was thinking about it on the way back from the gym this evening. i have a big starting problem. i have a problem in randomly approaching random women and striking conversation with them. i believe once i get talking, i can take care of things from then on and things will go the way they [...]
I don’t believe in getting drunk. Or in dope. Or in taking a holiday for that matter. While all these offer good short-term benefits, their problem is just that – they are way too short-term. Once you’ve finished experiencing them, you’re back to square zero. No better off than you were before you undertook the [...]
The pricing of coffee at the Samrat restaurant (part of Hotel Chalukya on Race Course Road) is interesting. This is a popular old restaurant, and being in an area full of government offices, is perennially crowded (despite its large size). It is a sit-down kind of restaurant, though you might have to share a table [...]
He rushed to my room all excited. “Dooode! How was the exam? Did you do the last question?”
The exam in question was the final exam of a course on Technology and Business. It was a mostly objective paper and at the end there was one subjective question I think. Maybe there were more, but I [...]
I came in to work this morning to see > 400 unread items on my google reader! The only time it was higher I think was when I took a week off to go to Chickmaglur and Goa.
The weekend was long because our office decided that we deserve a Republic Day holiday on Friday [...]
If you people remember, women’s tennis underwent a radical change in the 90s. In terms of attire that is. Out went the staid t-shirt and “normal” mini-skirt went out. And in came in what people started calling the “tennis dress” (there was no better description for that). Maybe I missed watching a couple of grand [...]
What an amazing game it was. Mired in controversy following the “toiletgate” two years back, it was well worth it. Topalov played beautifully and I just can’t stop myself from seeing that game again and again.
I was looking around for some good analysis of the game, and what better than to see the winner [...]
Culprits leading to the sub-prime crisis1. Mortgage firms, for doling out mortgages to anyone and everyone. Just to “meet targets”. Without realizing that they are giving loans and not doles.
2. Credit rating agencies – for randomly giving high ratings to mortgage-based CDOs, without really bothering to find out what was underlying. The structures were complex, [...]
About a year back, Ajay Shah wrote a post on a year of blogging. Makes good reading. Check it out if you’d missed it back then.
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Ok this is one of those things i’m not too good at. So I request you to comment on my reasoning.
1. They say that exports should be balanced by imports. That exporting is useless unless you use the FX to import stuff. Now, how does China manage to hold its exchange rate despite the [...]
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