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Chappals...

I am a heavy chappal user.. The real chappal.. Hawaii Chappal... I am the real common man... the real because I use the real Hawaii Chappal.. Let me tell you the story... The current chappal that I am using dates back four years... It is in its last stages.. Over the last four years.. it has endured a lot.. travelled a lot.. Bought for 42 rupaye, in IITK Shop-C alongwith Puchee. whose chappal has also endured. I am probably the only one wears a phatichar chappal to class..more so out of habit that anthing else... that is because anyone who truly belongs to IITK knows what does the chappal signify... A freedom worn with carelessness...

Ideasmithy and the tough world

I just got addicted to ideasmithy.. naah.. just her blogs.. there are so many.. The one thing that I liked about Ideasmithy was her clarity of thought... She knew what to say and when... all world carefully crafted and drafted... it was so sad to see her abilities all centered around herself... That is the prime problem with sensitive and talented people like Ideasmithy... She knows she is fighting the wrong battle, for the wrong reasons and with the wrong enemy... She knows and still she fights.. with a cold blind dark fury.. She draws blood... and she sheds some... and she grins and groans... she knows she needs an enemy to make her struggle worthwhile... she needs a crusade.. a holy crusade.. which she can fight with all the venom she can muster... The problem with most of us people in this century is that we have no real battles... no challenges... a meagre existential existence.. which has no reason to justify.. no "real" reason.. The wonder I felt when I read her blogs ...

Materials Management and Negotiations

A wonderful Professor. A beaut of a course... and wretched students.. that is how I would call it... Most people under mine the importance of negotiations in life... I remember how I could not ask for 7 lacs and instead settled for 6.75 lpa... So it is important... Now how does this professor get treated... If i were the professor, I had fail half the class for the behavior. Thankfully I am not the one... So today, me the brainy one.. went to the professor during the break(we have 1.5 hours class) and asked him to provide some role play, so that we could observe a negotiation... and understand first hand... He was really understanding and next class... we are in for some good time.. yipee