India

iPa(i)d 37k 4 iPad 2

by The Big K on June 30, 2011

iPad2 Review

I recently wrote about my Gadgetophilia which often results in restlessness and feeling of superiority. Now, before I write further, let me tell you tablets aren’t incredibly useful devices which will replace all your computing needs. Actually, it’s just an internet browsing & movie watching device when you are on the move. However, the best use of any Apple iDevice is the get the “Mine Is Better Than Yours” feeling while not showing it up on your face. The ‘natural’ [...]

Is There Any Talent Left In India?

by The Big K on March 12, 2011

Unlike most of you – I am serious about my country’s development. But the more trust I put in people, the more disappointment I get. I sometimes wonder whether there’s any talent left in India. I’ve been looking to hire talented people and all I get is copy-paste masters who think they can quickly fool any system and get away with it. The most disappointment comes from people who you think are ‘really’ talented. From Ankit Fadia to Hassan Ali, [...]

Why should I stay in India?

by The Big K on September 3, 2008

Couple of days ago, I had an online encounter with my friend who went to USA for post graduate studies. To fund his education he works as a night watchman. He told me he bought a brand new laptop in just 10 days’ salary. Then followed a long discussion on why I shouldn’t be staying in India because life in USA is way better than in India. I’ve been hearing this from almost all my friends who went to USA. [...]

Who’s gonna clean the mess?

by The Big K on April 18, 2008

Most of my close friends are in USA. They left to study, for jobs, onsite opportunities etc. None of them wants to come back. …and why should they? One of them said, “K, its amazing here! Feels like you’re in heaven!”. Its exciting there. I know. I don’t deny that. Who wouldn’t want cleanest roads, beautiful buildings, good customer service, posh work environment, posh cars et. all? Most of my friends bought second hand luxury cars – the cars that [...]

The Red Bus

by The Big K on April 17, 2008

I sometimes wonder why India lacks creative people. I was driving behind a Red Bus (no, not the ‘STAR’ bus) and wondering if the people who designed the Red Bus were drunk.   First of all, the Red Bus looks ugly. I hope you will agree with me on this. Second, its painted “Red-Yellow” from the outside and dark “Green” from the inside! Disgusting! Third, cushion-less green/blue seats? What the heck! Fourth – who thought that painting the windows with [...]

The ‘Danger Zone’ in Reality Shows

by The Big K on February 23, 2008

In my last post, I broke the news to you – we’ve a new HDTV! I’ve been spending quite some time watching TV shows. Most of the TV shows are reality shows in which middle class boys and girls beg for the SMS votes. Anyway. Recently, a leading channel launched yet another reality show for the singers. No doubt India is a country of talented people – look at the number of singers it has started producing! Everyone is either [...]

The sorry state of Indian engineers

by The Big K on February 15, 2008

 Who am I to comment? I’m an Indian with a first class degree in Electrical Engineering & I love my country. Engineers are the nation builders, they say. But when I see 90/100 engineering students (who visit Engineers Forum ) don’t even know how to construct a simple sentence in English, I feel bad. When I see them asking for “ready made code/idea/topic for my engineering projects”, I feel bad. I feel terribly bad. The common people depend on us [...]