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5 Reasons Not To Be On Facebook

Posted by Rahul Desai on Thu, Jan 27, 2011
 
No Facebook

Being a Social Media-addict, it's never easy finding reasons to  NOT like Facebook, or sorts. There've been really strong reasons, however, behind writing this article. We all 'Facebook' for a reason or the other. But there may be many others, why we shouldn't...

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Original, Originality, et al.

Posted by Rahul Desai on Mon, Dec 06, 2010
 
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Calvin on Originality

How to produce/create original content? As an armature blogger, like millions others, I must know the answer to this burning question.

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25 Things About Me (You May Not Know)

Posted by Rahul Desai on Tue, Apr 06, 2010
 
About MeOne of my closest friends - Tanya - once ‘tagged’ me in a note (on Facebook) unfolding some of her secrets. The idea was to write some equal number of random things about me as well, tag her with all the other people I wanted to read these 25 things about me. And so it finally comes to a shape today! (In this Facebook-age, the better suited title would be "25 Things On My Mind".)

Here’s my story (barely random and significantly long - I spent almost an hour to list them all):
  1. I love reading. I read absolutely anything that comes handy. Of all, my favorite book is “Indian Muslims – Where Have They Gone Wrong?” by Dr Rafiq Zakaria. With all that in place, I feel my vocabulary is limited to a very small set of words.
  2. I have full faith in Indian government, their initiatives and efforts. I know the future is even brighter.
  3. I some times feel people (/Indians) not living in India should not be allowed to crib about issues in India. (If you can’t see the brighter side, be equally blind to the darker one.)
  4. I wish India and Pakistan were never separated. I would’ve loved supporting a cricket team with opening batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and opening bowlers like Wasim Akram. (And Sania Mirza could marry Shoaib Malik with peace - without making any political news. Shashi Tharoor could also mind his own business.)
  5. I hope Indians do equally great in other sports (than Cricket) in future; in Hockey to start with. We are better than China in many ways. Why not in Olympics then?
  6. I love Banana milkshake. Any day, any time. 
  7. The cook at my parents’ place is just great. But I specially go home, just that I can wake up to the tea my Mom prepares.
  8. Pune is the best city I’ve ever lived in. I just wish the citizens had better traffic (and civic) sense.
  9. I don’t like pets – dog, cat, fish, birds, just any of them. They’re better off to their nature-defined habitat.
  10. Believe it or not, I’m quite shy. And I don’t lie, as far as possible. With the spread of world wide web and people’s momentous presence online (Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, etc), I feel it's practically impossible to lie about anything. Nobody, but Rajinikanth, can hide from Google's Search Engine Spiders.
  11. My family’s my life and my friends are my life-support. No wonder I’ve survived not-so-pleasant phases of my life, so effortlessly.
  12. I’m quite selfish (and self-centered?) compared to my friends. I guess my friends know that too. They still love me!
  13. I owe my financial and social independence to my teachers (/trainers) and my employer. (My parents are my teachers. My sister, is like my mother.)
  14. I’m not a foodie. I can barely sense/differentiate tastes. I’m just not into junk-food and given a choice, I can live with all-boiled, no-spice food (satvik aahar) for the rest of my life.
  15. Something’s terribly wrong with the way I speak/talk. Somehow, on first, most people feel I’m arrogant/have an attitude problem.
  16. My likes of profession is pretty unrealistic. It's a mix of some random things I’m good at.
  17. I love writing with fountain pens. (It’s one of many other things I try and copy from my Father.)
  18. I am not superstitious. But there’s certainly some magic in the shooting stars.
  19. I have an OCD for hygiene – especially that in toilets, kitchen and the dining area. I guess I also have an acrophobia.
  20. I prefer: Facebook over Orkut, Tea over Coffee, Pune over Bombay/Bangalore/Surat.., Windows over Linux, Red Wine over White, Test-match over ODI/T20, Vada-pav over Burger, Scotch over Vodka/Rum/Beer, Animated over SciFi/Action flicks, House over Hip-hop music and Sambuca over Tequila.
  21. I believe in Karma and the ‘Karmic Law’.
  22. I hate cooking. I hate it more, when people expect me to cook.
  23. It really surprises me that some people are still stuck to hard cash, and worse, they believe that plastic money/cheques are bad.
  24. Internet (on Mobile phone) is the best invention ever. Swimming is the best exercise ever.
  25. I do play Tabla and Harmonium. I’m formally trained in Indian Classical Music (vocal) and my personal favorites are Raag Kaafi and Bhairavi. I’ve turned to the western music now. Starting with Saxophone.
  26. I sincerely feel people should wear helmet/seatbelt without any exceptions. We’ve lost some precious lives due to this ignorance in the past, and I hope everyone understands that her/his life is much more important than s/he thinks.
  27. I can’t compromise with my ‘space’. I get quite upset (and annoyed) if the entropy of my house changes. I love my freedom at my new ‘home’. But I do feel quite lonely on times.
  28. In my free time I like making random changes to my website. I’ll always be obliged to Pritesh (and Dharmesh-bhai) for this great gift!
  29. I always over-do things, like I couldn’t limit it to ‘25’ (or '15' in Quick 15 Books...).


I’m a narcissist. I feel I possess a perfect human life, with no regrets for the mistakes in past. I’m blessed, in many ways.

But I really want more. 









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How To Deal With Change?

Posted by Rahul Desai on Sat, Aug 16, 2008
 
How to deal with a change

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." - Alan Cohen

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It's About Helmet-ing Right

Posted by Rahul Desai on Fri, Apr 14, 2006
 
Vega Helmet

If you care a bit about me (and me being alive), you must thank ‘Vega’ for saving my life (or for at least, saving the aashiq ka thobada from completely deforming). Vega is the helmet manufacturer, and one of their product is taking care of my Einstein brained head for more than two years now.

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Once An A$# Always An A#$

Posted by Vaibhav Goswami on Tue, Jan 10, 2006
 
Greg Chappell and Rahul Dravid

The same applies to our very dear Jammy as people call him, such a spineless creature he is, which he had been proving in the past and has proved it yet again.

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Feel Like GOD!!!

Posted by Vaibhav Goswami on Mon, Jan 09, 2006
 
Bajaj Avenger

This ad for the latest Bajaj Avenger 180cc DTSi, has captured a lot of attention. With a caption “Feels Like God”, there is a lot of talk going on about it. It’s a bit late to write a review, since the ad came out almost a year ago, but considering the fact that even agency FAQs has not written anything about it, I think I am well in time with the review.

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The Girl With A Kid

Posted by Neha Goel on Sat, Dec 10, 2005
 
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NehaSpeak:

So, let me begin by putting in the things very clearly for the "GUYS" community..... What we(gals) don't understand is, how does it make a diff. to tell a person or keep it to urself, that u find urself going crazy over her.....

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