Across most big corporates in India this is mid year appraisal season. Even though we at amreekandesi.com don’t have a glass windowed office in a Gurgaon skyscraper marked by daily morning fights for elevator access, or a lazy HR department that takes a month to respond to petty requests, or aggressive staff forever cribbing...
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The hall was bristling with excitement. Journalists from all major publications jostled with each other for legroom. There would have been fights but for the fact that there was hardly any room to swing one’s arms. The place was stinking, but that was fine. The media people were there. “Damn it, it wasnt this...
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Have you ever been peed upon, shitted upon, kicked, and punched…all at the same time? This is part of my routine now. And it’s awesome. Yes, my little one loves me. The best thing that ever happened to me. My own little bundle of joy. I am a dad. Say hi to AD Jr. He has...
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2009 was a busy year with a lot happening in the twelve months. The Indian elections, and the Congress’ stunning victory. The BJP’s continued internal drama. The global economic downturn. India’s rise to the top in world cricket, and the continued decline of the national sport (Hockey, in case you didn’t know). 3 Idiots....
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The Indian nation grows older by another year today. Happy Independence day. Let us all take a moment to reflect on what Independence means for us, and work on doing our bit towards being responsible citizens of this great nation of ours. For once let’s stop cribbing about what is lacking with the system,...
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Folks, i am still in India and i am also still alive. So far i have not gotten into any road rage related incident, and neither have i got injured in a police lathi charge. Apologies for the long silence on this site. A lot has been happening, and overall i am very happy...
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Last week your favorite blogger moved back to India after spending some many happy years in the United States, adding another dreamy returnee to the reverse brain drain statistic, assuming my brain hasnt evaporated already in the superheated Delhi. You may ask – why? What the falooda is wrong with me? I’d say I...
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It’s time to start a new chapter in life So after all these years Lets go to India, i said to the wife. In America there’s many a whistle and bell But something’s missing I cant even curse in the language i know so well. India is nice. India is great To get to...
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Unless you have been living under a rock these past few months you would have heard of Twitter. Alright alright, don’t come down so hard on yourself…main hoon na! So Twitter is this new micro blogging platform that has taken the technology world blogging world entire world by storm. Suddenly there’s celebrities going around...
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Here’s the famous 25 random things tag; Some about amreekandesi – the blog, and some about amreekandesi – the writer. Enjoy! The first choice for the blog name was americandesi, but it was taken. amreekandesi turned out to be so much cooler. Ultrabrown (Manish) was the inspiration for this blog. I didn’t even know...
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Here’s introducing the first of more to come publicly available amreekandesi themes – Amreekandesi-Elegant. Features: Elegant is a two column theme, with a right sidebar. The theme is tested on Mozilla Firefox as well as Internet explorer, which is to say that it results in the same display on both browsers (That’s a minor...
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This blog had its humble origins at wordpress before moving on to this new self hosted location. Since then, many suns have set, many Biharis have got beaten up in Mumbai, a Black man has been elected US president, India has found an Olympic champion, and the global economy has gone into the crapper....
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So yeah…i have been thinking about doing this for a long time. About Time. Diwali would be an auspicious enough occasion to get back to writing. So, Happy Diwali dearest readers, and i am back. Take care, enjoy good health, have a happy and satisfied life, and i will talk more about me in...
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LinkLove that is… You may notice a new logo on this blog saying ‘u comment i follow’. Essentially, this is a way of giving back to you readers. If you comment on your site, the link to your blogs will credited by way of search engine/technorati indexing. (logo from randa clay’s website) By default,...
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Now that amreekandesi has a new address, it was just fitting that we had a new symbol. For those who noticed the new header image on the page, here’s more comments/thoughts about it. About the Header We would keep cycling the image to capture new ideas/events as and when they happen. As always, your...
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