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Still Wondering: August 2006
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August 20, 2006. Very recently, I took few days off my work and went to some very exotic places in HP. One of my colleagues, Kartik Rajan, also joined me. Though, we had planned a long 7 days trip, for various reasons, our trip got reduced to only 4 days. Kartik always wanted to go to Spiti. Pronounced as piti ) Valley, and so we planned to first go to Kaza, which is the main town in. We looked at the map again and found out that the town of. At Bhuntar, we got into a private bus which was packed, and by...
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Still Wondering: July 2006
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July 28, 2006. It seems when it comes to transparency, everyone wants it from others. When it comes to provide transparency to others, everyone steps back and offer excuses (which are always lame) why it cannot be done. A horrible, but suitable, analogy is that everyone would like to watch others in a transparent outfit but one would not like to wear one. In case, inadvertently, it has been created, then just by drilling holes, one can't expose what is hidden; the bunker has to be destroyed. While the ab...
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Still Wondering: April 2006
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April 13, 2006. For whatever reason(s), on that Thursday, most of us allowed just a handful of people to pelt stones, damage property, torch up buses and other vehicles. While all this was happening, most of us were relaxing within the "virtual" cocoon of safety inside our home. I wish we had tried figuring out - safety from what? And, next, probably, for how long? Well, this is probably the topic for some other time, so would not discuss anymore. Posted by amAUzed at 5:23 PM. Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Still Wondering: September 2009
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September 30, 2009. Life in fast lane. I witnessed the following recently -. 04:15 AM - get up and get ready for a day-journey to get visa. 05:00 AM - leave room to catch a train to airport. 05:08 AM - catch the train to airport. 05:50 AM - arrive at airport train station. 06:00 AM - get to the check-in counter. 06:07 AM - enter the security check queue. 06:20 AM - reach the boarding gate. Buy a coffee and drink it, rather, hurriedly. 06:35 AM - board the aircraft. 07:00 AM - flight departs. While travel...
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Still Wondering: November 2009
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November 26, 2009. Recently, I borrowed this book Flow:The Psychology of Optimal Experience. From Chicago Public Library. I had heard a lot about this book earlier and once I checked it also in one of the bookstores. Posted by amAUzed at 9:03 AM. November 24, 2009. In last few months, I have been getting this feeling that I am getting technically obsolete. Since quite some time, I was hearing about Web 2.0. And later on Facebook. Some time ago, I also started using Skype. Posted by amAUzed at 11:03 AM.
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Still Wondering: September 2006
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September 10, 2006. Recently there was a news item. About a study which found out that Indian techies are paid less than their. How did US discover this advantage in the very first place? While it is a well-known truth that Indian techies are paid far less than their counterparts in US, and that too since last, I would say, 15 years, why there is brouhaha now? Wonder when will Indian IT companies start thinking about something different than just offering cheap labour? Posted by amAUzed at 10:29 PM.
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Still Wondering: December 2009
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December 21, 2009. While I was in Amman, Jordan for almost 10 days, I didn’t get many opportunities to roam around in the city. However, during my travel in taxi-cabs to various meeting venues, around the city, I observed the following. Posted by amAUzed at 7:36 AM. December 20, 2009. Two weeks ago, I packed my bags to go to. To attend a conference. Hosted jointly by UNICEF. Flight was quite uneventful but when I reached Ataturk airport in Istanbul. When the plane started to descend in. Is situated on 6 ...
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Still Wondering: August 2009
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August 31, 2009. In some sense, after reading the latter book, I got a sense of how difficult it could be for any poverty alleviation program to reach such remote places and be able to provide direct benefit to destitute people, of course, until we make drastic changes in the machinery which already is in place. Wondering how others think about it . Posted by amAUzed at 10:04 AM. Let me see how it goes this time . Posted by amAUzed at 9:55 AM. August 19, 2009. Posted by amAUzed at 6:23 PM.
