<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581</id><updated>2011-12-18T15:12:29.694+05:30</updated><category term='My Dayz'/><category term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><category term='reviews'/><category term='fotoz'/><category term='Musings'/><category term='Mars and Venus'/><category term='Travels'/><category term='Whimsy'/><category term='Top Draws'/><category term='balls-bats-sticks'/><category term='I at IIM I'/><category term='work(place)'/><category term='Comedy-Keemedy'/><category term='Fiction'/><category term='Tweet&apos;s End'/><category term='Tagged'/><title type='text'>I thought i was an atheist... ...until i realised i was GOD</title><subtitle type='html'>polemic critiques - erratic mumblings - crazy mentations - boisterous merriment - broken heart - silent sighs - midnight trysts - joie de vivre - bared soul - c'mon tiger - footprints on sand - mountains to climb - monuments to build - everything under the sun, and the shade as well....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>293</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-961066565191257482</id><published>2011-10-17T20:41:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-18T20:55:17.067+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Review: Why We Buy, The Science of Shopping - Paco Underhill</title><summary type='text'>


Book Name: Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
Author: Paco Underhill, environmental psychologist and founder of Envirosell
Year: 2008 (original edition published in 2000)
Genre: Management, Psychology

This was part of my recommended reading for my Retail Management course at IIM I. Though intrigued by a couple of essays by Underhill, I never got around to actually reading the book until last</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/961066565191257482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=961066565191257482&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/961066565191257482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/961066565191257482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-why-we-buy-science-of-shopping.html' title='Review: Why We Buy, The Science of Shopping - Paco Underhill'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFPuhwgsxSQ/TpxEZP-utFI/AAAAAAAAOVw/2Sk_nutUid4/s72-c/Why-We-Buy-Paco-Underhill.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8877790978695521108</id><published>2010-12-04T13:30:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-05T10:37:40.778+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tagged'/><title type='text'>150 Things To Do Before You Turn Thirty</title><summary type='text'>The rules of the tag are,
Bold for things you have already done.
Italics for things that you are dying to do!
An American list though it is, here I go!!
Bought everyone in the bar a drink
Swam with dolphins
Climbed a mountain 
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Hugged a tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8877790978695521108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8877790978695521108&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8877790978695521108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8877790978695521108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2010/12/150-things-to-do-before-you-turn-thirty.html' title='150 Things To Do Before You Turn Thirty'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6973332194913467001</id><published>2010-03-31T02:14:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2011-06-16T11:45:23.579+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>IIM Indore, Class of 2010</title><summary type='text'>Strange how, when we think back on these two years from the perspective of all that’s happened, it seems like an eternity. Yet, when we look back and remember everything so clearly, everything so recent, everything so close we could stretch out and touch them, it all seems like it really is not that long ago. When we first came, we were hesitant, we weren't sure of what we were getting into; we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6973332194913467001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6973332194913467001&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6973332194913467001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6973332194913467001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2010/03/iim-indore-class-of-2010.html' title='IIM Indore, Class of 2010'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8201115895780864220</id><published>2010-03-31T01:26:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-04-11T22:44:08.505+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>IIM I - the 2 years</title><summary type='text'>I lovedDCCampusCommunity ServiceSunset PointHoliD-block cricketStudent ExchangeExchange studentsFacebookMarkstrat and BCPBakra in PGP-IISabby in classBorrowing your bikeGroup projectsMelting Pot at 00:00Mashaal and SayajiNight walksNight outsMasala Maggi and Aaloo PyaaziDopeSleeping in Bhatta's classOpen Book ExamsiDanim playsTummy aches and DembaniUnlimited gulab jamunPlacement treatsahvan, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8201115895780864220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8201115895780864220&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8201115895780864220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8201115895780864220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2010/03/iim-i-2-years.html' title='IIM I - the 2 years'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4370155839020758811</id><published>2010-03-30T04:36:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-04-11T22:43:59.915+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Section D, Class of 2010</title><summary type='text'>First of all, we’re Section D. And, doooode, essentially, that means we’re the best section. Yes, no questions about it. See, even TSV has no questions on this. Oh, and our Guruji has something to add here. Uh, who woke Kanodia? NO, Avinash, we don’t want to know what SEBI and UNESCO think of this. No, really! Ah, Nithin’s absent again, I see! And Kamal, why do you always have a Sprite bottle on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4370155839020758811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4370155839020758811&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4370155839020758811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4370155839020758811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2010/03/section-d-class-of-2010.html' title='Section D, Class of 2010'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8553066573159510385</id><published>2010-02-10T21:15:00.006+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-10T21:20:25.829+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>One final roll...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8553066573159510385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8553066573159510385&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8553066573159510385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8553066573159510385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-final-roll.html' title='One final roll...'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/S3LU0nzf3rI/AAAAAAAANU0/Kgu7j0_xYwY/s72-c/dice+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5812800586780289583</id><published>2009-05-23T19:43:00.007+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-23T11:46:40.915+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fotoz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>Vivek's Engagement @ Cochin - Fort Kochi - Alapuzha</title><summary type='text'>


 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5812800586780289583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5812800586780289583&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5812800586780289583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5812800586780289583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/05/viveks-engagement-cochin-fort-kochi.html' title='Vivek&apos;s Engagement @ Cochin - Fort Kochi - Alapuzha'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7479266886633377213</id><published>2009-05-21T12:14:00.014+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-11T02:10:55.949+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>What they don't tell you about Bangalore Autos</title><summary type='text'>Time Value for Money: What we MBA types learn the night before the fin exam in our fin classes about TMV is nothing compared to what these guys have managed to take it to: "Saar, traffic", "Saar, red light".Diminishing returns: The longer the journey, the kilometers actually covered keeps decreasing as against the meter reading.Strategic partnership: Bangalore auto + Bangalore </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7389115014848692879</id><published>2009-05-06T09:48:00.008+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-21T13:33:24.357+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Intern-net</title><summary type='text'>The list of restricted categories of websites access, where I'm interning (click to enlarge):No wonder they say they look after us like parents!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7389115014848692879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7389115014848692879&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7389115014848692879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7389115014848692879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/05/intern-net.html' title='Intern-net'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SgEP02BTLHI/AAAAAAAAEdo/k3LEJtSSFho/s72-c/URL-Blocked-Categories.GIF' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7421537518985584670</id><published>2009-04-22T15:10:00.013+05:30</published><updated>2010-06-06T03:37:28.764+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balls-bats-sticks'/><title type='text'>The Indian Prime-er League</title><summary type='text'>The auction packed Indian Premier League version 2.0 is finally here and I’m soooo looking forward to former chapati shot players wax eloquent about DLF maximums, little obnoxious weeds slapping balls in more ways than one, and watching Lalita Moody’s particularly beautiful nose every 7 minutes.
Just one thing though: I'm not sure of the leaguel implications of the Indian bit of it.
You first </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7421537518985584670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7421537518985584670&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7421537518985584670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7421537518985584670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/04/indian-prime-er-league.html' title='The Indian Prime-er League'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4402600197921593206</id><published>2009-04-03T22:46:00.006+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-10T21:24:35.941+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tweet&apos;s End'/><title type='text'>Tweet's End - Mar 2009</title><summary type='text'>just can't wait to FINish this off... ~ 11:06 PM Mar 30thcan't have enough of the auction packed IPL! ~ 03:01 AM Mar 30thjust realized... fin starts with an F ~ 12:16 PM Mar 29thBack to where it all started... Thrilled and pumped at Sachin's shotmaking but secretly fearing all the time that he may hit himself out. ~ 9:01 AM Mar 29thYou DIWE in headfirst &amp; realize you need the KEY found!! The dry </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4402600197921593206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4402600197921593206&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4402600197921593206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4402600197921593206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/04/tweets-end-mar-2009.html' title='Tweet&apos;s End - Mar 2009'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3515769796638207542</id><published>2009-03-04T01:21:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2009-11-26T20:53:10.974+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars and Venus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>The Web of Wordly wisdom</title><summary type='text'>First, you court her for some time and she even leads you to believe you have a nice little setup (wink, wink) going.Then, just when you try to, ahem, make use of the relationship, SHE pops the question (yeah, she doesn't even wait to see if you would).You obviously opt to take the road always taken and try to Cancel, leaving it for another day. But she's having none of it and keeps popping it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3515769796638207542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3515769796638207542&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3515769796638207542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3515769796638207542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/03/web-of-wordly-wisdom.html' title='The Web of Wordly wisdom'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SaxJebSxR9I/AAAAAAAAEak/sJoyj3p24zY/s72-c/wordpress5.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5341574369481473742</id><published>2009-03-02T23:29:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-29T13:46:05.490+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tweet&apos;s End'/><title type='text'>So tweet of me!</title><summary type='text'>I think I just discovered the secret to enlightening humanity, regular blog updates, unlimited success and ever lasting peace. Yeah, just like that, all in one one go. I was happily whiling away my time staring with unseeing eyes at slides on Internal Rates of Return and Capital Budgeting, when I had this divine epiphany. You know, the one where everything becomes all shiny and new and you can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5341574369481473742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5341574369481473742&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5341574369481473742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5341574369481473742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-tweet-of-me.html' title='So tweet of me!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-783319024747465996</id><published>2009-03-02T17:41:00.008+05:30</published><updated>2010-10-03T19:46:49.411+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Review: Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Taleb</title><summary type='text'>Book Name: Fooled By Randomness : The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Year: 2001
Genre: Non-fiction


The author says right at the beginning in his 20+ page preface that the book is intentionally left unstructured so that it may resemble the flow of his thoughts as and when they popped up. And that I believe is the problem. He seems to go around in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/783319024747465996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=783319024747465996&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/783319024747465996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/783319024747465996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/03/review-fooled-by-randomness-nassim.html' title='Review: Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Taleb'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/TC4kiESG4QI/AAAAAAAANro/mU_HDu_WVXg/s72-c/Fooled+by+Randomness.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-461615851895282514</id><published>2009-03-01T23:07:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-21T23:12:33.581+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Farewell PGP2</title><summary type='text'>This is the farewell article on behalf of PGP1 that I wrote for the 2nd yrs' Yearbook.-------x-------'Tis an oft-used line. The one about not knowing what we have until it's flown. In our case, though, we did. Truly. Which makes it all the more harder to let go of a year of being together. It's said the beginning is always difficult, and it was especially so for us thanks to jogs at unearthly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/461615851895282514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=461615851895282514&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/461615851895282514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/461615851895282514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/03/farewell-pgp2.html' title='Farewell PGP2'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4026872824294505285</id><published>2009-02-25T15:58:00.018+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-21T23:12:27.159+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Session by BSF officers on strategies</title><summary type='text'>“To solve a problem, you should enter inside it. Only by getting to the middle of it can you see what it is and solve it.”Looks like the usual management gyaan (or globe) that one's subjected to in a B-school, doesn't it? Yet, not one of us uttered a murmur. Not when the 'problem' was a fire set by terrorists to the gates of their hideout, from behind which they were firing automatic weapons, and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4026872824294505285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4026872824294505285&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4026872824294505285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4026872824294505285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/02/session-by-bsf-officers-on-strategies.html' title='Session by BSF officers on strategies'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SaVAHW_R47I/AAAAAAAAEZQ/bmqW4tHupbQ/s72-c/Border+Security+Force.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2829465824001021992</id><published>2009-02-17T19:38:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2009-02-19T01:31:43.265+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Heads or Tails?</title><summary type='text'>How many times have we come across that old classmate whom all of us thought would never cut it but who is now doing well for himself? Or that boy across the street who just couldn’t grasp trigonometry or Tagore but who now runs his own business? This is an essential paradox in our education system, especially so in India. We expect our children to be good at everything in school, while they will</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2829465824001021992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2829465824001021992&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2829465824001021992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2829465824001021992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/02/heads-or-tails.html' title='Heads or Tails?'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8409120695383834893</id><published>2009-02-16T18:33:00.011+05:30</published><updated>2009-11-26T21:21:04.251+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Theory of relativity?</title><summary type='text'>10 minutes before the test/quiz...ThenMachi, run by me whatever you know for the test, something may stick.We have a test today? In 10 minutes? Tea?NowDude, run by me whatever you know for the quiz, something may stick.For today's quiz? 350 pages in book 1, 220 in book 2, 4 HBR articles, our prof's slides and my class notes in 10 minutes??As you can see, the reply's the same ("can't") in both </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8409120695383834893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8409120695383834893&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8409120695383834893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8409120695383834893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/02/theory-of-relativity.html' title='Theory of relativity?'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4175697799001290811</id><published>2009-02-12T19:31:00.015+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-23T15:15:13.852+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Sri Kama Sene and the (p)anty-social fundae</title><summary type='text'>You know, in the good old days, Valentine's Day usually saw lace panties being gifted to wives, mistresses and girlfriends. But now, in these pub going, loose, and forward times, we've resorted to sending pink chaddis to 40-something males. Forget about how extreme right or center-left he is; first check how straight he is before sending him those chaddis. Now that Muthalik has decided to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4175697799001290811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4175697799001290811&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4175697799001290811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4175697799001290811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/02/sri-kama-sena-and-panty-social-fundae.html' title='Sri Kama Sene and the (p)anty-social fundae'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SZQ3yM9O4SI/AAAAAAAAEYM/-H6oCkI0zfI/s72-c/muthalik+pink+hearts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4198694008489018053</id><published>2009-02-09T02:56:00.013+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-03T01:08:38.970+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>The French connection</title><summary type='text'>"Neenga endha college?" 
College aa? Naanaa? 
Mummmyyyy!!! 

Remember the face of the girl who asked that question in the ad? Now replace it with a crestfallen face of a once hopeful looking guy who's just heard the response. That pretty much sums up how us guys feel about our French tutor. Some bugger got lucky. 

The classes are all in French with not a word of the Queen's language, so that it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4198694008489018053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4198694008489018053&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4198694008489018053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4198694008489018053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/02/french-connection.html' title='The French connection'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-101097254841915972</id><published>2009-02-02T16:20:00.019+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T03:52:46.920+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fotoz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Oh O Obamicons and my finance paper</title><summary type='text'>Obama and the human race (at least the Western version that watches cable TV):Me and my Finance course:...and a few more (from the net)Create your own Obamicons here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/101097254841915972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' 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url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SYbSKS5YGMI/AAAAAAAAEWE/ovUK-nLjXGw/s72-c/obamicon-hope.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7874647306576212921</id><published>2009-01-26T20:40:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-23T11:46:40.924+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fotoz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>Jaipur Trip - Snaps</title><summary type='text'>Slide along chronologically:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7874647306576212921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7874647306576212921&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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type='text'>Intelligence is not wisdom.</title><summary type='text'>Intelligence is not wisdom.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7008822609375070543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7008822609375070543&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7008822609375070543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7008822609375070543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2009/01/intelligence-is-not-wisdom.html' title='Intelligence is not wisdom.'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3812241138320193491</id><published>2009-01-15T16:39:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-02T16:40:40.440+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Term 3 starts at IIM I</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3812241138320193491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3812241138320193491&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3812241138320193491'/><link 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1776585012556906446</id><published>2008-12-22T13:16:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2008-12-22T17:17:37.479+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Calvin says it for the End Terms</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1776585012556906446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1776585012556906446&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1776585012556906446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1776585012556906446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/12/calvin-says-it-for-end-terms.html' title='Calvin says it for the End Terms'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SU91n0UOiVI/AAAAAAAACbg/WdjvXKuaOts/s72-c/calvin-manu.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3064681043321075918</id><published>2008-12-18T14:46:00.007+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-18T22:28:49.239+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Covalent bonds were definitely better</title><summary type='text'>It's no secret that I hate fin. I'm using hate euphemistically here. In fact it's turning into a contest of sorts with Curses on who hates fin more. The both of us generally think up word games of some sort in class for each other to solve and he came up with "I'm no nice fan of this horrible subject" a few days back. Yes, we're that jobless in IIMs. And no, the stuff we come up with are usually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3064681043321075918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3064681043321075918&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3064681043321075918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3064681043321075918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/12/covalent-bonds-were-definitely-better.html' title='Covalent bonds were definitely better'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SUo6yczencI/AAAAAAAAB3E/69ZQ3QFJRCY/s72-c/dilbert121308+-+dogbert+the+fin+advisor.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5860757463091349219</id><published>2008-12-17T07:11:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-12-20T01:00:48.066+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balls-bats-sticks'/><title type='text'>Cheeeeee</title><summary type='text'>Ruffling the hair, rubbing the back, patting the bum...Watching the Aus-SA series, I wonder if bowlers should submit a writ for sexual harassment in the workplace.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5860757463091349219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5860757463091349219&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5860757463091349219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5860757463091349219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/12/cheeeeee.html' title='Cheeeeee'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2555161765754134711</id><published>2008-12-12T22:28:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-12-14T21:36:55.748+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Central Jail, Indore</title><summary type='text'>For most courses here, we're required to work on term projects in teams. For Management Information Systems, our team managed to obtain permission from the Central Jail, Indore and work on developing an IS proposal for them. From visits, interviews and copies of the original templates used, we could get a fair idea of what happens behind the high walls, at least from an administrative perspective</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2555161765754134711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2555161765754134711&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2555161765754134711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2555161765754134711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/12/central-jail-indore.html' title='Central Jail, Indore'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SUKdysNVAmI/AAAAAAAAB2s/mQmQy_6NsyA/s72-c/Jail+structure,+Madhya+Pradesh.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7992226659199519732</id><published>2008-11-30T21:08:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2008-12-16T01:57:42.142+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>The Mumbai attacks - a few scrambled thoughts</title><summary type='text'>... some my own, some from around the blogosphereA map of the places attackedWhat I don't want to hear:stupid statements “condemning” the attacks (like this and this), like that would set everything rightrequests to civilians for their “calm” and “cooperation”, which is nothing but a polite way of saying “we didn’t do our jobs, but things are bad and this is not a good time to yell”.references to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7992226659199519732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7992226659199519732&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7992226659199519732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7992226659199519732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/11/mumbai-attacks-few-scrabled-thoughts.html' title='The Mumbai attacks - a few scrambled thoughts'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-251236648324075379</id><published>2008-11-15T00:20:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-31T11:47:09.885+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Spin all the Chandra-yarn you want</title><summary type='text'>... but can we get started on the craters on the road I step out on to, before working on the geological composition of the lunar ones?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/251236648324075379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=251236648324075379&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/251236648324075379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/251236648324075379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/11/dear-chandrayaan-missionaries.html' title='Spin all the Chandra-yarn you want'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6482503527129493340</id><published>2008-11-03T11:00:00.019+05:30</published><updated>2009-02-22T15:57:20.511+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balls-bats-sticks'/><title type='text'>Farewell Jumbo</title><summary type='text'>It is said that the memory span of the average Indian cricket fan is three balls, six if it happens to be about Sachin. In Anil Kumble's case, that may not be such a bad thing after all. A year back, the last ball he bowled in one-day cricket was a Jumbo rocket. Bermuda's Malachi Jones stood stupefied - better batsmen have suffered worse - as the ball pitched in line, hurried inexorably on, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6482503527129493340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6482503527129493340&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6482503527129493340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6482503527129493340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/11/farewell-jumbo.html' title='Farewell Jumbo'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SQ6cJa8m_OI/AAAAAAAAB0s/W-TfbRSKa3I/s72-c/Anil+Kumble+-+1992.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8024437848448418784</id><published>2008-11-02T23:59:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-11-03T12:57:29.197+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balls-bats-sticks'/><title type='text'>Tomorrow's papers</title><summary type='text'>Bespectacled, engineer, mild-mannered, soft-spoken, fiercely competitive, unlike Warne and Muralitharan, hardly turns the ball, like an inswing bowler, line-and-length, McGrath of slow bowlers, on pitches with uneven bounce, flipper, all 10 wickets in a Test innings, bowled with a fractured jaw, gritty lower order batsman....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8024437848448418784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8024437848448418784&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8024437848448418784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8024437848448418784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/11/tomorrows-papers.html' title='Tomorrow&apos;s papers'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2438202594038883458</id><published>2008-10-29T15:04:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:06:06.837+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>mental physics</title><summary type='text'>Funny how the mind helps the bodyand the body helps the mind.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2438202594038883458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2438202594038883458&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2438202594038883458'/><link rel='self' 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to do,you would do,you could do;and yet...you do only what you should do!Like I said, strange isn't it?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4564672864286935086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4564672864286935086&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4564672864286935086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4564672864286935086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/10/strange-isnt-it.html' title='Strange, isn&apos;t it?'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8926175711447081191</id><published>2008-10-23T01:00:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2008-10-24T16:05:56.360+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Klue in to Klueless</title><summary type='text'>We can see the throbbing lines across the pupils of your bloodshot eyes. We can feel your heavy heart pumping faster, the purple veins of your neck standing out. We can sense your nerves being strained to their limits, the pressure and the intensity starting to get to you. The clumps of hair and the chewed finger nails and the slowly fading glow of the cigarette butt, we can see them all. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8926175711447081191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8926175711447081191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8926175711447081191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8926175711447081191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/10/klue-in-to-klueless.html' title='Klue in to Klueless'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7665323724147423834</id><published>2008-10-09T19:19:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-29T15:08:06.433+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Go back to 2001</title><summary type='text'>Is this our version of the time machine?From their official blog:Amazingly enough, hidden in a corner beneath Larry's and Sergey's original lab coats, we found a vintage search index in mint condition. We dusted it off and took it for a spin, gobsmacked to see how different the web was in early 2001. "iPod" did not refer to a music player, "youtube" was nonsense, and if you were looking for "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7665323724147423834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7665323724147423834&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7665323724147423834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7665323724147423834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/10/go-back-to-2001.html' title='Go back to 2001'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6931788075224378557</id><published>2008-09-26T22:48:00.006+05:30</published><updated>2008-09-26T23:03:22.123+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Indore Marathon - details!</title><summary type='text'>                                      Indore Marathon 2008 Participation InvolvementVisit the Indore Marathon Site for more details.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6931788075224378557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6931788075224378557&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6931788075224378557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6931788075224378557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/09/indore-marathon-details.html' title='Indore Marathon - details!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2640305908742204377</id><published>2008-09-22T13:18:00.024+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-07T13:37:41.153+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tagged'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Tag - Tonty nosey Qs</title><summary type='text'>1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?
Call her husband! And recommend Harvard case studies to be read every night.

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?
Slow the Time fella.

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?
Butt of Butt - the bugger seems to always score only against India. And all finance professors.

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2640305908742204377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2640305908742204377&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2640305908742204377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2640305908742204377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/09/tag-tonty-nosey-qs.html' title='Tag - Tonty nosey Qs'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6007348745597838515</id><published>2008-09-14T03:18:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-09-26T23:00:57.555+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Indore Marathon - heads up!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6007348745597838515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6007348745597838515&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6007348745597838515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6007348745597838515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post.html' title='Indore Marathon - heads up!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SNlkQyS0QXI/AAAAAAAAByw/LBCV-3hQ30I/s72-c/Poster3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5012898811358502920</id><published>2008-09-10T13:39:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-09-11T20:24:03.156+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Koyaanisqatsi</title><summary type='text'>"Koyaanisqatsi" is a Hopi word. It means "life out of balance."I wonder if they have one for balance sheets.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5012898811358502920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5012898811358502920&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5012898811358502920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5012898811358502920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/koyaanisqatsi.html' title='Koyaanisqatsi'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-150101346625894374</id><published>2008-09-03T00:49:00.034+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-28T02:06:40.402+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Chrome</title><summary type='text'>It's out now.
Read this comic book first. Screw whitepapers.

update 1 (through Chrome): looks like nothing but a wonderfully simple, aesthetically appealing facelift on good ol' Firefox.

update 2: definitely faster (to load and to browse). update 2.1: Just read that Chrome uses processes instead of threading that existing browsers do (rumour has it IE 8 also plans on using processes). That </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/150101346625894374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=150101346625894374&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/150101346625894374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/150101346625894374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/09/chrome.html' title='Chrome'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SL6hAWBEdQI/AAAAAAAABxU/PoKOQvfo_rc/s72-c/chrome+-+windows+memory.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8298849439237000405</id><published>2008-08-31T23:07:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-11-03T13:59:16.251+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balls-bats-sticks'/><title type='text'>The media dandanaka and Abhinav</title><summary type='text'>A cool 10.7 out of a 10.9 on his final shot and suddenly we have our first ever individual gold. And a week's worth of pot gold for our media starved of quakes, elections and Rakhi Sawant videos.The media tell us that he has single-handedly given hope and inspiration to a billion people who've been praying, pining, yearning and aching for him to win. Reportedly, the weather department had even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8298849439237000405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8298849439237000405&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8298849439237000405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8298849439237000405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/09/media-dandanaka-and-abhinav.html' title='The media dandanaka and Abhinav'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SLwAFExan6I/AAAAAAAABwg/ANViBq-Qi4c/s72-c/abhinav+bindra.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-479466751352799271</id><published>2008-08-29T20:44:00.007+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-29T23:42:56.477+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Is Steve Jobs going to be the first Father?</title><summary type='text'>Ever wondered how there aren't any fathers, gods or lords in hardware?On the software side we have enough fathers to start a freaking pastoral service - Johnnie Backus (Father of FORTRAN), Dennis Ritchie (Father of C), Bjarne Stroustrup (Father of C++), Tim Berners-Lee (Father of the Web), James Gosling (Father of Java), John G. Kemeny (Father of Microcomputing).And enough superstars - Bill Gates</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/479466751352799271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=479466751352799271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/479466751352799271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/479466751352799271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/is-steve-jobs-going-to-be-first-father.html' title='Is Steve Jobs going to be the first Father?'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SLgYN2kjkyI/AAAAAAAABv4/UzMxTFRWB8U/s72-c/software+fathers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2983970099050480084</id><published>2008-08-29T17:57:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-29T22:00:17.671+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Upma has never tasted this good</title><summary type='text'>Upma has never tasted this good.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2983970099050480084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2983970099050480084&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2983970099050480084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2983970099050480084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/upma-has-never-tasted-this-good.html' title='Upma has never tasted this good'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3002076067170125005</id><published>2008-08-27T23:41:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-10-21T22:53:43.502+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>Updates from Planet I</title><summary type='text'>Officially, section D, PGP 1st year, IIM Indore.Elected into MediaCom (Media &amp; Public Relations Committee).Shortlisted for OPJEMS (1st shortlist is the top 20 from each IIM's admissions).Selected into SPLASH - the culturals vertical for IRIS.Working in a project for Pragati (social development club) under the retail vertical.Got screwed in my midterms.Planning on for an IIM-I blog.Started some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3002076067170125005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3002076067170125005&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3002076067170125005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3002076067170125005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/updates-from-planet-i.html' title='Updates from Planet I'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-41341591476670420</id><published>2008-08-23T15:56:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-23T16:10:30.131+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>B'day.. Me.. Today.. and Everyday</title><summary type='text'>Er-yeah.Another day, another layer, another ring, another border.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/41341591476670420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=41341591476670420&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/41341591476670420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/41341591476670420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/bday-me-today-and-everyday.html' title='B&apos;day.. Me.. Today.. and Everyday'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5804971312127560027</id><published>2008-08-10T20:50:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-09-02T19:18:28.989+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>I miss you miss you da!</title><summary type='text'>There are streets I walked,Malls I loafed, people I talked.Now, whenever to Bangalore my thoughts wander,It's invariably to you they meander!Fried Piece Chicken Briyani,Andhra Mess without a board,Domlur.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5804971312127560027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5804971312127560027&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5804971312127560027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5804971312127560027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-miss-you-miss-you-da.html' title='I miss you miss you da!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-473844982765306657</id><published>2008-08-06T03:21:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-06T03:21:00.423+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>a cause</title><summary type='text'>...the storm clouds gather - it starts with a flicker - the footfalls increase - the cobwebs etched on stone - the broken alley with the stained carmine - the lone book flutters - one candle lights another - the shadows move faster - the falcon circles lower - the bell chimes - one man roars against the mirror - a silent prayer remains, from an atheist to his Lord...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/473844982765306657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=473844982765306657&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/473844982765306657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/473844982765306657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/08/cause.html' title='a cause'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5001237826067226201</id><published>2008-07-26T23:34:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-27T00:43:45.472+05:30</updated><title type='text'>And we're back!</title><summary type='text'>Been a while, haven't we? Not that anyone would have noticed. C'mon fellas, own up. All those comments asking about my absence or hoping to see me back soon can't have been true - no one's that perverted (even if the fact that Himesh and Chetan Bhagat do do decent business proves otherwise).Yanyways, things should be back to normal from now. No, really. Honest injun! Believe me no? No? Third time</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5001237826067226201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5001237826067226201&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5001237826067226201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5001237826067226201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/07/and-were-back.html' title='And we&apos;re back!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8027200266884723590</id><published>2008-06-18T20:21:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2008-09-01T15:00:38.765+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Free as can bee!</title><summary type='text'>I'm free. Yeah, really. As free as the masala mixmaker that comes with Maggi. As free as that Salman guy is from shirts. As free as the kothamalli that Mummy gets from the veggiewalla. As free as the pirated e-version of 'Tipping Point' that I'm reading right now. As free as the oil that Bush and co would like from Iraq. As free of good looking girls as my college was (and is!). As free as the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8027200266884723590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8027200266884723590&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8027200266884723590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8027200266884723590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-as-can-bee.html' title='Free as can bee!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8367014589992180369</id><published>2008-06-17T17:42:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-17T17:49:03.744+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><title type='text'>BVoIP - a short history</title><summary type='text'>Note: To be completed...The basic setup of a VoIP system closely follows the traditional telephone network. Telephone numbers are replaced by IP addressed phone numbers, codecs are used to convert the analog voice signal into packets, and packet switching replaces the traditional circuit switching. Initially, it was possible to place just on-net calls - calls between two VoIP systems in the same </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8367014589992180369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8367014589992180369&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8367014589992180369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8367014589992180369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/06/bvoip-short-history.html' title='BVoIP - a short history'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1186030297357026888</id><published>2008-06-16T18:47:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2008-06-16T18:48:31.254+05:30</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Back from an extended short break... Regular (!?) blogging resumes..</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1186030297357026888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1186030297357026888&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1186030297357026888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1186030297357026888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-from-extended-short-break.html' title=''/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8577383918810978540</id><published>2008-05-28T20:02:00.009+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-29T02:44:27.694+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fiction'/><title type='text'>Elysium...</title><summary type='text'>"Excuse Me, 'scuse me!", she muttered, as she brushed past more people. It was a beautiful winter day and the chill breeze made her shiver a little, a slight drizzle beginning to wet her shoulders. She tugged at her shawl, his shawl which she had kept, and felt the warm fabric against her skin. Dawn was just breaking and fireworks were lighting up the early morning sky on this Republic Day, as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8577383918810978540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8577383918810978540&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8577383918810978540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8577383918810978540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/elysium.html' title='Elysium...'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2569348251889599937</id><published>2008-05-27T22:49:00.007+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-27T00:49:35.987+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Catching up with A.R.Rahman</title><summary type='text'>The week's being spent with some of ARR's non-filmi music that I've always wanted to get to but never got around to - “Set me Free” (1991), “Deen Isai Maalai” (1990 - as Dileep Kumar), and “Colours” (1992 - as a keyboard player with Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and Zakir Hussain). Click here for a full list of independent albums by ARR.The singles I'd wanted to catch up with were “Oh Bosnia” (1996), “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2569348251889599937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2569348251889599937&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2569348251889599937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2569348251889599937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/catching-up-with-arrahman.html' title='Catching up with A.R.Rahman'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-9007054765666294192</id><published>2008-05-25T20:18:00.006+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-30T19:35:40.714+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Review: Games Indians Play - V.Raghunathan</title><summary type='text'>
Book Name: Games Indians Play : Why We Are the Way We Are
Author: V.Raghunathan
Year: 2006
Genre: Non-fiction

This para from the book sums up the author's central argument:
When I jump a queue or a red light, or throw that garbage on the sidewalk, I am taking a rational 'squeal' decision, since it seems to get me ahead of others or make life easier for me. Here I am being privately smart.
But </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/9007054765666294192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=9007054765666294192&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/9007054765666294192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/9007054765666294192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-games-indians-play-vraghunathan.html' title='Review: Games Indians Play - V.Raghunathan'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SIyU38gxZKI/AAAAAAAABt8/t4-SfD6cjs8/s72-c/games_indians_play_why_we_are_the_way_we_are.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3164972409338763249</id><published>2008-05-24T20:39:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2010-10-03T19:50:13.414+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Review: The 3 Mistakes of My Life - Chetan Bhagat</title><summary type='text'>
Book Name: The 3 Mistakes of My Life
Author: Chetan Bhagat, self-styled youth novelist
Year: 2008
Genre: Fiction

I had typed up this nice little post on how this book was the 3rd mistake of my life, Chetan's other 2 books being the first two. And then I realized every Amar, Akbar, Antony and their uncle had come up with the same idea.

There is this line in the book: "I was both attracted to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3164972409338763249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3164972409338763249&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3164972409338763249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3164972409338763249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-3-mistakes-of-my-life-chetan.html' title='Review: The 3 Mistakes of My Life - Chetan Bhagat'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SDwujNm3nUI/AAAAAAAABf0/ZFPOZzdlWZI/s72-c/3mistakes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-560511951169106142</id><published>2008-05-22T12:04:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:06:06.838+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>Taut for the Day</title><summary type='text'>Don't Copy if you can't Paste.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/560511951169106142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=560511951169106142&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/560511951169106142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/560511951169106142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/taut-for-day.html' title='Taut for the Day'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7205693631990368420</id><published>2008-05-13T04:10:00.008+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-21T13:40:54.446+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars and Venus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><title type='text'>Hairy Tales, these.</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, three pretty girls were climbing the stairs just ahead of me (some detractors might claim that I was walking behind them). I had work in the Professional Couriers office and I believe the fair maidens were visiting the beauty parlour next door. They were chattering away on what they wanted to do with their hair and I was awestruck by the preciseness of their requirements - "A lateral </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7205693631990368420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7205693631990368420&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7205693631990368420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7205693631990368420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/hairy-tales-these.html' title='Hairy Tales, these.'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1402802637113323655</id><published>2008-05-01T21:18:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2008-05-18T04:28:38.848+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Converted both IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore.</title><summary type='text'>Converted both IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore.IIM Bangalore's is a provisional offer though.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1402802637113323655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1402802637113323655&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1402802637113323655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1402802637113323655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/05/converted-both-iim-bangalore-and-iim.html' title='Converted both IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore.'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5716029288166691072</id><published>2008-04-21T01:54:00.006+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-29T02:44:27.694+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balls-bats-sticks'/><title type='text'>Why the IPL needs all the extra glitz it can attract!</title><summary type='text'>Now that the IPL has finally begun in all its hype and hoopla, everyone seems to be asking just the one question - why do we need all this glitz, glamour and sideshows for a cricket match. To understand this, one would first need to understand the Indian cricket fan. There are essentially two types :One is the cricket sport fan.The one who has a genuine love of cricket as a sport and is able to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5716029288166691072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5716029288166691072&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5716029288166691072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5716029288166691072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-ipl-needs-all-extra-glitz-it-can.html' title='Why the IPL needs all the extra glitz it can attract!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7602454266156637887</id><published>2008-04-19T21:00:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:09:05.812+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>High Jack in the John</title><summary type='text'>If every hijacker has to use the plane's restroom to strap the bomb or assemble the gun,Why the hell can't we have a metal/bomb detector in the plane in the general area where the restrooms are located? These would at least work after the said bomb/gun has been assembled.Meanwhile, why do all media portray all hijackers automatically as terrorists after 9/11?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7602454266156637887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7602454266156637887&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7602454266156637887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7602454266156637887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/04/high-jack-in-john.html' title='High Jack in the John'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7876988410497405767</id><published>2008-04-16T16:34:00.010+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-25T14:34:54.689+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedy-Keemedy'/><title type='text'>Chitty Chatty</title><summary type='text'>Chats and IMs have become such a major part of our lives that I'm surprised we're yet to hear on subsidies for GTalk usage in broadband connections or reservations for people using our very own, desi, Rediff-Bol. Anyways, I was talking to this friend of mine the other day and he mouthed an “LOL” instead of really laughing out loud. Apart from realising that the “LOL” sounds like a dog bark, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7876988410497405767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7876988410497405767&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7876988410497405767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7876988410497405767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/04/chitty-chatty.html' title='Chitty Chatty'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1227219783550624684</id><published>2008-04-15T13:17:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:10:36.449+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>the Demographics of Democracy</title><summary type='text'>In a democracy, why is the electoral winner called the ruling party rather than as the serving party?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1227219783550624684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1227219783550624684&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1227219783550624684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1227219783550624684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/04/taut-for-day.html' title='the Demographics of Democracy'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6819341351457563310</id><published>2008-04-09T02:33:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-04-16T20:33:42.927+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>IIM Bangalore - GD &amp; PI</title><summary type='text'>My last interview. After the Indore fiasco, this was pretty much my only shot at an IIM admit this year. I was scheduled for the 9am batch on 2nd April. My panel of 8 had 6 from IIT/NITs, 1 from PSG Tech, and myself.The GD was a case study. We had 10 mins for preparation, 20 mins for the discussion, and 10 mins for writing down the summary and answering 2 other questions.The case was about an MNC</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6819341351457563310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6819341351457563310&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6819341351457563310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6819341351457563310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/04/iim-bangalore-gd-pi.html' title='IIM Bangalore - GD &amp; PI'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7896638520807343519</id><published>2008-03-25T23:37:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-03-26T23:43:43.370+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><title type='text'>Disgusted</title><summary type='text'>IIM Shillong - Admission to PGP 2008-10 Batch.The criteria used to shortlist candidates for Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GD &amp; PI) :.... and percentage of marks in undergraduate &gt;= 80.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7896638520807343519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7896638520807343519&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7896638520807343519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7896638520807343519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/03/disgusted.html' title='Disgusted'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8883402617198272193</id><published>2008-03-20T04:01:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-12-15T04:08:37.403+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><title type='text'>10 by 10</title><summary type='text'>So, how many people work in your company?About 10%.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8883402617198272193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8883402617198272193&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8883402617198272193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8883402617198272193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/03/10-by-10.html' title='10 by 10'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8049564538601823005</id><published>2008-03-16T01:18:00.007+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-29T16:12:55.336+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tagged'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedy-Keemedy'/><title type='text'>I'm Booked!</title><summary type='text'>1) One book that changed your life.The Book of Registration of Births at the Taj Hospital, Madurai. Now, if only the nurses hadn't been so enchanted by my spell-binding beauty even at that early stage of my life and had switched me with that nice family who drove up in 2 Contessas (mid-1980s, remember)...2) One book that you have read more than once.I've re-read this like a hundred times but am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8049564538601823005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8049564538601823005&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8049564538601823005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8049564538601823005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/03/im-booked.html' title='I&apos;m Booked!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/R9vCu5-qa3I/AAAAAAAABUM/TOl94mMfds4/s72-c/oper_instr.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7440371152884094636</id><published>2008-03-14T18:33:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-03-15T18:59:40.016+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>I've done a lot of strange things in my life...</title><summary type='text'>But today I locked myself out.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7440371152884094636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7440371152884094636&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7440371152884094636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7440371152884094636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/03/ive-done-lot-of-strange-things-in-my.html' title='I&apos;ve done a lot of strange things in my life...'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5977950621182246542</id><published>2008-03-10T00:23:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-03T23:36:47.903+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars and Venus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musings'/><title type='text'>Marriage is not a word - it's a sentence.</title><summary type='text'>A month back. A Sunday evening. Mobile buzzes.
Me : "Solra! Enna thideernu? Enga iruka?"
He : "Machan, nan onnu soluvaen, tension ayidadha!"
Me : "Solra, inna buildup ellam?"
He : "Kalyanam da. Nan. Idhu. Enaku. Adhu"
Me : "Suthama kaekalai da. "
He : "I mean, enaku da. Kalyanam*. Varra Sunday"
Me : "Ot*@, $#?^&amp;!#^"

* Kalyanam - a form of masochism; also known as marriage.

And so, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5977950621182246542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5977950621182246542&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5977950621182246542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5977950621182246542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/03/marriage-is-not-word-it-is-sentence.html' title='Marriage is not a word - it&apos;s a sentence.'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8227111609059318497</id><published>2008-03-08T19:21:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:00:32.565+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>Bear me</title><summary type='text'>Wouldn't it be exciting if humans had to hibernate too?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8227111609059318497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8227111609059318497&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8227111609059318497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8227111609059318497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/03/taut-for-day.html' title='Bear me'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7008254490183990123</id><published>2008-02-28T17:28:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-28T20:31:43.117+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I at IIM I'/><title type='text'>IIM Indore - GD &amp; PI</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7008254490183990123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7008254490183990123&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7008254490183990123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7008254490183990123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/02/iim-indore-gd-pi.html' title='IIM Indore - GD &amp; PI'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2773507795280507996</id><published>2008-02-26T02:36:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-10-26T02:51:08.748+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Freakonomics in a nutshell</title><summary type='text'>crime rate drop bcoz of legalizing abortionreal-estate agents sell own property at better rates (% of commission for others' is v low)amt of money spent on campaign doesn't affect candidate's chancesAn incentive is simply a means of urging people to do more of a good thing and less of a bad thingeconomic, social, and moral incentivesday care center - late pickups doubled after fine was imposed - </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2773507795280507996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2773507795280507996&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2773507795280507996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2773507795280507996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/02/freakonomics-in-nutshell.html' title='Freakonomics in a nutshell'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SQONmDPn-KI/AAAAAAAAB0U/RjQ0AIZN9nI/s72-c/freakonomics-apple.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1431683789082535829</id><published>2008-02-11T00:36:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-28T02:48:22.503+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><title type='text'>Waaaeennnn!!! He stole my candy!!!</title><summary type='text'>My favourite eye candy is moving to greener pastures in around 2 weeks. While I’m definitely happy for the one in question, my heart bleeds, and soon so will my eyes. While an able replacement will surely come up in due time, the company will have to take the blame for any drop in any productivity I may currently have.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1431683789082535829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1431683789082535829&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1431683789082535829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1431683789082535829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/02/waaaeennnn-he-stole-my-candy.html' title='Waaaeennnn!!! He stole my candy!!!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-9124460673862324716</id><published>2008-02-04T03:31:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-06-06T03:37:13.979+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top Draws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedy-Keemedy'/><title type='text'>Supey's mommy-in-law thinks he's a duffer!</title><summary type='text'>Do what I can, I just can't seem to pull myself away from talking about super-heroes. Part reason is because they always make such compelling reading, and part reason is because my company thinks I'm a super-hero.

Now, an open question to the fairer gender (btw, isn't this racism too?) :
What would you say if a Superman or a Spiderman came to marry any of you? The odds are you wouldn't place </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/9124460673862324716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=9124460673862324716&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/9124460673862324716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/9124460673862324716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/02/supeys-mommy-in-law-thinks-hes-duffer.html' title='Supey&apos;s mommy-in-law thinks he&apos;s a duffer!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/R6Y1DqDOjFI/AAAAAAAAA20/pwHRjmTGPjM/s72-c/Jean+Grey.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4820503889400685342</id><published>2008-02-03T18:34:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-02-18T16:06:46.432+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Two years of living alone away from home have taught me that :</title><summary type='text'>dishes don't wash themselves.the minnaladikkum vennmai doesn't clean the collars.dust forms even if all the doors and windows are sealed shut.bed-covers get dirty pretty fast. Especially if you take your dinner on it.washing clothes breaks your back.after using the mop, you'll still have to get down on your knees with a wet cloth.the warm water doesn't magically appear for you to drink when </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4820503889400685342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4820503889400685342&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4820503889400685342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4820503889400685342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/02/two-years-of-living-alone-away-from.html' title='Two years of living alone away from home have taught me that :'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5658071414318913236</id><published>2008-01-28T02:48:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2008-02-01T19:06:17.874+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>caught Verbal  bowled Quants</title><summary type='text'>A part of this post was actually typed up on Jan 9th, the day after the CAT results came, so don't mind if parts of the post are in different tenses.I've never really been too worked up about getting to see the results as soon as possible. I was in a browsing center when the 6th sem results came, was in CCD with Vijay after I'd written the IBM aptitude test, and was sleeping in an empty classroom</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5658071414318913236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5658071414318913236&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5658071414318913236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5658071414318913236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/01/c-verbal-b-quants.html' title='caught Verbal  bowled Quants'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-8735243600917337627</id><published>2008-01-26T14:17:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:00:32.566+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>Where does it all go wrong?</title><summary type='text'>When you're young, you dream of misty mountains and flowing rivers and cricket in the rain, of long beaches and seashells and running all you want to, of exploring and adventures and travels, of victory against overwhelming odds, of overthrowing tyranny, of help to other children and the disadvantaged, of eliminating poverty, of never-ending summer afternoons and ever-lasting inner peace, of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/8735243600917337627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=8735243600917337627&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8735243600917337627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/8735243600917337627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/01/where-does-it-all-go-wrong.html' title='Where does it all go wrong?'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6403611604213785941</id><published>2008-01-17T23:29:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-23T11:46:40.921+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>Salaam Bombay</title><summary type='text'>My first look at the actual capital of India (Delhi has always seemed like a Manmohan-size figurehead to me) was the Santa Cruz Domestic Airport from the air. Having been used to the Madurai airport where the Bangalore-Madurai flight, an ATR that looks like a KPN volvo with wings, lands right next to the car parking, the Mumbai airport really looked like the ones in books. Huge aeroplanes (why </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6403611604213785941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6403611604213785941&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6403611604213785941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6403611604213785941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/01/salaam-bombay.html' title='Salaam Bombay'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3720397814347268084</id><published>2008-01-13T19:07:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-27T21:19:00.736+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars and Venus'/><title type='text'>I wanna play too!</title><summary type='text'>A girl travelling with her father finds it highly entertaining to stare at you all through a flight. You think, well, two can play this and stare back. Her dad gives you the Arnold Schwarzenegger stare. Then you stare at the SpiceJet safety manual. Stupid game, I tell you!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3720397814347268084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3720397814347268084&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3720397814347268084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3720397814347268084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/01/mommy-i-wanna-play.html' title='I wanna play too!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2846362865609187815</id><published>2008-01-08T03:49:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-11-23T19:57:44.445+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>And I was wondering why my lappie was slower than usual....</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2846362865609187815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2846362865609187815&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2846362865609187815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2846362865609187815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2008/01/and-i-was-wondering-why-my-lappie-was.html' title='And I was wondering why my lappie was slower than usual....'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/R4NrmUq3LeI/AAAAAAAAA2s/WyhRHghFylg/s72-c/no+space+shown.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-2434032859198607666</id><published>2007-12-29T23:19:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-12-15T03:54:24.781+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><title type='text'>You know you've been spending too much time in office when</title><summary type='text'>... you go to The Forum on a saturday morning and at the entrance, in a sudden moment of panic, search your pockets for your id card.... you have a wonderful lunch on the said saturday and ask for a fruit bowl in place of the finger bowl.... you go to a PCO (since your mobile's gone kaput) and keep hitting a '0' before you dial a local number.... you see a stray cow on the road, note its sad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/2434032859198607666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=2434032859198607666&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2434032859198607666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/2434032859198607666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/12/you-know-youve-been-spending-too-much.html' title='You know you&apos;ve been spending too much time in office when'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-897453937102883527</id><published>2007-12-22T01:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:10:36.449+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musings'/><title type='text'>Taut for the Day</title><summary type='text'>The trouble with having lived a life that's been every bit complete and filling is that every now and then you seem to want to bookmark your current state and go back and relive those years all over again once more.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/897453937102883527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=897453937102883527&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/897453937102883527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/897453937102883527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/12/taut-for-day.html' title='Taut for the Day'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1968754254250682290</id><published>2007-12-16T23:39:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-09T01:51:26.604+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars and Venus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tagged'/><title type='text'>25 things Venus should have learnt from Mars!</title><summary type='text'>In direct collision-inciting response to this :). Remember Curious, you started it.~ Pink is not a colour!~ The weight matters?~ Reverse gear is never near the first gear. And that car in the rear-view is not in front of you.~ “Just Looking” exists.~ The label on the inner sole of a super-tight (and super-expensive) pair of heels doesn't have to match with the colour, texture and lustre of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1968754254250682290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1968754254250682290&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1968754254250682290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1968754254250682290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/12/25-things-venus-should-have-learnt-from.html' title='25 things Venus should have learnt from Mars!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6029381000467558930</id><published>2007-12-15T23:31:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-26T22:37:40.600+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Saturday Fever. Literally.</title><summary type='text'>Have to give a miss to the Goa trek. Should have been asleep on the bus right now. Feel real shitty about missing out on 2 days of dolphin rides and night bazaars, 7 days of trekking and tented camps over government reserved beaches, forests &amp; the Western Ghats, and Christmas in Panaji. Was really looking forward to it (Yeah, even more than how much you look forward to new posts here)!So then </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6029381000467558930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6029381000467558930&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6029381000467558930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6029381000467558930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/12/stupendously-shitty-saturday.html' title='Saturday Fever. Literally.'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1669647439239277434</id><published>2007-12-05T19:23:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-25T14:08:06.934+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tagged'/><title type='text'>Smack in the Middle!</title><summary type='text'>Traitor! Dhrogi! Et tu brutus! Sourav Ganguly! Markiv!Of all the stupid tags and memes existing on this planet....The rules of the tag are:~1. The rules must be mentioned in the beginning of the tag.You'll have to get to the wise guy who started this tag if you want this at the beginning.~2. You must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1669647439239277434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1669647439239277434&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1669647439239277434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1669647439239277434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/12/smack-in-middle.html' title='Smack in the Middle!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3708158849642113472</id><published>2007-12-04T19:55:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2010-10-03T19:53:15.089+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Review: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - John Le Carré</title><summary type='text'>Book Name: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Author: John le Carré
Year: 1963
Genre: Spy Fiction

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This came very highly recommended from a friend and NYT and TIME rank it the all time best spy novel, even ahead of Ludlum's Bourne series. The plot is pretty simple, there are no unexpected twists, the story moves forward seamlessly, and the script contains events that would have been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3708158849642113472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3708158849642113472&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3708158849642113472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3708158849642113472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/12/review-spy-who-came-in-from-cold-john.html' title='Review: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - John Le Carré'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/R1a2OANel9I/AAAAAAAAA1s/KKWFdnmCJMc/s72-c/The+Spy+Who+Came+in+from+the+Cold.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3279874266676651909</id><published>2007-11-27T23:47:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-05T11:39:39.538+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>The things that conspire</title><summary type='text'>There was this forward that a friend of mine forwarded me. It was one of those "try this" ones that I waste 2 seconds everyday in trashing. But since this time it was a girl who'd done the deed and since she then caught me on GTalk to ask about the results (yeah, she's that vetti), I had to act like this wasn't really the 8th time I was receiving the same mail over the last 3 years and had to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3279874266676651909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3279874266676651909&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3279874266676651909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3279874266676651909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/things-that-conspire.html' title='The things that conspire'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-337210731177708191</id><published>2007-11-26T17:51:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-11-26T17:59:36.624+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fotoz'/><title type='text'>A Sunday well spent</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/337210731177708191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=337210731177708191&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/337210731177708191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/337210731177708191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/sunday-well-spent.html' title='A Sunday well spent'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/R0q8FCJpzNI/AAAAAAAAA1k/dhimzc-bqNg/s72-c/DSC01304.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7438017042362676139</id><published>2007-11-22T20:28:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-11-22T21:59:46.502+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Catted the Bell</title><summary type='text'>Verbal Ability    - 52 (TIME's and Career Launcher's answer keys) or 47 (IMS' answer key)Logical Ability    - 46Quantitative    - 32Total        - 130 (TIME, Career Launcher) or 125 (IMS)Hmmmmm.Just 2 days back, I had a simple life. I had a job, I even had work to go with it, I could crib all I wanted about it, and I was good at it (the work I mean). There was also this on-site opportunity to go </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7438017042362676139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7438017042362676139&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7438017042362676139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7438017042362676139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/catted-bell.html' title='Catted the Bell'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-5397866287680792376</id><published>2007-11-20T23:03:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-03T01:00:33.192+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><title type='text'>My apologies to Bangalore ...</title><summary type='text'>... for
The weather station at GKVK campus recorded an all-time low of 8.4 degree on Thursday....
During November, the minimum average temperature in Bangalore is normally around 18 degrees C.
The city is likely to experience a minimum temperature of 13 degrees whereas the airport area will have a minimum temperature of 12 degrees.I'm sorry, I did do my best. But without the "fire-fighting" and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/5397866287680792376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=5397866287680792376&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5397866287680792376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/5397866287680792376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-apologies-to-bangalore.html' title='My apologies to Bangalore ...'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6369896901557646362</id><published>2007-11-18T21:49:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2010-10-03T19:53:57.319+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Review: In Search of Stupidity - Merrill R.Chapman</title><summary type='text'>Book Name: In Search of Stupidity - OVER 20 YEARS OF HIGH-TECH MARKETING DISASTERS
Author: Merrill R.Chapman
Genre: Non-Fiction, Computers, History

About: Among a lot of other things, stories about and around
MITS and Altair, IBM and the first PC, the spreadsheet intro, VisiCalc, Apple, Macintosh, CP/M, the BIOS fiascos of Apple and IBM (my favourite story of the book), small office/home office </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6369896901557646362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6369896901557646362&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6369896901557646362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6369896901557646362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/review-in-search-of-stupidity-merrill.html' title='Review: In Search of Stupidity - Merrill R.Chapman'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/R0WsXyJpzKI/AAAAAAAAA00/dRTsEdIXbow/s72-c/In+Search+Of+Stupidity.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-7740622539701299389</id><published>2007-11-15T00:17:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-11-15T16:26:10.005+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Rrrrromba nallavan da Nee</title><summary type='text'>What is that saying? Too much of a good thing is...? Couldn't agree more. Especially after the way the Typically-stupid-ogling-at-opposite-girl-call-center-guy (Ambani's Sumbani in this particular story) makes you dream of the soothing sounds of nails scratching across a blackboard.Silly me, let me start from the beginning. My broadband's been down, and it's been a strange case. Every now and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/7740622539701299389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=7740622539701299389&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7740622539701299389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/7740622539701299389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/rrrrromba-nallavan-da-nee.html' title='Rrrrromba nallavan da Nee'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-1720006342404537286</id><published>2007-11-11T13:41:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-11-15T00:32:37.980+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><title type='text'>Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose</title><summary type='text'>We guys get together at M's to catch the 3rd ODI. Just like old times. A planned occasion this, you know, a guy thing. To try and re-live more than a decade of similar Sundays.Sachin gets out.All of us give a collective groan.Pathan clobbers a six.P lets out that ear-splitting whistle of his.Misbah's bowled.A and R swear out loud.India Win!High Fives all around.Me and J poke each others' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/1720006342404537286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=1720006342404537286&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1720006342404537286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/1720006342404537286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/plus-change-plus-cest-la-mme-chose.html' title='Plus ça change, plus c&apos;est la même chose'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3368546788373217395</id><published>2007-11-01T01:48:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-23T11:59:21.565+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>A day at the Holy Gates</title><summary type='text'>October 31One thing about the American Consulate - them guys have a nondescript entrance. And I dutifully passed it and entered the church premises next door, walked all the way past the garden, and right through the thattungal thirakkappadum doors when a kind lady enlightened me with "America ku ticket vangura aapiceaaa? Adhu pakkathu building pa". Two guys with huge thuppaakkis glared at me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3368546788373217395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3368546788373217395&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3368546788373217395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3368546788373217395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/11/day-at-holy-gates.html' title='A day at the Holy Gates'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4996860976775658951</id><published>2007-10-28T03:48:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-03T18:49:55.919+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>Ah!</title><summary type='text'>....an incessant buzzing, the narcissist I, twinkles, an epiphany, the unlearning continues, teetering on the brink, hope, ah the pride, the mercury drops, purple clouds, the holy ash, chariots of fire, a devilish grin, the truth remains, a requiem, a roar that rips apart, they are coming, emptiness seeds the heart that fallows, a wreath, the horse drives the master, an empty space, infinity....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4996860976775658951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4996860976775658951&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4996860976775658951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4996860976775658951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/10/ah.html' title='Ah!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3686668000158554233</id><published>2007-10-25T01:52:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-10-25T02:16:13.500+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Dayz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work(place)'/><title type='text'>The last 2 weeks and the next 2 weeks of my life....</title><summary type='text'>....Overloaded!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3686668000158554233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3686668000158554233&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3686668000158554233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3686668000158554233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/10/last-2-weeks-and-next-2-weeks-of-my.html' title='The last 2 weeks and the next 2 weeks of my life....'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/Rx-p09hX81I/AAAAAAAAAzk/OesOmymTehY/s72-c/overload+bus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6260089897292595159</id><published>2007-10-22T00:25:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-10-25T02:30:06.634+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Endha Bush paya irukanae...</title><summary type='text'>...from the DS-0156 form (part of a few hundred other forms to be filled for an US visa).And after having filled the very same damn details a few hundred times in the said few hundred forms -</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6260089897292595159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6260089897292595159&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6260089897292595159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6260089897292595159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/10/endha-bush-paya-irukanae.html' title='Endha Bush paya irukanae...'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/Rx5Dt9hX8yI/AAAAAAAAAyw/_UxcJQm3JAQ/s72-c/adapavigala.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-3831598228974781212</id><published>2007-10-20T00:47:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:06:06.839+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whimsy'/><title type='text'>Phone-tick</title><summary type='text'>"Isn't it funny - you hear a phone ringing and it could be anybody. But a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?"Doesn't it?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/3831598228974781212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=3831598228974781212&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3831598228974781212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/3831598228974781212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/10/taut-for-day.html' title='Phone-tick'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-6343598376816237488</id><published>2007-10-19T13:23:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-10-19T14:56:44.940+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>Kuppanna Goundar Ponmalai Goundar Natarajan, take a bow!</title><summary type='text'>I've been watching with fascination at the business model that KPN Travels follows and uses to remain the de facto leader. The KPN fleet of buses are by no means the most comfortable (I personally feel KSRTC is way better), their drivers are never polite, they take more time than others to reach the destination, and their website sucks. Inspite of all these, they're the ones we think first of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/6343598376816237488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=6343598376816237488&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6343598376816237488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/6343598376816237488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/10/kuppanna-goundar-ponmalai-goundar.html' title='Kuppanna Goundar Ponmalai Goundar Natarajan, take a bow!'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386581.post-4464220744231980043</id><published>2007-10-14T11:26:00.008+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-02T17:06:33.074+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cup of Socie-Tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedy-Keemedy'/><title type='text'>Simbu misses out</title><summary type='text'>If only Simbu had had the sense to have been born a leetle further north...


Hysterical News Anchor : So, COC, why do you think this happened? But before that, tell me what exactly do you think is going on?

Chennai Correspondent : Thank you, HNA. There has been a huge outcry here because Silambarasan, or Simbu as he is known to his huge fan base, was actually seen announcing that he can't act </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/feeds/4464220744231980043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19386581&amp;postID=4464220744231980043&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4464220744231980043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19386581/posts/default/4464220744231980043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iplaybymyrules.blogspot.com/2007/10/simbu-misses-out.html' title='Simbu misses out'/><author><name>SANTHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12861624649663099408</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGZSrUtPjYI/SmSPNWI6-lI/AAAAAAAAHE0/zZdH9tqBdNY/S220/santhosh+obamicon+1+BW.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry></feed>
