Category Archives: Views

A month away from twitter

Posted on August 26, 2012 by gautshen

I had mentioned a month ago that I would be indulging in a social-network detox experiment by not logging on to twitter and gtalk for a month. I couldn’t stay off gtalk since from time to time I had to … Continue reading →

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My encounters with rAmAyaNa

Posted on August 20, 2012 by gautshen

My mother taught me alphabets long before I joined school in 1988. So, when I was between the ages 2.5 and 3.5 I had learnt how to write my A,B,C’s. The earliest memory from my life that I can recollect … Continue reading →

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The New Race

Posted on July 8, 2010 by gautshen

A tired athlete comes back to his locker after a long day of practice. He sits in his room, sipping some water. It had been a tiring day. He knows that it was to be the last of it’s kind. … Continue reading →

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Election 2009: What next ?

Posted on May 19, 2009 by gautshen

Personally, I have been disappointed with the election results of 2009 since the party which I had been rooting for lost by a huge margin. But knowing that elections are only a part of the process and not the process … Continue reading →

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Open Source Vs Open mindset

Posted on March 26, 2009 by gautshen

From the past few days, Atanu has been posting blog-posts on what a Rational IT policy should look like, and what should be the role of the Government in it.  One of his posts received the following reaction from the … Continue reading →

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Me, Religious?

Posted on December 21, 2008 by gautshen

“Gotee, what’s wrong with you man?”, a friend asked. “Why, what happened?”, I asked back, wondering which of my idiosyncrasies was she referring to. “You’re reading the Bhagavad Gita it seems! You’re going to temple daily. Knowing you, and the … Continue reading →

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AvaraNA

Posted on November 21, 2008 by gautshen

I finished reading S.L.Bhyrappa’s AvaraNA yesterday. This is my first Kannada Novel. Yeah, despite being in Karnataka for almost a quarter century now,  I didn’t bother to check out the literature apart from whatever was being taught in the school. … Continue reading →

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An Argument Vs A Fight

Posted on November 14, 2008 by gautshen

Quick Takes. Cricket: India Whopped England’s ass in the first ODI. Way to go boys! Had Potluck lunch at office today. The theme was Ethnic wear. I wore a Mundu! Last time when I had gone home, I had a … Continue reading →

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Working for Fun

Posted on October 25, 2008 by gautshen

Quick Takes (Style shamelessly borrowed from KCG’s blog) Cricket: India comprehensively defeated Australia in the 2nd Test! IEEE tutorial session on GNU/Linux Kernel Programming held during the last weekend went well. Though I had to wrap up the session on … Continue reading →

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Bollywood’s CopyCat

Posted on May 4, 2008 by gautshen

At times when you like something very much, and you start revering the creator, and later you realize that the creator had stolen that thing from some other place, you really feel let down. I liked Pritam Chakraborty‘s music, from … Continue reading →

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