Saurabh Jain

And I was transported …

Apr. 5th | Posted by 0 comments
Our family dinners are generally boring … we have a selection of a couple of places we generally go to – and as no one is particularly fond of experimenting with their food, that too is generally from a tried and tested selection. Anyways, the incidents which took place today were far from the usual [...]

Sweltering Summer Heat …

Mar. 28th | Posted by 3 comments
It’s that time of the year again – Summer. Some years ago, while back in school, summers would bring with them unlimited joy and would be regarded as “My favourite season” in the so many essays we’ve had to write on the topic back then. More than bringing with them longer days (the sun sets [...]

Why do we Indians have to suck at providing quality service?

Mar. 19th | Posted by 2 comments
I have always realised, that we in India – don’t give a damn about quality. I don’t exactly know why, but I am guessing it has something to do with the demand always exceeding the supply – considering, we’re bursting at our seams with the large population. So, as long as the goods keep coming, [...]

Awesome upsets …

Mar. 18th | Posted by 4 comments
I woke up today, to the news that India lost to Bangladesh in their Cricket World Cup opening match by 5 wickets. For those who do not follow cricket very much, or don’t see the magnitude of the situation, here is a brief comparison. Bangladesh is a small country to the north east of India [...]

Umm … How bout a few billions?

Dec. 24th | Posted by 4 comments
This post comes as a result of some musing after watching the movie – Notting Hill recently. Apart from being an extremely well made, highly entertaining romantic comedy which I thoroughly enjoyed – an incident from the movie struck me … If you have seen the film, it’s at the dinner (William’s (Hugh Grant’s) sister’s [...]

Observing people …

Nov. 3rd | Posted by 12 comments
Its 2:30 am in the morning and I have gotten back (a while ago) from a friend from work’s surprise birthday party. It was lots of fun and I for one, had a good time. Anyways, I realised something about myself and people in general today. Most of the party, (actually for all part of [...]

That moment of giving up …

Oct. 19th | Posted by 4 comments
I was watching the Australia, West Indies match tonight in which West Indies actually pulled a surprise when it beat Australia. I was favouring Australia to win till the last minutes of the match, when the wicket of Clarke fell and I knew then, that the Aussies had given up on the match. It’s a [...]

Two donkeys …

Sep. 14th | Posted by 8 comments
I received this story via email recently and would like to share my musings on it … Please excuse the english, because it has been a percolating forward …. Anyways, here goes A good story for all of us to follow in our careers and social life………… very true Once upon a time a Washerman [...]

Umm .. blogging !

Aug. 17th | Posted by 1 comments
A non – blogger friend of mine, specifically sent me this cartoon a while ago. And as I have nothing to blog about today, or maybe I am just tired and suffering the after effects of playing a whole day of basketball yesterday (I realised that I am getting older …), I could not agree [...]

Of education and jobs and you know … money !

Apr. 28th | Posted by 7 comments
We had our final practical exams today – which went relatively well. The external examiner, apart from being a jovial fellow, turned out to be pretty much entertaining also … Anyways, I did finish my program (assignment we are supposed to code in 3 hours) well before time and was left musing on some issues, [...]
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