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When I was a little kid, whenever I used to see greeting cards that say ‘Seasons Greetings’, I had no clue what it meant. I remember wondering what it was, as in Chennai we just had two seasons: sunny and rainy season and I was wondering who would ever greet someone for either of these [...]

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After a break of about ten days, I am back to blogging now. Just realized how my inclination to associate images to each blog post would prevent me from publishing my posts with just content that I type from my mobile. One thing I did realize in these ten days is that blogging from a [...]

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I watched the movie ‘Searching For Bobby Fisher‘ when one particular dialogue caught my attention and has become a sort of a revelation to me. In one scene, the chess coach places the horse, elephant, bishop, king and queen in front of Joshua, his seven year old student and asks him: Which one of these [...]

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During the weekend, we got a chance to see Princeton downtown for the first time. Princeton is a beautiful university town, which is famous for a few reasons such as Albert Einstein was teaching in Princeton University, Princeton has produced some of the Noble laureates, etc. Over a period of time, Princeton University has become [...]

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I have always been a fan of the concept of ‘Main Street’ that have been in existence in the US for over 100 years now. I have also been a big fan of the PURA (Providing Urban amenities in Rural Areas) concept that is envisioned as a part of India 2020 programme – helping India [...]

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I noticed a poster at the swimming pool which caught my attention yesterday. The wordings in the poster goes as follows: Victory is when ten thousand hours of training meets one moment of opportunity This phrase is supposed to be aimed at sports people where it is so true. I have played badminton for many [...]

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I was thinking about all the activities I did in a 24 hour time period starting from friday night and ending on saturday night. It reminded me of my days in Chennai when I used to spend many days this way. I watched Rajneeti movie on Netflix on Friday night after I realized it was [...]

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I have been called many times by these tele marketers claiming to represent some bank and they offer 60 days of free trial of some product or service, telling us that we can call and cancel within 60 days if we do not like their product or service. I have always wondered and even asked [...]

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In the past few years, I have started categorising almost everything into smaller categories that help me focus on each category and handle it accordingly. Different people have different ways of categorising things and in my approach there are three categories: Necessity, Comfort and Luxury. Necessity: This category contains all the items are a must [...]

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This is a personal blog and some of you might find it boring. Some of my close friends know that I prefer vegetarian food. This actually leads to interesting discussion as to whether I am a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian (called in the US as ‘meat eater’). I call myself as ‘Preferred Vegetarian’ (not even [...]

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