tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62357692011-09-04T19:38:19.923+05:30Un Interesting BlogSome thoughts...Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1148320466545633872006-05-22T22:40:00.000+05:302006-05-22T23:24:26.566+05:30Reservations…The current Reservation Bill, aimed at increasing the quota for OBC’s in educational institutions in India, which was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha, has caused much furor in the last few days. So, what is all the fuss about?The boom in India’s economy has been driven by young, well-educated professionals. The benefits that this growth has brought, will surely cycle through to Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1139358623692221802006-02-08T05:46:00.000+05:302006-02-08T06:00:23.703+05:30Free MarketsFor a long time now, I have been thinking about the concept of free markets, and its practicality. On the face of it, it is an amazingly elegant system, with inbuilt checks and balances. The "invisible hand" ensures that things are in line.However, I strongly believe that it is highly impractical and un-implementable. It exists only in theory, and requires too many "perfect conditionsAshishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1126144677204284822005-09-08T07:26:00.000+05:302005-09-08T07:27:57.210+05:30My last post invited a few interesting comments! Hopefully I'll be able to comment on those comments soon... :-)Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1123881038006485092005-08-13T02:33:00.000+05:302005-08-13T07:18:03.660+05:30 Economix Remember the school bully who would hog the swing? Asking him to get off because it was your turn would invite a punch or two, and not wanting to be part of that predictable future you preferred to play on the slide instead.Pure Capitalists argure that this is fair. The bully has the right to use his physical strength to his advantage. If you are smaller in size, then too bad. Learn Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1122942142187450442005-08-02T05:33:00.000+05:302005-08-02T05:52:22.213+05:30My DeskI just realised that I can upload images off my comp! Forgive me if it has always been so, but I was of the opinion that you could only link it to images uploaded on some server...Anyways, this is what my desk looks like most of the time. The Motorola 768i phone in the view serves the purpose of an alarm -- a poor student cannot afford the luxury of a cellphone connection!!Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1117580233323490572005-06-01T04:12:00.000+05:302005-06-01T04:29:08.210+05:30 Queen's School of Business official blog I'll be posting blogs on the QSB website....this is a new idea that these guys have come up with, to let prospective students know about "life at Queen's ".Going by my feeble writing acumen, I'm sure I'll be duplicating posts on both sites!For those interested, here is the website.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1116218631456423942005-05-16T09:25:00.000+05:302005-05-16T10:13:51.460+05:30SwitchesI never thought I would miss the switch on a socket board. Being an Electrical Engineer, It is painful to see a small spark everytime you pull out a plug. Don't these people know that an alternative exsists to this crude way of breaking a circuit?Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1112603676167205342005-04-04T13:54:00.000+05:302005-04-04T14:11:53.916+05:30Changes...The last month has been pretty hectic. So many things going on...so many changes. April promises the same, and more.It sure is difficult to break out of a comfort zone and venture onto unchartered grounds! That too when so much is at stake. I am tempted to believe that I should be satisfied with what I have today: a good job and a good salary (well, it's never enough, is it?).But I Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1104834360665985742005-01-04T15:50:00.000+05:302005-01-04T15:56:00.666+05:30A Quote that I got first hand...
"-- was my life support system. My wife had died in a car accident, and a week later my mother passed away. I needed to have something to live for."
Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1096956584853956692004-10-05T11:35:00.000+05:302004-10-05T11:41:32.956+05:30Man....what a long break from blogging!! Things are moving smoothly these days. Not everything is perfect, but I'd like to think that this is as good as it gets.
Got a good GMAT score and will now apply to colleges....I will not be an engineer anymore! Am not sure though, whether that is something to be happy about.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1085999549784568552004-05-31T16:01:00.000+05:302004-05-31T16:02:29.783+05:30Freedom fighters, who won the country its independence, handed over the reins to the young breed of politicians.
But they stayed on and grew old. Most of the party leaders today are in their seventies.
Surely they should have some retirement age.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1085753345722279532004-05-28T19:35:00.000+05:302004-05-28T19:39:05.723+05:30Was trying googlewhack.
Got one successful result: obtrusive metastability :-)
You may just see my name here if you visit soon enough.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1084335110457084712004-05-17T09:34:00.000+05:302004-05-17T23:26:11.210+05:30 The following is my account of a trek in the summer of 2001. Written almost three years after it happened, I might have missed out some things. However, it is accurate as far as I remember.
March 2001 - IIT Kanpur
A bright orange poster on the crumbling, overflowing notice board seemed to screaming out its message.
Adventure Club Summer Trek to the Himalayas - Dodi Tal - for amateurs
As Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1084507152401431622004-05-14T09:16:00.000+05:302004-05-14T09:34:05.713+05:30Just thought up a corny joke while driving to office today:
[set in a time before the "great writer" Shobha De was married]
So this guy, a business tycoon in his seventies, comes to her house to ask for her hand in marriage.
The father flatly refuses. On this, the mother says to the old man:
Yeh aapko Shobha nahi deta!
I said it was corny.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1084429743383930012004-05-13T10:24:00.000+05:302004-05-14T09:15:43.440+05:30 The Art of Living - Warning - A tad philosophical
Whenever I come across a self proclaimed spiritual organisation, I can't help thinking how gullible people can be. Shady gurus and their shady congregations. More often than not, you are required to make a hefty donation (which supposedly is going to be used for some charity work) and listen to the guru's monologue, hoping to obtain some gyan Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1084256961724646952004-05-11T11:56:00.000+05:302004-05-11T13:12:13.896+05:30Did some tinkering with the template settings for my blog. Am finally satisfied now -- it doesn't look all that bad now!! :-)
Somehow, I just cant stop humming:
Down the way, where the knights are gay... :-)
~Jamaican FarewellAshishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1084249461479609452004-05-11T09:50:00.000+05:302004-05-11T10:29:25.993+05:30And so I join the list of people who have lost their comments. I wish I had published the comments of one blog as another post. It really was worth doing so.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1084197400833859642004-05-10T19:25:00.000+05:302004-05-10T19:26:40.833+05:30Test blog -- after the template changes! :-)Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1083215290432801432004-04-29T10:36:00.000+05:302004-04-29T10:43:23.530+05:30I have no clue why the previous post shows up twice. I tried to change it in the "manage posts" section, but to no avail. Maybe blogger agrees with me and wants to emphsize the point! :-) wotsay koushik?
I finally go a gmail account -- hehe -- have been flaunting it ever since. Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1082862528235703872004-04-25T08:38:00.000+05:302004-04-25T08:42:59.246+05:30Why are indians such cribbers when it comes to anything that is indian? Take movies for example. A John Woo film may have bikes flying all over the place and a Tarantino movie may have almost no storyline, but that is class. A hindi movie, on the other hand, is dissected for every little flaw that it has.
Why do we always look at and remember our failures more than our successes? Why do we hear Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1078930792156117322004-03-10T20:26:00.000+05:302004-03-10T20:33:00.013+05:30So things get moving finally.... something that was left for dead, somehow manages to rise again, fighting back viciously. This time triumphant. Kudos to the fighting spirit.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1077197732715236722004-02-19T19:04:00.000+05:302004-02-19T19:08:13.466+05:30Such a lot to write about, but no time to write. :-( I am working unusually hard, it seems!!Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1072946504173117932004-01-01T14:11:00.000+05:302004-05-11T09:56:25.640+05:30Conventional Warfare...
Okay, so what is Conventional Warfare?
It is the so-called "ethical" way of fighting a war -- no use of chemical or biological weapons - just plain old guns, artillery and bombs.
This "war-ethic" came into being during the Second World War, when there was the real danger of Germany making use of Chemical and Biological Weapons to its advantage. (I guess everyone must haveAshishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1072943432438210172004-01-01T13:20:00.000+05:302004-01-01T13:20:49.910+05:30Here's wishing everyone a Very Happy New Year!! :-)Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1072440030040157062003-12-26T17:25:00.000+05:302003-12-26T17:30:46.680+05:30Man, my blog page looks pathetic. :-( I need to do a lot of changes..
(improvements?). Chalo, lets see...will do so when I get the time.
Well, its not that I am extremely busy now, but that I dont really know
html, and am not in the mood to learn that now!!! :-)
Just a thought, is it possible that our dreams are reality and reality
as we know it is a dream. That would mean that when we sleep, weAshishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1072174355512592762003-12-23T15:39:00.000+05:302003-12-23T15:42:51.206+05:30Why do we work? Is it just for the money or for the love for the job?
:-) :-) Just wanted to say that!! :-D
But seriously, would I be happy had I been a rock-star? For one, I wouldnt want to play the guitar in my free time then! I feel competition spoils everything. The fact that there *has* to be a winner, and there *has* to be a loser, takes the fun out of work.Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235769.post-1072078946864542592003-12-22T12:56:00.000+05:302003-12-22T13:12:41.866+05:30Okay, so my first blog was a test.
I was thinking of deleting it, but now have changed my mind. Somehow it has gained sentimental value! My very first blog!! :-)
Hmm. So this is as interesting as my "un interesting blog" gets. For those of you who didnt get the pun (all ye dimwits :-D), UN ==> AN get it??
ever noticed how the charm of a subtle joke completely disappears when you try to Ashishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387888273256445689noreply@blogger.com0