leaving XL

I graduated from XL in the middle of a recession. Didn’t get a job in FMCG, got a job that didn’t pay me a million rupees a year, did not get a cushy trainee stint with end of the year bonuses just for completing the stint to start with, and worst of all, didn’t get [...]

funny tales

Watching Casablanca again and again is just a way to torture myself.
Does anyone cry when seeing a movie?
Why is ‘as time goes by’ so important? No one ever left me waiting at a railway station?
Why do I always wonder why there is no man in your life?
If she can take it, I can.
What is my [...]

BodhiTree-Revisited

ok.lets get over with the confession part of it,first-while i like the music of BodhiTree-I am NOT a diehard fan.In fact,only by the very loosest definition would I be called a fan,if at all.Given a choice, I would more rather listen to The Eagles,Pink Floyd, The Doors, Tina Turner, R D Burman or even Guns [...]

job in the times of recession

And so, one fine day S came to my room,very gloomy,and said, “Sandy,I have got a job.”
I jumped up,it was really bright news.
“Congratulations,dude.Finally.I told you,you will get your due.Blah Blah Blah…”
And then I see that S is still looking glum,in fact his face looks likes the times when he about to cry in his vodka,complaining [...]

spanish

night classes till 1am for spanish are a major pain,of course,but studying a language can be very imtertaining at times.like today.
this exchange:
“donde trabajas, Monique?”   [where do you work, Monique?]

letter

constant reader,
do you listen to music?i do.a lot.except these days i watch a lot of movies and so hardly get time to listen to music.anyways…point was…music is a very powerful thing…it just grabs hold of you and mixes you up like you are being revolved inside of a washing machine or a grinder maybe and [...]

deja-vu

at last,the dissertation is done.worked through night to get it done.i think i must have slept at least five hours in the past 72 odd-so want to sleep now…but have classes till 9:15 in the night.may be i will get some sleep in the day sometime, maybe after 4,but i have to go get the [...]

too far gone

you know you are too far gone and need a break when you spray AXE instead of relispray on your aching back. and,of course, when you have a history of having sprayed relispray instead of AXE before going to class  :(
Current Song: Betaab Dil ki Tamanna Yehi Hai

the JRD Tata Ethics Oration

we just had the 18th jrd tata ethics oration.speaker was anil kakodkar, chairman of the DAE. impressive presentation into the realities of india’s nuclear energy capabilities and energy problems foreseen and solutions, and about thorium based reactors.
more about it later.right now am too busy with number crunching.
N.B. the first JRD Tata oration was delivered by [...]

SMS (Save My Soul)

peoples,
the writer of this blog is in grave danger of not being able to complete his dissertation in time. if you want him to survive another day (well…at XL), please click the link below and fill up the survey you find.
Click here to take the survey now .
he has 24 hours more…(well…if you dont,he [...]