Etcetera……. and b e y o n d

With my fav-let!

2009-10-31T15:35:00.001-07:00

Meri savari

2009-06-11T11:13:00.001-07:00

\m/

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

2009-05-28T23:04:00.000-07:00

you won't admit you love meand so how am i ever to know?you only tell meperhaps, perhaps, perhaps. a million times i ask you,and then i ask you over againyou only answerperhaps, perhaps, perhaps. if you can't make your mind up,we'll never get startedand i don't wanna wind upbeing parted, broken-heartedso if you really love me,say yesbut if you don't, dear, confessand please don't tell meperhaps,

Evolution - a revelation

2009-05-11T03:53:00.000-07:00

There are those things that you deem as possible, there are those that you deem as probable and then there are those that you deem as inevitable. Thanks to Punit n Ravi, I got to experience the inevitable as they roped me in to be involved with Evolution. I adored the experience of listening to and conversing with an enthusiastic bunch of participants. Many of them were good, some were rough and

Tap Confusion - Get rid of the Stupor

2009-05-08T01:43:00.000-07:00

I desperately need to shake myself out of this stupor. Its been more than a month since I blogged. However, please do not confuse me for one of 'those' who deem their self worth directly proportional to the extent of discipline they are able to incorporate into their lives. I on the other hand 'desperately need to shake myself out of this stupor' because, I really need to channelize my thoughts

Three commonalities to every 'Perfect Job'

2009-04-14T23:53:00.000-07:00

Man's quest for the 'perfect job' has been a subject of abject discussions between many-a-group of people. While the search for ‘what I would love to do’ has been on everybody’s mind, its not too often that one puts life on hold, to hunt for the aforesaid.In fact, between the various instances when we gather our courage and tread further along the path to find our

Tiny, you made it!

2009-04-09T01:21:00.000-07:00

Am so happy for you!Congratulations!

Vote or Play - Set 2

2009-03-23T23:03:00.000-07:00

Modi, Jaitley and the other poster boys of the BJP lead NDA have cashed in on the furore surrounding the Congress led UPAs stand on the IPL being played overseas.The problem being... the decision was taken by the BCCI on the basis of the stands taken by the state governments. The centre had minimal say in the matter.The respective state governments (viz. Mah and AP) felt that they would not be in

Vote or Play

2009-03-22T23:24:00.000-07:00

Heightened importance given to anybody/anything results in, inadvertently or otherwise, prudish behavior. The political saga in India is all set to unveil Act II. The politburo is geared up, the campaign boys are gung-ho, the ad-men are letting their thoughts go haywire, online presence is being broadened, caller lists are being sourced etc. They are working hard. Okay... so they are finally

Verbosity - does everybody need to have an opinion about this?

2009-03-05T02:16:00.000-08:00

A lot is being said about the financial meltdown. I think we have plenty of scribes scribbling to their hearts content on reams and reams of paper.Makes me wonder about the role of information in this meltdown. I think this started with the heightened degree of permeability of finance as an industry in itself.No longer does it take an informed or educated guestimate to state an opinion on the

Going nowhere

2009-03-05T02:06:00.000-08:00

Where is it that we head... but then the journey is what it is all about right...'cause when we do get somewhere... it indicates ends... end of the journey... end of the hunt... end of the road....I don't like ends...Love the journey. MFLB, take me back. I wanna be back on the road, with you.

Kids are the root cause

2009-03-02T00:39:00.000-08:00

Evolutionary mechanics never cease to amaze me. Darwinian theories of survival of the fittest have for long being embedded as long time explanations of why species gradually change and how some go extinct. Natural selection also explains how what is 'heritable' is carried along and the unnecessary appendages pruned along the way.Everyone know about how some African apes got off trees and

The market is not listening, "wise" ones

2009-02-24T01:03:00.002-08:00

A recent newspaper article post the foreclosure combating package doled out by Pres Obama on 19th Feb stated that, 'Stocks ended the day flat after moves to both extremes intraday. Early economic data weighed on the market but as Pres. Obama outlines his plans to help home owners, markets recover somewhat. The afternoon proved too long for any sustained rally as the FOMC spoke of a protracted

Swimming in the clouds

2009-02-02T02:51:00.000-08:00

In its earliest and most primate form, cloud computing involved harnessing mass intelligence and taking economies of scale to an entirely new level.Cloud computing is primarily usage of Software as a Service (SaaS). Data and services can then be accessed from any computer, irrespective of location or even operating system. All you need is a web connection.Cloud computing involved scaling capacity

Now, that’s a catch 22

2009-01-30T03:30:00.000-08:00

The financial crisis that is creating a pandemonium across the globe has its origins in something very personal… the craving for excesses, the misalignment of interests, and inability to gaze over the hillock.It resonates in the psyche of almost every primate’s mind (at least the ones on Wall Street and the likes). The trouble becomes systemic, when this psyche percolates through the system until

Change... capitalise on an opportunity

2009-01-25T01:18:00.000-08:00

'Pick a-our selves aaup, Dust a-our selves aoff and beghin again the work of reemaking Amherica' - Barack Obama could not have put it better. The emphasis was perfect. Much has been said and a lot more written about this messiah of change. What he can very optimistically draw strength out of is the fact that we arrre staring down the barrel of a gun. We having being doing it since early 2007.

Rear-view

2009-01-24T10:37:00.000-08:00

All and sundry at my workplace, seemed to be nonchalant about the current financial mess that we find ourselves in the midst of. I allocated this bravado to an intense need to appear alienated from trouble and almost be elevated above the problem, attitude. An immense need to portray that "we knew this was overdue".Guess what proved my sentiment wrong... not their stoic stance about having

The unsaid 'verses'

2009-01-06T01:43:00.000-08:00

These conspire to inspire----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To be born again…. First you have to dieTo land upon the bosomy earth…..First one needs to flyHow to ever smile again….if first you don’t cryHow to win the darling’s love, mister….without a sigh------------------- the star! (A protege of

Is there a You?

2008-12-29T01:15:00.000-08:00

I had watched Memento a few years ago. I watched Gajini (Bollywood rendition) yesterday. Sadly all the latter left me with was this dull throbbing ache across my temples. The former, however, had made me think.Have any of you read Michael Crichton's Prey? It talks about a nano swarm that escapes from its fermentation tank and wreaks havoc in the vicinity, harming a few of the inhabitants.

Trouncing Newton

2008-12-24T01:55:00.000-08:00

Sir Isaac Newton first presented his three “governing” laws in the "Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis" roughly 325 years ago. That’s eons ago. There are those things that just don’t change… or so they say. In fact those very things change so rapidly that the transferring perception that keeps up with this rapid flux tends to believe that, things are just the same. Change is the only

Stinker: Farewell Kiss to the President

2008-12-14T22:21:00.000-08:00

On Sun, 14th Dec, Bush paid his last visit to Iraq. The entire operation seemed to be extremely clandestine and rightfully so. Any fliers proclaiming the visit might have made jihadis inc. rub their hands in glee...Moving on... Sticking to his characteristic denial mode and 'I’d rather choke on my foot than have it wrenched out by someone else' sentiment... Bush advocated the importance of the

Religious Dilemma

2008-12-11T23:04:00.000-08:00

Did you know: When you move into a town in Germany, you are asked to register your religion. In keeping with the faith you belong to, 8% surtax on your income tax liability is levied upon you.This is then passed on to the trust or corresponding regulatory body empaneled by that faith.Three words (as is so often the case).... WTF?Religion is a matter of choice, but once 'enrolled' there are

Simple learning

2008-12-11T03:27:00.000-08:00

Simple learning... honestly its really simple... guess what simple should be made more synonymous with... Logical! 'cause most of what is simple is also logical.I recently had to assist the MD with a business proposal that was to be presented and put across to the board at the Excon due the next week. While I got the essence of the report right, I goofed up where the nitty grittys were

Dethroning or Repositioning?

2008-12-09T20:40:00.000-08:00

I seem to be hung up on Apple. Recently came across a mention of Apple being retailed at Wal-Mart!Is this consumerism or what? There is a line, and I do think that it is a thick line, between repositioning and dethroning. Wonder why it is difficult to tread the line then?We live in a world of balanced equations. This balance is not brought about by natural symmetry but by balancing variables. 'x'

Cloudy times...

2008-11-14T01:44:00.000-08:00

This post is in keeping with recent knowledge of Apple's exodus into the 'search engine' market. Though I hate to admit, post that initial whirlwind of ideas, my thoughts tend to flow along a related tangent.For investors, speculators, traders, scalpers and all and sundry, Google is a 'no-brainers' pick. Revolutionary as it might be, Apple's move is quite outlandish, even by its own standards. In

A Blue Brigade Win

2008-11-04T22:47:00.000-08:00

No scientific purpose behind labelling the post in the manner I have. The idea, was to communicate the chant that was doing the rounds, amongst the thousands gathered in Chicago, to hear the victor's address. And Barack Obama, proved that the wait was worth it. The two year long marketing, PR blitzkrieg, has finally culminated into the blues winning.In all fairness, the other senior candidate,

Happiness - Joy... either, or?

2008-11-04T00:27:00.000-08:00

On a rainy evening, having exhausted everything edible at home, I have this craving to eat some roasted corn... butta, as it is popularly called. Almost nothing equals this 'need' at the moment....however the, prospect of, having to get out of the warm confines of my home, the soporific muted television 'news' show, James Blunt - All Lost Souls playing in the background, getting drenched, having

Sleeping Murder - Agatha aunty rocks.

2008-11-03T23:09:00.000-08:00

In all its Victorian glory, this is one of Agatha Christie's finest works. Set in a sleepy English hamlet (surprise surprise), Christie spins a tale consisting of some really interesting characters. The novel is a part of the Miss. Marple series. Popular belief is that this is Miss. Marple's last escapade into "sleuthhood" and surely it well might be the case, 'cause the grand old dame does

To board or to not board

2008-10-07T02:44:00.000-07:00

A question ricocheting off the walls of my cranial cavity. We (I generalise, 'cause I know for sure that I am not being presumptuous), do not realise that time and again, we add shrapnel to the whirlwind of thoughts that plague our minds. This is exactly what I found myself engaging in, as I stood transfixed (why transfixed? But that is an object of some other discussion) at, lo and behold, the

Teeing off

2008-10-03T04:04:00.000-07:00

mflb... that is the music my little grey cells are tuned to. The music that has always and that will always resonate within... Cheers, to that timeless symphony.No... I do not play golf. Nor do I see myself writing about it in the foreseeable future.In some twisted parlance what I mean to say is... here I go.This is not my baptism to the blogosphere. I have been an avid reader for as long as I