Archive for November, 2008
And the Lay-Offs Begin……
In case you weren't yet aware, the recession has hit the IT industry. Pretty badly. Forget all the sugar-coating fundaes that Dr.Manmohan Singh has given us about how things are bad but will get better. If global trends are any indication, lay-offs will, like every other trend perpetuated by our western civilizations, hit Indian shores [...]
The Longest Bike Ride
Every weekday, when our band has to practise, I have to travel a total distance of about thirty six kilometres from my office on Mysore Road, all the way till Vignana Nagar in Kaggadasapura. My friend's bike, which I am in possession of when he is in the US, has been extremely useful for me in order to undertake this long and perilious journey [...]
Cubbon Park BandStand Article
My piece for Citizen Matters on the revival of the Cubbon Park Bandstand is up and posted under the Heritage and CBD section of the journal. I for the life of me haven't been able to figure out what CBD means, but I am sure I'll kick myself for a simple explanation that it will eventually provide. My Citizen Matters user page is here.
Make Laziness Official
If you're human, you'd have been affected by laziness, and this overwhelming feeling of inertia would have prompted you to not do anything that you are / were supposed to, or to procrastinate until such time that the feeling disappears. It is perfectly normal to be lazy, but somehow it is not looked upon as a desirable trait when you're a [...]
Presidential Campaigns in TechSpeak
Imagine the entire world was overrun with techies. Yeah, I know. Suddenly the thought of being eaten alive by a pack of velociraptors seems that much more enticing. However, just for kicks, imagine the whole world was overrun with techies and TechSpeak, instead of English was the lingua franca. In that case, one of the US Presidential campaigns [...]
What Will Our Children Think?
During one of those times when I was supposed to sit and work on something important, my mind, as usual drifted off in one of those random flights of thought that have been so characteristic of me since class two when I was thrown out of class for not answering my attendence despite occupying the first bench. Being thrown out of class was [...]
“What would Aadisht Khanna do?”
On Nov 1st, saturday evening, after a highly unsuccessful albeit extremely fun filled time at the Landmarks 2008 open quiz at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, my team mate, Modest Genius and I headed over to Shiok for dinner. Having purchased my cycle, and not having had a full meal for the entire day, my hunger knew no bounds, and there was no better [...]
Bicycling Adventures : The Maiden Ride
While there has been extensive stuff written about how my bicycling journey started (linked a couple of posts below), and how the current events related to cycling have unfolded over the eyar, the middle years in engineering college where cycling became an important part of my life needs to be written about (for it is filled with anecdotes [...]
