Why is the state of the Indian education system depressing?
Jul. 31st | Posted by saurabhj
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I was in IIT Powai a couple of months ago for a workshop in marketing which lasted a couple of days. As such, we were put up in the in-campus residential suites for guests – which to say the least, blew my mind! The hostel (2 people staying in a room) was nothing less than [...]
The logic of spending money …
Apr. 7th | Posted by saurabhj
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I spent a good hour at Landmark (which is a pretty large bookstore in our city) the other day – having nothing to do. I ended up buying two books even though I entered the shop with the intent of just casually browsing through the store and passing some time … While browsing, I had [...]
Atlas Shrugged …
May. 18th | Posted by saurabhj
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This is to inform all you people who doubted me – I finally finished Atlas Shrugged! Woohoo !!! Okay, I shamelessly took 2 years and 2 attempts (the first time I gave up mid way at the John Galt speech) to finish it, but I finally did it last week and just wanted to pat [...]
Just a small heads up …
Dec. 20th | Posted by saurabhj
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Yes. I am still alive and kicking. This post comes almost a month after my last one – and though I have been pretty lazy in not blogging as much as I would like to, I will still go ahead and blame the weather … Somehow, even though the colder months bring with them the [...]
Who is John Galt ? (Atlas Shrugged)
Feb. 9th | Posted by saurabhj
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The Fountainhead was a pretty good book … I was at Crosswords, the other day, and happened to notice that they had ‘Atlas Shrugged’ in stock for 275. Didn’t think twice … bought it … “Atlas Shrugged” is also by Ayn Rand and is another of her best seller … This is the 35th year, [...]
The Book Bug …
Nov. 10th | Posted by saurabhj
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Just finished with the all so dreaded pracs a few days ago … which I am happy to report, were not all that bad … So, now with the theory exams about 20 days away .. I decided I needed a couple of days of break before I had to go back to the monotinity [...]
