Life's short.. Be yourself!
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Recently I went to a nationalized bank to open a normal savings account. They asked me to fill the form. It was all normal till I reached a mandatory section where they asked me to fill my Religion and Caste. Honestly, I did not expect this section while opening a bank account. Why would someone…
Disruption is “an interruption in the usual way that a system, process, or event works” [1] . A more modern interpretation of disruption is “to change the traditional way that industry operates, especially in a new and effective way”. So in nutshell, it means coming out of your comfort zone and bringing an idea which is…
“What is the history of Qutub Minar?” first thing my niece asked me when we planned our trip to Delhi. The only answer I had was, “It is a huge tower built by a king called ‘Qutub ud-Din Aibak’. It is made of stone and has beautiful carvings on it.” First time when I visited…
Three days ago I was almost ready to get into Diwali festival mode. Everything was going perfectly, sweets, friends, relatives everything. A sudden trend on twitter caught my eye. The hashtag was #Avani. At first, I thought it must be something to do with some movie actress or a brand. But, when I clicked the…
In our day to day job, we communicate on various things. On various occasions, we try to formulate the reply. It is true that we choose certain words in certain situations. This game of response becomes trickier when someone asks our opinion. This is the point where we try our utmost to put absolutely correct…
“You can Stagnate or Grow” a quote by Allen Page a legendary Americal Football player. I gathered this quote from a very famous Football show ‘A Football Life’. Honestly, it shuffled my thoughts. Alan was an athlete but, isn’t it true that every sport if just like life? Sometimes you win sometimes you lose. But, there…
Since our childhood, we are fed the notion of being. The simplest example is the essay titled “What I want to be?” is written by almost everyone in the schools. The pressure of being is so much that, even the parents tell (sometimes force) their children what they need to be? In this era of industrialization,…
First of all, many congratulations to LinkedIn for its 15th anniversary! Today, when I saw this notification on LinkedIn that it has turned 15 please share what you wanted to be when #WhenIWas15. It suddenly took me around 16 years back in time. It’s more than half of your entire life! I am a 90’s…
As strange as the title of this blog seems, there are some things Software Engineers can actually learn from Doctors. Engineering and Medical Sciences are farthest in terms of career choices. But, both of them have some commonalities. Customers and clients of software engineering services and patients of a doctor. Software engineers use software, coding…
In today’s world time is everything. But, is it really? In any crunch situation, most likely the team manager will respond with ‘We don’t have enough resources’. These resources typically mean manpower or funds or equipments. But, what about time? Time often gets ignored not only by managers but also by the team members. If…