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BREAKING THE MOULD: Rediscovering Myself

By Kaavya Pillai Montfort School | 2011
School life has been a very persistent foe of mine for 15 years and it is a battle that I have consistently lost. My teachers have always hated me for being an average student yet still having the ability to shamelessly make fun of them in class; my friends have always been very few and sometimes wavering on the brink of extinction and let's just say my encounters with different subjects have not exactly been joyous. If you ever want to try to find your own footing, your own special niche in school then don't because school is an institution of stereotypes. The 'beauties with no brains', the 'jocks', the 'artsy folk', the 'geeks', the 'epic fails' are some species you may encounter in this social jungle. I, myself, have been in & out of the 'weird' category and I'm happy to say I wouldn't choose any other. People told me that once school was over I'd give anything to have it back. What would I want back? The high drama, the useless hours wasted on something I knew wouldn't help me in the future, the exams that proved my IQ was no more than an average giraffe's? No thank you. Come to think of it, there have been good memories attached to school. Like Kamehameha-ing' my accounts teacher, watching it rain outside my classroom window & switching off the lights of my classroom 'by mistake' while the teacher was teaching during a storm, yelling 'Fight' whenever two alpha-males or even alphaknow how badly you screwed up in school. I'm already yearning to get a taste of college life as soon as possible. I do feel intimidated but what the hell, life is about that, trial and error. If after 4 years I start thinking about college in the same way as I do about school then there's always my post graduation or a job, if I get one, or something else because there will always be some time, however miniscule, to 'unscrew the screwed'.

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Delhi Belly the mould and finally find people who think there is more to life than being idolized. College, finally, will give me a chance to do something that I am interested in & that I like. And maybe I am glorifying college a little bit but I expect it to give me freedom or a sense of it at least. I have always been under supervision at school since my mother teaches at the same institution. Finally, hopefully, I will get to be me and not be judged. I want to be able to undo some mistakes I made in school and college seems like a perfect place to do that. In college, nobody knows you, if you do not like what you were made out to be in school then you can always change your image and make a set of College, for me, will be a chance to break totally new friends. . Nobody will ever chicks locked horns, the high I got when I topped my class in English, imitating the exceptionally 'unique' teachers & other such insignificant yet gratif ying memories. And yes, this may seem to be right out of a 'Princess Diaries' but I've spent a good amount of the last two years gossiping with my girlfriends. People may say that they hated school but the truth is that however much you hated it there will always be memories that will bring an instant smile to your face. And you know what they say & by they I mean me, if you can look back at your life & smile without effort then you know you've had a good run.
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By Akash Gupta S.S.C.B.S., DU| 2012
It wasn't the festive season, but all throughout April and May we could see people having a gala either in front of their TV sets or in hangout joints. It could not have been a better script for all the restaurants, bars and lounges first the world cup and then the IPL for a cricket crazy country like India. India is full of marketing geniuses and there is no paucity of creative thinking. Some of the menu's had some of the wackiest stuff on offer CSK super pitcher, Gilly Galauti kebab, daredevil shots, RCB platter and so on. The inscription on the trophy where talent meets opportunity seems to have been strongly taken up by not just players but also by politicians, celebrities, endorsers. Everyone is eagerly on the look-out for the match winning hug of junior Mallya and Miss Padukone and not to forget the PDA of the 42 year young Shane Warne and the very beautiful Liz Hurley. We can definitely not afford to ignore the style-statements set by the glamorous team owners the likes of the Shetty sisters, King Khan and the dimple queen.

Is it really just about cricket?

In another interview, Jacob Oram, a famous Kiwi cricketer said - after-match parties, Bollywood stars and fashion parades seemed far removed from reality. After nearly every game there's an afterparty, there's Bollywood stars there and fashion parades; the drinks are free and the cheerleaders are around. It's a different world. Sometimes you wonder if you're here for cricket or not. Ultimately you are. It is good fun, but at the same time I don't think it is reality. Players seem to have conflicting views on it as some believed these parties to be good-stress busters and an integral part of the glamorous IPL. It gives the big brands to endorse on unique platforms and at the same time giving the players some timeoff the field from the ever so gruelling 20 over competition. There is something missing about the IPL without the mention of the star-studded after match parties. There is heavy attendance for these parties as who likes to reject the free offering of sharabh, shabab and kebab. It gives a chance for players who don't perform on the field to show their moves on the loud beats played by the best DJ's of the country. Noone feels left out as the cheerleaders are always there to give you close company; but not every player seems to be so interested in these parties. Our Indian team captain mentioned in an interview that he has never attended any IPL after match party. Leaving the glamor aside for some time; how can we forget that it's the INDIAN premier league? It was started by an Indian and it had to inculcate the Indian... Contd. on Page 7

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Shri Ram College of Commerce

Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) is a specialised constituent college of the University of Delhi located in New Delhi, India. SRCC is the leading institute for higher studies in Commerce and Economics in India. It is considered as one of the most prestigious colleges in India. SRCC started awarding undergraduate degrees in 1932 and graduate degrees in 1948. It received its present name and form in 1951. Although SRCC has accepted female students since 1933, it became truly co-educational only in 1957. The institute started an International Business MBA equivalent course in 1999, called the Post Graduate Diploma in Global Business Operations (GBO). SRCC was established by educationist and industrialist, Sir Lala Shriram. Apart from SRCC, he also established the Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and owned the erstwhile famous company, DCM Shriram. The institute was established first in Daryaganj and shifted to its present location in the North Campus, Delhi University only in 1957. The present location is 17 acres (69,000 m2) campus with large educational and recreational areas. The institute typically admits about 600 students annually to its graduate program 500 in B.Com(Hons) and 100 in B.A.(Hons) Economics. It also admits about 62 students each year to its management course,
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1 & 3: The infrastructure & campus at the SRCC. 2: College Principal, Dr. P. C. Jain, a renowned Commerce academician and a popular author. 3: The College Crest

'Post Graduate Diploma in Global Business Operations'. These students are served by infrastructure which includes the college library in Delhi University, an educational area with over 50 class rooms, over 150 faculty and support staff, sporting facilities, computing facilities and a boys and girls hostel housing over 200 students. Its Alumni occupy distinguished positions in almost all spheres of society, government, bureaucracy, banking, finance, academics, business, journalism and media. It has been a long journey through the seventy-five years and yet the journey has perhaps just begun. If Commerce education was a felt need in preindependent India so that the indigenous human resources could be tapped in the midst of the colonial yoke, 75 years later, Commerce education is an extremely relevant one, considering the march towards a globalized and liberalized economy. Shri Ram College of Commerce continues to remain a dream destination and then a springboard to great achievements for many a youngster of our country. Contact Details: Shri Ram College of Commerce University of Delhi North Campus Maurice Nagar, Delhi 110 007 Phone Number: 011 27667905 Email: principal@srcc.edu

ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI
Mr. Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley is a prominent politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the largest opposition party in India. He is the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and has previously served as the Union Minister for commerce, industry, law of the Government of India. He graduated in Commerce from SRCC, DU in 1973. and completed his Law degree from the Faculty of Law, DU, in 1977. As a student, he received several distinctions for his outstanding performances both in academics and extra curricular activities. He was President of the DUSU in 1974.

COURSES & ADMISSIONS

Graduate Courses: For the B.Com. and B.A.(Eco) courses, the students are selected on the basis of their national board exams. Students can be from any board in the country and their marks / grades are normalized for differences in marking standards seen over time. The Cut-Offs have usually been high, in the vicinity of 90%+. There of course are reservations in various categories for which cut-offs are much lower. In 2010, the cutoffs for Commerce stream students for B.Com. (Honors) had been 95.25% and 96.75% for Economics (Honors) for 501 and 124 available seats respect. Postgraduate Courses: For the PG Diploma in Global Business Operations course, SRCC conducts a national-level entrance exam each year at centers spread over 18 major states across the country. This is followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interviews of the shortlisted candidates on the basis of their entrance exam scores. The admissions are granted on the basis of a candidate's performance in these three stages of admission process. For the M.Com. and M.A.(Eco) course, the students have to appear for the centralized Masters exams conducted by the Delhi University. The college then screens the students on educational backgrounds and interest areas.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN THE COLLEGE

The Students Union and Students Societies every year organize a grand winter festival CROSSROADS. It is one of the most popular students festivals in the University. Spread over a few days in December, an overwhelming participation across the students fraternity of the University is seen in the CROSSROADS. The Crossroads provides students with a platform to show their talents and creativity. Fashion Show, Choreography, Rock Show, Pop Nite, War of the DJs are some prominent functions organized by the Students Union. Winning teams and participants are given fabulous prizes. At the same time, the other Students Societies also organize their individual functions and events during the CROSSROADS. Events like Crosswords, Puzzles, Quizzes, Seminars, Treasure Hunt are some prominent functions of the Commerce Society. While the Economics Society organizes their grand festival ECOSTASY comprising a number of shows, events, debates etc. The debates from the Debating Society offer opportunities to the students to express their views on given subjects. The plays staged by Dramatics Society are fabulous. Similarly, English Literary Society, Fine Arts Society, Hindi Sahitya Sabha, Computer & Mathematics Society, History & Political Science Society also organizes similar types of shows, events, and debates touching upon the objectives of their society. Apart from providing a constructive outlet for the imagination and creativity of the students, the Crossroads also allows students to display their organization and management skills.

Late Mr. Lalit Suri

Mr. Lalit Suri was the 'uncrowned hotel king' of India and a member of the Rajya Sabha. He joined the family-run Delhi Automobile Ltd in 1971, but struck gold when the group diversified into the hospitality. His network of hotels across the country include the flagship The Lalit in Delhi, and grand hotels at Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Udaipur etc. Suri was also the owner of the Midday newspaper. An alumunus of SRCC, Suri also won a number of awards and has been responsible for a number of policy recommendations on the tourism sector.

Mr. Rana Kapoor

Rana Kapoor is an entrepreneur, who is the founder, CEO & MD of YES Bank. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Economics at SRCC in 1977. An MBA from the Rutgers University, he was awarded the CEO's Award by the Chairman of Bank of America for his performance during his tenure there. Kapoor, alongwith Rabo Int., in 2003, started Yes Bank with the vision of "Building the Best Quality Bank of the world in India". He was ranked as the 3rd Most Valuable Indian CEO by Business World in 2009. In 2005, he was selected Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the year.

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THE INDIAN FMCG INDUSTRY

Strive for excellence, success is a by-product!

echoes Gautam
Products which have a quick turnover, and relatively low cost are known as Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). FMCG products are those that get replaced within a year. Examples of FMCG generally include a wide range of frequently purchased consumer products such as toiletries, soap, cosmetics, tooth cleaning products, shaving products and detergents, as well as other non-durables such as glassware, bulbs, batteries, paper products, and plastic goods. FMCG may also include pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, packaged food products, soft drinks, tissue paper, and chocolate bars. India's FMCG sector is the fourth largest sector in the economy and creates employment for more than three million people in downstream activities. Its principal constituents are Household Care, Personal Care and Food & Beverages. The total FMCG market is in excess of Rs. 85,000 Crores. It is currently growing at double digit growth rate and is expected to maintain a high growth rate. FMCG Industry is characterized by a well established distribution network, low penetration levels, low operating cost, lower per capita consumption and intense competition between the organized and unorganized segments. The Rs 85,000-crore Indian FMCG industry is expected to register a healthy growth in the third quarter of 2008-09 despite the economic downturn. The industry is expected to register a 15% growth in Q3 2008-09 as compared to the corresponding period last year. Unlike other sectors, the FMCG industry did not slow down since Q2 2008. the industry is doing pretty well, bucking the trend. As it is meeting the every-day demands of consumers, it will continue to grow. In the last two months, input costs have come down and this will reflect in Q3 and Q4 results. Market share movements indicate that companies such as Marico Ltd and Nestle India Ltd, with domination in their key categories, have improved their market shares and outperformed peers in the FMCG sector. This has been also aided by the lack of competition in the respective categories. Single product leaders such as Colgate Palmolive India Ltd and Britannia Industries Ltd have also witnessed strength in their respective categories, aided by innovations and strong distribution. Strong players in the economy segment like Godrej Consumer Products Ltd in soaps and Dabur in toothpastes have also posted market share improvement, with revived growth in semi-urban and rural markets.

Narang of Dabur India Ltd.

ALUMNUS TRIVIA
Gautam Narang, an alumni of SCMHRD of the batch of 2006 has behind him a B.Com from the prestigious H.R. College of Mumbai and and M.COM from Sydenham Collge, Mumbai besides the PGDM from SCMRHD. In this era of job hopping professionals, Mr. Narang is one of the few individuals who has preferred to stay with his first recruiter - DABUR, for almost years now. Though as he we put this for print he finally has decided to move on and join another FMCG major - Johnson & Johnson. A voracious reader, a decorated student and a thorough professional, in conversation here with Akash Gupta...
AG: To begin with, how has your experience been in Delhi, you being a Mumbaikar as such? GN: Delhi is a great city with some of the best in infrastructure across India; so its been a very pleasant experience as far as the city is concerned. AG: Sir, you being an alumnus of SCMHRD, what are those special things about your time in Pune, you really miss in your corporate life? GN: Campus life in general.. the friends one makes and of course the fun of learning daily. AG: How do you feel to be a part of such a highly competitive industry? GN: Certainly feels great to be part of the industry at one point of time a dream; so its good to see your dreams come true thanks to efforts put in and Gods grace. AG: Sir, what according to you differentiates Dabur from the other players in the FMCG industry? GN: Its herbal heritage & unique Indian ayurvedic equity. Also, presence across a number of categories is unique to very few organisations. AG: We, at DU, have always heard that beginnings in FMCG sector companies are usually through the tough lanes of sales and field work. Is there any truth to that and are there any particular myths associated with FMCG sector that youd like to break? GN: Sales is the starting point for the FMCG sector and rightly so it prepares an individual in terms of understanding the ground issues and devising plans to attain the set objectives. FMCG marketing is hardly as glamorous as it seems on outside; on the contrary is tests individuals on overall business logic & understanding. AG: Further, what according to you is a better career path for a career in FMCG sector? a) Right after graduation b) After a masters/MBA GN: After graduation one can move into executive roles vis--vis managerial roles after MBA the choice is upto the individual. AG: As a product manager at Dabur, what is the JD that a person achieving this position would have to perform to? GN: Communication / New Product Development / Delivering top-line & bottom-line objectives. AG: Talking a little about alumni relations, do you think alumni associations of majority of colleges do justice by holding just an annual meet? Do you think more can be done in this respect? GN: Alumni meets are a good way to connect.. frequency of connect to be higher. Regular flow of information could help further AG: What is your motto in life or a learning that youd like to share with our young readers? GN: Strive for excellence and success is but a byproduct ~ 3 Idiots Thank you so much sir, for your time and valuable insights. We hope students across colleges will be able to benefit from this interaction and try & develop the skills that would help them in entering this industry. Once again, thank you for your support.

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You're winding down from an especially hectic June but life definitely isn't slow in July! There are more errands to run and plenty of diverse activities for you. Your heart, however, is with family, and making changes that help to bring more peace to your domestic life. This is an excellent month for financial rewards, promotional activities, and career advancement. July is strong for gaining support, both financial and moral. Your powers of persuasion are excellent. Close partnerships grow, and some of you might form new partnerships. Trips could be especially rewarding, providing a pleasant breather from pressures in your life. You have a strong interest in broadening your mental experiences in general perhaps through exploring different philosophies. Friends are seeking you out and you are in high demand! Asserting yourself comes naturally. Motivation to get going on pet projects & for pursuing your dreams is strong, so take advantage of this flow of energy. What you begin now tends to have long-term potential & can go far. A relationship may deepen due to the resolution of a long-standing problem. Some of you may enter a successful business partnership. Friendships can be pleasant this month. A friend might be an important player in achieving your goals. Partnerships tend to be more goal-oriented, free-spirited & tolerant. Some of you may take a friendship into unexplored romantic territory, or meet a significant person through a friend or group association. You are also more focused when it comes to your work and health. Self-care efforts thrive in July. July can be a highly productive month for you. Your Herculean efforts, and your close attention to details, will not go unrewarded! You are able to focus when it comes to creative output, and could work quite doggedly at a particular hobby or craft now, perhaps from behind the scenes. Personal advances are also likely. Romantic relationships deepen and intensify in July, and home life may be easier and happier. Communications and transportation issues improve in July. Studies are successful, and you are more ambitious. Romantic opportunities might come from people of an entirely different background or culture, or through education and travel, this month. You are especially organized in your home life, and more tolerance emerge in your relationships with family. You could feel more "in charge" of domestic matters.

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Career matters take priority in your life in July. You might enjoy strong opportunities for presenting your ideas, and you could find that your influence is enhanced. You might also enjoy support this month, particularly for home improvement endeavors. Some of you could acquire property. Any studies or skills improvement efforts can reap wonderful benefits down the road, so apply yourself as much as possible. The emphasis is on strengthening a close relationship. You learn a lot through your experiences, and the lines of communication open up between you and a special someone. There can be a real learning experience with someone with whom you can bounce ideas off. Creative partnerships might be formed in July. Your financial picture improves. Negotiations tend to work in your favor. Your sign is known for a love of adventure but recently you're finding more benefits from concentrating on practical matters. You might enjoy financial benefits from increased attention to work. You are focused on what truly matters to get ahead. Your natural talents are likely to be appreciated at your work. It's a strong month for feeling productive and valued. Your romantic and creative worlds expand. You are learning to express yourself creatively without apology. You have a stronger ability to hold the attention of an audience. Love and other social activities help to enhance a healthy self image. You pursue your personal goals and at the same time enjoy contributing to a team or group effort. Your confidence about pursuing your dreams is on the increase. Your personal life tends to overshadow your professional life. Periods when you completely relax from everyday affairs will be beneficial and desirable. Taking these "time outs" can help improve your professional life. You look for more authenticity in your associations weeding out those connections that feel too superficial. You are bound to make some fortunate connections that benefit you for years to come. You are likely to enjoy more opportunities through your communications and contact with others. Chances are excellent that you will find a lovely confidante. More focus, determination, and intensity are brought to your career. Business travel may be in the picture. Educational, publishing, and promotional activities are favored in July.

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Connect the Dots

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Take a minute to pop into 'Ploop'. As I type this my text editor keeps re-formatting it to say plop, so I have had to actually add the word to my dictionary, or, as ploop would call it, my plooptionary. What is ploop? Well for starters, points on creativity are huge, and at this point I have only spent a few minutes on the site. I could never adequately explain them differently than they have, The quest for nonsense in the world of business, politics, TV and life is never-ending for ploop, we will leave no stone unturned in exposing the flim-flam, **ploop bleep** and the smokes and mirrors..We may be cynical but we're not without vanity. The opening line on the blog header is Unearthing idiocy in the world of business, politics, and TV the glass is never half full. So now I've riddled the first section of my review with quotes, but there is no more accurate means to convey the message of ploop and what it really is. It is drivel (self-proclaimed I must add), idiocy, and really, it is just ploop. It is exactly what it claims to be, and although a little weird at first, I think anyone can be

drawn to it if you are looking for some well-written fluff. When you first get onto the site, recent posts will bring you first to a review of Paris Hilton's behind. Scrolling down you find graphic representations on the relationships between a short skirt and the relevancy of your mind on your boyfriends appreciation radar. By that I mean graphic, as in, both an x and a y axis. You will then be drawn to a drawing of a series of Venn Diagrams trying to indicate relationships on uh.rodents? I think? The blog then takes you to a review on the current debate hitting the Internet waves about bloggers making nice in cyberspace. On the right side you will find their archives, or what they call Past Drivel, a series of other blogs they qualify as decent and a list of links you might find interesting such as Answers needed, great quotes, and a slew of other ploopism links. I am going with almost 5 here, my nearest to perfect review thus far. Content is spectacular, the writing is very well done. For a site that is self-proclaimed idiocy, it

really is, but as I have mentioned you are drawn to it. The site does what it purports to. Uniqueness, well, just take a look at those Venn's again. WEIRD but cool. Activity points are large as well with as many as 2 posts a day, which I have yet to come across in my reviews. The appearance is good, it looks very bloggy but in this case I think it merits that as it really is just a rambling of many things and that is the traditional use of the blog. The graphics are very very well done and fit in well with the overall theme of the blog. The only appearance comments I would have is to fill up more of the bottom right hand side of the page with something maybe ad sense or article links as the site warrants more content. Currently the space is blank and as I was drawn to the site, I would further be drawn to other links if they were added. This could monetize the blog a little bit more. Otherwise what can I say, it's Ploop! You have to see it to believe, and appreciate ploop for what it really is. Visit it once and I bet you'll be visiting it again!

Well, it reminds of the game we used to play during our childhood? It isn't. After the first bestselling book (sold over 150000 copies) 'Stay Hungry Stay Foolish', Rashmi Bansal has recently launched her second book 'Connect the Dots'! And the name, yet again was taken from Steve Jobs' commencement address given at the Stanford University in 2005. The excerpt from his speech is like this You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust in something your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. I had ordered the signed copy of her book from Flipkart as soon as the book was launched and got sometime in the past few days to read it completely. This again, like her previous book, is yet another inspiring book. While her first book was on 25 successful entrepreneurs who passed out of IIM-A, Connect the Dots is the success stories of 20 successful entrepreneurs without an MBA who dared to find their own path. I have read and inspired by both the books of course, but this book is a challenge particularly to me being an MBA and still being a juvenile in my entrepreneurial journey. Every story that I have read in this book is an eye opener. It says, there is enough out there in the world that is calling me. Nothing, literally, can stop me from achieving things. All that is required is to dare and move on with my intuition. All the stories in this book are of course successful stories. But to call it successful, each story takes you through its own adventure that one can never expect. In the end, success tag is just a satisfactory reward. None of them are content enough with their success. As I can see, they are still on their way in their dream journey. Destination is still far and dreams are growing higher and higher. Rashmi Bansal has chosen stories from all the professions and across several states of India. You can see stories starting from Restaurant owners, story writers, and Movie makers and to the stories of even IT folks. And the classification that is being done is very neat and meaningful. The stories are classified into three categories Jugaad, Junoon and Zubaan. Jugaad has the stories of entrepreneurs who have no formal training in business. They learnt by observation, experimentation and application of mind. Because ultimately, business is not 'rocket science'. It has nine stories and out of which I was really blown away by these stories- Prem Ganapathy who ventures out successfully to set up the Dosa Plaza inspired by McDonald's; Kunwer Sachdev who founded Su-kam inverters without any formal course in electronics and making it a 500 crore business; Ganesh Ram an NSS volunteer eventually sets up the VETA India's largest trainer in the field of spoken English; Hanmant Gaikwad the owner of BVG (Bharat Vikas Group) a facilities management firm which not only has the cream of corporate clients, but also is currently managing Rashtrapati Bhavan; Ranjiv Ramchandani of Tantra t-shirts and Suresh Kamath of Laser soft systems who believes that social responsibility and sound business can go hand in hand and his company is a living example of it; he is currently employing many physically challenged people

and made them successful IT professionals. All the stories under Jugaad are inspiring. Also one more pattern that I have observed in these stories is that there is some spiritual inspiration for all these people which made them successful. Like in the above mentioned stories, there are many people who were inspired by Swami Vivekananda. Junoon has stories of seven entrepreneurs who are driven by a particular idea, or passion. Something which is different, ahead of its time. These ventures are about making that dream, a living reality. Some of the stories that I loved under this are R Sriram with his passion for books venturing out into one of the most successful book stores in India, Crossword; Satyajit Singh of Shakti Sudha Industries who took on the challenge of commercializing makhana; Chetan Miani, the founder of Reva Electric car company who was driven by his passion for electronics and cars that led him to pursue the dream of producing an electric car. Seriously, until I read this story, I was considering Reva car as just another toy! But Boy, Chetan is an amazing talent and Reva car is truly a commendable invention. Zubaan has the stories of creative people who were in need of a platform to express themselves. When that talent is unique, the platform must be created. And in doing so, the artist too becomes an 'entrepreneur'. All the four stories in this category are extremely good. I read the story of Kalyan Varma first because he is our local Bengaluru boy and I am a fan of his photography. Having a dream job with Yahoo, Kalyan decides to quit and pursue his wildlife photography dream. I follow his work all the time and he is certainly a great talent and a successful entrepreneur. The other stories in this section are Abhijit Bansod the founder of Studio ABD, a product design company. He wondered why desi designers are inspired by the west and he went on to pioneer the uniquely Indian 'Heritage' and 'Raga' collections at Titan, and now runs his own product design company. Paresh Mokashi wanted to be an actor, but found his niche as a playwright and director on the Marathi stage. A chance reading of Dadasaheb Phalke's biography led him to a new adventure a widely acclaimed feature film which was india's official entry at the Oscars in 2009. The fourth story under this section is of Krishna Reddy of Prince Dance Group. Assembling a group of daily wage laborers, this troupe won the hotly competed 'India's got talent' show, enthralling the audience with its unique brand of mythology inspired choreography. Other than the usage of Hindi wordings hereand-there (which makes it a bit difficult to read), Rashmi Bansal has beautifully worked on all the stories and has really come out well. I really thank her and appreciate the kind of work she has done. This might not just inspire many people; this will certainly bring more number of entrepreneurs into the big ocean of opportunities and possibilities! I recommend this book to both MBAs (those who will be still thinking of becoming entrepreneurs and for those who will be thinking only MBA made it possible) and nonMBAs (those who will be thinking I do not have MBA, can I become a successful entrepreneur?). Now, let me try connecting my dots!

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Arups. This isnt a film for the squeamish or the easily offended as it contains (covered) erections, (under the covers) cunnilingus and a galaxy of foul language that is used most inventively. The characters look and talk like real Delhi youngsters, speaking in a mixture of English with some Hindi mixed in. Unlike Band Baaja Baaraat and Do Dooni Chaar that concentrated mainly on capturing lower middle-class Delhi, director Abhinay Deo and cinematographer Jason West (Rock On!!), contrast the hip urban cool spots of the city with the Delhi Belly is a fast, pacy ride that doesnt crumbling edifices pause for breath and thankfully for songs, and teeming markets of the old city. The except for a hilarious dream interlude of sharp editing and Ram Sampaths

pounding soundtrack keep the film moving along briskly and Vermas script always produces a twist where least expected. The acting is uniformly excellent with Jagannathans debut proving to be a smashing one. Even the normally annoying Treasury is perfect casting, as her character in the film is meant to be annoying. So, on to the man himself, Aamir Khan. The eagle eyed in the audience can spot his face on a poster above Arups bed and on a standee outside a cinema playing Return of Disco Fighter, a character Arup is obsessive about. Since the videos have been released, it is no secret that Aamir does a rambunctious homage to Elvis, Carl Douglas and Biddus Kung Fu Fighting, Mithun Chakrabortys Gunmaster G9 and his and Bappi Lahiris Disco Dancer all rolled into one over the end credits. This is the perfect cherry on the cake to a great cinematic experience that provides genuine belly laughs. The makers of the asinine Thank Yous and Double Dhamaals of this world would do well to watch Delhi Belly and learn how to make smart comic capers.

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By Akash Gupta S. S. College of Business Studies| 2012

And thats how life sorts you...

By Prashant Gupta SCMHRD | 2006

I feel like a very proud Indian to see the kind of overall progress taking place in my country. We are no longer dependent on the west as we used to be in the past. In fact now we have become self-sufficient in a number of areas and our increasing exports are a clear witness for the same. But at the same time there is a divide which is being created. Despite the increase in per-capita income and other living standards, I still believe that the rich seem to get richer and the poor seem to be getting poorer day by day both economically and socially. On 1 hand I see the affluent section of the society buying property in the elitist of areas and on the other hand the strength of people sleeping on pavement keeps increasing on a regular basis. I don't know much about the economic implications of various steps taken up by our government while raising the prices of essential commodities, but I can surely assure you that the actions taken by the opposition parties the next day can outclass any marketing genius in the world. From walking all the way to office, riding a horse and cooking food on a challah with full media coverage; they know every trick of the trade. Even an individual, who is not considerably affected by this surge, starts to get panicky. The outcome is that the routine functioning of the country gets affected. Rather than focussing on the core areas, the attention of the government is diverted in trying to woo-away the allegations put on them. But that's the way it is. We call India the largest democracy we elect the government through our own votes and show no confidence in it after it's elected. Not just in politics this is evident in every sphere. We Indians are judgemental and very easily get carried away by emotions. Rationality is something which is seriously lacking. We keep on talking about following the great Gandhi path; but I think it'll take a long time before we can actually replicate his ideals and stop acting in a rush of blood. We Indians are a bunch of hard-workers. We know how to slog it out to earn a nights meal. But some of us are not just content with a normal meal. Our preferences have changed. We are no longer known for enjoying different cuisines; instead now we have started developing a taste for the vivid varieties of wine- be it Pinot Noir, port wine or any other for that matter. Whereas at the other extreme, our country which is agriculture dominated is living its life in a sinking ship. We have the farmers having a record produce but it was soon followed by a record spoilage as our country did not have adequate storage. Exports were curbed for unknown reasons when the prices were soaring in the foreign markets and now the curbs have been lifted when the same produce is fetching them below

the minimum support price. Coming to the hard-workers of the country - my favourite fast holder and yogi baba did manage to grab the attention of media and get the crowd support from both the youth and the elderly. I personally feel that they are leaving a poor impression on the youth. Despite the fact that pressured groups form a very important part of democracy and every one should be held accountable for their acts, this is no way of getting your demands fulfilled. They are setting a bad example for the youth of the nation. Moreover public servants are constantly dealing with all segments of the public. They take certain important decisions which are bound to leave a few happy and the other section disgruntled. You cannot expect them to leave their core work and be answerable for all their actions. I thank my parents for not having a house near Jantar Mantar. Its hilarious reading the newspaper reports about the resident welfare association complaining about the problems facing them. We Indians are a bunch of critics. We have individuals who can find out flaws in the lives of Don Bradman, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammad Ali and many other greats. We always act like the perfect devil's advocate without having any personal contribution. Instead of coming up with solutions we always know how to find out flaws. We blame the country and the government for our poor state but very few are ready to enter the system and change it. India has majority of its population aged between 18-35 and certainly has the potential to raise its bar. The scene from the award winning movie Rang De Basanti in which friends fight over the fact that 1 should enter the bureaucratic structure and change the state of the country did not catch the attention of the audience but the movie definitely helped in boosting the candle making industry. The youth is ready to walk to India Gate and stage a candlemarch protest for the smallest of issues and our new media channels are waiting for the smallest of these opportunities with their shutterbugs to mention in their so called breaking news section. I can safely say that many of those protestors don't even know why they are a part of the cause. We Indians live a superficial life. I don't understand why people donate so much money towards religious institutions. The recent news mentioned that the Satya Sai trust had 98 kgs of gold, some 11.56 crores of cash and 300 odd kg of silver. This is just 1 of the innumerable religious institutions present in a vast secular country like India. I think that the total amount in these institutions is sure to give some competition to all the money stashed by Indians in Swiss Banks.

I don't know where this is headed neither do I know what to write further. In fact, had it not been for the fear of my sadist editor, I would have been absconding. After all, I don't even get paid for this. But now that I am at it, let's just continue the story. BTW in case any of you would want to contribute to this, please be my guest and don't worry about it being my story. The story always remains same on the names and settings change... So now that we had been sorted to the 'House of Chaos' we were supposed to be one big family and one big family we were. A sure shot recipe of bringing this house down. The SCMHRD campus had come up on this new location just an year ago and still a lot of things were not in order. In fact, the boys hostel was actually a re-modified wing of the girls block and the adjoining faculty quarters. Our wing had four floors with four rooms each. Each room was sufficiently equipped to accommodate three people but as I discovered later, each of these units will be tested to hold entire batch meets. This script has several protagonists and it would not be wrong to say that within them they cover the entire expanse of personalities the moulds for which god has. During those two years I came across the most varied specimens of god's creations. And the only way I would able to continue this story is by introducing you to the actors of the plot. In fact, there I think I shall spend my word limit in this issue. I challenge any or all of the probable readers of this feature to give me a personality other what I am about to mention. However, I shall refrain from mentioning their actual names as today, 5 years after graduating from that university, some of them have come to think that they are living respectable lives with people around them loving them and idolizing them. I do not wish to break the worlds of people i had once called friends.

than the ones in class. MBA education any where across the globe follows a case study method of teaching. It is after coming to the UOL that i realized how true this was coz they make you the case of every study. Anyway, so here goes the list of professors to be of my university: Mr. Munjal Punjabi by birth, Punjabi by heart, Punjabi by pocket and a sloth by habit. Mr. Munjal was my first friend on campus and that because he was the richest of the lot. His motto shauk ki koi kimat nahin hoti and lived upto it. Always ready to get in a brawl, too lazy to ever get into one. He worked his shifts in the American time zone, that is he lived by the night. And he was the real reason why Hollywood was an industry. He was to become my professor of dark arts, primarily due to the time zones he worked and the things he did. Mr. Sharma He was not actually a professor but more like the friendly ghosts of Hogwarts. A Marwari from Kolkatta, he was like a typical maru, a finance wiz to say the least. Remember, the Nearly Headless Nick from the Harry Potter series, i think he was trying to become like him coz every memory I have of him reminds me of him pulling at his hair apparently in an attempt to lose his head. The brand ambassador of a famous pan masala brand, he was to become a very close confidant in the coming days. Mr. Gaba The university professor of charms, mainly because he could never concoct one, at least that's what the girls said. Yet he kept at it for the whole 2 years and little while later as well. Idolized Anil Kapoor for his hair and found solace in Jagjit Singh every night. Little should be said about him at this time except the fact, he was a typical delhiite Loud, brash and a gem at heart.

specially the river behind our campus. A good looking, intelligent, suave, cultured, extremely talented and horny chap. Half blood -half libido prince of the university. Mr. Matlani There are Sindhi's and then there is Mr. Matlani, the professor of disfiguration. He would be with you one moment, and gone the next. Sly and slimy, he was always on the lookout for discounts. The only person i know, who hitches a ride in an autorickshaw. Yet his greatest ability was to disfigure. He could wriggle into a bed already crammed with 10 people and slowly disfigure again to get every off it. Couldn't figure out much about him on campus as he was a man of slurred words. Slytherin, I reckon. Mr. Salunkhe Remember, Rubeus Hagrid. Mr. Salunkhe was the Half Giant Keeper of Keys and Flats at my Hogwarts, Gamekeeper (read table tennis and basketball) and, the Care of Magical Creatures (three particular kind) professor. Mr. Salunkhe was a local from Pune and so became the de facto fall back option in the event of being locked outside campus or a visiting girl friend. He falling back upon us for domestic issues is another issue best left for a later date.

I am almost at the end of my word limit and also don't want to waste the idea on just one article. So, I think i'll stop and here continue with the next issue. Till that time, do lemme know in case any of the above have been spotted in any of your stories as well...

Mr. Goel Let's, go in order of I meeting them that The Half Blood prince, the potions master, night on the hostel floors. the professor I feared most. The professor the university feared most. He defined the Professors of the University university and its pedagogy he still defines Even though the following had taken it. My greatest friend and my greatest foe. admission into this university the same A North Indian born and brought up down way i had, i would prefer calling them my south reflects the conflict within. professors as i was to learn more about life Wouldn't hurt a dog but wouldn't shy and management from these individuals away from murder. Loved the water,

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media player. Finally, swipe in from either top corner of the screen and you get a system context menu that displays the date and time, simple media controls, battery and connectivity indicators, and a little gear you can tap to tweak your system settings. Ultimately it's very intuitive to use and, even better, it feels really good. The dynamic action of throwing a frustrating application right off of the screen is quite satisfying, and the lack of any multi-finger antics certainly makes task-switching a far surer affair. Everything is quick and responsive -- just what you expect on a tablet that costs this much money. Browser RIM has provided a full Webkit browser for you to get your surf on, and it's a reasonably good one. Pages load quickly and naturally are rendered in full desktop mode, with all the pinch-to-zoom goodness and snappy motion you'd expect. Flash Player 10.1 is on-board and works well. YouTube videos play perfectly fine and stutter-free when embedded within pages, though there is a dedicated YouTube app you can use if you like. Even Flash games like Bejeweled play well, important if you're still riding that particular horse. We ran the browser through SunSpider JavaScript test, where it returned a quite healthy 2,360. That's maybe 10 percent slower than the iPad 2 and Motorola Xoom manage, but still quite respectable.

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Technical Specifications 1 GHz Dual Core Processor, 1 GB RAM 7 inch LCD display with 1024 x 600 resolution Multi-touch capacitive display Dim.: 130mm x 194mm x 10mm, Wt. : 400g microUSB , micro HDMI and DLNA connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Powered by QNX platform with multitasking Full Adobe Flash 10.1 support Built-in support for HTML 5, Video Conferencing 5 MP Rear Camera, 3 MP Front Camera Video: 1080p HD video, MPEG4, WMV , DivX Audio Playback :MP3, AAC, WMA The words "play" and "book" are a bit of an odd choice for RIM's latest attempt at consumer relevance, a tablet that, at its core, runs one of the most hardcore and industry-friendly operating systems known to man. The OS is QNX and the hardware is, of course, the BlackBerry PlayBook. It's an enterprise-friendly offering that's also out to conquer the consumer tablet ecosphere, hoping to follow in the footsteps of the BlackBerry handsets that have filled the pockets of corporate executives and BBM addicts around the globe. It's something of a serious tablet when compared to the competition running software from Apple and Google and, while it certainly has games, its biggest strengths are rather more boring. It does a really great job at displaying PowerPoint presentations, for example, and has the security chops to keep last quarter's dismal sales figures from falling into the wrong hands. Exciting stuff? No, but useful features for sure, and regardless of whether you find those intriguing or boring this is RIM's seven-inch, Flashhaving but 3G-lacking tablet clad in an unassuming but extremely sophisticated exterior. It's what's running behind the glass that disappoints. Hardware The black PlayBook, with its angular edges and dark styling, looks decidedly nondescript, more likely to open up a wormhole somewhere in orbit around Jupiter than leap into someone's hands at retail. Only the chrome logo 'round the back adds some flare, with the word "BlackBerry" subtly embossed below the display on the front. The chassis is cool metal, ever so slightly rubberized, the edges squared off, and there is absolutely no flex or give anywhere. It feels perfectly solid and doesn't yield to any attempted contortions, despite being just 0.4-inches thick -- less than a tenth thicker than an iPad 2. At 0.9 pounds, it's considerably lighter, but a bit heavier than the .83 pound Galaxy Tab. Debate about the perfect tablet size rages on, but we have to say the slightly smallish factor here creates a device that's comfortable to roam with. The light weight certainly makes it easier for reading and the more hand-friendly size makes it feel more comfortable to carry. That size, plus the dark coloring, makes this slate a bit less obvious than much of the competition, which is certainly part of its understated charm. Up top are four buttons, the only physical controls to be found: volume up, volume down, play/pause, and an unfortunately small power button that's flush with the chassis. It's impossible to find by feel and, once located, difficult to activate. You can't really hit it without using a fingernail and even then it requires a lot of pressure to modulate. Plus, it's located centrally on top of the device, exactly where your fingers likely aren't. It sounds crazy, but this is, hands-down, the worst part of the hardware. Think about how often you use the power button on your phone to toggle the screen and then imagine having to stab really hard at it with a fingernail instead. It's hugely frustrating and, while you can turn the screen on by swiping all the way from bezel-to-bezel, even on this seven-incher that's a bit ornery -- and there's no way other than the power button to disable the screen. A five megapixel camera peeks out the back, while a three megapixel unit handles front-facing duties. That one is tucked under the glass and situated just above the seven-inch, 1,024 x 600 display that will threaten neither rods nor cones when on maximum

brightness. It does, however, deliver great clarity and Curiously, though, the device doesn't support simple USB mass storage -- you can't just plug it in to your excellent viewing angles. laptop and dump a bunch of files on it. You can mount Hidden away on the bottom are three ports: micro- it as a drive over USB, but then you have only access HDMI, micro-USB, and a proprietary three-prong to a small, read-only volume that contains a single charging connector for use when the thing settles driver. Install that and the PlayBook shows up as a down in its docking cradle or gets cozy with the network drive. optional external adapter -- charging at twice the rate of micro-USB. Up top there's one more hole, a Deliciously, this driver allows you to access the device humble 3.5mm headphone jack, but if you look over the network or connected directly over USB, but closely you'll also spot stereo speaker grilles cut into if you're rocking something other than a Mac or a PC you're going to be disappointed the first time you try either side of the glass. to tether here. And, with no simple mass storage mode, it's far more complicated that it should be if Internals Running the show is a dual-core, 1GHz TI OMAP you just want to get a file off the thing. processor that's expertly massaged and manipulated by the QNX OS here. QNX is a decidedly efficient and Battery life bulletproof operating system that powers everything With day-to-day usage, WiFi on, screen reasonably from jet fighters to, well, little black tablets. That's bright, checking out some websites and playing some backed by 1GB of RAM and 16, 32, or 64GB of storage, tunes, the PlayBook has plenty of juice to get you with the smallest costing $499 and each subsequent through a couple days without breaking a sweat. It'll handily survive your all-day presentation at the step adding $100 to the cost of entry. office, make you look cool in front of your boss, then Graphics are handled by a PowerVR design, which still have plenty of battery life left to chill out to some quite handily offloads video decoding and gaming N.W.A. on the flight home. acceleration from the processor, enabling this thing to decode and display 1080p video over HDMI while But, compared to the competition, it delivers a solid still ticking along quite smoothly and running mid-pack performance. We looped a standard productivity apps on the seven-inch display. Not a MPEG4 video clip with WiFi enabled and screen hint of dithering or pixelation, of course. Apps load brightness at about 65 percent, managing seven quickly, tend to be impressively responsive, and hours and one minute before everything went dark. That's about an hour more than the Samsung Galaxy switching from one to the next is effortless. Tab, but over an hour less than the Motorola Xoom. Early builds of the PlayBook software (we're now on The iPad 2, meanwhile, manages ten and a half hours our third since taking possession of the thing) when similarly stressed. seemingly had some issues managing memory, and on multiple occasions we found upper corners Operating System glowing red. Our first thought was that the guns on Like webOS? If so, you're going to love what's hiding our CRT had been misaligned by a wayward magnet, under the PlayBook's (healthy) bezels -- capacitive but this is just how the PlayBook alerts you to issues, digitizers that recognize a variety of gestures. System in this case a lack of memory. Memory management gestures originate to the side of the pixels and seems to be much improved in the most recent build terminate on the screen -- except for the swipe to we've received, but you can certainly still kill turn the screen on, which has you dragging from one unwanted apps whenever you want by simply bezel all the way across to the opposite one. swiping them vertically, off into oblivion. To switch from one app to the next you can swipe inward from the left or the right, which pops the app Connectivity There are various flavors of 4G coming down the pipe out of full-screen and lets you move forward or back for the PlayBook later this year, including a WiMAX in the queue. A tap then maximizes your new favorite sampler for Sprint as well as HSPA+ and LTE for... well, app. Or, a swipe up from the bottom gives you an for other carriers. That leaves us with 802.11a/b/g/n even higher-level view of your running apps, which connectivity, plus Bluetooth of course. Using that last you can again zing your way through. Grabbing one standard you can pair up a keyboard and mouse; do and throwing it upward sends it to the garbage so and a microscopic cursor appears on the screen. collector, or you can tap the tiny X that appears next Left clicks for taps and right-clicks for gestures, to its name. initiated at the edge of the screen rather than off of it. This, as you'd expect, turns intuitive gestures into Swiping from the top of the app brings down a context menu, extra controls that let you save files in clumsy mouse flicks. Word to Go or jump from one album to another in the

We should note that we noticed some weirdness in the browser with the most recent (third) revision of the PlayBook software we received. When the system was running under load, with numerous other apps hanging around in the background, the browser would frequently and disconcertingly close. It would simply disappear about half-way through loading whatever page we tried. Closing a few apps seemed to fix it, but behavior like this is always a little unnerving. Documents to Go suite The PlayBook comes loaded with Word, Sheet, and Slideshow to Go from DataVis, giving you the ability to view PPT, DOC, and XLS files, even create the latter two right on the tablet. Viewing and editing documents is certainly easy enough and of course being able to do so makes for heightened productivity, but trying to enter Excel formulas using the on-screen keyboard will raise only your blood pressure. What's missing Non-Bridge productivity apps (e-mail, calendar, etc.) are the biggest omission, but other things are missing too, like that awesome scrapbooking app from TAT that got us feeling all crafty. It's nowhere to be found. Also missing? The mysterious Android compatibility, support that is coming but sadly won't be working at launch. The ability to run Android apps could totally change the game -- or it could be a non-event. We won't know until RIM flips the switch and lets us all try it out. Overall, the selection in App World and on the device itself is rather limited at the moment. RIM is quick to point out that there are thousands of apps in the pipeline, written in some combination of Adobe AIR or HTML 5 or Java or within the PlayBook's native compilation engine. We're sure they're coming, but right now it's slim pickins. Wrap up What we see at the moment is a framework with solid fundamentals but a framework that is, right now, unfinished. We have hardware that looks and feels great but isn't being fully served by the software. Ultimately, we have a tablet that's trying really hard to please the enterprise set but, in doing so, seems to be alienating casual users who might just want a really great seven-inch tablet. Right now, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a tablet that will come close to satisfying those users who gravitate toward the first word in its name: BlackBerry. Those who were more excited about the "play" part would be well advised to look elsewhere, at least until Android compatibility joins the party. Then, well, anything could happen.

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5 TECHNOLOGIES TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2011

The Consumer Electronics Show, is one of the largest electronics conventions in the world. Thousands of companies from across the globe, including major companies like Samsung, Intel and Microsoft, hold press conferences there. The show is also well known for containing an enchanting array of gadgets because of its consumer focus, and there was no shortage of awesome new electronics at this years CES. Heres 5 cool ones that I liked. ASUS Eee Slate Ep121 There was a definite atmosphere of deju-vu at CES 2011. A year after the 2010 show, which was buzzing with hype over new tablets, history has repeated itself. Unfortunately, I think many of the tablets shown remain blah, or at least dont provide many benefits compared to the iPad. This baby isnt lacking in power, either. The 1.4 GHz Core i5 processor is mated with a 128GB solid state drive, which means overall performance will be similar to Air. Battery life remains the only variable. Samsung claims 6.5 hours, but if this laptop behaves like most others, real-world usage will likely be restricted to around 5 hours away from a socket.

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and what it can do for you

Intel & AMD APUs Processors dont receive the lions share of the attention at trade shows today. Thats likely because theyve been around for some time, and theyre difficult to explain. A new tablet is easy to understand. The press can hold it, turn it every which way, and photograph it. You might be able to hold a new Intel or AMD processor before it is officially released, but doing so wont tell you much about the The ASUS Eee Slate EP 121 is a different story. This technology. massive tablet has a 12.1? display and runs Windows 7. It is powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and Even so, both Intel and AMD displayed one of the carries 32GB or 64GB of solid-state storage. The coolest tech innovations of CES the accelerated connectivity includes mini-HDMI, USB and Bluetooth. processing unit, or APU. Intels new line of Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, along with AMDs new line of Given the hardware, the ASUS Eee Slate EP 121 will Fusion processors (which will start as laptop likely prove as quick as many desktop computers. processors but extend to desktop offerings later this Thats impressive for any tablet, and it clearly gives year) have new processor architectures that the Eee Slate an appeal that is different from that of integrate traditional CPU functions with an on-board the iPad. The Eee Slate even ships with a Bluetooth GPU. This can result in stunning performance keyboard, which means this tablet is ready to be used enhancements. Intels new processors, for example, as a normal PC or a tablet straight out of the box. can transcode video more quickly than a Nvidia GTX 580 video card. Lenovo ReadyDrive ReadyDrive is a fast-boot technology that works Its a shame this awesome new technology has been alongside solid-state memory in select Lenovo under-reported in the face of yet more tablet news, computers. You may have heard this story before, but because between the two it is the APU that will be of Lenovo ReadyDrive is unique because it actually more importance at least over the next few years. works. The company had a variety of different Lenovo computers equipped with ReadyDrive available to Conclusion test, and by my watch all but one booted into There were plenty of other cool new gadgets to talk Windows 7 in under 10 seconds. The only exception, about, but I ultimately had to reduce my selection to a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge, booted in 10.32 seconds. just five, and these are the ones that forced themselves front and center. If you have a favorite Boot times this quick are unprecedented on new piece of tech from CES 2011 that isnt listed here, Windows computers, and greatly enhances the let us know in the comments. Windows experience. The instantaneous response of our mobile devices has spoiled us; waiting forty seconds for Windows to boot feels like an hour. Hopefully, this technology will light a fire under Lenovos competitors, forcing them to include similar quick-boot technologies (which work as advertised) as well. Ultra-Thin Displays Five years ago, LCD displays were just becoming a popular choice for HDTVs. A decade ago, they were just beginning to replace CRTs as the computer monitor of choice. Those early models seemed impossibly thin, but the new products at CES have taken thin displays to another level. LG, Samsung, Sony and others showed a variety of LCD HDTVs and/or monitors that seemed straight out of a sci-fi movie. LGs new line of computer monitors, which are just .28? thin, were among the most impressive new displays. But the HDTVs were no less entrancing, and Samsungs models seemed particularly impressive, thanks to bezels no thicker than the width of a pencil. These are still traditional LCD displays with LED backlighting, as well. More exotic technologies, such as OLED, were not used to achieve these razor-thin results. Paper-thin displays no longer feel like speculation, but rather an inevitability that will surely arrive within the next five years. Samsung Series 9 Ultraportable The MacBook Air is cool, but it runs OS X, which is a blessing or a curse depending on who you ask. Those in the curse portion of the audience will be happy to know that Samsung has just the thing for you. Samsungs Series 9 is a new ultraportable that weighs under three pounds and is just .64? thin. This makes the Series 9 one of the thinnest and lightest laptops around, and it gives the laptop a portability edge over the 13? MacBook Air. This is made possible through the use of a material called Duralumin. If youre into Star Trek-esqe techno-babble, youll love bragging about your new 9 series.

Google finally announced Google+, its next effort in social.

Basically, Google+ is an amalgamation of several services we already use. The idea, according to Google, is to do them better. We'll have a full review and impressions soon. In the meantime, check out our breakdown of what Google+ can do below.

"Circles" groups your friends together

Google Circles are groups of friends you organize by topic: Friends, Family, College Buddies, Roommates, etc. From your Circles page you drag and drop your contacts into each of these groups, which makes it easier to share what you want with them.

Sparks helps you find interesting content based on interest

Sparks is like Google Reader, except it brings content to you automatically based on your interests. Each topic (tech, kitties, whatever) will get its own "Spark" page and provide links to related articles, videos, photos, etc.

Hangouts lets you video chat with all your buddies

Hangouts are virtual rooms where you can video chat with people in your circles. For example, if you're not busy, you can start a talk with your pals. So, basically, it's just video chat.

Huddles is a new group messaging app

Huddles is group messaging for people within your Circles. There's a mobile app available for Android now that lets you send messages from your phone. Select your group, and everyone can chat with each other.

Instant Upload shares your mobile photos

This one's simple. When you snap a photo on your Android phone, it's automatically uploaded to Google+.

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How do you get to Google+?

So how do you access Google+? You know that handy toolbar at the top of your screen when you're logged into Google? That's changing. Soon, it will turn into a transparent gray bar with a "+You" button that will be your portal to all the features we just mentioned.

Google+ for Android will let you do all of this from your phone
Google+ is on Android too. Once you receive your Google+ invite, you can download the app here. It includes a Twitter-like "stream" of updates from your friends.

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How do you get it?

Google+ is invite-only right now. You can visit the Google+ home page to request one. Eventually, everyone with a Google account will be phased in to the program. When you log in you'll see the +You button as pictured here.

1.Asus Eee Slate 2.Ultra thin displays 3.Samsung Series 9 4.Lenovo ReadyDrive

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My weird world...
Aisa Bhi Hota Hai!

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STRANGE WAYS WE CELEBRATE OUR FESTIVALS

As one travels the globe and observes the variety of fairs, festivals, and frivolities, it becomes clear that: 1) the concepts of weird, strange, bizarre are really in the eyes of the beholder and 2) that all humans, no matter where we live, are more than just a bit bonkers. Meanwhile, if you happen to be in Buol, Spain, on the last Wednesday in August, you also might want to duck as the fruit thrown there while not as hard or potentially damaging as an orange can still sting a bit. Whats fun about La Tomatina at Buol isnt just the hurled tomatoes but that the town, which normally has a population around 10,000, swells to closer to 60,000 as folks from all over come to throw and get thrown at. mixture of a Renaissance masterpiece and a threedimensional cartoon. Each one, too, is frequently a wildly executed satirical jab at everything from politics to tradition, from pop culture to the Falles celebrants themselves. Nothing is sacred, nothing is spared. Other splendid festivities Fortunately, not all festivals in the world include hurled objects. Some just have unique themes. Japans Hnen Matsuri is a fertility festival, uniquely celebrated in the city of Komaki. By unique we mean prodigious, tumescent, large, and okay, enough with the jokes, especially since the object of the fertility being celebrated is that certain part of the male anatomy. A similar festival is also held in Kawasaki, called Kanamara Matsuri. See images here warning, nsfw. While nothing is thrown, and nothing terribly phallic is evident, theres a festival that absolutely has to be mentioned: an event featuring tremendous beauty that ends with ashes and smoke. Around the middle of March, the city of Valencia, Spain, has a festival called Falles a celebration of Saint Joseph. But long before the Falles, Valencia, the third largest city in Spain, begins to prepare: neighborhoods and a wide variety of organizations form groups called Casal Fallers who raise money for their own contributions to the festivities. Its these contributions that make the event so incredible. Each group working from a common theme selected for that year creates a ninot, or puppet. Fashioned from paper, wax, Styrofoam, and a few other materials, ninots are whimsical, outrageous, profane, comical, political, and every one is incredibly beautiful.

Making a big deal out of throwing things Although human behavior doesnt vary much, the methods of public celebrations certainly do. For some baffling reason, for instance, people like to throw things. And depending on the country, what they throw is likely to be different. In Binche, a small town in Belgium, the projectile of choice is a fruit. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday Binche the town is visited by masked figures called Gilles who later on in the festivities carry large baskets of oranges through the town. Many of these oranges are calmly, orderly, handed to residents as well as tourists. Others, though, are rather vigorously well, thrown at wary residents and unfortunate tourists.

If you happen to be in Taihape, New Zealand, things will be flying through the air but none of them at least as far as we know have been thrown at anyone. Nevertheless, a festival where people try to throw a gumboot as far as possible could pose some risks to passersby and participants alike.

Then come the fires, and then the ashes. Yes, you guessed correctly: each and every minot, every figure and tableau is lit exploding into the night sky in a roaring conclusion called La Crem. In the morning there is nothing but ashes, and the memory of the wonders of the falles. Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea:

Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! are words you might want to keep an ear open for if youre in Japan during Setsubun, and happen to see a member of your household holding a handful of roasted soybeans. Mamemaki is the term for it, and Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (Demons out! Luck in!) is what is traditionally said before the beans are thrown out the front door or at another member of the family (maybe even at the house cat)

The artisans of Valencia have had a very long time to perfect their craft, and it shows in each and every ninot. Each figure and tableau is a hallucinatory

50 WEIRD FACTS ABOUT HUMAN BODY

brain requires 20 percent of the oxygen and calories your body needs even though your brain only makes up two percent of your total body weight. 3.80% of the brain is water: Instead of being relatively solid, your brain 80% water. This means that it is important that you remain properlyhydrated for the sake of your mind. 4.Your brain comes out to play at night: You'd think that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But it's not. Your brain is more activewhen you sleep. 5.Your brain operates on 10 watts of power: It's true: The amazing computational power of your brain only requires about 10 watts of power to operate. 6.A higher I.Q. equals more dreams: The smarter you are, the more you dream. A high I.Q. can alsofight mental illness. Some people even believe they are smarter in their dreams than when they are awake. 7.The brain changes shapes during puberty: Your teenage years do more than just change how you feel; the very ? 1.The brain doesn't feel pain: Even though structure of your brain changes during the the brain processes pain signals, the brain teen years, and it even affects impulsive, itself does not actually feel pain. risky behavior. 2.Your brain has huge oxygen needs: Your 8.Your brain can store everything: As long as we make efforts to take care of ourselves and live healthy, there is a good chance that our bodies will serve us well for a long time. Our bodies truly are amazing. You might be surprised at what your body is capable of after reading these 50 weird facts about the human body: The Brain Complex and poorly understood, the brain is what makes everything work properly. The body may be kept alive, but without the brain, a person can't truly live. Here are some interesting and weird facts about the brain. Technically, your brain has the capacity to store everything you experience, see, read or hear. However, the real issue is recall whether you can access that information. 9.Information in your brain travels at different speeds: The neurons in your brain are built differently, and information travels along them at different speeds. This is why sometimes you can recall information instantly, and sometimes it takes a little longer. Your Senses You might be surprised at the amazing t h i n g s yo u r va r i o u s s e n s e s ca n accomplish. those who are blinddevelop this ability to heightened effectiveness. 12.Adrenaline gives you super strength: Yes, with the proper response in certain situations, you really can lift a car. 13.Women smell better than men: Women are better than men atidentifying smells. 14.Your nose remembers 50,000 scents: It is possible for your nose to identify and remember more than 50,000 smells. 15.Your hearing decreases when you overeat: When you eat too much food, it actually reduces your ability to hear. So consider eating healthy and only until you are full. 16.Your sense of time is in your head: How you experience time is all about your perception. Some speculate that stress can help you experience time dilation. Apparently, time manipulation isn't just for superheroes. Reproduction How we as a species reproduce offers all sorts of interesting weird facts. Here are some of the weirder things you might not know. 17.Your teeth are growing before birth: Even though it takes months after you are born to see teeth, they start growing about six months before you are born. 18.Babies are stronger than oxen: On a pound for pound basis, that is. For their size, babies are quite powerful and strong.

10.Your smell is unique: Your body odor is unique to you unless you have an identical twin. Even babies recognize the individual scents of their mothers. 11.Humans use echolocation: Humans can use sound to sense objects in their area using echolocation. It is thought that

19.Babies always have blue eyes when they are born: Melanin and exposure to ultraviolet light are needed to bring out the true color of babies' eyes. Until then they all have blue eyes. 20.Women might be intrinsically bi: There are sex studies that indicate that women might bisexual intrinsically, no matter how they class themselves, while men are usually either gay or straight. 21.Most men have regular erections while asleep: Every hour to hour and a half, sleeping men have erections though they may not be aware of it. 22.Sex can be a pain reliever: Even though the headache excuse is often used to avoid sex. 23.Chocolate is better than sex: In some studies, women claim they would rather have chocolate than sex. But does it really cause orgasm? Probably not on its own. ...To be continued in next issue

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Delhi Belly

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The Motorcycle Diaries

... A house in the trees!

creepy crawlies from the rainforest." Tranquil also tries to achieve the intimacy of a home-stay with the owners, Victor and Ranjini Dey, welcoming guests personally. Home-cooked meals are taken around a big communal table in a beautifully restored bungalow. The food and desserts have been rated quite highly by everyone who's been there. Those who don't just want to relax by the pool or enjoy a massage have the option of lovely treks (try the Braveheart Trail) around the 400-acre estate. Or, ask for a plantation visit to learn how coffee is picked. An hour's drive away is the Pookote lake where boating facilities are available and closer still is the Muthanga After all, who can resist the chirping of birds, the wildlife sanctuary. creaking of branches and the sound of the wind whistling through the leaves? Especially when there's Doubles in the Treehouse: the option of retreating to an airconditioned space Rs 12,450 (meals included) when you've had enough of fresh, clean air. The Machan, Lonavala While most Indian treehouse hotels are not superluxurious, they have all the mod cons. And they The Machan started as a weekend home for the definitely don't look as if a team of elves (or the Swiss Hooja family. It's now transformed into a popular Family Robinson) had hammered them together. getaway for Mumbaikars who're looking for peace Most of them could sit as comfortably on the ground and quiet. "It's only for those who truly love nature," as they do nestled among branches. We look warns Varun Hooja, who quit his consulting job at skyward. . . Accenture to look after the property. The treehouse, a cleverly designed structure that has only two Tranquil resort-plantation hideaway, Wayanad, supports and is held up suspension bridge style, was Kerala built by his father. "Friends kept borrowing it. Even my father couldn't get it free sometimes, so we There's no way a guest here won't sleep like a log. decided to turn it into a hotel some 11 months ago," After all, there's a gulmohar trunk growing through he says. the bedroom and the delicious smell of vanilla wafting through the air. Located on a private coffee This vertiginous accommodation is 45 feet above the and vanilla plantation in the picturesque Wayanad ground and is built along a wild fig tree. The views district of northern Kerala, Tranquil Resort's main from both the Machan and the smaller Camp Canopy attraction is a 500-sq-ft Tree House perched 35 feet are spectacular, with the valley falling away high. There's also the bigger Tree Villa which can dramatically below. The forest in Jambulne is house a family of four. It's insect-proof, says Ajay evergreen and Machan has a naturalist who takes Mathulla, who looks after both the plantations and guests on guided treks. So be prepared to look down the resort. "While everyone loves the elements, no that rabbit hole and spot the barking deer who have one really wants to share their room with leeches and made the 25-acre property their home. With only 12

Aden in the treetops used to be a rickety DIY thing thrown together in the summer with a few spare planks. Every kid who didn't have a big garden (and an industrious parent) dreamed of one. Enid Blyton understood the significance of the treehouse, even the fictional variety, in the lives of children. In Well Done, Secret Seven, Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George had a super den in the Windy Woods where they downed orangeade and biscuits. With treehouse hotels tapping into a lucrative branch of hospitality, these arboreal hideouts are no longer just for kids.

to 14 guests staying there at any time, there are almost two acres of green space for every guest. Green is also a philosophy at Machan, which relies solely on renewable energy and contributes part of the tariff to conservation. This treehouse hotel definitely isn't for those who are looking to party. The rooms don't even have a TV, just a music system and an iPod dock. Food is home-style Indian cuisine, but, as Hooja points out, "even dalchaawal tastes great in the jungle".

and the exhilarating sight of the 80-foot-high waterfall is quite an experience. Imagine going to sleep listening to water gushing over rocks and waking up to the chatter of exotic birds. This boutique hotel is one of Mani Rathnam's favourite places to shoot with scenes in both Guru and Raavan shot here. The treehouse itself (there's only one) is a fusion of nature with modern architecture. Designed by a Swiss architect, it has been engineered such that it allows the tree to grow.

Getting there: Machan (up to six adults): Rs 20,000 for weekdays Closest airport is Kochi and Rs 25,000 for weekends. Breakfast and dinner Doubles: included Camp Canopy (two adults): Rs 10,000 for Rs 9,500 (including breakfast) weekdays and Rs 12,000 for weekends Sunset Bay, Srirangapatnam Treehouse hideaway, Bandhavgarh Convinced that treehouse tariffs are as high as the Nestled among mahua and banyan trees in the abode? Here's a budget option just half an hour's Bandhavgarh National Park are five treehouses that drive from the busy Bangalore-Mysore highway. bring the jungle right till your room. The arboreal Located 140 km from Bangalore, this small retreat is abodes have big balconies which are a great place to aptly named as it has a nice view of the sunset from welcome the morning with the forest waking up across the K R Sagar Dam reservoir. There are three before you. Even the reception is up in a treehouse, treehouses at Sunset Bay, each with its own sit-out with an open-air dining area that is wrapped around a facing the water. You can enjoy the water better by mahua tree. The bar is well-equipped though there is kayaking or just lazing by the banks in a bid to catch a the option of sampling the local tipple - mahua wine. fish or two. There are bonfires every night. And if you're feeling adventurous in the morning, safaris are arranged As dusk falls, guests can snuggle by the bonfire and with experienced guides. The resident naturalist will then retire to minimally yet tastefully decorated help you spot a tiger. rooms. There is an attached bathroom but no airconditioning. Meals are simple affairs. The If luck isn't on your side, there are sloth bears, renowned Brindavan Gardens are a few minutes walk mongooses, antelopes and many species of birds. from Sunset Bay, while Mysore city itself is not too The national park opens on October 15 much farther. That makes Sunset Bay ideal as a base to explore Mysore. Rainforest Boutique Hotel, Athirapally, Kerala Tree house inland: Located at the foot of the Athirapally Falls, this Rs 3,500 (including breakfast). treehouse will make you feel as if you never want to Tree house by the water: come down to earth. The lush green of the rainforest Rs 4,000 (including breakfast).

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Tribila : Our feature on people who took the road less traveled...

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Tattoo: Bawdy Canvas

A TAF Tribila Feature

Getting a tattoo is the most permanent commitment that many of us will ever make. And if you're thinking - "but I can always get it removed" -- then you are definitely not ready to get a tattoo. We live in a disposable society and tattoos are decidedly permanent. That's what makes them scary, and that's what makes them powerful. Making an irrevocable choice is good for the soul. If you put energy and thought into choosing your tattoo design, it can become much more than just a piece of permanent jewelry. Properly chosen tattoos confer blessings on you. Ask yourself "What am I willing to commit to forever?" "What do I aspire to?" "What gives me strength?" Thinking about the answers to these questions can help you decide on the image or images that will compose a very personal tattoo. You'll also learn something about yourself in the process. You may want a custom tattoo, something created by the tattooist just for you, or you may find just the image you want in the flash designs hanging on your tattooist's studio wall. Flash designs are often altered slightly for each person anyway so you'll still have something of a unique piece.

When it comes to tattooing your imagination is your only limitation. But a word of caution; although any image can be tattooed, some translate more successfully into the medium than others. In general, a big, bold image will look better on your skin than a overly detailed small piece. And if your artist urges you to go bigger with a design, listen to him. Those big pieces often have an impact that the little ones lack. American tattooist Walt Dailey sums up the "bigger is better" issue by saying "A beautiful, big, fierce bear head design just looks like an angry hamster's face when you shrink it down." There are many different styles of tattooing. Here are a few of the most popular: Black and Gray Work: Just what it sounds like. The tattoo is done with only tones of black and gray. This style originated in the prison systems of America, due to the prisoner's difficulty in obtaining colored ink. When several tattooists, notably California's Jack Rudy and Good Time Charlie Cartwright, saw the work they realized that there was great artistic potential in adapting it for use in tattoo shops outside of the penitentiary walls. They went on to develop this ultra refined and highly detailed style that has become so popular

today. Traditional: These pieces have bold black outlines, strong black shading, and bright colors. The style was first developed to meet the needs of busy tattooers near military bases (it was a no-nonsense and quick way to tattoo) and to utilize the limited color palette available to a tattooist in the thirties and forties. Fineline: Delicate outlines, often highly detailed. Black and gray work is almost always done in this style, as are many color pieces. The success of the finished tattoo depends a great deal on the artist's use of negative space, and his or her refraining from adding yet more detail. An overly detailed fineline tattoo, or one that was not carefully planned out, may dissolve into mush after a few years. Tribal: Bold, black, silhouette style designs. Most of this work is based on ancient tattoo designs, though nowadays artists tend to go more for the feeling evoked by the traditional designs, rather than copying them exactly. It's a wonderful strong look that, when inked by a skilled tattooist, will certainly stand the test of time. Realistic: Photographic quality work, usually portraits or

nature scenes. Custom: Original work designed just for you Oriental: This style of tattooing is more concerned with approach than subject matter. It utilizes the entire body as canvas, rather than the western approach of adding a tattoo here and there as the spirit moves you. The Oriental style usually incorporates swirling patterns and figures from eastern mythology into the designs. Do try to be practical when choosing a tattoo design. Getting the name of your current love on your arm is almost always a sure route to a cover-up. And, hard as it may be to believe, the band whose music turned you on when you were 18 may not have the same effect on you when you're 40. Your infatuations will often fade much quicker than tattoos do. Pick something that's a little open ended. On the other hand, some of the best tattoo collections have been almost like a personal scrapbook of the wearer's life. Perhaps they aren't dedicated deadheads anymore but that "Keep On Trucking" tattoo reminds them of a wonderful period in their life. Sometimes you just have to follow your heart.