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8 years and who am I

2015-04-28T13:05:15+00:00

Posted By - Vishnu Kamisetty

It was around this date, 8 years ago, that I entered the gates of an amazing institution; amazing for not its structure or infrastructure but for the people it gave me. Transferring from a relatively new college to this better established institution was an easy decision to make but was…
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Feeling the rush - Filing the IT Returns

2015-04-27T13:27:09+00:00

Posted By - Padmaja Ganeshan Singh

Never, Ever, Ever delay the filing of your IT Returns till the last minute - unless ofcourse you are some super whiz and would exactly know what it takes, or your Dad is the IT honcho who can pull strings for you.

I always file mine…
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Work Local, Think Global - Building Context in Dispersed Teams

2015-04-27T08:15:27+00:00

Posted By - Jennifer Kumar

Now a days many Indians work for foreign companies situated in India.Now a days many Indians work for foreign companies situated in India.

Much of the context in working with the foreign clients or customers must be built from scratch and without understanding the cultural context…
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Story of us

2015-04-03T14:17:04+00:00

Posted By - Sunayna Pal

I came to USA with my husband in fall, last year. The first thing that touched us was the cold weather and the beauty of the trees. We had friends who took care of us and with his blessings, our transition was smoothI came to USA with my husband in…
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Fitting into American Work Culture - Indian Style!

2015-03-26T07:58:43+00:00

Posted By - Jennifer Kumar

There's no doubt that working in the US as an expat can provide a fertile plain for professional growth. Pawan Kumar Sharma, an Indian from Mumbai who has been working in Omaha, Nebraska for almost a year shares some his impressions on the US work culture and American's tendency to…
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Why Indian girls should marry an NRI in America?

2015-03-26T07:55:21+00:00

Posted By - PALLAVI

I see a lot of negativity and non sense written on the internet about NRI grooms and most of these articles are written by either those who aren't NRI's or those who are somehow made to believe that all NRI grooms are hopeless.
I am writing this article…
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Pride and Prejudice

2015-02-25T13:09:39+00:00

Posted By - Vishnu Kamisetty

The "About Me" question in the networking sites is like the "Tell me about yourself" question that I'm usually asked in the job interviews. While I'm being watched and judged in both the situations; I take pride in one and prejudiced about the other. Did you ever speculate within yourself…
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Why climbing Mt Everest is easy

2015-02-20T13:22:13+00:00

Posted By - Padmaja Ganeshan Singh

This would have been my third victorious return from Mt Everest. I would've packed my bags in a jiffy, done all the rigorous strength and stamina building exercises, happily kept quiet to preserve my oxygen supply and come had ice-creams to celebrate my conquering of the summit. I would've been…
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Learning to drive a manual In India- Because if you can drive here, you can drive anywhere

2015-02-11T12:18:17+00:00

Posted By - Mallika Goel

Cusswords are streaming out of my mouth. English and some Hindi too. I am getting surprisingly good at it, as if three weeks in the country have surfaced deep-seated memories, lips wrapping around words I’ve only heard in movies or whispered gleefully by good friends (long gone). The words feel…
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The Little Things that Matter

2015-01-23T06:22:21+00:00

Posted By - Padmaja Ganeshan Singh

It all started off as just another eventful day in our lives. Ady made breakfast, I called some customer service guy and spent a good half hour spelling and re-spelling my email id, repeating my questions at different paces, and then finally giving up - I wanted to preserve the…
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