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A Perfect Day for A Perfect Beginning
As most of you might have already known, my company Spinaxys had not been doing that well of late. The biggest hurdle we faced was that none of us had enough contacts in the industry. With time running out and our cash reserves exhausted, we decided that we would call it quits for the time…
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Limited By Thoughts
A person is limited only by the thoughts that he/she chooses. As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break…
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135B of RP Act
As per 135B of Representation of People (RP) Act, persons who are eligible to vote (i.e. those whose names are present in the voters list) and are residents of the constituency where elections are being held, are eligible to take a paid leave from their company for casting their vote. In other words, every citizen…
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Time To Vote – Lok Satta
“The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of bad men.” – Plato. To: …. Sub: Time To Vote For all those who don’t know me, a couple of lines about myself. I, Rahul Amaram, am a graduate from IIIT-Hyd (2K batch), worked…
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Speech by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan at Mumbai University
Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan is a physician by training, a public servant by choice, and a democrat by conviction. He joined the IAS in 1980. During his 16 years of public service in various capacities, he had many accomplishments to his credit. He is still remembered fondly by the people of the districts he once worked…
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The Detoriating Quality of Indian News Channels
Gone are the good old days of DD News when the entire day’s news were covered in about half an hour. Now is the period of 24-hour news channels. And along with it, gone are the days when news actually was something important. The following few instances really make me wonder whether what I’m watching…
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Love Letter
Ever wondered how an HR Manager could write a love letter to his girlfriend? Here it goes … To, My Dear Darling Sub: Offer of love! Dearest Ms Maya, I am very happy to inform you that I have fallen in Love with you since the 14th of October (Saturday). With reference to the meeting…
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Mathematics
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I’m Feeling Nostalgic
I had worked as a consultant during the past 5 months for a start-up Synovel which has been co-founded by my seniors. These guys have been doing some great work in the collaboration domain and their product Spicebird is definitely worth checking out. Below is the mail which I had sent an hour back upon…
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The Marriage
Grandmother was pretending to be lost in prayer, but her prayer-beads were spinning at top speed. That meant she was either excited or upset. Mother put the receiver down. “Some American girl in his office, she’s coming to stay with us for a week.” She sounded as if she had a deep foreboding.