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Someone asked a loser how he did it. "One day at a time !" he answered. Even losers follow the rules of life. 

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Stumbling stones on the path of life. 

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Chakra

I am an Indian programmer. I have been working in COBOL, C, Microsoft.NET. I have been a fly on the wall, watching the ebbs and tides of the software world.

Contents

Table of Contents

What do you wanna be when you grow up ?

Does a kid need a friend or a parent ?

What do you learn from movies ?

The sweet spot

Women love their shoes

East is East…

There are bollywood songs for many emotions

Web sites and people have 7 seconds

Old style romance

“I am ashamed to be a man”, said Khan

Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are true

The Indian Pink Panther

How much control do we have over our mind ?

“What cannot be cured, must be endured”

You yellow Coyote !

You go to heaven only if cremated by a son ….

Follow God’s laws ?

To err is human …

“How do you know what you don’t know”

Get off that high horse, you fool !

Hare and the tortoise

Embrace mediocrity

Cognitive biases of an Indian

The village idiot

Processing advise from others

Archaic rules

Make in India

India and ‘black money’

Security and software

Did the quants cause the 2008 meltdown

Too much capitalism

Losers don’t have many choices

Lines in the mind

The challenges of judgment

Life goes on

Watch out !

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