tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-335319 2007-09-25T16:08:43-04:00 TypePad http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39376663 2007-09-25T16:08:43-04:00 2007-09-25T16:08:43-04:00 Anand Mukundan I was just reading an article in Rediff on how Jet Airways was aiming to grow to be a 3.5 billion USD company over the next 3-4 years. 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It seems to be too much of a coincidence, but I happen... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KxyY2BpHaP7GxXlFdABym_Dkn04/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KxyY2BpHaP7GxXlFdABym_Dkn04/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KxyY2BpHaP7GxXlFdABym_Dkn04/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KxyY2BpHaP7GxXlFdABym_Dkn04/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=20gpp00a"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=56jvibeR"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14187583 2006-11-19T07:23:17-05:00 2006-11-19T07:23:17-05:00 Anand Mukundan The next in my series on IT as Career - 1, 2, 3 So you made the choice and now having studied hard, looking to get your first job. A big question at this stage is, Whether it is good... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S_fr9ZEqpxMudiIHQpb701MimDI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S_fr9ZEqpxMudiIHQpb701MimDI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S_fr9ZEqpxMudiIHQpb701MimDI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S_fr9ZEqpxMudiIHQpb701MimDI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=U05m3dih"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=uA8Ba2L2"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13825583 2006-11-02T04:04:40-05:00 2006-11-02T04:04:40-05:00 Anand Mukundan I have been reading and listening to the news of all the problems surrounding the three days traders strke in Delhi. From what I can make out of it, they are actually striking against a move to close down illegal... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EldS5JuqNsE3c-v80qPP_kRdt2U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EldS5JuqNsE3c-v80qPP_kRdt2U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EldS5JuqNsE3c-v80qPP_kRdt2U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EldS5JuqNsE3c-v80qPP_kRdt2U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=SnZhG6wF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=h7jmFPZQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13431725 2006-10-15T10:48:32-04:00 2006-10-15T10:48:32-04:00 Anand Mukundan I wrote two posts before on people who are looking at IT as a career option. So after a long time another post on the same topic. You can find the previous two posts here – 1 and 2 One... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7OamXGyBkTxW4VzV02aLdERC0E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7OamXGyBkTxW4VzV02aLdERC0E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7OamXGyBkTxW4VzV02aLdERC0E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7OamXGyBkTxW4VzV02aLdERC0E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=0DlGIxnI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=bS9jGYbR"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-12472187 2006-08-30T13:53:47-04:00 2006-08-30T13:53:47-04:00 Anand Mukundan Airtel has launched a new Games on Demand service. The wonderful thing about this is that, it is quite affordable (Rs.199) and gives you legal access to quite a lot of games. You use Airtel Broadband to download the... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6nShlVdcB8PnVX58Co1NjL7GMgM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6nShlVdcB8PnVX58Co1NjL7GMgM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6nShlVdcB8PnVX58Co1NjL7GMgM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6nShlVdcB8PnVX58Co1NjL7GMgM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=wKzgO3Zb"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=pwzX6OPl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-12411230 2006-08-27T10:33:01-04:00 2006-08-27T10:33:01-04:00 Anand Mukundan Kerala, one of the neighboring states has just decided that it would move completely to Linux and Free software at all of its schools, according to a article in FT. It is being hailed as a big win for the... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cmsLzltekuM5RuSgBcvygYEjC4k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cmsLzltekuM5RuSgBcvygYEjC4k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cmsLzltekuM5RuSgBcvygYEjC4k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cmsLzltekuM5RuSgBcvygYEjC4k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=dzWHiQlz"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=cuEF3fZ2"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-12161628 2006-08-12T22:00:33-04:00 2006-08-12T22:00:33-04:00 Anand Mukundan Usually when people talk about the ills of Indian democracy they usually always talk about how the lack of education has made Indian politicians corrupt and not responsible for their actions. Though I accept that the Indian political system is... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ERU4K1gWODDZot6PI1fmeFBhq8w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ERU4K1gWODDZot6PI1fmeFBhq8w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ERU4K1gWODDZot6PI1fmeFBhq8w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ERU4K1gWODDZot6PI1fmeFBhq8w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=UCD8BNJ5"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=xywCB4dg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-11335098 2006-06-30T02:09:31-04:00 2006-06-30T02:09:31-04:00 Anand Mukundan I was sent this link a few days back, but never got around to seeing it. It was resent again today by my friend and I just saw it. It is the online clip of ABC's report on India titled... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zgUBEp3AnSsKTLmHHK8qS0GfvoQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zgUBEp3AnSsKTLmHHK8qS0GfvoQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zgUBEp3AnSsKTLmHHK8qS0GfvoQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zgUBEp3AnSsKTLmHHK8qS0GfvoQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=2uuDh04f"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=8V49Ffis"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-10777489 2006-05-29T13:51:33-04:00 2006-05-29T13:51:33-04:00 Anand Mukundan One of the common misconception that I always come against is that Programming is a soft job. You have flexible timing, which means you go to office when you want and then spend time inside an air conditioned room and... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6czZzpA51MuAMdBmkslGFHsYu1g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6czZzpA51MuAMdBmkslGFHsYu1g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6czZzpA51MuAMdBmkslGFHsYu1g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6czZzpA51MuAMdBmkslGFHsYu1g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=KABWlmZq"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?a=LljQF2Gp"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ThoughtsFromIndia?d=50" border="0"></img></a> </div>