Raghu

Is The Internet changing our brains? I felt there is a certain way in which we take the information from pages on net and printed pages, our brains process Internet pages differently than they do printed pages. That can affect how much we learn when we read—and even alter our brains themselves. After a period of time we get adjusted to a specific kind of reading and accordingly our brain gets adjusts to it. For the past many years, reading books has helped train human brains to concentrate intently over extended periods of time, an ability that has helped to produce ideas and inventions. If we abandon books in favor of the Internet, our ability to maintain focus and think up new ideas might diminish. There are distractions which don’t just slowdown our reading, they also make it less likely that we will understand and retain new knowledge. When we read online, words are not the only information coming at us. There usually are eye-catching Pop up advertisements alongside the text and...

Well no, this is not a new version of the great Martin Luther King’s speech but just a dream that I had yesterday. I am someone who believes that one has to dream but wake up and work towards that dream but not this one though. Now what did I see? Bright sun shine was beating down on me and I just manage to open my eyes and see myself in big Roman Colosseum, I hear a lot of shouting and talking going around, I just look around and to see where the sounds are coming from. I see a lot of people gathered around me and they are shouting and up above in the stands there are lot many familiar faces, lot of friends and family members, most of whom are eating, drinking and smoking like royals and looking down on me very seriously. I try to get up but cannot as my hands and legs are tied from behind, somehow I manage to get up and sit in kneel down position. Now I get to see the faces, all of them and some people are dressed as guards around me. The guards near me do not resist my movement ...

Will start saying that this was the best experience I ever had. During my quest to study MBA I happened to apply to 9-10 colleges, got selected in 8 of them and there was one more which I needed to attend. Got through the written, GD & PI and short listed in all the colleges I applied. Though I was not inclined to do an MBA from this place, I just gave a try at this college as I had few more days to decide and finalize on the college in Pune. Place was never a criteria for me but later realized that I had applied for colleges in some nice places like Hyderabad, Pune & Bangalore. This involved a lot of travelling and some good experiences. As of now will only talk about the one more related to the topic and write more about the others later. To keep myself occupied with the free time I had, I applied to this college and got the call for GD & PI rounds here also, so as usual went to the college with a neutral mind and with the intension to give my best here. They put us up ...

Few days back I and my friend were going to a dining joint to take a snack. On the way we were discussing world cup and our situation last time around. This being the Cricket World Cup time and we being a nation who is cricket crazy and we just went through the past few years and the twists and turns that have taken place in our lives alongside cricket. I just went ahead and compiled a short note on how I was doing at each world cup time. 1975 - Both my Parents were blissfully unaware of what was lying ahead in their lives. I do not how were they with cricket at that time. 1979 - Okie both got married few years back and Elder sister came into existence. Aaap Kataaar mein hai kripaya pratiksha karein. 1983 - Yes, Came into this world and was roaming around semi naked by this time or even naked. Possibly the best times, I should say, no tensions, no worries and still no cricket…just enjoying. 1987 – Hmmm by this time was little into cricket and more into enjoyment. 1992 –...

Now going by the physics and chemistry experiments and how you might have gone about documenting them, will try something similar and try run a small experiment on understanding Behavior and Emotional patterns. I have done this earlier but for different conditions and requirements, most of the time it has worked and will give it a try again. Aim : To understand Behavior and Emotional patterns, keeping in mind the Human and Social Networks. Requirements : 1. Take your own example, social circle & Networks 2. Few Good and Bad Incidents. 3. Little bit of thought process. 4. Some Amount of time Process : I would start by saying that, Behavior and emotions are extremely contagious. They spread from person to person like germs, touching thousands of people, influencing everything from our happiness and professional success It might sounds odd because as human beings, we like to believe that we—not our families or our social networks—are in control of personal and private decisions. But...

In the past few months I had some disturbing instances that I faced in the public toilets/Restrooms; basically seen some outrageous and strange situations off late. If at all someday I venture out to write a hand book on good manners then will add the below mentioned points into it. So far I have not come across any which will give me a good enough information on how to behave in a public restroom or so to say “public restroom etiquette” as such. So here I will try to pass out pass on some etiquette’s and request all, whom I had the Privilege/Misfortune of sharing the rest room with. 1. When you are entering or you are already in the restroom, I beg you to keep oral communication and decibel levels at a minimum level. In other words, shut the F__K up. All who are in the room are not having a communal, joyous experience here. Just finish your job and get out. 2. Now something much worse than #1? Turning your head and looking at the guy you are talking to, getting a sneak peak and making...

Someone asked me, why do I write? May be when I set out to fill an empty page, I assume that the words I write will have some value, that my thoughts will move the readers from one paragraph to the next, and keep them coming back to this page. How presumptuous is this? What leads me to imagine that my thoughts and experiences are worth your time you spend on this page? I did start out writing with a purpose of having some kind of fun and exploring more into me and what I can do with the elementary knowledge I have. So with this very assumption I will set out and write & read regularly to delve more into my thought process and thereby try better myself as a human being!!!

It was raining little bit today all through and it felt very nice…morning while coming home and later while going to office. How many time do we enjoy the rains, get drenched, go for a drive on a bike in rain, have a cup of hot tea on road side shop while it still raining, having corn, hot mirchi... and the list will go on. Surely everyone will have their personal favorites…mine happen to be 2 which crossed my mind while travelling today. Yes, both of them happened while travelling and when it was raining. I would call them and still recollect them as ‘Strange’ because I would not have reacted in the similar fashion if the same thing happened again. Very convenient to say so but our reactions do vary each time to the same kind of situation. Now coming to the first one… I was going home from a office party nicely dressed up, on the way it started raining – you can say pouring down heavily. As usual got stuck in a traffic jam over Ramakrishna Puram Bridge. I stopped behind a bus and was ...

What a friend what a Pal, Only Now I could see all your plans and dreams for me, I never knew what a Mothe r goes through and there is nothing that you didn’t do. I Love my cradle days and I need you always, Since I was a baby upon your knees, You sacrificed everything for me. I Stole the Gold from your hair, and I put a silver thread there, I do not know any way I could ever repay and l love my cradle days. Greatest friend dearest Pal, It was me who caused you every sorrow and hard day you ever knew, Your face so fair I have wrinkled with care, I placed every line that is there. I Love my cradle days and I need you always, Since I was a baby upon your knees, You sacrificed everything for me.

Long Long Ago I had a girl friend named “ Tatiana Romanova ” who said " From Russia with Love ". We had some great times and we did go around places having lot of fun and enjoying our spoils, literally we two had a ball, I mean " Thunder ball ". One day she asked me what is that you like in me so much, I said your “ Golden Eye ". Just with the same amount of admiration and love, I asked her what is it you like about me, she said Your “ Gold finger " and she laughed out loud (Naughty to the core I tell you!!!). Then, we thought we should take this to the next level by bidding good bye to the "Gold" thing, and we gifted each other Diamond Rings and said "Diamonds Are Forever". Just when you think every thing is going on smoothly and every thing happening around you is just " For Your Eyes Only ", comes a unwilling turn to your life. Then came another Man: " The Man with the Golden Gun ". The name of this man was "...

Long long ago someone wrote a book called “A monk who sold his Ferrari”. A few years later my sister gifts me the same book and accounts for some good reading that I have ever done earlier. Now keeping aside the story of who sold and who bought the Ferrari, I just like a Ferrari fan buy a F1 car……Now wait that is not the Original one though ….I am not that rich yet. I bought a scale down model and fully functional one. The kid in me just woke up again seeing the car in the store and never ever excited as much as I know myself. Few days later all excited I drive it all around the house and excited about speed. My dad tries a hand at driving it and in that process breaks the tail section of the car…..My heart just breaks!!!!! Though only a little, but seeing it broken is really hard to bear. Then at that moment I felt I should write something on this with title “The Dad who broke my Ferrari”. Then I decide now I will buy a new one and use it only for display and never ever let anyone han...