tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60411773111825904872011-08-21T17:20:25.690+05:30anything between the big bang and the big crunchArindamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833979240960143241noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041177311182590487.post-19259933782963436962008-12-15T16:14:00.007+05:302008-12-16T19:50:20.331+05:30

CourtesyDr. Jagdeesh Kumar and Mrs. Ravikala - thanks to both of you for the wonderful evening, an evening full of fresh air, unlike that is found in the modern multiplexes, topped with a decent movie .The OAT experience firstThe IIT Madras campus is atypical of any Indian Institute Campus (not only the IITs but also the IIMs, IISc - any educational establishment with the Indian Institute status

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The administration and the politicians are finally waking up! Security at the Meenakshi Temple was immediately beefed up when the collector received an e-mail threat to blow up the sacred temple. Here is a picture, courtesy The Times of India, Chennai edition (6th December 2008), that reveals our level of preparation to fight against terrorists wielding AK-47s, hurling grenades and using other

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My homage to the innocents who were brutally murdered in Mumbai, primarily due to an indecisive and vote bank driven political administration running our country. Let us observe a moment of silence in the memory of those innocents and the men from the various forces who laid down their lives in an attempt to salvage the life of the common citizens.......Coming back ... I hate to devote too many

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Few months back, we were in T. Nagar, the most well known shopping destination in Chennai, to shop for some gold ornaments. Prior to that, we never shopped for gold jewellery in the city. After doing the rounds in the plush and gigantic gold jewellery arcades, we could not find anything that suited our taste without burning a hole in our pocket. We had a rough idea about the weight of different

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As a side-effect of working in an industry where an "Internet Connection" is always at one's disposal, there is every risk that one be converted to an "Internet Junkie". Not sure whether I've turned into one, but the bookmarks list has grown by leaps and bounds - versatile interests that I have, you know :D ...Thought to lend a helping hand to those who read my blogs, hoping to create a few

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Off late, changing the symbol of an organization to drive in the notion that we are changing has gained a lot of ground. Private or Public Sector undertaking, everyone has realized the importance of Brand Building. Great!One of our Nationalized Banks has also jumped into this bandwagon and has changed their symbol from a typical, hardly understandable one to a suave blue and yellow triangles

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This post was long overdue. We visited Kanyakumari (and Kovalam Beach) during the second week of October 2008. Let this be a picturesque post.Vivekananda Memorial Rock and the Thiruvalluvar StatueVivekananda Memorial Rock as we approach it on a launchOn the Vivekananda Memorial RockImmaculately polished Granite Elephants (4 tonne each!!) on Vivekananda Memorial RockVivekananda Memorial Rock at

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Of the very few things that I remember from my undergraduate major days, the term jettison is among my favourites. In Physics (yes! surprised? I majored in Physics!), specifically in rocket motion, jettison refers to the disengagement of the burned up levels (which no longer serve any purpose) of a multi-stage rocket to reduce the mass. Usually, only the final stage (topmost part) of the rocket

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Few minutes after the CHANDRAYAAN-I (it is Chandra Jaan, meaning "vehicle to the Moon") took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at exactly 6:22 am IST today morning (22 October 2008), anxious faces at ISRO and throughout the country brimmed with joy.Although first from India, this launch is not something pioneering - there has been 67 previous Moon Mission launches by various

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I have immense respect for the ever-young Mr. Ratan Tata. Of course, he does not require anyone's endorsement - his achievements speak for himself.But it was a cruel surprise to see this gentleman spew out his pent up feelings, with respect to his decision to pullout from Singur, in several leading newspapers in the state, headlined Open Letter to the Citizens of West Bengal. Mr. Tata talked

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Like everyone, I was keenly following the developments (destructions??) on the Tata Nano project at Singur, West Bengal over a period of past several months.Buoyed with their success (!!) at Nandigram violence and the Panchayat election following the same, the opposition party (whose strategies replicate those of the ruling coalition's forty year old tactics) at West Bengal were hell bent to

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Few days back, I chanced to watch the film Do Aankhen Barah Haath on a Sunday morning, courtesy my good friend Samik. No, I will not divulge the plot of the film; instead I would discuss some 'defining' aspects of the plot.The film is based on the theme of 'trust'. Many a leader, both spiritual and political, lay utmost stress on 'faith' on the goodliness of people. Swami Vivekananda said that it

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Back from a short hiatus. To be honest, I was enjoying the pampering by my parents at Chennai! They visited Chennai for the first time.And yes!! Their visit gave me a chance to break free. The travel freak in me was awakened. The proceedings started with a short tour to Vivekananda House (Vivekanandar Illam) that overlooks the Marina Beach. The collection of photographs pertaining to Swami

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This makes more sense, isn't it? After all we received our (formal) Independence at midnight. "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." - The effect of these great words by the first Prime Minister of the new born country, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, is largely diluted in the present context of celebrating Independence Day on the morning of

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Today, I was spectator to what shall be one of “the shows” I have ever watched in my life. I watched the combat exercise of most probably one of the MiG variants (I am not much knowledgeable about the various fighter jets, but comparing the relative shapes of the jets the Indian Air Force possesses at http://indianairforce.nic.in/ -> Know Us -> Our Strength, it appears to me that the jet was a

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This blog is in response to an article published in The Times of India (Bangalore edition) on 31 July 2008 - "IIT chiefs are now thinking beyond JEE".The article brings forth the views of the Directors/Dean, all of whom are eminent educationists by their own right, of several IITs on the effectiveness of the IIT-JEE as the sole assessment method to admit students to this group of institutes of

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As the news of serial blasts at Bangalore came pouring in at the office and everyone's face reflected a blend of emotion of sheer disbelief (Why Bangalore!), concern and fear, my mind went into flashback mode and travelled about 11 months back - to Hyderabad.August 27 and 28, 2007, Monday and Tuesday respectively, were holidays at my office on the occasion of Onam and hence made a great

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... as a befitting tribute to the the marvellous achievement of the sapiens sub species of the species Homo sapiens.Its amazing that when every other species in this world still slog it out, out there, we are already hooked to blogging ! !Hats off to the guys who conceived the very idea; and kudos to those who made sure the idea saw the light of the day ...I sincerely hope to find out some time

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