Things Ravi Pratap Is Up To

I never really imagined that I had such a considerable penchant for stirring sheep into sheep seething with rage, as is evident from the array of comments that have been left on my previous entry. If I learnt of this earlier in life, I probably could have put it to such a lot of good [...]

It seems that my recent posts have not exactly evoked the most favourable of reactions from a certain group of people, who believe that I (seemingly representative of IITians in this particular context) am constantly searching to assert my superiority over others merely because I happen to have studied at one of the premier educational [...]

Here’s a short article that appeared in the Economic Times about Dilbert and his poking fun at us IITians. An excerpt:
If the spoof shows up the IIT grad as a bizarre geek, it also offers a voice to the Indian takeover of the world of hi-tech professionals.
Behind the portrayal of the Indian techie – the [...]

One of my favourite topics of debate with fellow Indians who are capable of arguing sanely, is the eternal “North India vs South India” one. While reading Anjana’s blog, I came across this interesting article in the Hindustan Times, by Vir Sanghvi.
Check it out here.

It isn’t everyday that I come across something like this As Prashant put it, “I don’t know if it is supposed to be flattering, but it definitely is making it difficult to be modest.”

Those of you who responded favourably to my desire to own an iPod deserve a quick mention. I have to admit that I was quite pleasantly surprised to see what I did, although it beats me why you can’t get me what you want to get me, this year!
While still on the topic of music, [...]

Disclaimer: What you are about to read is not to be construed as a shameless attempt at getting the important people in my life to take a hint. If you do happen to be one of those people, however, please read with full attention.
Every birthday comes along and I tell all those who ask me [...]

Well, well, if it hasn’t been two weeks already! It was brought to my attention by Pavan (who works with me in the DOC group) that the fact that I hadn’t posted in quite some time now would seem almost normal but for the fact that the venerable Mr. Booze had actually posted more recently [...]