Posted inWork

What makes us happy at work?

You are playing a game on your phone or your computer. You are given certain tasks, when you complete them as per the set rules, you get rewarded with points. As you complete several tasks, you are sent to the next stage. Things get better. You are finally declared a winner and you feel happy. Now think of your work. When tasks are given and you carry them out as per the set rules. But midway through the task, the…
Posted inMusings Philosophy

Hard work doesn’t matter, position & power matters

Few pointers: Recently, I was a part of a group event. There were people of different levels. There were people who contributed a big amount (finances) There were people who were in a good influential position / having power There were foot soldiers who did the work on the ground Guess who were bossing? The ones with power. Guess who got the credit and respect? The ones with power. Guess who were the ones who had to take the brunt?…
Posted inEducation

Law University semester and exam dates

Students have been asking when the current even semester ends, when exams would commence and when the next odd semester (new academic year) starts. Here's my take. These are my guesses based on experience. In any case, this is not the official communication from the university. I cannot assure this will happen for sure. So take this information with a pinch of salt. 1. Current even semester (2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th sem)  may end by around June 6th, 2025…
Posted inCinema Law Media Society

One man one vote – Mandela

I watched Mandela (Tamil) recently on Netflix and it gave a glimpse of the caste politics and violence in Tamil Nadu (a South Indian state). The whole movie is set in a village named “Soorangudi” where the people are divided between two caste lines – North People and South People. The leader of the village – Periya Ayya (means senior leader) is a follower of Periyar and has married two women belonging to the two competing castes of the village.…
Posted inMemories Mysore Place Uncategorized

Phalamrutha – remembering the cool joint of Mysoreans

For Mysoreans, city means the places around KR Circle like - City bus stand, Devaraja Market, Sayyaji Rao Road and D Devaraj Urs road. Whenever Mysoreans went to the city area and were tired doing the shopping in the hot sun or during summers, we would usually hit this place called "Phalamrutha" (phala - fruit. Amrutha - nectar). Before you start searching for this place, let me tell you, this is a thing of the past! This place was located…
Posted inFood

Jackfruits are here

Summer is one season where we get a lot of seasonal fruits. Nature made summer hot, but also gave us fruits to naturally keep us cool . Starting with the most revered one - Mango! Some of the other fruits we find during summer - watermelon & musk melon are filled with water. Also, you find Jackfruits during summer. Today I got a few Jackfruits from a road side vendor. Jackfruits are tough to crack and process. First, to crack…
Posted inWork

The real meaning of – “Get out of your comfort zone”

We often hear people saying, "get out of your comfort zone". These are the same people who believe that nothing good happens if you are doing your life happily without any tensions. Yes, once in a while, it is important to come out of our comfort zones and upgrade ourselves when there is a real need for it. For example, I do not know how to use a new software that is crucial for my profession for the next 5…
Posted inMedia Politics

Is the new technology replacing experts?

Think of the times 10-15 years ago. You probably consumed good quality news from standard newspapers like The Hindu and Deccan Herald. If you were keen on entertainment and bollywood, you would be reading Times of India. Times of India was known as a relatively substandard newspaper. Some people referred to it as the "toilet paper of India". There were advertisements where The Hindu made fun of youngsters reading The Times of India. The advertisement showed how the readers of…
Posted inLanguage

Wrong grammar getting normalised “already”, “anyways” who cares?

Almost 10-15 years ago, I came across the phrase, "anyways" being used by the youngsters. I even remember in one movie Kareena Kapoor saying, "anyways girls..." I remember some Video Jockeys (VJs) from MTV and Channel V saying "anyways". I felt this was grammatically wrong. But in a few months, this got normalised. But I don't see people using this phrase nowadays. Some one or two years ago, I came across the word "already" being used in the wrong way.…
Posted inInternet & Web Technology

How Mozilla Firefox revolutionized the way we explore the internet

When I first started using the internet, I used to browse through Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape. Netscape was just dying then. And I shifted to Internet Explorer completely. Internet explorer had many issues. One big issue was what we called as "pop up ads". Pop up ads would literally pop up randomly while you browsed any website. There were many websites that promoted advertisements through pop ups. Almost every website used pop up ads to make some money. These…