On New Year Resolutions…2010

As always I have set a few (4 to be precise) New Year resolutions...some of them are tangible some are intangible. I would not divulge the details of what those are. But in addition to that I have added 2 more to the list. These two are not the resolutions in themselves but decisions to... Continue Reading →

For sale: baby shoes, never worn

This thing amused me a lot - especially after having just completed Atlas Shrugged - which is about 1200 pages long!Have you heard of 'Flash fiction'? (or 'sudden fiction' or 'microfiction', 'micro-story' or 'postcard fiction' or 'short short story')I hadn't - till I came across this Ernest Hemingway's six-word flash, "For sale: baby shoes, never... Continue Reading →

Rule of 20: Remembering Mr. B

Mr. B was my neighbor in the UK - A nice person, tall, dark (Black, to be precise), handsome and well-built (excellent sprinter!). I guess there is something about the Black genes that make them well-built, by default - unlike our Indian (mutated) genes: No matter what we eat, or how much we exercise, we... Continue Reading →

When…?

Mood: sombreState of mind: extremely disappointed with myself---------------------------------------------------When - was the last time you yearned for something so intensely that the only aim/ focus of your life was to achieve it...nothing else mattered to youThis is the quality that differentiates a good or above average performer from a STAR performer.A Star performer, genius, gives his... Continue Reading →

Just for fun: Celebrating New Year

Someone just asked me: 'How did you spend your first day of the New Year?'I said: I reflected on the year gone by to see what I have gained during the last year...but that proved to be a bad idea...for, the only thing I have gained is...WEIGHT 😦

A tale of two interviews

Scene 1:Year: 2006(Pretext: Mr. K has written a very difficult entrance test for a company and has successfully passed it...and is now ready for personal interview with panel of two people)Mr. X: Mr. K, congratulations! You have successfully passed such a difficult first level...how did you find our test?Mr. K: (hesitation) Ammm...(hesitation) well, it was... Continue Reading →

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