tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:29:31 +0000AllCareersIndian IT industryEconomyCreativityEnvironmentMBAConsultancyMoviesPoliticsPublishedThings I am confused or frustrated abouthttp://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)Blogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-6591698004519852186Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:51:00 +00002008-11-24T20:24:41.508+05:30AllPoliticsIn the recent past, we in India have seen many terrorist attacks in the cities, which were hitherto unaffected by the terrorism. Fortunately, I was not directly affected by the terrorist attacks but I was not left untouched by the fear that gripped the whole country. The major breakthroughs and many arrests in the terror cases gave me a sigh of relief. On my part, I couldn’t help hating the http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2008/11/there-is-terrorist-in-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-1275840785398858656Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:22:00 +00002008-09-21T10:54:45.154+05:30AllCreativityMBAThe artists, like singers, musicians, poets, painters etc., are the ones I have hated all through my life. Reason? In all kind of gatherings, these artists hog the full limelight and, if you are not an artist, you are destined to be ignored. If an artist is attending a meeting, in the course of the meeting, some foolish flatterer will definitely discover the creative side of the artist and then http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2008/09/creative-destruction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-7586715591348637015Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:04:00 +00002008-02-22T22:38:49.553+05:30AllCareersEconomyIndian IT industryAmerica is in recession. The number of economists bluntly claiming this theory is outpacing the number of economists defensively claiming that America has still got a chance. Recent slowdown in the Indian industry augurs that, because of this American recession, in India we may see a slowdown, if not a full-blown recession. During the last recession of 2002, I was a fresh college graduate and http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2008/02/america-is-in-recession.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-2461620171121761650Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:34:00 +00002008-02-06T15:00:46.875+05:30AllCareersEconomyIndian IT industryI have been, for whatever reasons, in the software industry since last five years. I should say that this learning experience has been nothing less than thrilling. Indian IT industry is in startup mode and people in it have witnessed many interesting things. But currently, I am witnessing what others in IT industry still have to witness, a downturn, god forbid. My company is facing downturn of http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2008/01/riding-drowning-ship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-7595032337763486556Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:17:00 +00002008-02-06T17:23:30.815+05:30AllEnvironmentI believed that climate change is real so I became a passive environmentalist, who supports the actions of active environmentalists, working in the field. On my last post about environment, I got a comment, which suggested me to change the background color of my blog page to black to save the energy of computer monitors (and hence reduce CO2 emissions). That was irritating. Grrrr… A black http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2008/01/co2-fog-around-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-7917262105122290159Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:46:00 +00002008-01-07T10:54:34.800+05:30AllCareersMoviesLast night, I saw Taare Zameen Par – recently released movie by director-actor Aamir Khan. This touchy movie was about a dyslexic boy, whose parents failed to recognize his disability and thought that his reading and writing problems are due to his un-attentive and irresponsible attitude. The movie’s message was that the parents should not force their kids to outperform because every kid is not http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2008/01/reviewing-message-of-taare-zameen-par.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-7735236480852114867Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:33:00 +00002007-12-19T18:08:37.838+05:30AllCreativityI hate watching the soap operas that ladies in our house love to watch. I have no problem with the family serial dramas as such but the background music (rather noise) of these serials irritates me like anything. It seems all serial producers have outsourced the creation of background noise to the same company, which has done a tremendous job of producing the worst noises possible. One day, afterhttp://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/12/sixth-sense.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-6956001491631021811Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:06:00 +00002007-12-19T18:09:21.303+05:30AllConsultancyEconomyDear Mr. Anil Ambani,I am writing this letter not only because I have invested money in your companies but also because I trust that you are a noble person and you should do much more than what you are doing now.To be very honest, I never trusted that you can be a good businessman. After your split with your brother, I was happy that you didn't get a chunk of RIL (Reliance Industries). I felt http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/12/open-letter-to-mr-anil-ambani.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-7445548174082056622Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:38:00 +00002007-12-19T18:09:21.308+05:30AllCareersIndian IT industryPublished(This was publishesd in "My Times My Voice" section of Times of India, Pune edition dated 31st October, 2007)My wife was working in a private software training institute, in Pune. Recently, she got a job in a big MNC. When she resigned, after fulfilling all her commitments, her employers did not give her a relieving letter. They think that if she is relieved easily, other employees may also starthttp://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/11/slavery-prevails-in-indian-it-industry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-7647897372079161512Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:29:00 +00002007-12-19T18:09:21.309+05:30AllCareersIndian IT industryI wasn’t a slave always. My middle class parents weaved many dreams for my bright future. They wanted me to achieve what they cannot. They paid mammoth education fee for building my career despite money crunch and huge debt in our house economy. Understanding their pains, I studied hard and became an engineer in an extremely competitive environment. My parents felt their dreams were about to be http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/10/tale-of-slave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-6010647921052282654Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:42:00 +00002007-12-19T18:09:21.310+05:30AllEnvironmentIndian IT industryIt is not too often that I go to office on a weekend. However, this Saturday was an exception. The darkness in office made me realize that somebody daily puts on the lights above my desk. After an effort of few minutes, I located the light switches and switched them on. To my surprise, not only my desk but the whole row, having ten cubes, was illuminated. I was concerned, “this is waste of power”http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/10/environment-indian-it-industrys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-4035426263134085553Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:24:00 +00002007-12-19T18:09:21.311+05:30AllCareersMBAMy confidence was shattered by that gentleman in those fifteen minutes of interview for Indian School of Business (ISB). Excellent education background, good industry experience, enough international exposure … I don't know what did I lack.This failed attempt with MBA led me to introspect that what went wrong. The first question which came to my mind was - why I wanted to do a MBA? The answer is http://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/09/mba-what-hell-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318311510790478494.post-1477997610519421129Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:40:00 +00002007-12-19T18:09:21.312+05:30AllCareersIndian IT industryIndian IT industry is credited with bringing thousands of jobs in India from west. But things are changing fast. An IT professional who was till now competing with westerners will soon have to compete with Indians or may be Vietnamese for his job, where he will lose the cost advantage. Higher one’s salary more competition one will face. In such a situation, will Indian IT industry be able to keephttp://hemantbhanawat.blogspot.com/2007/08/indian-it-industry-screwing-careers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hemant Bhanawat)1