Indian Mentality
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Analyses
Oppam, Drishyam and how Police are Depicted in our Movies
Oppam was a much-hyped Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal, hyped because it was directed by Priyadarshan. The actor-director duo who are…
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L I F E
Is Conformism the Key to Happiness?
The most overlooked among all the philosophical premises of The Matrix is the very concept it is based upon, which…
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Opinion
To All Those Who Deride BMTC and Public Transport
The general contempt and hate the so-called new-generation upwardly mobile, MNC-employed, high-flying, English-speaking, car-driving, snobby, westernized self-appointed hypocritical middle-class Indians (but who…
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Careers, Investing
India’s Obsession with Engineering Degress
Looking at how things are unfolding, India might be facing a major youth unemployment crisis in the near future. Millions…
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Careers, Investing
India’s Obsession With Engineering + IT is Turning Dangerous
On Sunday, January 24, 2016, HCL Technologies, an upper-medium size software “IT” services company conducted a “walk-in hiring drive” for…
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Opinion
India, Do NOT Reduce Petrol Prices Please!!
As we all know, Crude oil prices have reached historical record low levels with prices touching $30 a barrel for…
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Careers, Investing
IT is Getting Old, as are the “IT Guys”
Towards the end of the last century, the world suddenly went abuzz with the talk of a new, fantastic, futuristic…
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Transport
Child in One Hand, Activa in the Other! IotR 001
IotR stands for Idiots on the Road where I will be chronicling stupidity I see on Indian roads. Here is first one:…
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Transport
How to Modernize and Save (Kerala) KSRTC 2
Kerala’s once-prosperous and mighty “Red Elephant” (aanavandi) is all but skin and bones today, but nursing it back to health is…
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le Scribbles
“Can’t you See the Rich Man’s BMW Coming, you Imbecile?”
This happened sometime back. It was around 10 pm at night and I was waiting to cross the road at…
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Life in India
The Story of the Indian Education System – Macaulayism Origins
For 4000 years until the arrival of the first invaders some 700 years ago, India had a history of creating…
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Life in India
“Aren’t You Educated?” What Education?
The incident of cruel violation and subsequent death of a hapless 23-year old woman, though shocking in magnitude, was unfortunately…
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