tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180576172012-01-31T02:52:24.376ZScaling New HeightsMy Thoughts about Anything and Everything Under the SunBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-15203021671690974752012-01-30T12:29:00.001Z2012-01-30T12:30:22.698ZCelebrity Cricket League(CCL)– So Disgusting!!!Join Facebook page of Scaling New Heights BlogI happened to see a glimpse of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) the other day. This is one of the most disgusting things I have seen on TV. Here are 22 people, most of them who can hardly run playing cricket and hundreds of people cheering for them. After seeing the various greats like a Sachin Tendulakar or a Wasim Akram, for a true cricket lover Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-12827300236137707642012-01-25T17:26:00.002Z2012-01-25T17:45:32.424Z"The Hindu” Responds to “Times of India” with Three Great AdvertisementsJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights BlogThis is the age of sensationalizing news. Print as well as visual media are going all out to increase their viewership/readership. One newspaper that has tried to be away from all these foul play to some extent is “The Hindu”. I happened to see three advertisements of “The Hindu” ridiculing the Times of India. “The Hindu” has mocked the tabloid “TimesBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-42843823518975440852012-01-23T17:14:00.001Z2012-01-23T17:21:00.667ZFour Rules for Selecting Your Engineering School and Branch
Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights BlogThere are so many engineering seats that remain vacant especially in Southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It has reached a stage that every Tom, Dick and Harry can get a seat in one of the engineering colleges that have mushroomed in all parts of these states. Now with so many colleges offering so many courses it is a Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-9599335350871323812012-01-19T09:52:00.005Z2012-01-19T16:30:21.892ZIndians - being "more Indian in the US"Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights BlogThis is an email Deepa and I got from our friend Jennifer Kumar, an American settled in Kochi for over a year now. She is married to an Indian and has a Masters degree in Social Work from Chennai, India. She is a cross cultural coach who loves to “work, make friends and live a life among others that were different than her”. She raises some Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-88266479657571265102012-01-18T13:07:00.003Z2012-01-18T13:12:13.532ZThe Joy Of Reading!I happened to see this presentation by Mr Harikumar, retired engineer from ISRO on “Joys of Reading”. Harikumar is a avid reader and happens to be the grandson of Mahakavi Ullor and I am publishing the slides here with his permission.
The Joy Of Reading
Enjoy!Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-39294961537566424952012-01-16T11:07:00.008Z2012-01-16T11:49:20.987ZIs this What We Expect from a MP in India?Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights for latest updates from this blog.Few months ago I had the chance to be present when the Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) MP Dr Shashi Tharoor was meeting people from his constituency in the lobby of Government Guest House in Thycaud. It started around 12:00 PM and ended by around 2:30 PM. There were over 100 people waiting for him. I was next to Dr Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-88159792819363044682012-01-12T04:15:00.003Z2012-01-12T08:28:25.892ZMy First 45 days of MS Study in US
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We all remember our first – first bicycle or first day in school or first video game one has played or a first kiss. I remember vividly by first assignment, lab report and exam I gave in US after I joined for my Masters mainly because it all ended in a huge nightmare for me. Let me start with the assignment. Three weeks into first semester, the Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-74561124794569077662012-01-05T11:59:00.006Z2012-01-05T17:51:20.119Z‘Out of the Blue' – A Look Back into a Miracle in Indian CricketJoin Facebook Page of this Blog
It was around 10:00 PM that I started reading the book “Out of Blue” written by former Indian Opener Aakash Chopra about Rajasthan’s Road to the Ranji Trophy. My wife reminded me I have a lecture for my students at 8:00 AM, an indication that she normally gives so that I sleep early. Typically when I have to be in office by 8:00 AM I sleep latest by 1:00 AM. But asBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-17305285457408536272012-01-03T03:14:00.002Z2012-01-03T03:19:42.642ZTop Ten Malayalam Songs of 2011Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
Here are the top ten Malayalam movies songs for the year 2011, picked by Ravi Menon, Malayali’s “Pattezhuthukaran”, author of so many books about Malayalam movie songs like “Enganne Nee Marakkum”, “Athisayaragam”, “Soja Rajakumari”, “Mozhikalil Sangethamayi”, “Mere Awaz Suno” to name few. This list was first published here.1 - Chimmi Chimmi (Urumi) 2Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-57964999944873239912011-12-27T11:38:00.004Z2011-12-27T12:31:37.181ZFive Commandments to be Popular on Social Media in India
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Here are five unwritten rules to be popular in Indian social media world Bash all politicians except Narendra Modi. If you whack Congress President Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi or Home Minister P Chidambaram or HRD Minister Kapil Sibal you get bonus points and become instant darling of the online media.
Announce to the whole world that Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-35096374157756375412011-12-21T12:26:00.018Z2011-12-21T12:35:36.277ZWhy this Entrance Exam Kolaveri Di?Join Facebook Page of this blog
“Every house you see here has students living as paying guest or is a Tiffin center. Majority of the multi-storey buildings are coaching centers” – this was what the cab driver who drove me around Kota, Rajasthan last week, told me while driving around Kota. Thousands of students from all over India come to Kota “the entrance exam capital of India” with the hope Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-86203857288521978272011-11-30T15:47:00.035Z2011-11-30T16:41:48.788ZHigh Time to Open Doors of Guruvayur Temple to Dr. K.J. YesudasJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
This blog post is written Dr. (Mrs) Vaidyanatha Iyer Thankamani, Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, University of Kerala. Dr Thankamani writes about the persistent denial of entry to Dr K.J. Yesudas into Guruvayur temple, a thought I fully support.
The Day Is not Far when Guruvayur Appan Himself will Throw Open The Portals of His Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-85060008180448322052011-11-13T06:43:00.002Z2011-11-13T06:47:48.982ZWhen Every Tom, Dick and Harry gets an Engineering AdmissionJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
In 1991 there were only eight engineering colleges in Kerala and getting a seat in one of them was really tough. You need to get a rank below 1000 to get a seat in the general quota. Twenty years down the line – there are now 119 engineering colleges in Kerala of which 105 are self financing colleges and for the last few years thousands of Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-81117580379190965342011-11-12T17:01:00.001Z2011-11-12T17:01:47.682ZTeaching "Gen Y" StudentsJoin Facebook page of Scaling New Heights Blog
I still remember my college days where the classes start at 8:00 AM and goes on till 4:00 PM with one hour break for lunch. Each hour, a teacher will come; either write some concept on the black board or talk about some concept or dictate some notes and go back. The student will go back home refer to the class notes and prescribed text book, study Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-37674783432033980562011-10-26T15:37:00.018+01:002011-10-26T15:51:43.284+01:00Finally, a Green Card Arrives After an Eight Year WaitJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
(This blog post is written by Sarat Pratapchandran, who did his Masters in Mass Communication from Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Arizona State University. Sarat is a writer specializing in education, environment and healthcare and now settled in Phoenix, Arizona with his family. He blogs at Lettersnatcher)It was just Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-9964336249650971962011-10-25T18:27:00.034+01:002011-10-26T11:07:15.043+01:00Relocating to India from US – More about “Mindset”Join Facebook Page of this blog;After I wrote “Read This if You Have Plans to Relocate to India from US Ever” I came across two articles – one written by Sumedh Mungee in New York Times and a reply to that by famous Indian writer Chetan Bhagat - that underlines what I wrote in my blog about "mindset" that is essential for those who are relocating to India. In the first article, Sumedh narrates Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-35024500324691963642011-10-14T21:29:00.006+01:002011-10-14T21:35:59.178+01:00Videos Our Daughter Like to Watch Again and AgainJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
Our daughter, Gayathri has turned two this month. These days whenever one of us start using the laptop she comes running and want to see her favorite videos. She has quite a few favorable ones but here are her most favorable videos. I have lost count of how many times she has seen each video but each time she sees as if she is seeing it for the firstBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-31806754484309460202011-10-12T09:41:00.005+01:002011-10-12T09:49:19.988+01:00Read This if You Have Plans to Relocate to India from US EverJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
“We plan to work for another X years, save some money and plan to go back to India”. If you are an Indian in US, you may have yourself told this to someone at least once or heard many of your friends tell that. This has come to be known as Y=X+1 Syndrome among desi population in US, where Y is the year of return to India and X is always the current Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-90890945211164012892011-10-06T19:12:00.000+01:002011-10-06T19:12:50.522+01:00My First Day at School – Day of Shocks!
Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights BlogAn abbreviated version of this article was published in Careers360 magazine.I still remember that day vividly. That was my first day of class for my Masters, Civil Engineering, in the US. On that day I was scared, nervous, excited, anxious and tense, all at the same time. I know I was there to pursue my Masters but the path I needed to take was so Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-20173329839246515102011-10-06T14:17:00.004+01:002011-10-20T10:32:49.112+01:00My Article in Careers360 MagazineJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
An article I wrote got published in October edition of Careers360 magazine. It narrates my first day of school in US. This article is not available online yet. Here is the scanned copy of the article I wrote. This is the abbreviated version of an article that I wrote about the differences in the education system of US and India as seen through the Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-61334776637279604482011-10-03T11:09:00.006+01:002011-10-03T11:31:49.097+01:00Trivandrum’ites - Let us do VermicompostingJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog:The Trivandrum Corporation, with its main solid waste plant non-operational due to protests by local people, has decided to decentralize the waste management in the city. Corporation of Trivandrum is requesting its residents to use vermicomposting and other novel ideas to manage the waste generated in each house. It is a great step if implemented Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-18498904416366502892011-09-28T21:14:00.038+01:002011-10-26T12:23:42.799+01:00PrithviRajappan JokesJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog; Mail this postThere is not even a single day, I don’t see a SMS or a photo in my Facebook or in my Twitter timeline that makes fun of Malayalam actor Prithviraj. These days he has replaced “Tintumon” as the most popular character for SMS jokes.The name "Prithvirajappan" got famous after someone who goes by the name "bachuvivek" uploaded the video Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-18318615860278163922011-09-28T08:32:00.003+01:002011-09-28T08:37:26.800+01:00SMS Numbers Speaking - Idea Star Singer Losing its PopularityJoin FACEBOOK Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
Idea Star Singer, the reality music show in Asianet is considered to be the most popular reality show in Malayalam. The grand finale of Season 5 was on 24th of September. Kalpana Ragavendra from Chennai, who had the minimum SMS won the 1 crore worth villa. Now this show has entered its sixth season now. Is ISS losing its charm? If you compare the SMSBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-77652210549287905712011-09-25T21:16:00.000+01:002011-09-25T21:16:15.690+01:00Paid Journals!!!Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog;“Let us shoot to publish this part of our work in ‘abc’ journal”. This is what my professor used to tell me when he thought that we are ready to publish the research work. I start writing that paper following the format of that journal. After I finished the first draft; gave it to my professor for edits and then it comes back with so much correction Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-7148840875643039922011-09-23T17:48:00.005+01:002011-09-23T17:58:17.034+01:00When (so called) National News Channel Goes Behind TRP...Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
I happened to read this piece written by Vijayendra Mohanty where he talks about how the so called national news channels pick and choose the news they want to telecast. He writes
Why exactly do the likes of CNN-IBN, Times Now, and NDTV call themselves “national” channels? All they ever seem to do is dance around the metros and sing about Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-76551433490315115162011-09-22T20:54:00.002+01:002011-09-22T20:55:47.438+01:00Travel Security Administration (TSA) and Etihad Airlines Horror Story - UpdateJoin Facebook page of Scaling New Heights Blog
(Update on 09/22/11- It is over 45 days since complaint has been filed with TSA and there is no response yet).
My friend’s parents were travelling from Cleveland to Chennai recently with American airlines/Etihad airways. They started their journey on 07/07/11 and it was an emergency trip due to the sudden demise of his grandmother (Their original Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-75352761643016201402011-09-20T21:47:00.001+01:002011-09-20T21:50:10.646+01:00K J Yesudas UnpluggedJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights BlogK J Yesudas, one of the greatest singers of our time opens up his mind in an interview with Johny Lukose (in Malayalam) in the program “Nere Chove”.Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Good one, right?Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights BlogBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-79305311568930514042011-09-18T20:12:00.005+01:002011-09-18T20:47:56.310+01:00How News Gets Sensationalized in India
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Here is a perfect example of how news gets sensationalized. Mohanlal recently got into an accident during shooting of the movie "Casinova". Here is the raw video of it taken by someone in his mobile camera and telecasted by Indiavision channel. Seeing where the other people were standing the ramp was probably 4 feet tall.Now see what was reported Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-55180136892821826042011-09-13T08:34:00.004+01:002011-09-13T10:47:30.683+01:00Four Myths of Studying in USAJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
(This blog post is written by Jennifer Kumar co-creator of two cross-cultural training programs: “Chasing the American Dream: From Take Off to Landing” a comprehensive pre-departure preparatory course for students planning to study in US and Living and Working in USA – an online multi-media cross-cultural course for those planning to live, work and Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-45734013414924858222011-09-07T18:56:00.006+01:002011-09-08T05:24:13.699+01:00Social Media and False Propaganda – Threat to Democracy?Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
It has become a fashion these days among educated middle class Indians – sitting in the comfort of their house watching a pirated movie or sitting in the comfort of an air-conditioned office listening to a song downloaded illegally – to tweet or re-tweet or share any news or stories that portray politicians and administrators of India in bad light. Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-81935183094148042192011-09-06T20:12:00.002+01:002011-09-07T05:43:44.883+01:00The Tunnels of Cu Chi : Vietnam’s Subterranean BattlefieldJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
(This blog post is written by Prakash Harikumar who is currently doing his PhD at Linkoping University Sweden. His blog is “Data Converters” and this post first appeared here.)A book which I had recently read on the Vietnam War is “The Tunnels of Cu Chi” by Tom Mangold and John Penycate. The book sheds light on a lesser known facet of the conflict Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-60933675261114393042011-09-04T19:22:00.001+01:002011-09-04T19:29:47.884+01:00Poll - Whom do you want to see as India's Prime Minister in 2012?Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
Here is a poll to the readers of this blog - Whom do you want to see as India's Prime Minister in 2012
<a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/5476784/">Whom do you want to see as <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place&Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-69182175231799233352011-09-02T09:23:00.005+01:002011-09-02T09:40:14.432+01:00Where State Fails Naxalism Succeeds – Review of "Hello Bastar"Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
Couple of years back, I happened to listen to a talk by historian Ramachandra Guha and in that talk he said that major crisis the independent India is facing in this decade is the rise of Maoist movement in major parts of Central India. His speech aroused my interest in naxal movements in India and I started reading more to understand the Maoist Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-42838894692034891762011-09-01T06:38:00.001+01:002011-09-01T06:40:33.932+01:00Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures in Kerala - Kabaddi and Bull SurfingJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
BBC documentary filmed in Kerala, India as part of the series Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures. In this episode they travel to Kerala and take part in the sports of kabaddi and bull surfing. Worth watching!I enjoyed watching this one; what about you?
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A conversation I had with a student planning to pursue his Masters in the USStudent: Sir, I have got only 980 in GREMe: That is kind of less, are you planning to retake the exam again?Student: No Sir, I have enrolled myself with a consultancy and they have promised me admission in at least three colleges with this score.Me: So you Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-35326453972760251042011-08-28T18:33:00.000+01:002011-08-28T18:33:45.725+01:00It is a Girl Baby - Abort it!!!Join Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
I happened to see this documentary that throw light into the problems of aborting girl babies in India. Heart breaking one. Sad that such things exist in India even after sixty years of independence.
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These three took part in the brutal assassination of a person who served as Prime Minister of India. Supreme Court convicted them and gave them death penalty. President of India have rejected their mercy petition. Date is set for September 9th for hanging the assassins of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.
Photo courtesy: The Hindu
Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-63243237992397362172011-08-20T21:30:00.035+01:002011-08-31T16:33:46.556+01:00Jan Lokpal Bill & Team Anna - Other Side of the CoinJoin Facebook Page of this blog:There are lots of talks going on as if Jan Lokpal bill is the one and only solution to end all forms of corruption in India. I am the one who believes that we have enough rules and regulations existing already to curb various evils and Lokpal is going to add another layer to existing law. I have read few articles that exactly talk about my view points and this blogBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-35124721631755339292011-08-13T20:50:00.002+01:002011-08-14T17:06:15.470+01:00I Love My India – Collection of Patriotic SongsJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
On the eve of Independence Day here is a collection of some patriotic songs about India that I love to listen.
Janagana mana InstrumentalJanagana mana VocalMile Sur Mera TumaraMaa Tujhe SalaamNanha Munna Rahi HoonJai HoJahan Dal Dal Pe Sone Ki Chidiya Karti Hai BaseraAao Buchho Tumhe DikhayeAye Mere Watan Ke LogonSare Jahanse AchaAb Tumhare Hawale Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-62805112173592059682011-08-10T01:26:00.000+01:002011-08-10T04:59:51.029+01:00Airtel - Ripping-Off CustomersI wrote few days back about some good changes that have happened in India due to the cell phone usage. After being in India for over one month I understood one more thing about cell phone providers – be very careful dealing with these providers or they will loot you.
Here is what happened to me. I bought a “Prepaid” 2 GB internet card for Rs 98 from Airtel valid for a month. I was told that I Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-23605019341699662322011-08-08T19:21:00.006+01:002011-08-24T09:51:44.319+01:00India's Missing Girls - DocumentaryJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
I happened to see this documentary that throw light into the problems of aborting girl babies in India. Heart breaking one. Sad that such things exist in India even after sixty years of independence.
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Today the government tabled it's version of the Lokpal bill and Team Anna was burning the same outside. I have only a few observations to make from what I have seen till now.
Team Anna is trying to sell it's version as a solution to everything corrupt under the sun (atleast within India), which is Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348053563175631834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-32199328472326861252011-08-01T08:43:00.005+01:002011-08-05T23:18:27.865+01:00Travel Security Administration (TSA) and Etihad Airlines Horror StoryJoin Facebook page of Scaling New Heights Blog
My friend’s parents were travelling from Cleveland to Chennai recently with American airlines/Etihad airways. They started their journey on 07/07/11 and it was an emergency trip due to the sudden demise of his grandmother (Their original plan of staying in the US for around 6 months cut short to 3 weeks). After a 3 hour travel by road from Detroit Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-87151583100690693802011-07-24T14:06:00.001+01:002011-07-24T14:09:20.286+01:00Teachers, Students, Textbooks – A Sad Tale of Higher Education in IndiaJoin Facebook Page of this Blog
It is more than a year now that we returned back to India and during the last one year we had a lot of chances to visit engineering and management schools in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. With the “quantity” of engineering colleges around, “quality” was what was missing from most of the colleges we visited. Here are three incidents that come to my mind.
I was invited to Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-79396906522811716062011-07-18T07:23:00.049+01:002011-07-18T09:55:48.473+01:00"Yes", "No" & "OK" - In India and USJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
(This blog post is written by Jennifer Kumar, Cross-Cultural Coach settled now in India. Originally from US, she did her Masters in Social Work from Madras Christian College in Chennai. Here she shares one of the cross cultural differences she experienced while doing Masters in India.)As the professor gives directions and instructions, the student Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-86467096222531252632011-07-16T07:51:00.001+01:002011-07-16T07:52:36.829+01:00Looking Forward to Scoring as Many Centuries as Possible – Abhishek HegdeJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights Blog
Abhishek with D V Subba Rao Trophy and
Man of the Match Award
An interview with Abhishek Hegde, opening batsman of Kerala cricket team. In the last one year Abhishek has become an integral part of the Kerala cricket team. Abhishek, Welcome to the interview.Let me start the interview with your name – Abhishek M Hegde does not sound a Malayali name.Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-55919552970346243042011-07-10T20:18:00.003+01:002011-07-10T20:27:05.960+01:00Proposal to Limit Cooking Gas Cylinders to Four – A Welcome MoveJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights
The Indian Oil Ministry has proposed to the ministerial panel on fuels to limit the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders to four per year per family and charge Rs 800 for usage over four cylinders including those below poverty line. Even though it is at the proposal stage only, this proposal has attracted criticism from so many corners. But I feel Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-71891248691223056872011-07-07T10:37:00.009+01:002011-07-07T18:34:19.232+01:00Lokpal - Some Questions That Need Clear AnswersThis post is written by my friend and guest blogger Karthikeyan Chandran. He blogs at Glocal View The disgust and anger what everyone of us felt towards our corrupt politicians and bureaucrats manifested itself into unconditional support for Anna Hazare’s fast. The overwhelming support even forced the government into forming a joint committee to draft the Lokpal bill. The story until this point Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348053563175631834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-59448614096999724252011-07-06T17:38:00.005+01:002011-07-12T19:38:04.816+01:00Some Flight-Time StoriesJoin Facebook Page of "Scaling New Heights" Blog
I happened to read the article “In Fight for Better India, Best to Look Within” written by Anand Giridharadas in The New York Times. I agree with each and every word he has written in that article. I could easily relate to each example he narrates in that article. While reading this article I thought about all the strange behaviors I have seen of Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-56437161159648930042011-06-23T11:25:00.002+01:002011-06-23T11:38:10.195+01:00Four Steps to End Corruption in IndiaIf you liked this post join Facebook Page of "Scaling New Heights" Blog.
Don’t we have a law in India against dowry system? Don’t we have a law in India against child labor? Don’t we have a law in India against atrocities against women? In spite of all these laws don’t we have dowry system still existing in India? Still India is plagued by issues of child labor and atrocities against women. Now Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-2068725686772054852011-06-16T13:09:00.003+01:002011-06-16T13:18:32.286+01:00Plagiarism At Its Best – Balakrishna’s posters in movie Harahara MahadevaIf you liked this post join Facebook Page of "Scaling New Heights" Blog.I saw this posted in Berlytharangal, blog of Berly Thomas, one of the most popular blogs in Malayalam. This is about Telugu actor Balakrishna’s new movie Harahara Mahadeva. Since that post was in Malayalam I thought I will repost the same in my blog for a wider audience. After the pooja of the movie, few stills of the movie Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-36006123647855780412011-06-10T18:40:00.014+01:002011-09-23T06:31:42.556+01:00I always wanted to be a politician - VT Balram MLAIf you liked this post join Facebook Page of "Scaling New Heights" Blog.
He is just 32 years old. He has four degrees [B.Sc (Chemistry), B.Tech (Electrical), MBA and LL.B.] to his credit. He is now one of the youngest MLA of Indian National Congress (INC) representing a known left bastion Thirthala. He is part of the so called “Rahul Brigade”; he is “Amul Baby” for former Chief Minister of KeralaBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-28843138743346558972011-06-06T07:45:00.003+01:002011-06-06T08:25:49.343+01:00The Way Indian Media Interpret NewsJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights:
I am fed up of these 24X7 news channels in India. They make a mole out of nothing. Some of the correspondents who have got a good command over language and don’t know the basics of politics or current affairs give analysis of the political stories happening. With the command they have in the language they know how to “create” stories of their liking – Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-39969429496696087742011-06-03T20:32:00.004+01:002011-06-03T21:23:44.520+01:00Core Engineering – The Path that Lies Ahead for a StudentJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights: (This is the summary of the presentation I made in The Hindu Career Fair 2011 in Chennai on May 20th in the topic “Core Engineering” for students who completed their
12th grade exam).Sree is into his fifth semester of engineering. He visits me once in a while to borrow books to read. I talk to him for few minutes every time he comes to meet me. In one Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-42683810395300786742011-05-15T19:38:00.008+01:002011-05-19T07:12:06.110+01:00I pity the Marxist outfits for their tragically poor IQ – Dr. V ThankamaniMeet Dr V Thankamani – a bold professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology of Kerala University, who had the guts to fight the might of unruly communist inside the Kerala University campus. Hope the victory to her will inspire more people to fight against the rampant politicization of various campuses by CPI(M) and its allies. Here is an interview she gave to “Scaling New Heights” Let Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-84933120926948741732011-05-13T18:13:00.004+01:002011-05-17T19:51:31.415+01:00Kerala Elections 2011 – Complete List of WinnersHere is the complete list of winners from 140 constituencies in Kerala.
Total Seats: 140Results Declared: 140 UDF: 72 LDF: 68 INC: 38 CPI(M): 47 IUML: 20Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-6405604686632197452011-05-11T18:26:00.003+01:002011-05-13T18:53:23.101+01:00Kerala Elections 2011 – My Picks (UDF - 82, LDF - 58, BJP - 0)I have done this exercise for all elections held in Kerala from 2006 – predicting the winners. I went badly wrong in 2006 assembly elections but was very close in 2009 Lok Sabha election. Here are my picks for the Kerala Assembly election 2011. I predict a majority for UDF with 82 seats and LDF bagging remaining 58 seats. BJP has to wait long before they can send their representative to Kerala Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-27784814153117467412011-05-03T17:05:00.003+01:002011-05-03T17:18:02.090+01:00Test Your Patience With Silsila Remix VersionsJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights:
Which was the worst and at the same time most popular Malayalam album of recent times? There is only one answer – Silsila Hai Silsila by Harishankar. There won’t be a single Malayali that uses internet who have not watched this in YouTube. This becomes so popular that interviews with the cast appeared in so many newspaper and visual media. Now the same Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-21076067753137752072011-04-20T14:30:00.002+01:002011-04-20T14:40:17.921+01:00Let Us Try “Primaries” in Indian ElectionJoin Facebook Page of Scaling New Heights:
What is the short cut to get nominated as a party candidate in any election in India these days? Be in good books of the leader/party leadership that selects the party candidates. Most of the time loyalty to the leader is the main criteria for selection. Gone are the days when parties select candidates based on the actual work the candidates have done Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-20905373883254062882011-04-12T09:31:00.005+01:002011-04-18T06:16:07.562+01:00My Articles in "The Hindu"Join Facebook Page of this Blog:
Two of my blog posts got published in EducationPlus of The Hindu newspaper on April 11th and April 18th, 2011. One dealt with five tips to find a job/scholarship for graduate students going to US for doing MS and the other was about the essentials the student should know about life in US before they set off for graduate studies in US. Here is the link for the Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-25558174225696325992011-04-09T00:10:00.005+01:002011-04-24T11:50:41.383+01:00IPL 2011 – Theme Songs of TeamsA new season of IPL and here comes new theme songs for each of the 10 teams playing the IPL this season. Watch these theme songs of IPL teams here Kochi Tuskers KeralaKolkata Knight RidersMumbai Indians
Pune Warriors IndiaRajasthan RoyalsKings XI PunjabWill be uploaded soon....Delhi DaredevilsChennai Super KingsWill be uploaded soon....Deccan ChargersWill be uploaded soon....Royal Challengers Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-3201508352577430152011-04-05T19:40:00.002+01:002011-04-07T18:33:27.422+01:00Your Favorite IPL TeamWorld Cup is over and it is time for IPL. Here is your chance to pick your favorite team or the team you think will win in this edition of IPL.
Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-51310684915000766322011-04-03T18:39:00.006+01:002011-04-03T19:18:11.465+01:00Six Reasons UDF will Win in KeralaJoin Facebook Page of "Scaling New Heights" Blog
Elections to Kerala Assembly will be held on April 13th. All the major parties have announced their candidates and campaigning is going on in full swing. Almost all the opinion polls that came out till now have predicted a majority for UDF. Here are my six reasons for UDF to come back to power in Kerala.HistoryStarting 1980 elections, for the last Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-1295267707185669652011-03-27T19:27:00.004+01:002011-03-27T19:39:33.419+01:00Next Chief Minister of Kerala?Whom do you want to see as next Chief Minister of Kerala? Should that be V S Achuthanandan or be Oommen Chandy or be Ramesh Chennithala or be Kodiyeri Balakrishnan? You decide...
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Kerala Elections 2011 – Predict the WinnersBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-88196646600257400702011-03-26T19:54:00.008Z2011-03-27T07:59:43.399+01:00Kerala Election 2011 – Predict the Winners – From These VIP ConstituenciesEMAIL THIS; For Updates join Facebook Page of this blog
Pick your winners for Kerala Assembly Elections 2011 from few of the VIP constituencies across Kerala.VattiyoorkavuK Muraleedharan (INC); Cheriyan Philip (CPI-M IND); V V Rajesh (BJP);
NemomO Rajagopal (BJP); V Sivankutty (CPI-M); Charupara Ravi (SJD)
KottarakaraAisha Potti (CPI-M); Dr N.N Murali (KC-B)
ChavaraShibu Baby John (RSP-B); N K Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-86983206218330176152011-03-23T07:27:00.002Z2011-03-23T18:57:44.038ZDesi Professors in US – Some Random Thoughts
Join Facebook Page of this Blog (These thoughts about desi professors were formulated in me during the seven years of graduate studies in US. I don’t want to generalize my thoughts but like to know your views on this topic) Last week a girl, who just got an admit for Spring 2010, came to my house to talk to my wife and me about the graduate program she was about to join. Her eyes lit up when sheBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-41785796838985626592011-03-17T18:40:00.001Z2011-04-23T19:29:23.424+01:00Dedicated to All International Students in USAIf you liked this post subscribe to "Scaling New Heights" on Facebook;
I came across these videos from Columbia Business School made for the International Student Orientation. This is a presentation made by Dan Fishel, an Israeli student who came to US in student visa three years earlier. I could relate to each and every word he spoke as it echoes my life during the first few months in US. For Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-44945789836154730892011-03-17T05:32:00.012Z2011-05-02T10:25:44.735+01:00Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011 - Latest UpdatesVisit this page for the latest political news of Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections. Last Updated: 10:00 PM IST, 2nd May
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Even though Election Commission has banned publishing of exit polls till May 12th, India today on their website published an exit poll...
Salient Features - Neck to neck fight in Tamil Nadu... This exit poll predicts DMK lead ministry in Tamil MayilVahananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10170336475874491575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-12951973556658539142011-03-11T11:07:00.034Z2011-04-16T20:34:45.154+01:00Kerala Election 2011 – Funny Cartoons & Posters Going AroundLast Updated: 4th April 2011; EMAIL this post; Join Facebook Page of this Blog
This is the first election to the Kerala Assembly after social media has gain prominence. Social media is full of posters and cartoons either supporting a political party or teasing the other party. I will be compiling all those funny cartoons and posters I come across in this space till the elections are over. if you Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-41601816072035368172011-03-08T20:03:00.072Z2011-04-13T07:46:21.586+01:00Kerala Elections 2011– Constituencies/CandidatesEMAIL THIS PAGE;
Elections to the Kerala Assembly will be held on April 13th. The peculiarity of this election is it is for the first time Kerala goes to assembly polls with the newly constituted constituencies. Kerala has 2,24,32,865 eligible voters with Aramula constituency having the maximum number of voters (2,00,954) while Kozhikode South has the minimum number of voters (1,27,010).
See Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-79049485709259615902011-03-05T19:27:00.018Z2011-04-10T14:59:21.634+01:00Kerala Election Special – What Leaders have to SayIt is election time in Kerala and here is a page that will have latest interviews of various political leaders of Kerala from all political parties. Will be updated frequently during this election time.
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A K Antony in the program "Follow the Leader" in Indiavision
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Oommen Chandy
Oommen Chandy in the program "Follow the Leader" in Indiavision
Part 2 Part 3S R Ramachandran Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-26901164006014943452011-03-01T18:47:00.012Z2011-03-02T17:32:27.621ZAssembly Election @ Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Assembly Elections in five states – West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam - will be held starting from April 13th. Election results will be announced on May 13th. The elections to Kerala and Tamil Nadu assemblies will be held on April 13th. We at Scaling New Heights are planning to have a series of blog posts and other interesting stuffs relating to the elections to Kerala and Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-72244585616570417782011-02-25T09:05:00.035Z2011-04-02T18:47:42.714+01:00Centuries in ICC World Cup 2011EMAIL This Page;To Join the Facebook Page of this blog Click Here
ICC World Cup has started and the cricket playing nations are at the peak of cricket fever. Forty Eight matches to be played in forty days starting from February 19th. Here is a compilation of YouTube videos of centuries scored in the ICC World Cup 2011 till now. The videos will be updated at the end of each match where a player Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-12472076196369403002011-02-23T15:05:00.006Z2011-02-23T17:13:39.580Z“Class” Roads but “Classless” Drivers!!!To Join the Facebook Page of this blog Click Here
The other day we had our first road trip after coming back to India. Deepa and I drove from Vellore to Chennai (around 140 kms) in the four line highway conceived by NDA government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and completed by UPA government of Dr Manmohan Singh. We started around 5:00 PM from Vellore to reach Chennai by 7:00 PM and started back from Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-51253902746969566552011-02-18T06:51:00.007Z2011-02-18T08:40:35.176ZQuestion Paper Time!!!
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The first course and the first exam I took in US – all are so fresh in mind! It was such a different experience that I was totally out of place in the first class I attended and the first exam I took in US. The questions the professor asked was so practical that I had never seen anything like that in my life. It took me more than half of the Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-84423826634234760122011-02-15T19:47:00.015Z2011-03-22T09:29:45.165ZKerala Election 2011 – Compilation of CPI(M) Campaign Songs
Official website of LDF Election campaign click here.
Come any election in Kerala and you got to listen to lots of parody songs praising one party and criticizing the opposition. This election will also not be any different. YouTube is already flooded with lot of campaign songs especially that of CPI(M). I am not sure if these are official songs but all are fun to listen to. Here is a collectionBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-24102004495915572662011-02-03T08:43:00.004Z2011-02-03T08:55:00.113ZWho Will Win ICC Cricket World Cup 2011?ICC Cricket World Cup is here. Here is a chance for you to predict the winners of this World Cup to be played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Fourteen teams are split into two groups and there will be a total of 49 matches in this ICC World Cup. Finals will be played in Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2nd.
Forty Five Days of Cricket Extravaganza!!!! Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-90187377237756738432011-01-26T13:14:00.016Z2011-01-26T13:41:42.727ZTri-Valley University Fiasco – Lessons to be Learnt“If I have an US visa stamped in my passport my dowry will surely double. Right now since I have an engineering degree, I will get at least 50 lakhs Indian rupees as dowry. Having a visa stamp, my dowry will shoot up by at least another 50 lakhs. I “somehow” have to get a US visa and land in US”. This is what a colleague of mine told me over 12 years back when I asked him why he is so desperate Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-71855347710672490022011-01-08T05:39:00.223Z2011-01-30T09:36:33.552ZIPL Auction - Live BloggingIf you liked this post subscribe to "Scaling New Heights" on Facebook;
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Gautam Gambhir brought for 2.4 million USD by Kolkata Knight Riders
T Dilshan of Sri Lanka for $650,000 by Bangalore Royal Challengers
Zaheer Khan for $900,000 by Bangalore Royal Challengers
Ross Taylor of NZ for 1 million US dollars by Rajasthan Royals
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It is raining IT jobs in India. The software companies out there are in a recruiting spree that in most of the engineering colleges over 90% of the eligible candidates are already placed by campus recruitment, four to five months before they graduate. Getting a job is one thing but once you get into IT industry how is life there? To understand that I interviewed Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-9574697420885744702011-01-04T16:14:00.000Z2011-01-04T19:26:56.419ZTharoor issues legal notice to Kairali TV and Deshabhimani
Dr Shashi Tharoor has decided to issue legal notice to Kairali TV and Deshabhimani that carried the news that he was a brand ambassador to a liquor company. Here are the photo of Shabana Azmi and other Teacher's award winners.Below is the press release from his office. Tharoor issues legal notice to Kairali TV and Deshabhimani over misrepresentation of Ad on Award photoDr. Shashi Tharoor, MP Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-70208855646850784662010-12-31T07:46:00.000Z2011-01-04T17:24:45.647ZDark Side of Indian News MediaJoin Facebook Page of This Blog
One thing I always noticed in Indian visual and print media – if they get some sensational news they publish it without taking steps to write or understand both sides of the news. Here is a perfect example. Yesterday few Malayalam channels and some newspaper had reported that Dr Shashi Tharoor has become the brand ambassador for Teachers Scotch Whisky (I never knewBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-85102213055707411782010-12-27T21:31:00.021Z2010-12-28T05:22:12.395ZWho is Scared of Vegetable Price Rise?There are lots of discussion going on about the price of vegetables especially that of onions and tomatoes these days. The price of vegetables do not affect my parents at all. Rarely these days they go out to the market and buy vegetables. Almost all the vegetables they need are cultivated in the backyard and terrace of our house that has about 60 cents of land. Being retired professors of KeralaBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-9294802215783148092010-12-25T21:37:00.000Z2011-01-12T21:39:52.124ZLeader K Karunakaran At His BestLeader K Karunakaran is known for his tit-for-tat response to the queries by journalists and excellent speeches aimed at his opponents. The program “Politrics” in Indiavision Channel compiles the speeches and some excellent responses of Leader to the questions from journalist into a twenty minute program “A Tribute to Leader”. A nice one to watchNo one can ever fill the political vacuum created Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-5839975034998869132010-12-25T08:22:00.003Z2010-12-26T07:20:57.471ZVideos of Homage to Leader K KarunakaranHuge crowd that came to pay homage to Leader K Karunakaran is unbelievable. The modern Kerala has never seen something like this before. It took over eighteen hours for the vehicle carrying his body to reach Thrissur from Trivandrum. So many people wanted to pay their last respect to their departed leader that the vehicle carrying his body could go only in snail pace. Here is a compilation of Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-7985925250405801262010-12-23T13:20:00.006Z2011-12-22T19:09:21.986ZA Tribute to Leader K Karunakaran – the Politician I Respect the Most
Leader & I; Taken in his residence "Kottarathil Sasta" in 2005
Join FaceBook Page of This Blog Leader K Karunakaran is no more. Leader died at the age of 92. I was very lucky that I got numerous chances to meet with him and know him more. I have great respect for leader K Karunakaran. Let me tell you all why I respect Leader. I started keenly following politics from mid eighties. I have closelyBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-1271471038667211822010-12-22T09:44:00.008Z2011-06-30T12:13:13.955+01:00Let Us Give P V Narasimha Rao his Share of Credit
The 83th plenary session on Indian National Congress was held at Burari from December 18th to 20th. Everyone attending the plenary session was all praise for Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for leading the country for the last six years and as the person who changed the face of India by bringing economic liberalization. They all hail the contribution of Dr Manmohan Singh as Finance Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-36948383299794592392010-12-19T19:06:00.003Z2010-12-19T19:13:33.356ZSnippets from Our Indian Sojourn
This blog post is for my American friends who have never lived in India. If you have lived/living in India you may have experienced/seen all of these, several times. But for those who have never been to India, this might sound really interesting. These are some of the instances where I have felt “Things work/are different in US”.My wife and a colleague of her were going together to a temple. Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-62364846938990346242010-12-16T20:45:00.009Z2011-01-04T18:37:09.929ZCompilation of Sachin Tendulkar’s Test Centuries (Thanks to YouTube)EMAIL this post; Join Facebook Page of My Blog
I was watching some videos of Sachin Tendulkar in YouTube the other day and soon I started watching videos of the little master scoring century after century. This was when this thought came to my mind to compile all the Test innings of Tendulkar where he scored a century that is there in YouTube. I could compile videos for 21 out of his 49 hundreds.Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-31866403139282291402010-12-06T06:22:00.003Z2010-12-06T06:32:05.172ZReading Time Again!Why do I love travelling by train? That is when I read books these days. It takes fourteen hours to travel from where I am working to my home town and invariably I spend at least eight hours in reading. I have traveled over sixteen hours in a stretch in flights few times but never was able to read anything like what I do while travelling in a train. Last two trips to Trivandrum and back I read Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-58773250462913402772010-11-30T12:25:00.002Z2010-11-30T12:33:37.093ZI am One Semester Old!My first semester as a teacher is over. Did I enjoy this semester as a teacher? Very much! Having no prior experience in teaching I had some apprehension if I would do well as a teacher. But the last five months has given me a lot of confidence that I can be a good teacher. When I joined here in VIT one of the fellow professors told me that as a teacher always be good at heart, towards the Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-68311779820283743202010-11-26T19:43:00.005Z2010-12-06T05:47:11.112ZIPL Kerala Team & Communist Government of KeralaIPL Kerala/Kochi team came close to be part of history. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that IPL Kochi/Kerala team will be part of IPL-4. The IPL Kerala team, when they won the bid was whole heartedly welcomed by the cricket enthusiastic people of Kerala. The enthusiasm of the people was short lived as the team went from one controversy to another soon after it won the Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-76345236209719113142010-11-22T08:40:00.001Z2010-11-22T08:41:35.651ZThoughts on H1B VisaDuring the 20th anniversary of H1B visa Computerworld magazine published a special report on H1B visa. Here are my views on H1B visa as published in the article “H1B: The voices behind the visa”. Thanks to Tracy Mayor of Computerworld for giving me this opportunity.Join Facebook Page of my BlogBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-31973910489074391902010-11-10T18:06:00.005Z2010-11-10T18:19:11.503ZFun at Viva VoceIt is always good to be on the other side asking questions during a viva voce. I did a viva voce to juniors of my undergraduate class. Even for some simple question the answers the student gives may some times turn out to be hilarious. Here is one such incident that happened in that particular class.Typically I start the viva voce with a simple question. So for this student he came to me for vivaBrijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-70221236272486404482010-11-06T22:28:00.001Z2010-11-06T22:28:46.427Z"Tastes" of KeralaAnthony Bourdain in this program “No Reservations” (aired in Travel Channel) takes us through the various yummy foods of Kerala. Anthony starts his journey from Kochi having food from a local shop that includes beef curry, fish curry and fried quail. Then he goes to the shooting location of the Malayalam movie “Pokkiri Raja” and has a traditional lunch with Malayalam film actor Mammotty. Anthony’Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-41179878743733535642010-10-30T20:37:00.001+01:002010-10-30T20:38:23.358+01:00What Really Happened in Iraq – Must Watch VideosHere is the story of US occupation of Iraq that US does not want the world to know. The following five videos that was aired in the program “Dispatches: Iraq’s Secret War Files” by Channel IV. Dispatches analyze 400,000 documents obtained through “Wikileaks” and tell us ugly face of US in Iraq. In the pretext of destroying fictitious weapons of mass destruction, see how the US troops ruined Iraq Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-77578246160419345602010-10-28T23:39:00.002+01:002010-10-29T04:38:45.797+01:00Our Interview in AlaivaniHere is the interview Deepa and I gave to Alaivani titled “The Authentic Journey Of Brijesh and Deepa: Life Full Circle Between India and USA”. The interview is published in three parts.Part 1 – Lessons of Maintaining Identity Away From One’s Native Culture and CountryPart 2 – Process of Moving Back and Re-Integration into “A More Familiar Place”Part 3 – College Culture in IndiaThanks Jennifer Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-46674533262740681962010-10-24T06:59:00.002+01:002010-10-24T07:05:26.070+01:00Remembering Rajiv GandhiThis was one of the first documentaries I have seen in my life – “India’s Rajiv” by Simi Garewal. If I remember correctly this was aired in Doordarshan soon after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. I was seeing this again other day and thought will share it in my blog for those who have never seen it and also for those who want to see this again. In the first part of the video, Indira Gandhi and Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-41251900499369808682010-10-23T22:23:00.011+01:002011-10-31T18:32:22.689ZPolitical Stories From Kerala this WeekWelcome! Here I will be posting interesting political stories and political interviews as and when it happens in Kerala. I will be updating this page regularly and every news item uploaded into this page will be deleted after a week. Please come back to again for more. Last updated October 31th, 11:00 PM.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy remembering T M Jacob
Kerala Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18057617.post-54923749502056027552010-10-08T00:32:00.004+01:002010-10-08T02:35:22.470+01:00A Tale of an Indian Village“The soul of India lives in its villages” – this was what Father of our Nation Mahatma Gandhi has to say about the villages in India. Many years have passed by after Mahatma made this statement and still that statement makes lots of sense. But are we taking care of the soul of India properly? We talk about the economic growth, GDP, foreign reserves, India becoming a super power soon etc but we Brijesh Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560498643825612202noreply@blogger.com4