tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124416162011-12-14T18:34:26.917-08:00A place where I can just jot down some memorable incidents of my life.Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-81337384933201132972007-05-31T23:23:00.000-07:002007-05-31T23:28:32.032-07:00

India has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that has a population that is dying for being declared a beggar.How else can one explain the violence unleashed by the Gujjar community in Rajasthan? They are already included in the OBC Category and now they are on a rampage just because they want to be included in the ST Category !! There can be no other label other than "

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Year: 2007Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal, Swini KharaDirector: R BalakrishnanLanguage: HindiStory Line: Buddha (Amitabh Bachchan) runs the restaurant 'Spice 6' in London which he claims is the "only authentic Indian Restaurant in London". His life is lonely, except for a mother and an 9-year old neighbour "Sexy" (Swini Khara). Sexy suffers from Blood Cancer and has

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I recently bought a Nokia N70 - and am mighty impressed by the phone. But read this with apinch of salt as I have made a direct transition from an old LG set (older even than the Nokia 1100) to N70 !!First the compliments, if there's one word to describe the N70 - sexy, is it. The phone fitscomfortably in the hand and looks awesome. Oh, I forgot to mention that I bought the MusicEdition - so am

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Well, I'll give it 3.5/5.Set in the times of Licence Raj in India, the movie is loosely based on the life of Late Dhirubhai Ambani. The protagonist, played by Abhishek Bachchan, uses all ways (Saam-Daam-Dand-Bhed) to operate and grow his business. Soon enough, a righteous reporter and editor start their investigations against him and are successful in bringing him under the scanner of Law. Then

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Mumbaikars are the best examples of Samaritans in our society. After the recent 7-in-a-row bomb blasts, that rocked Mumbai's lifeline - local trains (that carry some 5 million people daily), the rescue operations were launched by Mumbaikars only !!!The first rescue operations came from train passengers and people in the vicinity of railway stations who complained that there was no trace of

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Last week, I watched Kkrish - and was compelled to coin a new term - "Branded Movie". Mr. Roshan is supposed to have put almost all his money in the making of this movie. But then he also included numerous promotions - the most explicit being that of Tide. In one scene, Rekha is shown to pour Tide in a bucket with the letters "Tide" being visible to the viewers and occupying a substantial part of

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Google finally started its war on MS - atleast it seems so.Google recently revealed its version of the Spreadsheet program - an important ingredient of MS's Office Suite of products. Though as of now, the application is more like a spreadsheet collaboration tool for the web. Using the tool, users can share spreadsheets online and make changes/additions so that the data remains consistent. Also,

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Just when the weekend looked gr8 for me, the news came a as a bolt from the heavens that the AP govt. has banned "The Da Vinci Code" in the state. This happened just one day before the opening of the movie. Shouldn't the govt. care about how much money various organizations have put in the promotions of the movie? And is the govt. so indecisive? - first it tells Sony Pictures to incorporate a

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I'm worried about my kids - I don't have them as of now; but when I do have them, where do I educate them? Coz as I see it, by the time they become old enough to be in college, there'll be no seats!! If Arjun Singh continues to have his way like this, I'm sure we can put our dream of India becoming a Superpower to rest. Everyone talks about the huge number of engineers and MBAs that India churns

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I joined Infy on 3rd May, at the Hyderabad campus. This campus is simply awesome and spotless clean. See for yourself ...Click here ...

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Setting a new tradition, our batch started MBA (Music By Amateurs). The group comprises of Anudeep "Rockstar" Sapaliga, Kanishka "KC" Chatterjee and Vinayak "John" Kamath. They composed 3 songs and they remind me of the two great years I spent at TAPMI. Click on this RapidShare link to listen to them:http://rapidshare.de/files/15294136/MBA_Songs_TAPMI_-_ABHISEK_JAIN.zip.html

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We had our Farewell Party last night. A grand party by all big-hearted people, our junies. These are the best bunch of junies one can get. They are always willing to stick their neck out - be it Placements or Farewell. Even the gift we received alongwith the Invitation is something that we would cherish throughout our lives - it was a pen the cover of which had the TAPMI logo and the crafting on

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This could very well seat a complete family !!!

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A recent forwarded mail reminded me of the days when I had just passed out of college. I had no job. Though these were only 10 days or so - they were like hell. It seemed that I was worthless - so much so that I was unable to talk to my parents comfortably. I was again to face this, though not directly, when my girlfriend was looking (read hunting) for a job.The mail reminded me of the struggles

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This is the Team that set records of sorts by winning the Best Forum Award 2005-06. TSG achieved this feat for the 5th time in a row :)

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Well, this is "academically" gonna be my last week at TAPMI. Though there's no feeling as such of missing anyone or anything, but the golden time I'm spending with people after placements, exploring places in and around Manipal, is just flying off!!! And I'm definitely gonna miss this part of my stay at TAPMI. But as they say, all good things must come to an end - and so must this time. During

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The verdict is finally out ... Indian's entry to the Oscars, Paheli, has been thrown out of the list of nominees - and correctly so. The movie had no chances of making it to the nominees list. The movie actually had no punch, was damn boring and was based on an asinine storyline. On the other hand, Black was all awe-inspiring, had a great cast and was supported by brilliant acting by all the

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And this time it "repeated" itself for the 5th time. Smashing allrecords, the TAPMI Systems Group (TSG) was elected as the Best Forum2006. And that too in style - with a huge margin of 200+ points. Wehave continued the tradition of our seniors and hope that our juniescontinue the same. As part of the tradition of the CelebrationCeremony, we'll again invade the most expensive restaurant in Manipal

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Once upon a time, a guy named Alex Tew was finding difficulties in funding his education. Then, he hit upon an idea - he bought a website and put up 1,000,000 pixels on the homepage for sale! Whosoever buys these pixels (of course, for advertising ...) gets the ad on the homepage forever.Till date, he has sold 999,000 pixels. He charges $1 per pixel and so, has made a cool $999,000 for his

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Recently an e-mail from one of my friends introduced me to a code snippet that can capture the contents of the Windows Clipboard (what we cut-copy-paste). And its a potential threat to people who copy-paste their password/credit card number/other vital info at the time of Login/Registration.To test, first copy anything and then click here.

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On the 16th and 17th of December, 2005, Prashant and myselfparticipated in Poseidon, ISB's Annual Fest. And we had a gr8 timethere. :-)We went there for Kryptos, an Ad-Interpretation Contest, that wasjudged by two people (sorry! I'm too bad with names) - one was O&M's VP(for Andhra Pradesh) and the other was a lady who worked with Saatchi& Saatchi for 25 years and is credited with building up

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26th December, 2005 was a great day for me. This was the day that I got placed - with Infosys. But the 24 hours prior to this decision were perhaps the most tiring hours for me. This year the PlaceCom tried to come up with a format that makes the whole process transparent. So, we abolished the concept of Day 0. All companies were asked to come on Day 1 or Day 2, thereby avoiding any skirmishes on

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hmm...An anonymous comment on my Blog made me take note of the fact that I do have a nice, loyal (possibly) readership and by not posting regularly, I'm betraying my readers who come here to look for the latest happenings at TAPMI (as the comment suggests). To myreaders, please bear with me till this weekend - for I have my placements coming up. I maybe placed in one of the premier firms uptil

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The Batch of 2004-06 has added another feather to its cap. This batch made possible the first online version of Atharva. And its a success already - a decent 637 registration within 48 hours of the launch. That translates to a cool 13 new registration every hour!! But the big thing is that the game has gone well with the Corporate world too and has become truly "Global". The corporate

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ProjCom has done it again ... bringing in Big shots to BrandScan, our coveted and venerated Marketing Research Fair. Bringing in 15 projects in such a short time, and that too after hard bargains, is indeed a commendable job. Hats off to these guys. There seems to be a beeline within the Telecom majors to sponsor us. Last year, it was Tata Indicom and this year it is the largest Telecom Service

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Hmmm ...now I'm keeping myself busy by playing MouseTrap of Confluence, IIMA. But the game, to say the least, is no where near to the Horns of Dilemma of NITIE. To begin with, the site is not rendered properly on all browsers; as the hyperlinks go missing. And if you find the right browser, it works only on the 1024X768 resolution. :-((

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This is about a small feat of mine - atleast I consider it so. I'm regularly playing the online games hosted by NITIE, Mumbai - and they are really engrossing. And as you play, you get to know that actually a lot of thought process has gone into every stage of the game - from Conceptualization to Execution. One of their games, "Horns of Dilemma" is particularly worth mentioning. Its essentially a

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This is probably the first time that I'm posting as soon as an event is over. Well, the event deserves this. Held for the first time in TAPMI, this event called TATTVA, was an Alumni Achievement Award Contest. We had 4 Alumni - each gave a presentation on their achievements at Fidelity, BroadVision, HLL and UTI. And since they were speaking from their experiences, the presentations were filled

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In our B-School, we are always taught the value of time and in the process, we end up respecting other's time also. And we do honour our commitments.But what about the premier B-School of India, the IIMB? For their Paper Presentation contest, Manifestations, I had written a paper. Since I was on the verge of crossing the word limit, I mailed them enquiring if the words in references and tables

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There has been a strategic shift in the way we approach our placements. Thanx to PlceCom, from this year on, we have opened up the avenue of "Multiple Offers". Till now, once a student gets acceptance from a company, he/she necessarily had to join that company. But from now, we'll be allowed to hold multiple offers (subject to a max. of 2, though). We can then decide on which firm to join. This

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At last, we started with the Linux Club activities last week - the Club that was given to us by our senies. We had invited a guest from Focuz Infotech, which is currently providing Linux-based solution to our Library. It was a good experience, but it went too technical. But we still hope to demystify Linux for the common Junta.

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Phew,After a whole dilly-dallying that went on for 4 weeks, we finally got the Junie TSG members. I don't really know the reason why people applied in such low numbers for TSG. First only 7 people sent in their nominations, considering that we needed 5 people !!! On top of that, only one of them had put TSG as the first preference. So we ended up with only two shortlisted people.Then we were

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Now I get the real dread of Group work. In the first year, I had a group of 9 people, & we knew that we had to stay together for one whole year. So we cooperated, fought, and made up!! This group really gave me the freedom and room to do things. But now that we have been dis-associated and I'm pitted with a different group for every course, I find it hard to fit in and work comfortably. I guess I

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I got this image from Ruby's Blog.

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Well, it takes some guts to accept defeat. And I have it. Both guts and defeat, I mean. Our Team Bakar came last in Episode. All our plans went down the drain. But it did teach me an important lesson. It taught me what DOES NOT work in Management. We had everything – the best in every area, or atleast someone who could compete with the best. And yes, we had the drive to win the Episode. But what

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Episode ... the first time when the Junies and Senies interact. This time, as usual, we have 5 teams vying for the top position (well, some are not!!!). My team is named BAKAR (for the uninitiated, it means ... non-stop non-sense). The others call themselves DoA (Disciples of Atrocities), Josh, Mafia and RDX. The essence of Team Bakar was to have fun all through the Episode but it went on to

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I was thinking of writing this post as soon as I finished my earlier one. At that time, I had something else in my mind too, so I just dropped this idea. But an anonymous comment to my previous post necessiated this post. The comment had to do with the girls of my batch not selecting any of the junies as their dance partners. Well, to start off with, I view it as their personal decision and so,

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Time to get to know the junies better ... FRESHERS. The same old venue - Valley View. The only difference being that this time, we paid for the party :-( Otherwise, it was the same old frenzy, same chaos and same excitement. Well, our junies are also fun-loving guys; quite contrary to my earlier preception. But it changed - and thats a nice thing. As usual, the music and dance performances were

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Well, to be honest, I was so much bogged down by work that I didn't get the time to put up a new post. But then, something happened that made me come straight to my Blog!!! It was the Induction. I was in the college the whole day but was busy preparing my Report. Then I went to the Auditorium at 6:30 PM to watch the MusiCom perform. First came the Junies - and sang a few nice songs. Only one of

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Our Batch is amazing - in everything, I mean. Take anything - fron the Outbound to the Summers - everything is amazing. Everyone is doing a superb job out of their project. First of all, we didn't get shady companies, I mean the ones with a "I-need-so-many-customers-in-two-months" project. The profile of the companies that came for summers this year for our Batch has been good. And now, towards

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This is an image of a chair robot called "WL-16 II" carrying a man up and down the steps as Japanese robotics venture by tmsuk and Waseda University professor Atsuo Takanishi unveiled the prototype model in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 28, 2005. The two-legged robot WL-16 II can carry a human being, aiming to enable wheelchair-bound people to go up steps or move heavy goods on uneven

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This LCD display is being developed by Japan's Toshiba. This is a prototype model of the new flatbed type three-dimensional (3D) LCD display without special glasses, which enables to show, with the help of 16 different angles, 3D images with a technology of integral imaging system employing semi-cylindrical micro-lenses on its surface. Frankly, I can't make Head or Tail out of this sentence. But

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This pic shows a visitor taking a swing at QMotions-Baseball video game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on May 20, 2005. So, are we moving towards an era of take-home Simulators?!? Going by the fact that clicking one's computer mouse is hardly the most authentic way to play a few innings of a baseball video game, this s/w lets the player swing a real bat. For $80, the

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Following is the transcript of the address given by Indra Nooyi, President and CFO of PepsiCo, at the Columbia University Business School graduation ceremonies on May 15, 2005:"Good evening, everyone. Dean Hubbard, distinguished faculty, honored graduates, relieved parents, family, and friends, it's a distinct pleasure to be in New York City this evening to celebrate the biggest milestone to date

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1116348252003071722005-05-17T09:38:00.000-07:002005-05-17T09:49:38.540-07:00

This is surely gonna boost Blogging in India. The India government is in the process of framing rules for granting accreditation to Internet journalists and bloggers for the first time, taking a reality check on an evolving world of net writers who could shape opinion and who have already been granted access to official corridors in countries such as the US. Read the full story here.Time to

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1116325332631145502005-05-17T03:19:00.000-07:002005-05-17T09:50:19.866-07:00

Yipppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeee,Today my Blog became the 10th to be listed in the search for "Abhishek Singh". I do this check regularly and am feeling very elated. :-)To try, click here.But its still a long way to go. My intention is be make it to No. 1...Hope it materializes soon.

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1116261880132872712005-05-16T09:39:00.000-07:002005-05-17T09:51:20.406-07:00

This was the name of the Play that I watched this Sunday. Actually, it was the first play of my life, as an audience I mean. It was the insistence of Prakash R, my super-senie, that got me to watch the play. He'd disagree, though :-). Well, at the end of the play, Prakash, who happens to be a regular at Play-shows, told me that this play was very heavy for the beginners (I think he read the

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115709593462502242005-05-09T23:28:00.000-07:002005-05-25T06:51:43.550-07:00

This is a list that you can use for the duration of your MIP. It is inspired by Pritam Garud's request, asking for the contact numbers of fellow-Godrej-and-Boyce-ians. This might contain old numbers too, since I do not have any info on their new nos. If you want your number to be added to it, or want to edit any number, just leave me a comment (scroll down to the page-bottom). Here goes the list:

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115706096070439062005-05-09T23:18:00.000-07:002005-05-09T23:21:36.073-07:00

I got a really pleasant surprise in the morning when I received a mail in my Inbox, telling me that someone has posted a comment on my Blog. It was the first comment I have ever received on my Blog. I checked it out - it was actually posted my Murali, who was the in-charge when Sify Blogs was being developed. Now he is working with Tata Indicom at Mumbai. He said he's missing Tidel Park a lot !!!

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115705859292859072005-05-09T23:09:00.000-07:002005-05-09T23:22:04.876-07:00

Today, I'll start mailing my probable respondents about my online survey today. Also, I'll start meeting Bloggers in Chennai for interviewing them about their Blogging patterns and explore into why they Blog. I'll first meet up Kiruba of kiruba.com, I was really surprised to know that he is working with Sify!! Thats great!!

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115451655341331782005-05-07T00:30:00.000-07:002005-05-07T05:06:00.473-07:00

This is a good day for me. I've made some headstart. I've mailed some people the link to my online questionnaire for the purpose of Pilot Survey. Hope they respond soon. But already my mail from some 3 IDs has bounced. A lil' disappointment but nevertheless, I have a backup plan :-) I've already asked for a list of the alternate mail IDs of all the people listed on Sify Blogs. Hope this method

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115438218883995722005-05-06T20:52:00.000-07:002005-05-07T05:11:27.820-07:00

A very good friend of mine, Mr. Jasprit Singh Bhatia, is rumoured to have got a PPO (Pre-Placement Offer) from Karrox Technologies, Mumbai. The package is expected to be about INR 4.5 lakhs per annum. Congratulations to him!!! This makes me feel all the more happy that soon after going to the college, we'll have a grand party. Its worth mentioning that Jassi, as we lovingly call him, has been a

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115377885534566902005-05-06T04:07:00.000-07:002005-05-06T04:12:44.983-07:00

This is shaping up to be a good day. My Guide has given me the go-ahead for pilot testing the survey questionnaire. I'm still not sure of how many respondents does he want but I suppose 20 would suffice over the weekend. I'm going to ask him my Project Title today and courier the Duty Report Letter to the MIP co-ordinator of our college, Mr. Sivakumar A.

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115286841329764172005-05-05T02:24:00.000-07:002005-05-05T03:17:40.393-07:00

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH ...This is all I can say when the my batchmates, 5 of them to be precise, doing their MIP at Polaris, come to the room everyday and tell me their stories. To start off, they ARE being given a godly treatment. All because the Corp HR Head, Mr. Shekhar, is a good friend of the Director of our Institute and has a great deal of respect for him.

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115264718135929932005-05-04T20:42:00.000-07:002005-05-06T03:53:07.763-07:00

I'm back. I had to take a leave yesterday because of cold. But now, I'm very much determined about my questionnaire. Whatever my PG wants, I'll have to get him to finalize the questionnaire within this week, otherwise the whole schedule gets delayed and I'll really have to slog hard in the end.And would you believe it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My Guide is on a leave today. Talk of irony !!!!Boy, I'm free

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115097419290528392005-05-02T22:10:00.000-07:002005-05-02T22:16:59.290-07:00

I'm not feeling well today - cold, my perennial friend. Also feeling kinda drowsy. I got upset a bit yesterday in the evening when my PG appeared unhappy - unsatisfied would probably be a better word - with my questionnaire. I was actually expecting that the questionnaire would be approved and my survey would start soon. But this has pushed my survey further back. I'll need to further refine my

Abhishek Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01682618343815974452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12441616.post-1115031297238229082005-05-02T03:22:00.000-07:002005-05-02T05:07:56.373-07:00

I am doing my Summers with Sify Ltd. at Tidel Park, Chennai. Well, I don't have a Project Title as of now but the deliverables are quite clear. Basically it would probe into 3 aspects: What factors drive Blogging? What prevents people from Blogging? Can they be made into Bloggers? If yes, then how? Why do some people discontinue Blogging? Is this an irreversible or reversible effect?I've already

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