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Displeasure of D(MK) with Maran
2007-05-19 22:22:00
When I read about the tiff between the Maran family & M Karunadhi's, never thought that it was worth a post . But on seeing fellow blogger's coverage of the events - Asif and Badrirag, I also decided to come up with my own version of the events.Few Key things to know - to understand the whole controversy:-Stalin is in firm grasp of the DMK's party structure with very high loyalty to him running among its ranksThough Azhagiri claims that he is in charge of the southern part of TamilNadu, the reality is little different. Except for Madurai, it is Stalin's supporters who control the party. [Remember, I belong to southern part of TamilNadu]Stalin after the entry of Maran into political picture, started seeing him as his major competitor rather than Azhagiri Especially because of his dynamism and popularity with the common folkSo Stalin used this golden opportunity to get Maran out of the place from which he gets all the attention and fame. His argument was since MK already warned t...
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Interview with President of World Vision - Excerpts
2007-05-18 17:00:00
One of the few things I know about my career is that - after five years of corporate life, I will be taking a moment and re-evaluating whether I really want to stay there. So now itself, started short-listing things I can do if i decide to quit corporate world. One Evergreen Option is to become a Professor in some well known college [There is nothing more exciting than entertaining 60+ students for a hour but still managing to add some value - that too, not for a single day, but for a whole semester.. Hmmm.. Looks tough enough for me..] Another option - To join some social service organization and 'World Vision' heads that list of social organizations I would like to join. So I was very much interested on seeing the heading "Ten (or so) questions with Richard Sterns, President of World Vision" in Guy Kawaski's Blog - "How to change the world". Worth a read for anybody who wish to leave the corporate world and 'go out and change the world'.Certain Excerpts I liked from the...
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Interview with President of World Vision - Excerpts
2007-05-18 17:00:00
One of the few things I know about my career is that - after five years of corporate life, I will be taking a moment and re-evaluating whether I really want to stay there. So now itself, started short-listing things I can do if i decide to quit corporate world. One Evergreen Option is to become a Professor in some well known college [There is nothing more exciting than entertaining 60+ students for a hour but still managing to add some value - that too, not for a single day, but for a whole semester.. Hmmm.. Looks tough enough for me..] Another option - To join some social service organization and 'World Vision ' heads that list of social organizations I would like to join. So I was very much interested on seeing the heading "Ten (or so) questions with Richard Sterns, President of World Vision " in Guy Kawaski's Blog - "How to change the world". Worth a read for anybody who wish to leave the corporate world and 'go out and change the world'.Certain Excerpts I liked from the...
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Chennai Autos Have Competition! Finally!!!
2007-05-13 08:40:00
It has always been a habit for Chennai Bloggers to have a dig at Chennai auto wallahs. For example, Read the recent post on Kiruba's page - 'How an auto driver helped my marathon practice' especially, the comments page where people want some kind of Internet protest to be organized against Chennai autos. These kind of posts coupled with my few bad experiences had made me to nurture a thought that 'Chennai auto drivers are the worst in the country'.But everything changed once I set foot in Pune. Truly, Chennai auto wallahs are 'angels' when we compare them to their kind in Pune - especially the ones near the IT parks. Even the word ' exorbitant' is a too kind a word to use for the amount they charge you. Pathetic Public transport ensures that this is the only mode of travel. Chennai Bloggers! Please remember that the auto drivers in Chennai are not so bad as they are made to look like."Yeah! Mushrooming of IT parks is ensuring that Chennai Auto rickshaws have competition...
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Cricket World Cup is finally Over
2007-05-05 07:40:00
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 rather than making the cricket fans ask for 'dil maange more' made them feel happy that the long event is finally over. What a pity for the event of that caliber!!!!Also it is the right time to analyse my very own 'Predictions about Cricket World Cup '07' - which were very very wide off the mark...Photo: Australia - World Champions Again..Analysis of my predictions:Scotland, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Kenya, Canada, Zimbabwe Ireland:None of us would have ever expected any of these teams to qualify for the next stage. But Bangladesh & Ireland teams, thankfully brought their own surprises to this world cup.. But this ultimately made the super-eight matches a drag without any real excitement.My prediction that Zimbabwe as the only team with a chance to proceed to super-eight stage was based on the apparent weakness of the Pakistani team rather than on the strength of the Zimbabwe team. Now I rue my decision not to collect any informati...

Another Air Strike By LTTE
2007-05-03 17:22:00
Another Air Strike by LTTE in the heart of Srilanka. Another empty(regular) statement from the Indian Government stating that 'India is monitoring developments'. Read about my views regarding the growing aerial power of LTTE in LTTE's Air Strike.What else other than this attitude of 'waiting for the problem to be solved by itself' can be expected from our very own great Indian Government?...
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My Angels in Pune
2007-05-02 20:53:00
I recently read an article where the author calls all the people who helped or guided in his journey to an unknown land as 'angels'. Similarly, this is a photo in honour of My own Pune Angels P.S: I don't believe that angels can be grouped under a single gender only
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Is MBA from Indian institutes are really worth it?
2007-04-13 13:06:00
This was the question that was left uppermost in my mind after my recent train journey. In this journey, I was lucky to spend time with 2 different kinds of people [classes/status]. In the first leg of the journey, I met one among the thousands of Indian Entrepreneurs whose absence would cause a catastrophe in this nation but soemone we will never notice. Yeah! One of the poor salesmen/shop owner who are very much part of this Incredible India. His name is Pandi, and he earns his daily bread by selling tea & coffee to travellers. But the management concepts/theories he spoke just amazed me. He spoke about economies of scale, experience effects, logistics, Distribution channels, etc.. [Yeah.. most of the concepts, we, the Indian MBA students mug from their books just a day before the exams]. Here is a man who completely understands them but in no way polluted by this jargon speak. At the end, I was left wondering with the question 'Is MBA from Indian instututes really worth it?'In ...
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IIM Indore rocks 'as usual' in the International arena
2007-04-10 13:30:00
One of the good things about international competitions is that you get to compete with the best in the world and know your position vis-à-vis the rest of the world. L'Oreal e-strat Challenge is one such event.Tit-Bits About L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge: L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge is one of the world's biggest online business simulations. This international competition is open to undergraduate and MBA students in their final two years of university or business school. In its first six editions, the L?Oréal e-Strat Challenge has brought together over 132,000 students from 2190 schools representing 125 countries.The International Finalist teams, the top undergraduate and MBA team of each zone win an all expenses paid trip to Paris to compete for the first place! The two most strategic, professional and convincing teams will win a trip to the destination of their choice worth 10,000? !IIM-Indo re @ L'Oreal e-Strat Challenge 7: This time around, the...
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IIM Indore rocks 'as usual' in the International arena
2007-04-10 13:30:00
One of the good things about international competitions is that you get to compete with the best in the world and know your position vis-à-vis the rest of the world. L'Oreal e-strat Challenge is one such event.Tit-Bits About L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge: L'Oréal e-Strat Challenge is one of the world's biggest online business simulations. This international competition is open to undergraduate and MBA students in their final two years of university or business school. In its first six editions, the L?Oréal e-Strat Challenge has brought together over 132,000 students from 2190 schools representing 125 countries.The Intern ational Finalist teams, the top undergraduate and MBA team of each zone win an all expenses paid trip to Paris to compete for the first place! The two most strategic, professional and convincing teams will win a trip to the destination of their choice worth 10,000? !IIM-Indore @ L'Oreal e-Strat Challenge 7: This time around, the...
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Clash of Titans - IIM Indore
2007-04-09 20:00:00
With the whole campus left to PGP-I after the farewell of 2007 Batch of IIM-Indore, the sportscom decided to come up with an inter section sports meet - 'Clash of Titans ' to prove that we are not only nerds but can play ball too. The following sports were shortlisted to find out the best section among the threeBasketballVolleyballCricketTTBadmint onFootballBefore the sports matches got started, all the experts were of the same opinion that the games would be a walkover for Section B and the only dispute was in how much Rakesh would prove a thron in their path. Alas! they forgot that there is an all rounder in Section A - Girish Nair.With a great crowd turn-out, the volleyball matches kicked off the event. [To know more about volleyball matches in 'Clash of Titans' please click 'Volleyball in Clash of Titans']BasketBall - Section B & C tied for the first place sharing the points with Section A losing all its matchesRakesh's Special Jump(Observe the distance between the guys fig...
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Clash of Titans - IIM Indore
2007-04-09 20:00:00
With the whole campus left to PGP-I after the farewell of 2007 Batch of IIM-Indo re, the sportscom decided to come up with an inter section sports meet - 'Clash of Titans ' to prove that we are not only nerds but can play ball too. The following sports were shortlisted to find out the best section among the threeBasketballVolleyballCricketTTBadmint onFootballBefore the sports matches got started, all the experts were of the same opinion that the games would be a walkover for Section B and the only dispute was in how much Rakesh would prove a thron in their path. Alas! they forgot that there is an all rounder in Section A - Girish Nair.With a great crowd turn-out, the volleyball matches kicked off the event. [To know more about volleyball matches in 'Clash of Titans' please click 'Volleyball in Clash of Titans']BasketBall - Section B & C tied for the first place sharing the points with Section A losing all its matchesRakesh's Special Jump(Observe the distance between the guys fig...
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Harry Potter CountDown Google Gadget
2007-04-09 12:51:00
For Google Desktop Users OnlyIf you are crazy about Harry Potter as me, then this Google gadget - 'Harry Potter Countdown ' is a must on your desktop. It tells us how much more time we have to wait to get hold of the upcoming book 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'.But anyway, applying the law of relativity, it looks as if the book release is an eternity away for me.. Hmmm.. Come on July quickly..
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Harry Potter CountDown Google Gadget
2007-04-09 12:51:00
For Google Desktop Users OnlyIf you are crazy about Harry Potter as me, then this Google gadget - 'Harry Potter Countdown' is a must on your desktop. It tells us how much more time we have to wait to get hold of the upcoming book 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'.But anyway, applying the law of relativity, it looks as if the book release is an eternity away for me.. Hmmm.. Come on July quickly..
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VolleyBall in 'Clash of Titans'
2007-04-08 19:12:00
Sports Movies (however bad they were) have always been my favorites. The fact that even the underdogs/unknown can beat the favorites in any given day has attracted me like a magent to sports movies . Added to this my zilch participation in any sports event made sure that the emotions that a sports player undergoes enthralls me - anytime, anywhere. So when the 'Clash of Titans - Inter Section Sports Meet' was declared, I was personally expecting 2 weeks of unadulterated fun. But never did I think that I would be participating in a game. But call it fate or luck, I ended up in the Volleyball team of Section - 'A'. It was one hell of experience that I am surely going to carry for the rest of my life. ?Clash of Titans - 2007? had a great start with the First Volleyball game between Section A Vs Section B turning to be an absolute thriller. In Set 1, we (Section A) were comprehensively beaten by Section B with Abhishek, Kristoff, Amaresh combining beautifully for them. But by s...
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Story of an Alarm Clock
2007-04-05 22:09:00
Most of this post is an excerpt from one of my comments in Sajeev's Post - 'Terror Strikes E-Block'. Don't have any doubts. The sleeper who was not disturbed from his slumber even when the powerful cracker(atom bomb) burst on his neighbour's room is Me. So I decided to narrate my life at College of Engineering, Guindy where my neighbours had a hell of a time with my alarmclock. [Posting it here since somebody commented it is good.] :)"Once long ago, there was an alarm clock in the hostel room of a student studying in a dream city called chennai in one of the best colleges of the world. And this alarm clock had the rare ability to wake up the whole block when it likes to. But alas! it does this every morning... So when its music begins, everybody in the hostel will wake-up and run to the door outside the block to hear its most beautiful sound.. But for sometime, they will stand outside shouting, encouraging this alarm to sing louder. After a few minutes resenting the fact that t...
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Everybody Loves Google
2007-04-05 18:48:00
Today I was pleasantly surprised to read about a search for a snake in the Googl e 's U.S. office in 'The Hindu'... that too in its Front Page. As someone in Tirunelveli where every other day, you hear about a snake(python) entering the government offices which are situated near the river banks. This was not a big news for me. Still The Hindu never found the snake entry in our very own Indian Government offices interesting enough to print. [But the Tamil Daily, Dinamalar used to print it as a half page story with a quarter page photo of the snake and its capturer]This made me to search 'Why this huge interest in a company that is situated in a faraway land?'. Few reasons i was able to come up with for the buzz around 'everything Google'.Most of the students love it because our Copy+Paste assignment work become a lot tougher without itIn today's world, the word 'online search' has become synonymous with Google. A ultimate dream for any brand managerAn Underdog and a David f...
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Airlines and their Overbooking Policies
2007-03-31 08:00:00
Recently there was a lot of heat generated when people heard about "Over booking in flights by Air Deccan". I thought Air Deccan, being an airline known for its poor customer service, only such a thing could be expected of it.But i was shocked to know that Seat Allocation/ overbooking is the most important problem even in the esteemed British Airways when i went through their case - "British Airways - Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer", as a part of my Marketing Course.A Google search came out with the following incidents of overbooking by other airlines around the world.Overbooking Leaves Air Namibia Passenger in the lurchAir France Employees Protest Overbooking PolicyAir NZ Passengers angry at being bumpedSo we can safely come to a conclusion that it is a standard practice in airlines all over the world to overbook so that they could cash on the opportunity of people missing the flights or cancelling in the last minute. But atleast these airlines accept it and ...
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Airlines and their Overbooking Policies
2007-03-31 08:00:00
Recently there was a lot of heat generated when people heard about "Overbooking in flights by Air Deccan". I thought Air Deccan, being an airline known for its poor customer service, only such a thing could be expected of it.But i was shocked to know that Seat Allocation/ overbooking is the most important problem even in the esteemed British Airways when i went through their case - "British Airways - Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer", as a part of my Marketing Course.A Google search came out with the following incidents of overbooking by other airlines around the world.Overbooking Leaves Air Namibia Passenger in the lurchAir France Employees Protest Overbooking PolicyAir NZ Passengers angry at being bumpedSo we can safely come to a conclusion that it is a standard practice in airlines all over the world to overbook so that they could cash on the opportunity of people missing the flights or cancelling in the last minute. But atleast these airlines accept it and ...
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LTTE's Air Strike
2007-03-27 18:07:00
Dear Indian Government, Are you ready for the situation you find yourself after the recent air strike by LTTE on the Srilankan Air Force's Main Military Base. The implications this air strike has for the Indian government is numerous. If the Indian Airforce is not vigilant enough on this front, LTTE can attack any part of TamilNadu whenever it wishes[An attack similar to 9/11 on Chennai LIC tower???]. Now the TN & Indian Security forces find them self in a position where they have to shield their VIPs not only from the land attacks but also from the air. If some mishaps happens, Will the Indian government take the same pains as the U.S. [Searching Osama Bin Laden] to find the conspirators? Also it raises the important question of howfar this technology is going to travel. If the naxalists or ULFA terrorists gets hold of this technology, God save India!!! Their power and strength would become uncontrollable. India, This is not the time for being complacent in the S...
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This Summer @ Pune
2007-03-24 07:53:00
Please don't read this if you don't want to know about the person behind the name 'Robin'.The reason I choose my Blog title as "Tirunelveli--->Chennai--->Indore--->???" is mainly because it neatly sums up 'who I am' in a whole lot of ways. A person from a place unknown to most in the country(Tirunelveli) first experiencing a city that too a metro city with a more than a million people(to be exact - 4.2 million people in the city), then moving from the conservative TamilNadu to one of the places filled with highly intellectual people. These transitions and stays, coupled with my hopes about the unpredictable future have imparted an unique flavour to me. [My competitive advantage]My home town - Tirunelveli, which is making a slow transition from a semi-urban to a city life style gave me a privilege of identifying myself with the rural masses of this land. Chennai exposed me to traffic, pollution, exorbitant auto rates, multiplexes and the beauty of beaches. Though i lived in the...
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