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Please find maama's second adda dedicated to programming <a href="http://shashiasrblog.blogspot.in/">here</a>Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-65350604101130522792019-09-07T00:30:00.000+05:302019-09-07T12:56:53.786+05:30ದೇಶ ನೋಡು ಕೋಶ ಓದು - Part 2
...Continued from Part 1. You can read it here
The more things change…
Along with the days building up to the journey itself, the first few days are quite surreal! Back home, it was a place where I had spent almost my entire life - so everything seemed familiar and relatively easy - shopping for stuff, arranging documents, speaking to cargo handlers, arranging for foreign exchange,Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-82264756079888192162019-09-01T04:48:00.000+05:302019-09-08T00:35:51.702+05:30ದೇಶ ನೋಡು ಕೋಶ ಓದು - Part 1
Knowledge is indeed powerful and the pursuit of the same can be a journey of a lifetime. The yesteryear philosophers in my state narrowed this pursuit very simplistically to two things – ದೇಶ ನೋಡು ಕೋಶ ಓದು (desha nodu, kosha odu - roam the country, read the books). It actually seems too simple – but the more I think about it, the more accurate it seems to acquire well-rounded knowledge - mix the Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-1659922886689951252017-12-18T15:45:00.000+05:302017-12-18T16:07:47.984+05:30The illusion of control
The scene is a typical Indian services quarters from the 90’s – the kind of sub-600square feet dwelling blocks the government usually provided to their lowest rung employees back then along with a meagre monthly salary. The camera zooms into one of the balconies of that building – a young man is staring into the night view deep in his thoughts – his small home in the background. There are Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-63712277545070440642015-01-06T16:10:00.000+05:302015-01-06T19:18:09.888+05:30Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
"In the next five years, I see myself as a middle-management professional in one of the top companies of the world, helping their growth in the process of helping myself grow. I would have acquired the best techno-managerial skills from an esteemed premier institution - like yours :). I want to grow in the industry to as high position as I can where I have the power to bring a change in the Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-51640341819128511672014-06-25T05:00:00.000+05:302014-06-26T14:30:23.658+05:30IT in government services: my first-hand experience
Technology enabled analytics might be bread and butter for many of us in the IT/analytics industry. We get to see that in the past one decade, technology services has really redefined the way we did things – be it banking/retail shopping/social networking. But is it really changing anything in the public sector organizations or government agencies? There is some amount of computerization to Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-57548278771693944082014-03-26T23:14:00.002+05:302014-03-26T23:24:03.074+05:30Great Expectations - Part 2
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A very popular story taught in moral science classes speaks of a king who ruled over a prosperous land, was very wealthy and rich, and loved a lot by his subjects. However, the king could not sleep at night due to some anxiety or depression. Lot of physicians examined the king and tried to suggest a remedy for this unique problem but none of them seemed to Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-61003548510535019762014-03-23T01:09:00.000+05:302014-03-26T23:16:37.463+05:30Great Expectations - Part 1
“Amazon reports 45% drop in profit! Investors cheer and invest some more”
Amazon is the world’s largest online retail store. It has been in operation for over 20 years now. From its humble beginnings in the m-commerce sector, Amazon has now expanded to all things digital – from providing solutions to big data and investing heavily in computer controlled instruments. It made quarterly sales Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-20693893944906362152013-10-06T18:49:00.001+05:302013-10-18T11:07:35.661+05:30The two T's
As MBAs we are all quite familiar with the 4 Ps of marketing or the five forces of strategy. But only KGPians will know that there are 2Ts which form an inseparable part of our stay here -'Trains' and 'Technology'. These 2Ts have fascinated me all my life. The long whistle of a zooming train in the middle of the night used to stir up my emotions like no other and I used to yearn for going on Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-23341255155033069022013-09-26T00:00:00.000+05:302013-09-26T12:46:37.164+05:30Melodies - Part 3 : That revolutionary codec!
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To read Part 2 of this post, click here
At around the same time CDs sold like hotcakes and planet M bosses were laughing all the way to their banks, a ground breaking technology was already gaining ground and finding its way onto computers. Using an inherent limitation of human auditory system known as auditory masking, scientists at AT&T Bell Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-289264759066495972013-09-21T10:54:00.000+05:302013-09-26T00:02:22.504+05:30Melodies - Part 2 : Those significant bits
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A bit is just a ‘0’ or a ‘1’ – it is such a small piece of information in the entire computing universe filled with terabytes and petabytes of data.
It takes 16 such bits to store a value between -32768 to +32767 (65536 unique values!)
If the unique values refer to an audio source, then you get to hear 65536 unique values if Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-84196362023633456212013-09-18T12:10:00.000+05:302013-09-21T10:55:49.231+05:30Melodies - Part 1 : Taped delights
If you are of the same generation that I am, then I am sure you will know what this rectangular looking thing with two teethy holes in between is – it is an audio cassette or more commonly, just ‘tape’!
Tapes stored audio and could be played on cassette players and walkmans. Some magnetic thing in the tape stored information about what sound to play and a cassette head would read it Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-14725551925587055422013-03-10T01:18:00.000+05:302013-03-10T22:30:44.042+05:30That Dark (k)night
"There’s a storm coming Mr. Wayne!.... because when it hits you’re all going to wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave very little for the rest of us!"
Selina Kyle kept building up the plot for the dark knight to rise again. Ultra and I were in the multiplex and enjoying every minute of the most awesome finale to a trilogy ever made. Little did we know of the mini crisis Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-68365223521549151352012-12-17T02:00:00.000+05:302015-01-06T16:15:29.466+05:30Replaceable?
“You have so much knowledge about the work we do. No one can take your place here!”
“Sweetheart, you are one of the most wonderful people I have ever met in my life. I can never live without you!”
“You are one of the main pillars in the team. We cannot survive without you!”
“Sachin is irreplaceable in Indian cricket. He cannot be dropped from the side”
At some point or the other in Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-48199787005030984412012-11-04T13:35:00.000+05:302012-11-08T23:43:05.490+05:30City Lights - Part 2 : The city of joy
[...continued from Part 1]
Kolkata has been referred to the city of joy. For me, it will always be the city of special love and that is one thing I immediately associate with the city - just plain and simple love and the faith that love cures all things going wrong. Right from the times when I first visited Kolkata in my high school days to the special weekend visits during the two years of Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-41771897957815594402012-11-04T02:03:00.000+05:302012-11-04T02:03:02.029+05:30City Lights - Part 1
Books, clothes, accessories and most importantly memories of
two great years were in those airbags and suitcases. They were getting crammed
in the tiny space available in the air conditioned railway compartment of the
12863 HWH-YPR express. We were going back one final time and some of the closest
friends in the two years had come to drop us off. The feelings were mixed – the
joy of finishing aShashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-44459238798397448822012-05-04T11:34:00.001+05:302012-07-27T14:58:27.536+05:30Parting note
Today, I cross one more milestone in the journey called Life. The ride in these two years has been really eventful and satisfying. After having stayed at home for almost all my life, I stepped into a remotely located premier institute of India to do my post graduation. It was a completely different experience with a sudden exposure to an entirely different culture and way of life. And as I signShashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-13596473834443002012012-04-13T01:06:00.001+05:302012-04-13T01:06:57.758+05:30Kya seekha?
It is said that learning is a life-long process. Since the time we are born, the world presents to us so many varied experiences and we learn from each one of them. And then there is formal education for the more privileged ones where certain skills are imparted by teachers which will help us to face the travails of the world and make a living out of it. Even after entering professional careersShashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-17323699336489393572012-03-24T20:00:00.000+05:302013-03-16T00:17:30.823+05:30Bro when it’s you, life’s always gonna be a dashing ride! - Part 3Read part one and two of the posts here and here
Many people have asked me this question ‘Temples in Goa? You are kidding right?’ and have given a sheepish ‘I know’ kind of grin when I have tried to answer. So, here I am clarifying, once and for all, a little lesser known facts about the tiny state.
Before it became the popular beach tourist destination it is today, Goa was a Portuguese colony. Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-11468070855525544112012-03-24T13:21:00.007+05:302012-03-24T23:43:39.099+05:30Bro when it’s you, life’s always gonna be a dashing ride! - Part 223.12.2011 Dawn
One mobile started ringing at 04:26 AM and the other at 04:28 AM. For most of the familiar readers, it’ll be easy to guess which one was which. Excitedly, we both jumped out of our respective beds. Yes, we would be driving today! Ultra slept for a while while I got ready. Mom and Dad had already woken up and mom was making VangiBath (popular rice dish) early in the morning. We hadShashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-31422925449327261492012-01-17T23:09:00.011+05:302015-01-06T16:15:45.910+05:30Bro when it’s you, life’s always gonna be a dashing ride! - Part 123-12-2011 17:45
He kept saying 'Slow! slow! slow!' … I just said to myself 'Sorry bro when it’s you, life’s always gonna be a dashing roller coaster ride'
The ghat road was winding, curvy and didn’t have a divider for the traffic coming in the opposite direction. He kept warning me to slow down and watch out! But I knew I was in total control. I had the best navigator in business and nothing Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-88338434978995369652010-12-26T06:00:00.002+05:302010-12-26T06:00:00.251+05:30Super Hit?Last week, I had written about corruption and how recent studies on organization behaviour can be used to tackle this menace. And it was pure coincidence that the only Kannada movie that I happened to watch during my month’s stay in Bangalore happened to be on corruption. I was really amazed by the way the movie had been made. If you understand Kannada or have even a little affinity and time to Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-30831476021543125822010-12-20T14:38:00.005+05:302010-12-21T23:08:16.098+05:30Corruption and Organizational BehaviorHe had the life that most people only dream of – a post-graduate degree from a prestigious B-School, a high paying job in a famous public sector oil firm, all comforts of life and what not. With his expertise and experience, he could have easily switched his job when he found that conditions were not favorable for him to stay on. His principles did not allow him to do so. But little did he know Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-89722759458138966812010-08-15T16:15:00.009+05:302010-12-20T15:10:13.679+05:30Top 5 Patriotic Scenes in BollywoodPatriotism is always a hidden emotion. We are good at expressing feelings like love, sadness, happiness, etc. Pre-independence, the feeling of nationality got expressed in many ways and many forms by our freedom fighters. But patriotism seldom gets a chance to be expressed these days. It is only during the national festivals like today that we see a sudden surge in the patriotic expression in ourShashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-83936334398579133642010-02-14T00:37:00.002+05:302010-02-14T00:47:37.707+05:30Kaun Jeeta Kaun HaaraThe breaking news was being telecast just now on TV – the IPL has been moved out of AP because of security issues. So there will be no matches in Hyderabad this season, this inspite of the fact that the Deaccan team is the current title holder. If you thought this was an insult, just wait until you hear the venues to which it has been re-located to – Nagpur and Mumbai, the safest of all cities Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565087657429573087.post-78541018793209568852010-01-26T08:00:00.003+05:302010-01-26T18:48:15.090+05:30Republic Day PostA few days back there was this controversial issue in Belgaum between the MNS and pro-Kannada organizations. The MNS felt that since they held power in the Belgaum city council, the building should hoist the Maharashtra flag or the “Maratha” flag. The pro-Kannada organizations were dead against this. They argued that only Karnataka flag could be hoisted on top of the council since Belgaum was an Shashiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602809065610957096noreply@blogger.com5