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The Happiness Quotient – Part 1

Filed in General Interest, March 18, 2011, 12:09 pm by

TweetI know an elderly woman – perhaps 60, looks 70 – who’s a sweeper in Blue Cross. She’s single and has a bed-ridden sister to take care of. She used to own a flat – “617 SQFT, madam”, she told me – but lost it due to her gullibility. She now lives in a hut, […]

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Maintenance, an Untouchable

Filed in General Interest, March 16, 2011, 7:30 am by

Tweet“I’m de-motivated because I’m in a Maintenance project”. “Can I move to a development project? I’d like to learn more”. “But, my batch-mates are in development projects learning cutting edge technology”. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve heard these phrases – or variations to this theme. I’ve always liked maintenance projects. It’s […]

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Oh my job is tough!!

Filed in General Interest,Travel, December 25, 2010, 6:09 am by

TweetThere must have zillion times the thought comes to my mind that “Oh my job is tough”. There is the neighborhood small shop (Kirana/potti kadai) at the end of the street I live. I frequent the shop daily for over 20 years. This is 6×5 feet shop stacked with all sorts of stuff from chocolates […]

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Fresh insights from my new exercise regimen

Filed in General Interest,Sport, November 21, 2010, 7:29 pm by , ,

TweetProlog Like many of you, I have been struggling to add exercising to my life for the past 15 years. My typical stint has a halflife of a few weeks with the longest stint at 3 months 🙂 I am 43 and I realized that its about time I succeeded in this endevor before health […]

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The world we lived in..

Filed in Fiction,General Interest, August 29, 2010, 2:18 pm by

TweetMy entire family rejoiced my birth. Our family is one big united with all uncles, aunts, grandparents living together. We are a simple living group. We do what is needed for bare survival. We are not greedy and do not have a luxurious lifestyle. We are a colony now going about lives. We are what […]