Just a random thought … why do all Chetan Bhagat novels have integers in the title?
- One night at a call center
- Two states
- Three mistakes of my life
- Five point someone
Is this by chance, or by design?
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Why we pay taxes
A discussion with a friend about salary structures resulted in this post –
- I am damn scared of an IT raid
- Paying corrupt officials the salary and perks that they dont deserve
- Paying for infrastructural developments that dont help anyone
- Reducing the deficits of the nation
- If I do it, then everyone else could also do it
Despite all this cynicism, I still pay my dues … and I think that gives me a moral authority to demand the same from my fellow Indians.
All it takes is an idea.
God
I am fascinated with God. Obsessed even. That’s precisely why I have jumped out of bed at midnight and started writing this post. This post came to me as an epiphany :-) (yes, even I have those every now and then).
God is a concept people made to turn internalists into externalists. The concept turns them from someone who believes that his outcome/success is in his own hands to someone who believes that there is a supernatural force who is acting in his/her divine wisdom. It’s a concept which turns lions to lambs.
This to a confirmed pro-theist, is kind of an eye opener. An atheist friend of mine will be more than happy to say, “Gee, Kida, I told you so. I was right.”
But I still have faith. I still believe in god, not as an excuse to turn into an externalist, but simply for the purpose of having and nurturing faith. Believe in god, but not for the sake of that exam/interview/proposal, etc. All those things are purely in your own hands, and if you don’t move your lazy arse on the hard work required, then trust me, no god will be able to help. Chance, perhaps, god … no.
Job-Switch model
In a flash of brilliance (or so I like to think), I decided to plot down some parameters on why people change jobs. So I randomly (or you can say intuitively ;-)), took two axes and created the 2×2 grid which MBAs are famous for.
The interpretations are multi-fold, I have put down some of my views, now lets discuss!!
Elevators
Ever noticed people in elevators?
- Stare straight at the elevator door/indicator/ceiling
- Stay silent
- Are in a perpetual state of apprehension … standing still, but still waiting
In that case, I think elevators are the epitome of captive audiences.
Won’t it be a great place to run audio advertisement jingles?
Autos and cabs
Can someone tell me why
- Fares are never in round numbers
- The meter reading is never in actual rupees (don’t tell me there are digital meters, why could they not figure this out earlier??)
- If it is a public service, then the driver can still say no to you
- The petrol price and meter price are not Cause and Effect
- The minimum fare changes from city to city, although the average price of fuel and the distance traveled is pretty much the same
Updates
Do not want to rant and rave about what has been keeping me away from the blog, but this is the gist of it
- My sister Arati got married ps – Ashish, have mailed you the link. Her saasar is in Dombivali … quite far from where we stay. She is moving into a new house, new locality and building things up from scratch, god bless her soul
- Kida 2.0 is on the way :-), in 3 more months I would be a proud father!!
- The new job at Illumine is turning out to be quite an interesting assignment (and that is why you have seen more gyaan posts around here). More on this later. ps – Biggie, keep a watch out for this
- Most of my free time is spent in Multiplayer Rise of Nations over VPN :-)
Today was an opportunity where I got some free time from everything and am unleashing a slew of posts … Bwa ha ha haha!!