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Entries from March 2009

Mid life crisis

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Mid life is supposed to be a time sometime in the 30’s. When you have been married for time, your job’s steep learning curve is more or less on a plateau. Maybe even a decline, considering that all that learnt in college is being forgotten slowly.
Its that time of life, when nothing noteworthy is happening, […]

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Tags: life

Lok Sabha Elections

March 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Anyone read the Indian National Congress’s Manifesto?
They still talk of Mahatma Gandhi, and Ambedkar and their contributions to the independence. Wow!
Not to miss that they also bash oppostions in their manifesto. I guess that’s how its done.
Read it here.

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Tags: politics

Catch 22?

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Some time last year, I realised a way most people like to work -
No one likes to start on a blank piece of paper. Everyone wants to edit, review, modify someone’s creation.
Today, I realised, that when people actually are asked to do a comparision of two documents to check if its all the information is […]

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Tags: life

Work vs Party

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Trinidad - a place out of this world. Has the simple philosophy - Party today, work tomorrow. 
So opposite the learning from kabir 
Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar, Aaj Kare So Ub
Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi, Bahuri Karoge Kub
which effectively makes an Indian work-a-holic. I am not putting work-a-holic to the doha above, but none-the-less.. its there in […]

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Tags: Trinidad · fun · life

Point Fortin

March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

That’s where I live presently. 2 hours from the main town - Port of Spain. This country’s very much a point when considered against Mumbai - 20 million lives to 1.3 million here. And then, Point Fortin is just some 20,000.
Smaller than an average Indian village?

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Tags: Trinidad · globe

Free Coffee

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Once upon a time, not too long ago, Barista was giving out coffee cards - you get a stamp for each coffee u drink, and the 10th coffee is free. I took a card, and used it 3 times. Then I gave it to a friend in IITD. Now, she was smart. Once went to […]

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Tags: food · fun · restaurants

Carribean!

March 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Have been around for a week now Have wined (the Trini way gotten drunk on run, driven fast and played holi.
All this for this weekend. Before this, had a regular time in office though. Life is slowly adjusting to this place. Nice

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Tags: Trinidad · globe · life