the Old Airfield, it was about 10 km Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1112783170707280922005-04-06T02:50:00.000-07:002005-04-06T03:26:10.706-07:00Bangalore IIVisited the two popular roads of Bangalore, the Brigade and MG road, (my office is only 2-3 kms away from them). Lot of glitter,crowd, neon lights etc. MG road has an airy Barista having a nice ambience. Also watched the movie “Be Cool” in a theater in MG. Travelled quite a lot, went to Electronic City in Hosur, all the IT bigwigs have a pretty impressive infrastructure out there. Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1112546569181448492005-04-03T09:41:00.000-07:002005-04-03T09:42:49.183-07:00BangaloreIn the mecca of the Indian IT industry. The cliched Silicon valley of India, the knowledge capital, and for knowing that I need not move around the city or read the Yellow pages or newspapers, but just ask a few of my college classmates from where they are earning their daily grub from. The seven classmates that I met in the last 24 hours, work for CISCO, Intel,Lucent,Texas Instruments, Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1112300079932241352005-03-31T12:08:00.000-08:002005-03-31T12:14:39.933-08:00Liars PokerIt refers to a version of poker that is popular among the traders of Wall Street, especially those in Bond Trading. It is a way of bluffing your way all the way to six figure bonuses while dealing with bonds, instead of cards. They deal with millions of dollars, and bluff about the demand and supply of bonds, and the intrest rates charged, to get unholy profits. The haggling is worse Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1111608874311453662005-03-23T11:49:00.000-08:002005-03-23T12:14:34.313-08:00On monday had our section's party in a nearby restaurant. It was a boisterous affair. People were suitably sloshed (including yours truly) and indulged in lot of banter and leg-pulling. Food was fantastic. Later in the campus had more masti in our inhouse nescafe coffee shop. Then topped it off by seeing one hour of Golmaal (evergreen movie) . Then flopped out and slept like a log, without Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1109425111155683302005-02-26T05:03:00.000-08:002005-02-26T05:38:31.156-08:00The Men Who Ruled IndiaA book on the history of British rule in India, written by a British ICS bureaucrat. A distinctive Anglo bias, but only after reading it can one get an objective view of the Indian saga under the British. Our textbooks have a one-sided view. Demonizing the British rule almost in its entirety and eulogizing all Indian characters even remotely associated with the freedom Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1108317727735949702005-02-13T09:14:00.000-08:002005-02-13T10:02:07.736-08:00Manfest. Few weeks before had the annual MANagement FESTival of IIM Lucknow, held truly on a grand scale with huge budget and publicity. Includes lots of case contests, mgmt games, talks by eminent personalities, music shows and quizzes.Attended a talk on communication by Muzaffar Ali (Dir Of Umrao Jaan, poet,painter,politician etc) .He showed us a short video he had made called Rumi in Khusro's Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1105380306165444462005-01-10T09:59:00.000-08:002005-01-10T10:05:06.166-08:00More Will-Power
Last term had as a guest lecturer an eminent retired professor from IIMC . He educated us on Indian values and ethos, how we can achieve our higher self, which is free from all the trappings of the materialistic world, plus how we can combat stress,lead a happy life and harness the enrgy within us. He gave us lot of Vedic gyaan, also distributed some profound articles by Sri Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1102101245311613462004-12-03T12:07:00.000-08:002004-12-03T11:14:05.310-08:00Indian Sports
India finally was able to beat SA, nothing to gloat about though, but anyways a victory is sweet. The Proteas did put up an admirable resistance, and only due to the genius of Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh was India able to wrap it up. While watching the last rites as Sachin and Dravid were playing, had a fleeting thought that it would be a sort of poetic justice for Sachin if he Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1101991078862739602004-12-02T04:37:00.000-08:002004-12-02T04:37:58.863-08:00Last weekend IIM Lucknow organized its annual marketing fair event called Index thats an acronym for 'IN'formation through 'D'isguised 'EX'perimentation; talk about reverse engineered acronyms :) . This event is a veritable mela, it attracts the lucknow public in droves, with the lure of free gifts, infromal events, and games. The main intent is to get different target audiences for particular Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1101406079750629552004-11-25T09:28:00.000-08:002004-11-25T10:07:59.766-08:00I am Back
Blogging after a long hiatus. Somehow couldn't manage to get myself to blog, though in the past few months, I have been the busiest in my life, but there were ample oppurtunities to bang a few keystrokes on my computer. So without making any commitment to myself or the occasional viewer, I start writing again. Maybe the flow will come back.
A lot happened in the past few months.
-- Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1095155981018999602004-09-14T02:45:00.000-07:002004-09-14T02:59:41.020-07:00Picture Perfect Tennis
Saw the US open finals on Sunday night. Thought held at an unearthly hour, but after coming here at IIML it was just a matter of stretching the day by a few hours. Even watched the presentation ceremony. First time in my life that I watched the US open finals live. The Swiss God was purrfect, such a consummate display of tennis. I was simply stupefied seeing it. He has Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1093637049443129912004-08-27T09:26:00.000-07:002004-08-27T13:04:09.443-07:00Sammy's Day Out
Today ventured out into Lucknow city after long. Went with three of my group mates. We were going to conduct a survey on mobile phones for our Economics project. Completely new experience interviewing and accosting strangers in a strange city. We split in groups of two, and pledging to be in touch using what else but our mobiles, in case we got lost or landed up in an unsavoury Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1091315455747025662004-07-31T15:41:00.000-07:002004-07-31T16:10:55.746-07:00Indian CricketWithout any doubts I can safely say that the current Indian team has shown the best performance among all Indian team over the ages, and enjoys the best rank , not by any Samsung or CEAT or Wisden rating but just a general gut ranking . I have been watching cricket religiously over the last 17 years, and I have never seen the national team perform so well and being held in such highSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1091213547614208802004-07-30T11:28:00.000-07:002004-07-30T11:52:27.616-07:00"The Heat Is On"
Both literally and figuratively, the place is slowly bearing a close resemblance to "Hell" as in Dante's Inferno .
Mid term exams coming up next week, and the professors have decided to bombard us with presentations,assignments and quizzes etc, all on a few day's notice. Survival is now on a day to day basis. Following an algorithm of first deadline first. Thankfully till now Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1089997052084817882004-07-16T09:25:00.000-07:002004-07-16T09:57:32.083-07:00Today had a cultural program in the college, called "Parichay" the first year students organize and take part in it. The standard of the items were pretty good, and the people put up an entertaining show. The seniors tried to ruffle the performers deliberately by loud hooting and jeering, apparently it is a tradition of IIML . Though the performers didnt mind too much but the faculty members Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1089655133754559672004-07-12T10:31:00.000-07:002004-07-12T10:58:53.756-07:00Quiz
Quizzes in IIML have a different connotation altogether. They refer to the class tests taken by professors, these quizzes also carry weightage for the final marks. The quizzes are generally surprise ones, and the junta here mostly dread them.
The quiz club here organized a trivia quiz, with a small byline added that, these will be the only quizzes that you will enjoy in your 2 year stay hereSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1089313283878252752004-07-08T11:17:00.000-07:002004-07-08T12:01:23.876-07:00One Week At 'L'
Has been a complete change in my life in the last one week. From being a regular guy with a settled life in Pune, to being a person in the grind of a MBA institute. The work pressure of this place is legendary, though as of now things are relatively chill, but the prospect of the future is a prolonged heat wave.
Talking of the weather, there has been a perceptible change from theSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1089044688867852092004-07-05T08:46:00.000-07:002004-07-05T09:24:48.866-07:00"Ragging"
On saturday night there was a formal ragging session in our hostel. Just a one off affair, we had to come in formals with tie at 12.00 in the night. around 30 of us in hostel 10. There were equal no. of seniors. we were made to sit on the ground and were called up one by one to give intro and answer questions before that one had to stand below the building, and was drenched with a Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1088576036760625052004-06-29T21:41:00.000-07:002004-06-29T23:13:56.760-07:00IIM Hell..
That is the moniker of this institute, as it rhymes with IIM L but thankfully it hasnt been living up to it. Though the train journey to the place nearly made up for it. It was one of the dirtiest trains I have ever travelled in , and believe me I have been around in trains quite a lot. If they had a frequent flyer ( railer :) ) scheme aka airlines, then I would have got a free ticketSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1082619059564908602004-04-22T00:30:00.000-07:002004-04-22T00:35:00.153-07:00Paki-Stunned.
I was a pre-teen when India last played a test series across the other side of the Radcliffe line.
That time I was in Kashmir, and I remember rushing back from school to watch the post-tea session action
on PTV. Also used to follow the AIR commentary. A new urdu word that was added to my vocab was 'umda',
it was used profusely to describe the lovely cover and straight drives which Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1079615631717724512004-03-18T05:13:00.000-08:002004-03-18T05:17:06.500-08:00AFMC Shyam Bhatt Quiz.
This was the first inter-college quiz I attended ever, in 1998. Obviously didnt qualify, there were lot of heavyweights around those days, literally considering George(COEP), Bhatta(AFMC), Anirban(F.C.), Srikanth(AIT) etc. Enjoyed seeing the quiz and the competition. After that have been to 3-4 Shyam Bhatt's , have qualified for the finals generally, best result was a Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1079438300340485682004-03-16T03:58:00.000-08:002004-03-16T04:01:31.750-08:00Quizzing Season. VIT Quiz.
Participated in a spate of quizzes recently, after my final year of Engg i.e. 2000 havent been to so many quizzes in such a short span of time, was a exciting experience, nice to interact with so many old buddies of the quizzing circuit. Plus was witness to some emerging talents in Pune quizzing.
Was quite successful in the quizzes, started and ended with a win under Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1075985649023494702004-02-05T04:54:00.000-08:002004-02-05T04:56:27.593-08:00Career Counsellor
Had been recently to a school in Pune called J.N.Petit , as a speaker on Careers In Computers. Was a bit wary as my public speaking record is nothing much to write home about, even reading a Dale Carnegie book hasnt helped. I tend to get nervous and my voice seems to become quite serious and brusque, all the Yang forces of my body combine to take out the Yin. This time I thoughtSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1075461932233208032004-01-30T03:25:00.000-08:002004-01-30T03:27:43.200-08:00Watched some superb tennis yesterday night , Safin slugging it out with Andre, high quality stuff, the bludgeoning serves of Safin versus the lightning returns of Agassi. Lots of rallies considering that both have a penchant for hitting outright winners. Safin also showed lot of stamina as Agassi really makes one scurry around the court.
Now looking forward to a engrossing final. My money is onSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1073479746707172382004-01-07T04:49:00.000-08:002004-01-07T04:50:47.106-08:00New Year and Life
New year is on to me like a flash, I feel it was just a few days before when I had jotted down my resolutions for 2003.
Considering that the success ratio of the resolutions was less than that of the Bangladesh cricket team, I will refrain from them this year. Anyways life is now in an advanced state of flux. both personally and professionally, so I have just decided to go Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1066130120075501562003-10-14T04:15:00.000-07:002003-10-15T03:00:57.250-07:00 Busy with Bizness
Infact Business derives from the word 'Busy' only, but seeing the top execs playing Golf and languishing in clubs(not the Golfing instrument) , it doesnt seem so. But on the otherhand seeing the wannabe/tyro MBAs slugging it out in the B-schools or/and before that it does seem so .
Current reading flavour of the month for me are business magazines , have read a fair amount ofSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1063618762824648412003-09-15T02:39:00.000-07:002003-09-15T02:39:22.740-07:00Weekend!
Went of with a whooshing sound, didnt know when it started and ended, spent a lot of time on the road, clocking up more than 150Km on the bike, thats quite impressive by Pune standards.
First of all on sat morn made a futile trip to AIT (Thats my college). Came to know that on 2nd and 4th Sat it is closed, though the drive was not tiring, quite less traffic and pleasant weather, strangeSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1060002851732408612003-08-04T06:14:00.000-07:002003-08-04T06:16:21.533-07:00Lets Get Physical
Physics as a science has undergone the most dramatic paradigm shift in the last century, from the realms of a pure science it now closely mirrors philosophy, reading any of these physics bestsellers like Brief History of Time , Tao Of Physics and the one I am reading now Turning Point by Fritjof Capra gives this impression. This is mainly the result of the inability of the Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1059049405053637512003-07-24T05:23:00.000-07:002003-07-24T05:23:25.390-07:00Horror Show
Nowadays I get this freaky feeling that I am hounded by horror. Some of it courtesy the spate of horror and supernatural movies being released nowadays. Bhoot was an eerie movie, the first half especially , those weird camera angles, the inhuman background sounds and those sudden appearances . To explore the dark side more I also decided to read a book from the Raja of dark fiction Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1058536222425565282003-07-18T06:50:00.000-07:002003-07-18T06:50:22.256-07:00Bring in The Blues
Dunno why blue is associated with depression. It is my favorite color, and I obviously dont believe that I am in any way depressed or sad.
Blue is the color of the clear sparkling sky, which in the curent monsoon season is a rarity. Infact the dull gray skies brings on melancholia. After the initial euphoria of the rains. the perpetual grey canopy does seems boring. One Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1058525559390019642003-07-18T03:52:00.000-07:002003-07-18T03:52:39.220-07:00Moving on to a new template, with some more traffic expected (Optimism) .
Renewed interest in Blogging. Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-1057048777374907142003-07-01T01:39:00.000-07:002003-07-01T22:22:09.986-07:00My Childhood Tennis Heroes
I started watching and understanding tennis around 86-87. My favorite was Stefan Edberg, I really adored his play , the best part was obviously his consummate volleying and net play, but I also liked his athleticsm and his gentle demeanour. Becker was my second best, he was somewhat more flashier, and I preferred the simpler types. Though when these guys contested 3 Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-954573212003-06-09T02:06:00.000-07:002003-06-09T02:06:51.000-07:00SAMaRiTan Samrat
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Just thought of penning down this incident after reading about a related incident in Gaurav's Blog.
I was returning late last month, around 11.30 pm . I saw a person lying near his bike in a pool of blood. I stopped to help him and flag down a vehicle, . Suddenly a group of slum urchins came and accosted me, they accused me of hitting that person, and started heckling me Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-939768902003-05-08T00:02:00.000-07:002003-05-08T00:02:04.610-07:00Etymology Of My Blog
The question to the people (if any) who visit my Blog . What is the funda behind the name InSenSpeak ?. There can be more than one obviously.
Put down what you make out of it. By chance if you are unable to figure out my darned commenting stuff, then if you are very enthusiastic, you can send a mail to me at samrat@persistent.co.in .
A hint, the name has some connectionSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-938497762003-05-06T00:55:00.000-07:002003-05-06T00:55:20.800-07:00After A Long Hiatus...
Been really long, no real excuses. Almost forgot about this blog, but after reading Ramanand's and Hirak's blog just now, I also fell like penning down my (a)musings . Has been an interesting time both the personal and professional front. Lot of things floating around in the mind. In total random Brownian motion. So no clear chain of thought.
Just had a 90 minutes Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-879478542003-01-24T00:54:00.000-08:002003-01-24T00:59:07.000-08:00Quizzing
Quizzing has been one of the passions of life for me, it still is ,but I have a feeling that the best days are over, it is a bit ironic as one's reportoire of knowledge always goes on increasing provided one doesnt have amnesia or Parkinson's or Alzeimer's disease etc etc, though one tends to forget things in due course of time, but the net effect is always an augmentation. Quizzing Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-875271012003-01-16T03:01:00.000-08:002003-01-16T03:23:34.000-08:00Raging Bull
Saw an amazing movie "Raging bull", a biopic on one of the greatest middle-weight boxers of the 50's Jake La Motta, the role was splendidly performed by RobertDeNiro , top drawer stuff, the acme of his career. Movie alternates between black/white and color. With some realistic boxing match scenes, puts to shade others like the Rocky series. Also Sly Stallone could have learnt some Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-873528432003-01-13T06:09:00.000-08:002003-01-13T06:09:12.113-08:005 Paise worth at 5 AM (Panch).am about Pancham
Not 5 am out here in India, but must be somewhere out there in the wide world. Maybe at Seattle. This post inspired by a musical soiree on RD attended by self along with my blogging Guru Ramanand and the venerable Niranjan, had a nice time, alternately appreciating and making some irreverent comments, like RD would have been a good platform Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-872192572003-01-10T06:46:00.000-08:002003-01-13T05:03:39.000-08:00Annual Resolution Making Ritual
Always like the previous years I thought of having some resolutions. Goes without saying that most of them , dont see the light of the day, literally, as after partying on 31st, the next morning some of them go kaput, like the one I had that I about sleeping 7hr 59min59sec, as I wanted it to be less than 8hrs. This year I thought I should set more realistic smart Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-868207042003-01-02T00:23:00.000-08:002003-01-02T00:23:51.743-08:00New Year Ups and Down
The new year has started with a bang and with a mortal scare.
Ushered in the New Year high on spirits(literally) . Boogeying it out in a party organized by the Bombay Disco Fire-N-Ice. it had all the works, lasers, psychedelic lights and sounds, a giant video screen for watching the gyrating crowds. The DJ had a fixation for techno songs, which werent my preferred aural Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-850503832002-11-25T04:11:00.000-08:002002-11-25T04:11:39.770-08:00"Pissy" CAT
Yesterday I had my CAT exam, unfortunately had to give
it on a full bladder, courtesy a litre of water and
Glucon-D sipped in the morning and the rigid examiner
who wouldnt let me go out to just before the exam. Was
literally pissed off at him :) .
And when the other people were praying for the time to
go slow, i was getting more relieved minute by minute
that my ordeal was ending Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-839037642002-11-01T19:19:00.000-08:002002-11-01T19:21:09.000-08:00Sleepmore In Seattle
Been in the land of Uncle Sam for three weeks now, havent met any Meg Ryan though, its mostly work and some treks to a well stocked public library for some intellectual diversion. The beds in the inn are too cosy for me explains why I m ensconced in them for unacceptable lengths of time, hence the heading of this piece , if ur wondering by any instance.
USA has been more or Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-818125692002-09-19T00:49:00.000-07:002002-09-19T00:49:34.310-07:00Guru
Saw a freaky movie of the same name, about a Indian guy(Jimi Mistry) who goes to US with grandiose plans of achieving his American Dreams .Gets mightily frustrated, finally he gets a break in a porno flick. in which also he just can't raise(sic) himself up to the occasion. Though becomes cosy with his co-actress( Heather Graham) . Finally through an abrupt sequence of events he becomesSamrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-817661842002-09-18T03:24:00.000-07:002002-09-18T03:24:51.676-07:00Maharashtra's Valley Of Flowers
On saturday went on a trip with a nature group called Pugmarks, an enthusiatic and dedicated motley bunch who are genuine nature lovers. The destination was the Kas Plateau and Valley in Satara district. There were about 30 odd people, we had a qualified botanist and zoologist with us. They both explained to us about the various flora and fauna which are Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-811799062002-09-05T00:54:00.000-07:002002-09-05T00:54:03.956-07:00Cable connection restored. In time to watch a absorbing contest between India and Pak in Champions Trophy. Shouted myself hoarse cheering india to victory. The Indian side were young and raring to go, their body language was also much positive and robust than the Pakis, utterly opposite to cricket. Indian players showed attitude and a refreshing spirit and camaraderie.
Also saw a Hitchcock Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722751.post-810233302002-09-02T01:03:00.000-07:002002-09-02T01:03:42.093-07:00The weekend was back again to my quiet retro existence with no TV, courtesy non-payment of taxes by the cable guys to the Govt, though missed two fine hockey matches and some weekend Yankee tennis from Flushing Meadows, after ages could have seen some high quality hockey. Hopefully will get to see some of the Champions trophy action.
On Saturday went to see a Bharatnatyam programme in Nehru Samrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.com0