On Orkut

Posted on 30 Aug 2007 under Essays, Humour

Orkut changed their colour today! And, the new colour is… ((hold your breath))… BORING WHITE*!… Well, at least the layout now looks much neater, organized and fresh**.
This leaves me wondering (ok, seriously, no it doesn’t, but “leaves me wondering” is a nice phrase to use) whether the change in the look is going to change […]

Happy New Year (?)

Posted on 01 Jan 2007 under Essays, Life

What, really, is so special about the coming/starting of a new calendar year? It’s just another second’s worth of the earth’s rotation, and then your digital watch switches from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 (and of course, the date changes). Apart from that, it’s all just the same. You wake up the next morning a little later […]

Sacrificial Lambs

Posted on 26 Mar 2006 under College, Essays

The JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University) has just woken up to the inadequacies of purely technical education in the modern multi-national corporate world. No longer are you guaranteed an excellent job solely by passing out of college with excellent academic statistics. Corporations no longer want untappable potential/genius, they want efficient people who can contribute quickly […]