OG Variar and Sons Bakery Rajajinagar – experience

Me and my friend visited OG Variar and Sons Bakery in Rajajinagar, Bengaluru last evening. According to my colleague’s brother, butter biscuits, cashew biscuits and rusks had to be tried. My friend’s cousin said that the place is “walkable distance” from Rajajinagar metro. But then, the place is NOT so walkable distance from the Rajajinagar … Read more

Karnataka Government decides to shut down 10 new universities: Lessons to learn

Karnataka Government has decided to shut down 10 new universities that were established in the last 5 years. Mandya and Chamarajanagar Universities are two among the many new universities that were decided to be shut down. They will be merged with their parent universities. So Mandya and Chamarajanagar Universities will be merged with the  University … Read more

Nadeem – Shravan were just unethical businessmen disguised as composers

If you can think of some of the biggest Bollywood / Hindi hit songs from the 1990s, they were all composed by the duo Nadeem & Shravan. Most of their songs were on T-Series (initially) and later on Tips. If you go through YouTube or Spotify playlists, you’ll find Nadeem & Shravan songs dominating at … Read more

The myth of “come early, leave early” timings at work

These days, many work places have introduced the policy of “come early to work and leave early from work”. Basically, the work timings would be 7am to 2pm or 8am to 3pm. Employers cite many advantages to the employees: Reality of this from the employee perspective: Advantages to the employers, which they don’t tell openly: … Read more

Sai Abhyankar’s Sithira Puthiri song

A few minutes back, Sai Abhyankar’s new song “Sithira Puthiri” was released on Think Music channel. Three days back, Think Music team released a promo video featuring social media influencer Sameeha Mariam, famously known as TechPotate. I thought this girl would feature in the main video. However, they gave us a surprise. I opened the … Read more

Shifting goalposts for lecturers in India

Being college lecturers / professors in India is already riddled with many issues. University Grants Commission (UGC) is the apex body that controls Universities and college education in India. UGC comes up with the guidelines for eligibility and other rules for the college lecturers keeps changing the rules the way they wish and it causes … Read more

Doing LLM in India or abroad

Many students, especially the ones good in studies approach me and ask – (a) if it is a good idea to do LLM after LLB and (b) what are the best places to do LLM. In this article, I will cover two aspects: (1) Purpose of doing an LLM (2) Where to do LLM. Purpose … Read more