<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219</id><updated>2009-11-16T02:13:40.804+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Ceci est ma Vie</title><subtitle type='html'>"MY WORDS FLY UP , MY THOUGHTS REMAIN BELOW , WORDS WITHOUT THOUGHT NEVER TO HEAVEN GO"...HAMLET ACT ONE,SCENE THREE</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>125</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-4505833100908419794</id><published>2008-08-16T15:49:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-16T15:58:09.438+05:30</updated><title type='text'>New People !</title><summary type='text'>Something just struck me..... I have a completely new set of people around me !My speed dial has a completely different set of people from what it had 2 months back.... I party with a COMPLETELY new set of people.... Have I changed ??Some sanity here, please !</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/4505833100908419794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=4505833100908419794' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/4505833100908419794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/4505833100908419794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-people.html' title='New People !'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-7305891219935507101</id><published>2008-08-05T17:40:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-05T17:50:42.409+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Hyderbad Chronicles</title><summary type='text'>I am still at sea trying to figure out this city.... I think its made me like Bangalore even more. I I lack an outlet in this city.... there are no close friends here.... no dinner buddies....Work is fine...  On an average day I am dealing with issues ranging from supply delays from China to my staff telling me that their pants have become tight :)The travel continues, and so does the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/7305891219935507101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=7305891219935507101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/7305891219935507101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/7305891219935507101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2008/08/hyderbad-chronicles.html' title='Hyderbad Chronicles'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-9015932779921189572</id><published>2008-06-07T01:20:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-06-07T01:24:10.369+05:30</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Have moved to Hyderabad.... must say I absolutely hated having to move from Bangalore.... was loving the place so much.... almost everything was right in Bangalore..... new city ... new people... there goes...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/9015932779921189572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=9015932779921189572' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/9015932779921189572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/9015932779921189572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2008/06/have-moved-to-hyderabad.html' title=''/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-4406604268560742017</id><published>2008-02-23T13:24:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2008-02-23T13:57:41.934+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Nomad Boy</title><summary type='text'>Nomad - Ya .... its the right word !Never ever had I imagined that a stage would come in my life when I would start hating travel as much as I do now. Almost every Friday I am flying back to Bangalore from somewhere... but ya .. the good thing is that I am now ensuring nothing comes between me and my "Doing Nothing" time on weekends....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/4406604268560742017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=4406604268560742017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/4406604268560742017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/4406604268560742017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2008/02/nomad-boy.html' title='Nomad Boy'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-8715436189691275915</id><published>2007-09-26T19:46:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-09-26T19:50:41.400+05:30</updated><title type='text'>AIDS test !!</title><summary type='text'>Had just finished with the previous post when I got the following SMS from the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO)...."Free, Confidential &amp; Reliable HIV test at the Integrated Counselling &amp; Testing Centre at your nearest Govt. Hospital - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare"Just wish they did not do any segmentation of the target audience before sending the SMS :-)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/8715436189691275915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=8715436189691275915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/8715436189691275915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/8715436189691275915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2007/09/aids-test.html' title='AIDS test !!'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-4569203995956400565</id><published>2007-09-26T19:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-09-26T19:35:26.017+05:30</updated><title type='text'>World Cup Victory for Votes  ????</title><summary type='text'>It was a day off from the office today. All I did the whole day was laze around and skip through channels.I have been a great opposer of the glorification of news that our own "popular hindi news channels" undertake... but for the first time today I think I saw them make a fuss of an issue that was very relevant. The historic win in the world cup means that the team is getting a warm reception...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/4569203995956400565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=4569203995956400565' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/4569203995956400565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/4569203995956400565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2007/09/world-cup-victory-for-votes.html' title='World Cup Victory for Votes  ????'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fhUjt0KKtPo/Rvpkh5us_xI/AAAAAAAAAAM/KuNvc7sNCOA/s72-c/sharad_pawar_stage_248.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-3952917584143688176</id><published>2007-09-15T19:02:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-09-15T19:12:27.512+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Solapur or Singapore ??</title><summary type='text'>"Please indicate your travel plans for S'pr" is what the mail said !!!I think its understandable that for a brief moment I got excited and thought its Singapore. The bubble was momentary though....I quickly recalled that it was Solapur :-)My 4 days in Solapur were perhaps the best among the few I have spent in this company. Anyone who thought, like me, that retailing is about retail designs, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/3952917584143688176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=3952917584143688176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/3952917584143688176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/3952917584143688176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2007/09/solapur-or-singapore.html' title='Solapur or Singapore ??'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-8052692395292473303</id><published>2007-09-04T09:27:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-09-04T09:41:13.974+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Models, Photographers, Photoshoots et all.....</title><summary type='text'>I think I can claim to be gainfully employed now... I mean its not just about having a place to go to in the morning na...Its about getting up everyday and knowing what you ought to do, enjoying it yet cribbing about it... and at the end deriving some satisfaction out of it... guess I am doing just the same...While most of my last 3 months have been spent in rural TN in places I did not even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/8052692395292473303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=8052692395292473303' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/8052692395292473303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/8052692395292473303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2007/09/models-photographers-photoshoots-et-all.html' title='Models, Photographers, Photoshoots et all.....'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-5699408115707200113</id><published>2007-02-12T03:57:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-02-12T03:55:43.461+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Do I have the balls !!!</title><summary type='text'>I had thought that I was over and done with blogging till this day....haven't blogged for months now....I must admit though, that I did frequent the blogs of some of my fellow bloggers whom I admire....his blog though....I had just forgotten about it...Another one of my friends, an MBA from WIMWI, has decided to quit a cushy job to start off something of his own. It gets me thinking...I must </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/5699408115707200113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=5699408115707200113' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/5699408115707200113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/5699408115707200113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2007/02/do-i-have-balls.html' title='Do I have the balls !!!'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-116128990157335920</id><published>2006-10-20T02:00:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-10-20T02:08:28.436+05:30</updated><title type='text'>SCMHRD - NEEV'06</title><summary type='text'>SCMHRD presents its management festival NEEV'06www.scmhrd.edu/neev06</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/116128990157335920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=116128990157335920' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/116128990157335920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/116128990157335920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/10/scmhrd-neev06.html' title='SCMHRD - NEEV&apos;06'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115911809198313404</id><published>2006-09-24T22:38:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-09-24T22:44:52.153+05:30</updated><title type='text'>I am India</title><summary type='text'> This film is a journey through emerging  India," the fastest growing free market democracy in the world". It celebrates the relentless spirit of the people of India, who through their karma give it a place amongst the leading economic nations of the world.Conceived and produced by Bharatbala Productions (BBP) for India Band Equity Foundation (IBEF).                </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115911809198313404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115911809198313404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115911809198313404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115911809198313404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-am-india.html' title='I am India'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115909408967366133</id><published>2006-09-24T15:58:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-09-24T16:04:53.616+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Football Dribble in LeidsePlein Amsterdam</title><summary type='text'> It's an incredible dribble!!                </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115909408967366133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115909408967366133' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115909408967366133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115909408967366133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/09/football-dribble-in-leidseplein.html' title='Football Dribble in LeidsePlein Amsterdam'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115497655951115793</id><published>2006-08-08T00:02:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-08-10T15:02:06.903+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Indian Tourism !!</title><summary type='text'>It was in second sem that we analyzed the case of "Bad Hoffgastein".....an Austrian spa and ski  village getaway which had seen a drop in tourist footfalls over the years ... The think that amazed me in the case was the kind of stories that the data was revealing....the tourist destination had seen a drop in visitors from the non german speaking areas...it wasnt considered "english friendly" so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115497655951115793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115497655951115793' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115497655951115793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115497655951115793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/08/indian-tourism.html' title='Indian Tourism !!'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115428684135098049</id><published>2006-07-31T00:32:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-31T00:44:01.373+05:30</updated><title type='text'>German et all ...</title><summary type='text'>Decided to blog in the middle of the pretence of trying to learn some german for tomorrow's exam...the honest truth is that I suck at it....does it mean that I dony have a flair for languages....hmm...if it so...so be it....just wanna pass tmrws exam by hook or by crook :-)Roomies came back drunk today....which led me to the thought that I have never been high...Quite a lot of ppl have told me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115428684135098049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115428684135098049' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115428684135098049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115428684135098049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/07/german-et-all.html' title='German et all ...'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115388944601627178</id><published>2006-07-26T10:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-26T10:20:46.033+05:30</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>George, you were right !</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115388944601627178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115388944601627178' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115388944601627178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115388944601627178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/07/george-you-were-right.html' title=''/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115217035912140379</id><published>2006-07-06T12:38:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-06T12:49:19.156+05:30</updated><title type='text'>One life to love !!</title><summary type='text'>A  certain thought has got me pondering over the last few days.When is it that you decide that life is not worth living ?? Can  you even decide that  ??On the face of it....some people can take that decision...thats why some people choose death over life. I remeber the conversation  I had with Somaiya about existential litaerature and greats like Kamu whose theory was that suicide is not a sudden</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115217035912140379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115217035912140379' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115217035912140379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115217035912140379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/07/one-life-to-love.html' title='One life to love !!'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115216920466535799</id><published>2006-07-06T12:24:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-06T12:30:04.696+05:30</updated><title type='text'>International Business ???</title><summary type='text'>In yesterdays's International Marketing class, the topic under discussion was the need to understand the culture of the country that you ewant to do business in. One of the elements was culture...here are some examples of bad translations that you need to avoid...Please leave you values at the desk !!Due to the improriety of entertaining guests of opposite sex in the room, please use the lobby </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/115216920466535799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=115216920466535799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115216920466535799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/115216920466535799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/07/international-business.html' title='International Business ???'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-115184754333629608</id><published>2006-07-02T19:00:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-02T19:09:03.376+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Back to Blogging !!</title><summary type='text'>here I am...back again...summer training got over...i would like to believe that I did a decent job...but of course, in b sckools, the yardstick for performance in summers is a PPO...so the verdict is still to come out !!!college is pretty chill now...almost all subjects are electives and that obviously means lesser classes...suppoesedly more time for self study :)have been looking for ways to </summary><link 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xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-114612437143271923</id><published>2006-04-27T13:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-04-27T13:22:51.446+05:30</updated><title type='text'>khuda meherbaan !</title><summary type='text'>There is a peculiar similarity among most b-skool students...all of them start running out of cash by the begining of second sem....I am an exxagerated example...had been absolutely out of cash for the whole of second sem..Since I had worked before and had not asked my parents for money for close to 2 years...the false ego that I had built up also did not help...have to travel to hyd on 4th for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/114612437143271923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=114612437143271923' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114612437143271923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114612437143271923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/04/khuda-meherbaan.html' title='khuda meherbaan !'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-114440216836024910</id><published>2006-04-07T14:54:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-04-07T14:59:28.393+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Summer Project Update...</title><summary type='text'>Started my summers with a one and a half day induction in the corporate office...preety chill...the usual stuff.... am in bangalore now....field visits have started....eye opener, I must say....visited 46 retail outlets in Lingarajapuram in one day sitting behind a sales rep on his moped...humbling experience, I must say...things on the ground are far from perfect...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/114440216836024910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=114440216836024910' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114440216836024910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114440216836024910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/04/summer-project-update.html' title='Summer Project Update...'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-114353205108514682</id><published>2006-03-28T13:11:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-03-28T13:17:31.106+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Exams and all...</title><summary type='text'>Finally got through with the second sem exams today...phew... what a relief :-)Off to Mumbai in a few hours...then flying to Kerala tomorrow morning...few days with parent...off to a one day induction in Gurgaon and then to Bangalore on 4th...Am so looking forward to Bangalore.... will be going there for the first time...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/114353205108514682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=114353205108514682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114353205108514682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114353205108514682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/03/exams-and-all.html' title='Exams and all...'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total 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Get it put back in, and soon. The longer you remain in this rare condition—known as "globe luxation"—the more strain you'll put on the blood vessels and nerves that connect your eye to the rest of your head. Your luxated globes will also be susceptible to corneal abrasions or inflammation</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/114251624179896703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=114251624179896703' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114251624179896703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114251624179896703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-should-i-do-if-my-eyeball-pops.html' title='What should I do if my eyeball pops out of its socket?'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty 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rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=114180068874506024' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114180068874506024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/114180068874506024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/03/month-gone-by.html' title='the month gone by...'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-113826348973290210</id><published>2006-01-26T13:29:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-01-26T13:48:09.903+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Go Sidin !</title><summary type='text'>http://sidin.blogspot.comIf u were what I am.... mallu,blogger,b-skooler....then there is no way that u cud not have heard of one Mr. Sidin Vadukut....people from REC Trichy cant stop telling cant stop ranting about the brilliant placecom member who used to take novels to exam centres.... and now they have company from IIMA :-)Domain Maximus (Sidin'sblog) is one of the most frequented blogs that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/113826348973290210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=113826348973290210' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/113826348973290210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/113826348973290210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/01/go-sidin.html' title='Go Sidin !'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033219.post-113826235515586299</id><published>2006-01-26T13:23:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-01-26T13:29:15.186+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Manfest !!</title><summary type='text'>Just got back from Manfest  2006 at IIML.... had a great time...didnt make to the final 4 in the debate though :-)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/feeds/113826235515586299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9033219&amp;postID=113826235515586299' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/113826235515586299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9033219/posts/default/113826235515586299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogalcatraz.blogspot.com/2006/01/manfest.html' title='Manfest !!'/><author><name>Anish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06269146333050937076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02980043448010448712'/></author><thr:total 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