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And Another Year Later…

So, I managed to depress almost everyone who read my last post "Life Of A Manjiri Keskar- Another 6 months later… ". I am usually very unfair to my blogs and readers and write only in depressing times and ignore them during others. So I am writing today to (for the ...

Life Of A Manjiri Keskar- Another 6 months later…

By now I am sure readers are almost predicting what I’ll be up to. But NO, I don’t have to queue up for the bathroom anymore (all roomies refuse to live with me and Akshata for more than one semester), I don’t have to repeat myself 4 times ...

Life Of A Manjiri Keskar - 6 Months Later….

My very first post on after-grad saw me cribbing about my boring and hollow life and here I am, again writing about the same life but wondering how half a year can change it so drastically and turn it totally upside down... Weekdays here start with me and my roomies getting ...

Unspoken Differences Between India And The States

You will start noticing differences right from the moment you step out of the plane. It feels weird to see things so clean and well kept as we are not used to such cleanliness in India. Our international airports and local railway stations all look the same. There are people ...

The Infosys Mysore Multiplex

The 4 screen multiplex in Infosys Mysore is used to screen movies during weekends as well as hold various events one of which is the Initiation of a new batch of trainees. This is what Infosys has to say about the multiplex: The Multiplex in the campus boasts of a 4-screen ...

Bombay To Boulder

Along with the year 2007 ended a beautiful period of my life that I spent at home in cosy comfort of my family. 2008 was to make me come out of my nutshell and live in the open world, face challenges and fight them off on my own, with nothing ...

Dress Code at Infosys

Along with the Infosys offer letter we were given an INFORMATION SHEET . One of the things it contains is the dress code which I have typed in here for your benefit and/or knowledge. For Gentlemen: (a)Mondays and Tuesdays: You are expected to dress in business formals, i.e, ...

Infosys crosses 1 lakh Employee Numbers

Today(December 28, 2007) I got a mail informing me about a photo shoot to commemorate the creation of 1 lakh employee numbers. Each of us working in Infosys is given an employee id. These ID's are distributed serially. My own employee number is pretty close to 99K mark. I ...

A Day In The Life Of An Infoscion Trainee

Let me tell you what an Infy trainee goes through on a working weekday. Official work timings are from 9Am - 5Pm, but we are expected to be in our seats by 8:45 Am and leave by 5:45 Pm. Before entering our training rooms we are supposed to swipe-in our ...

Are You Suffering from PDS?

Let me introduce you to a new term coined specially for NRIs-to-be by my friend, Alok. The term is PDS, which stands for Pre Departure Syndrome. What is Pre Departure Syndrome? Pre Departure Syndrome is a state of mind which is characterized by a strange mixture of positive and negative feelings. It is ...