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Rescuing my Laptop!
From my days at BITS, when did a fresh install of the OS almost every month, to the post BITS era, where a fresh install was almost unheard of, it has been some transition. From someone who would install Linux (pre-Ubuntu days) and then hunt for drivers, to someone who would not trust himself with…
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Race to the top
Dan Vasella stepped aside from the CEO role at Novartis yesterday to be succeeded by Joe Jimenez, the head of their pharmaceutical business. Along with this, the other person in contention, Joerg Reinhardt, quit the company to look for options elsewhere. This reminded me of a course we had, on Managing Teams, taught by Henry Moon, this…
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Louis rocks!!
You know how there are moments in class you would probably never forget about. Well, this was one of them. At first I thought I would post it on the ISB Students’ Blog, but then figured it would be slightly inappropriate for that. Anyway, we have this absolutely amazing professor, Louis Thomas, who teaches us…
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Sometimes, slow is good!
What is common to Dravid, Riquelme, and Sergio Leone? A sense of perfect timing. If you watch Dravid bat you would realize that he plays the ball like he has all the time in the world. Let alone his defensive ones, even his scoring shots are played with elegance that are on a different plane…
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Coke Studio
For the past couple of days, I have been totally hooked on to the performances on Coke Studio, and the concept itself. Go check it out. One that I really like is Titliyaan by Strings. दिल था खिलौना, चलो टूट गया क्या कहें कोई साथी था, जिसे चाहा था वोही लूट गया, क्या कहें