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Leaving for no reason or for a reason

I follow many upcoming singers. One such singer was a part of a collective band. And after this singer's solo song reels went viral, this singer decided to leave the band. Many months later, she addressed it indirectly, saying that she's no more a part of this band. The singer is Sunidhi Ganesh. She's a good singer. She's done a few songs for movies too. Now it seems that the band was not happy about her leaving. But she wanted…
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How teachers are made to struggle for every penny

I recently set the question paper for a university. The process of setting the question paper took me 3 days. After all this, I was given a form to fill for the purpose of payment. It took me almost an hour to fill in the details. Last month, when I judged a moot court competition also, they made me fill in a form which took quite some time to fill. The amount received from these two works is not something…
Posted inFood Place Yellow Pages

Samosa from Annapoorna sweets

Back in the school days, quite near our school, we had one Annapoorna sweets shop. It was a kind of bakery cum sweet shop. They mainly sold sweets. And they sold some of the best samosas during those days. There was no seating space there. We had to stand and order. They would give one samosa in a plate alongwith chutney and sauce mixed together. Evening 4pm onwards, they'd make these samosas. Dad used to get these samosas sometimes while…
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The best samosa in Mysore – Dhanalakshmi Sweets

Ask me where we can get the best samosas in Mysore. I'll guide you towards - Dhanalakshmi Sweets in Saraswathipuram. The location on Google map is wrong. However it's approximately around the same locality. Just ask someone like olden times and they'll guide you. Here's the Google map location:  Dhanalakshmi Sweets What's so special about the samosas in this place? They add nice green leaves to the samosa (sabsige soppu) and the inner filling is juicy. They give nice chutney…
Posted inPhilosophy Wisdom Work

Why do we hold good people to higher standards of scrutiny?

Do you people also feel that good people are held accountable to higher standards than average or bad people? Let me narrate you a few incidents that happened with my family and relatives: One of my uncles said that "methi" seeds are bad for health and bad for diabetes patients. Then I asked him, if bakery items like puffs (made up of maida and dalda) are healthy. He didn't answer. Because at his house, they get bakery items almost every…
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Staff welfare: what is being done versus what ought to be done

Many companies and organisations these days have something like "staff welfare department". This is created for the purpose of satisfying some norms of the institution to show off that they care for their workers. Sometimes, it is created as a mandate to satisfy some labour law or government norms. What these staff welfare departments do: Celebrating staff birthdays Taking on one day or two day picnics and travels during the holidays! Conduct sports and games beyond the working hours Meditation…
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What we can learn about leaders from the demonetisation exercise

Let's go back. Modi comes to power in 2014. Things are going fine in 2016, although Modi govt has already started their attack on democracy. Out of nowhere, Modi appears on TV on an evening of November 2016 and announces demonetization! What followed his announcement on state television is serious chaos, never ending queues outside banks and ATMs, people struggling to get money out of their banks, poor bank staff overworking. The entire country's bank staff had to overwork to…
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Expressing thanks to housekeeping staff – the wrong way

My friend recalled one incident at his company where the boss asked for ideas to show gratitude to the housekeeping staff. Housekeeping staff is the one that cleans up the office and premises. So the HR came up with a brilliant idea. The idea was that the office staff will do the cleaning for one day, so that the housekeeping staff need not clean for a day. On the day, the staff members were juggling between their work and cleaning…