tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51580672011-09-22T08:40:44.145-07:00Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed -- and no republic can survive - JFKAnijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-30164167524558008542010-01-03T16:35:00.000-08:002010-01-03T16:36:43.724-08:00

A little bit about me before we get onto the rant. I have now moved to IIT's Institute of Design in Chicago as an Assistant Professor. IIT ID is ranked among the top schools of Design in the world (Design Intelligence ranked it number 1 this year). So this is an amazing move for me. Also Chicago is a great city. Lots to learn, lots to see, and lots to reflect about. So here's to some good

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A New Year, a new decade. New thoughts, new gyan. And a great time for a reboot.- Posted using BlogPress

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We lost! Of course knowing our cricket team, thats not a new thing, is it? What is key is that we lost to Bangladesh. Minnows.All of this hurts but you know what hurts most? The arrogance and bad sportsmanship we displayed on the field. The most experienced Indian cricket team fell - in both the game and in the eyes of our opponents - kids of 18 and 20 who played the game as it was meant to be

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My responses to responses to my earlier post...Since the question has been raised as an argument, I would like to present mine with an analogy... The British first visited India in 17th century... they had a shrewd plan in mind... but people in general did not pay attention to whatever was happening till they started feeling the heat as late as two - three centuries later...Better late than

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I dont think the CBSE can afford to make such errors...

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This is an acknowledgement to all my friends in Starkville (and nearby areas) without whose input the last post would not have been possible. One person in particular is key to the change in our thinking...Mithun Varma whose constant pessimism brings us a common perspective that our elitist lives would otherwise ignore. It is without doubt his words that are stated below...the only thing I have

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-1148276032321579742006-05-21T22:32:00.000-07:002006-05-21T22:33:52.333-07:00

Recently I got a forward from a junior of mine asking to support the Medico strike...I am attaching below my response to that email.I REFUSE TO FORWARD THIS EMAIL! I think it is baseless and unimportant - atleast now! I think our country deserves more than such pointless blackmail!For argument, let me pose the question - as the so called intellectual section of our democracy, why is it that we

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-1119466553819910382005-06-22T11:55:00.000-07:002005-06-23T05:01:00.803-07:00

The never-ending debate - what rules supreme? Religion or science? Faith or logic?Before I begin, I think it’s important to clarify: I will always side with science and logic. I believe that only the simplest explanation will prevail and that explanation will always be logical. However, the question – “is science supreme?” cannot be answered easily. The first thing to understand - to believe in

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When you are displaced from your roots and thrust into a new place, what is your first inclination? To look for your roots within the place that you are now? To discard any semblance to your roots and wholeheartedly accept the new place? Or to find a balance between your roots and the new place?We are all faced with this problem atleast once in our life. We quantify the problem in the form of

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I smiled today. I didn't want to but I did. It was etiquette; it's what is appropriate...it's my mask...Why do we wear such masks? Why is it difficult for us to say what we want? Why is it difficult to hear what we don't like? We have all picked up this uncanny ability to make others think that we will do something, when we really do not want to...and more likely than not, will not. It's not

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-1114054034627661832005-04-20T20:09:00.000-07:002005-04-20T20:45:48.150-07:00

I wonder how many of us wake up in the morning thinking "oh this is a great day and it will be so much fun at work"...it took me quite a while to reach a point where I really enjoy what I do but something happened over the last week that made me wonder...what is it that makes us hate our jobs so much. Why do we call it a "job" and everything else "fun"? I know people who love to fish, but a

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-1111940002328737542005-03-27T07:47:00.000-08:002005-03-27T08:35:48.423-08:00

Yesterday, the weather channel scared everyone in the South East United States into thinking that a huge thunderstorm was coming their way. Everyone should sit in their closets, said the weatherman. I am sure a lot of people did too, in the fear of being blown away. I was too...no I didn't sit in the closet but I was afraid.But there was no thunderstorm...nor were there strong gushes of winds.

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-1110337858012804212005-03-08T18:43:00.000-08:002005-03-27T08:28:07.256-08:00

Today is International Women's Day...today is the day when women feel proud that they were born a woman...the question is why?Why do we even have an International Women's Day? Why don't we have an International Men's Day? Sure there is an International Men's month (somewhere on an obscure website) but how many of us know about it? My question is not chauvanistic...if anything, its the opposite. I

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Who is a minority? What is a minority? Are African American's the only minorities in this country? I think it is a topic that we all tend to skid around, not really taking time to think about.I am the faculty advisor for the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) at my school. Before I came on board, there were concerns about who could become NOMAS members....well after I

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-1109781356637324222005-03-02T08:26:00.000-08:002005-03-02T09:42:11.226-08:00

Are MBA's really needed? I am refering to is the degree not the people...of course we need the people but do they need MBAs?My sister is applying for an MBA now and I suddenly find myself hurled into the context of applying for a good program. Yeah sure, there is all that money floating around and the big names Harvard, Wharton, IIM etc. are nice to have on your resume but do people really learn

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Hey...I am back! My good friend Mithun decided to create a blog yesterday (in his words..."Yest weni had lost it all, I thought I shld start a blog.")Anyways, I am glad I am back...this is a good way to pen down emotions and feelings.By the way things have changed a little since the last time I wrote - I am now an Assistant Professor (thanks to Harvard?) at Mississippi State University's College

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-907393612003-03-14T16:48:00.000-08:002005-03-02T09:23:30.083-08:00

Today I was wondering about the Matrix. I am talking about the Warner Bros. movie. It is in the limelight again because of the sequel ('s') to it due this year...This set me thinking about Maya. Not the Alias|Wavefront software...but the Indian belief that this whole world is an illusion as opposed to the ultimate. Isn't that frighteningly similar?The funny part is that we design our Gods and

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I hate it when people hide from their responsibilities. I used to do it a lot...in fact the more I think back, the more instances I find when I have chosen to hide instead of face responsibility. But I was young! I had that excuse...what have you got? You say you are elder than me. And by virtue of your age, you are wiser than me. Yet you refuse to face reality. That doesn't sound wise to me.Why

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Sometimes I wonder...what all this ruckus about religion and caste is about...Then there are times when I wonder if our society would remain at the level of sanity it is in now, if these things did not exist. We humans love structure. We hate anything that goes out of order. That is why a messy room is disturbing to us. That is why chaos is not a good attribute in our society.I gladly helped a

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What I dont love is the cold. Its really funny...when I am outside, I am trembling with the cold and when I am in my room, I actually have to open the windows because the heating is turned up.Its also funny how the one winter I am in the USA, the God of Rain and Sunshine decides to make it the coldest winter ever (it snowed 27.5 inches a couple of weeks ago, the highest since 1888). And this

Anijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971579470297382403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158067.post-906161592003-03-12T15:46:00.000-08:002003-03-12T16:14:30.000-08:00

Hi! This is an interesting concept. I have to thank Vishi (Viswanath Gondi) for this. Although I did rant at him initially it seems like a good thing to try out. Just for your information (and since I am extremely proud of it!) I am an Architect and am currently at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and I am in the MDesS-Digital Media and Production Environments program. Hence the story

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