Blogger is now in Hindi (ब्लॉगर अब हिंदी में है)

अच्छा, यह अपने आप ही हिंदी में ट्रांस्लितेराते करता रहता है। और सारा स्क्रीन हिंदी में ही है.

Link: http://www.blogger.com/hindi

Anyone hear of Ingenient Technologies?

Hi All,

A friend of mine doing her Masters in the US recently got a job offer from Ingenient Technologies (www.ingenient.com) as a DSP engineer. Anyone heard anything of the company - good, bad, ugly?

Thanks.

- Ashish

A year since I left America

I left Atlanta on July 31st, 2006. And left the US on Aug 8th, 2006. So it's been a year, almost to the date.

In short, a lot has happened this year in terms of personal development. Learning humility. The inner joy in seva (service/volunteerism). Ability to push myself beyond supposed limits (perceived limits of being too cool, too mature, too heavy). Learning that I'm a born follower, not a leader. Then learning that I actually know what prevents me from being a leader, and that the journey to become a leader, a changemaker, is indeed a long one. I guess the most important milestone in this path of personal development was realizing that all the answers to all the problems in the world lie squarely within myself. I just have to probe. And ask. And ask. And ask.

I am not happy with what I've achieved project wise - I know I am capable of achieving a lot more.

At this juncture of time:
- In the past week, I had completely lost faith in myself. And regained it again - from a group of idealistic people together known as Indicorps who believe that they can affect change.
- I have realized that I want to be rich. Not because I want to spend on nice things. Because I want financial freedom. To be able to do exactly what I want to do in life without the motive (or the pressure) being monetary. Because doing exactly what we want makes us free. And doing a job just so that you might enjoy the 4 hours before you go to bed makes you waste 1/3rd of your life.
- I've realized that I often used to complain about a 'lack of motivation'. But motivation is not a tangible thing. It actually doesn't exist. Motivation is simply a byproduct of success. If you're successful in the things you set out to do, you'll become motivated. Very simple.
- Considering applying to an MBA program, but have to first figure out why and where. Riding a bit of a high because I did quite well on the GMAT.

I have also realized I need to get back to running. Because I enjoyed it. And because been letting myself go for a while. As one colleague stated so innocently on the train ride back "Ashish, your belly's doing strange things".

Next up this year:
- Getting employment for kids in this town by training them in practical, basic computer skills (more on www.piramal.org.in/gdl/category/technology )
- Find something to do that keeps me personally excited. Wirelessly beaming broadband into Bagar would be the first step.
- Have a great time when my friend Bryan comes to visit for three weeks in late October

Basically, this year has made me believe in capitalism even more. And so, I consider this last year as learning about myself, about my community, about my project. This coming year is going to be about Return on Investment (ROI) - delivering value based on this investment. Ultimately, that's the point of doing business, or anything in life.

Also, this point also marks a sad goodbye to all the Indicorps fellows from the class of 2006. Two other colleagues remain with me at GDL, but we're looking forward to forging new relationships and memories with the new incoming class.

In Bombay

I am currently in Bombay. Last week, my grandfather here (who lives by himself), took quite sick. turns out he had contracted malaria, and at his age (80), i guess its worrisome. He has recovered from malaria, but the ordeal has left him quite weak (turns out his haemoglobin levels also dropped).

 

Anyways, my uncle and aunt here have been taking care of him for a week, but now its time we head back headed back. He needs at least another two weeks of someone making sure he's eating properly and taking his meds. right now i'm considering staying here for that period. kinda ambivalent about it - but it makes sense. the other options aren't necessarily any better (my mother having to come to India, or having my grandfather stay somewhere else - which he won't agree to anyways).

 

 

Bagar is now on Wikipedia (अब बगड़ विकिपीडिया पर है)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagar%2C_India
Bagar is now on Wikipedia. As it becomes a growing standard of finding information the Internet, this seems as good place to publish information about Bagar. Please feel free to add information as you see fit

http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/बगड़
बगड़ अब विकिपी़डिया पर है । क्योंकि विकिपी़डिया इन्टरनेट पर जानकारी ढूंढने का एक स्टैन्डर्ड बना जा रहा है, यह बगड़ के बारे में जानकारी प्रकाशित करने का एक अच्छा स्थान है। कृपया इस वेबसाइट पर और उचित जानकारी जोड़ें।

Share Market news in Hindi

One thing I'm going to strive to do on this blog is promote Hindi language websites. One that I saw today while searching for top entry-level jobs was about Share Market news in Hindi, potentially catering to a brand new population of investors. What was noteworthy was that there were 4 entries for today, and 3 from yesterday i.e. this content's fresh! Here's the URL

 

http://smcindiaonline.com/hindinews/

 

An excerpt:

 

Friday, July 6, 2007

बिहार तुबेस - पसिंदिद अधार पर वारंट्स की बटाई

बिहार त्युबेस लिमिटेड ने सूचित किया है की महत्वपूर्ण प्रावधान के अनुसार कंपनी के सदस्यों के द्वारा कंपनी के बोर्ड ऑफ़ दिरेक्टेर्स ने 31,75000 वारंट्स पसिंदिद अधार पर एन्तितिएस जो प्रोमोटर ग्रुप को दर्शाती है और दूसरी नियमित निवेशक वारंट धारक के अधिकार के लीये पुरी पेड अप पूंजी एकुइटी श्येर किसी भी समय इशू कि तीथी से 18 महीने के दौरान कर सकती है।

Chanakya's Policy & A Blue Moon

More from Ojha Ji, the school principal, who I guess has started to taken even more of a liking to me (or has openly started to express it at least). He mentioned something that Chanakya said about dealing with the enemy (the great policy-maker, the chief advisor and man-behind-the-scenes in the making of Emperor Ashoka).

To deal with the enemy, first you neglect him. If that doesn't work, then you criticize him. If that doesn't work, then you try and murder him. And if somehow your murder attempt fails, then you honour and praise him. Because that plants the seed of pride (अहंकार-ahankaar).

And pride will destroy your enemy from within.


That Chanakya was a wily fox. The question that begs to be asked, however, is why the heck does Ojha Ji then praise me so? I mean, as far as I know, he hasn't even tried to kill me yet :-)

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New Intern started today - Anjuli, an undergrad from Harvard. She'll be helping me prepare curriculum for my industry-based computer training course.  Her father came to drop her off today. While we were outside, we both started commenting about the full moon today (which signifies the start of the Hindu month of आषाढ- aashaadh). He mentioned that it was a blue moon yesterday.

Apparently, a blue moon is a full moon the day before the full moon. So today is poornima, the actual full moon. But yesterday the moon was full and yellow and everything, which means yesterday was a blue moon .

Somehow, I just feel cheated for not having known yesterday. Its like sitting next to a celebrity on a plane, and not even knowing that they were famous.
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Dushyant, my cousin from Bombay, came on the 27th, and left yesterday. While I didn't get much time to do much with the poor guy, I did take the time out to talk with him at nights. And it was full-time masti. Its great to see the kid having grown up, being so smart, still shareef, and with still that hidden passion for life.
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MBA ahoy. Right now, trying my best to carve out time to prepare for the GMAT. AND also figure out why I want to do an MBA, an is it really worth the time and cost?  Wish me luck, this is going to require some serious discipline for the next few months.
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This blog is going to move slowly into these rants about my personal insights and experiences. Project-related blogs will be posted every week (by law) on the Piramal Foundation site: http://www.piramal.org.in/gdl/category/technology