tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38202062012-01-26T03:58:20.320+05:30Hi. This is the blog world of Nishank. I am working in financial services industry at the moment and currently based out of Hyderabad, India.<br>Nishankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098941802477745389noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820206.post-45738051223798978022011-07-14T17:25:00.004+05:302011-07-14T17:47:18.617+05:30

The countries across the world are facing the crisis of huge national debt, and some are on the brink of default. A few countries in Europe like Portugal and Ireland have already been downgraded to 'JUNK' grade by Moody's. US is also facing the problem with its national debt. Though it is not as high as European countries and is manageable (net debt at 65% of GDP), it has reached the ceiling of

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The economic mess in Europe is getting messier day by day. Some time back a new term PIGS was coined, to refer Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain. These four countries are most financially troubled and debt burdened countries in the Euro area and one among them Greece is almost on the verge of bankruptcy.European union, IMF etc. have helped them in past by providing additional line of debt to

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Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/solar-energy-costs-may-already-rival-coal-spurring-installation-boom.htmlSolar panel installations may surge in the next two years as the cost of generating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled plants, industry executives and analysts said. Large photovoltaic projects will cost $1.45 a watt to build by 2020, half the current price,

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This is the travelogue details, when I was traveling to Chennai instead of watching the India v Pakistan clash in the Cricket World Cup 2011.All this started on 28th March, when I got a call from a bank in Chennai asking me to attend a meeting on 30th March regarding a company, for which I was working a debt refinance scheme. I told them, the agenda of the meeting is very simple and there is

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As the subcontinent is dipped in colors of the Cricket world cup, as political parties prepare for forthcoming state assembly elections in five states in India, a tragedy stuck in Japan. It was hit by 8.9 M earth quake followed by devastating Tsunami on its North-eastern coast and now news about accidents in its nuclear reactors.Enough has been discussed in various media about the damage the

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This is the story about a professional networking site LinkedIn, which is not so popular in India as are other social network sites like the Orkut was a few years ago and now the facebook is. And this is the story of my boss, who has presence in LinkedIn and Facebook (Presence on Orkut has not yet been known) under some kind of cover or anonymity (I will ask him the reason someday and write about

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[Received as SMS]"Whenever we find the key to success,Some idiot changes the lock.So forget the key,Learn to break the doors!"

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All of a sudden Ms. Bhavani's mood has changed. Now she seems to have entered the arena of philosophical discourse. Below is excerpts from her discourse delivered today morning. She has been very kind to me and readily agreed to provide a written excerpts on her own. Hopefully, she will contribute more such texts to this space in future.[Disclaimer: All views and opinion expressed in following

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The following are some reactions on Twitter world after the Ayodhya verdict.@jhunjhunwala Nirmohi Badnam Hui Darling Akhade Ke liye.@jhunjhunwala The judges have delivered a verdict that confuses everyone into thinking they have all gotten what they wanted.@jhunjhunwala Well at least our judges don't decide verdict on the basis of SMS Polls unlike the Indian Idol Judges.@fakingnews How will the

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The strange title of this blog is because of the reason that I am writting this blog sitting in a train. I am travelling on 2721 Dakshin Express from Hyderabad to H. Nizamuddin and at this point of time, the train has just arrived at Bina station.The journey has a lot of interesting things. I'd write about all of them here. First, why I am travelling. My wife's parents live in Haridwar. It is

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3. The more you learn to appreciate others, the more you'll learn to appreciate yourself.

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1. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right thing.2. Blame it on Oxytoxin - triggers love and music simultaneously (on twitter)[Ms. P Bhavani is my office colleague and is known for her wonderful sense of humor (sometimes for her philosophical gyan also). Bhavani-ism is a collection of her holy teachings]

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Well! I am talking about Ravinder Jadeja here, who has created much furor (atleast on the twitter world) because of his wonderful alround performance in Cricket. Mr. Jadeja has been on fire since his poor performance in West Indies. After the WI series we heard news that some of the Indian team players were involved in a pub brawl when allegedly some Indian fans saw Mr. Jadeja in the pub and

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By Scott LanmanSept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve signaled that the U.S. economy’s return to growth is insufficient to withdraw stimulus as officials seek to reduce the highest unemployment rate in a quarter century.While the economy has “picked up,” the central bank’s planned asset purchases will help ensure a “gradual return to higher levels of resource utilization,” the Fed’s Open

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[This article was composed on July 22, 2009, But could not be published due to internet issues]Well, had we been living in the age old era, the headlines of the newspapers would have been similar to the one above. But, this is not the truer side of the story. Yes, I am talking about one of the rare celestial phenomena which occurred today. I am talking about the solar eclipse.Since past few days

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Well, this was what happened when the DLF IPL's second season came to and end in South Africa yesterday night. In the nail biting final match the Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers by 6 runs. It was followed by firework shows not only the official one in South Africa but also unofficially by a number of fans in Hyderabad. The first I witnessed on TV courtesy Sony Max and the later live in

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Incendio is the newly formed activity group in Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM) at IIT Kharagpur. Led by the class of 2009, it organized recently a lecture series cum seminar by so called reknowned management thinker Partha S Ghosh. The programme ran over three and half days and came to an end on Sunday, 17th Feb. The workshop was aimed at covering primarily three areas: Leadership,

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I was just wondering I haven't updated my blog for months. There are two reasons one I am not getting enough time and the second I can't think of any topic on which I can write something meaningful. Suddenly the idea came to my mind.. why dont I write about myself.Well, Gwalior was the city, and 0300 hrs IST was the time on 27th January 1983 (as per Janam kundali) where a child was launched into

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Recently I received a newsletter from Greenpeace India. Among various activities of Greenpeace, one demonstration by its India chapter attracted my immediate attention. The demonstration or protest was prompted by the recent decision of government to approve large scale open air field trials for Genetically Modified food crops, which could include tomatoes, potatoes, corn, brinjals, etc. The show

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So, its monsoon time in Kolkata. The city and its neigboring areas are receiving continuous rainfall since Monday night. Many parts of Kolkata, known for its poor drainage system remained waterlogged for several hours after rain stopped to give respite for a few hours. However, when the water started receding, Indra- the rain God was back in action. The weather office has recorded more than 174

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Indian cricket is now 75 years old. India played its first official test match at Lord's (England) on 25th Juna 1932. The tour was quite a drama in itself.First there was a lot of search for the person who would captaion Indian side. There was legendry Duleepsinhji, but he was playing for England and didnt want to rue his chaces for playing England.Second, the game needed money for sponsorship

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सिंहासन हिल उठे राजवंशों ने भृकुटी तानी थी,बूढ़े भारत में आई फिर से नयी जवानी थी,गुमी हुई आज़ादी की कीमत सबने पहचानी थी,दूर फिरंगी को करने की सबने मन में ठानी थी।चमक उठी सन सत्तावन में, वह तलवार पुरानी थी,बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी थी,खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी।।कान पु र के नाना की, मुँहबोली बहन छबीली थी,लक्ष्मीबाई नाम, पिता की वह संतान अकेली थी,नाना के सँग पढ़ती थी वह

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Prthviiraaj Chouhaan is known as great martyr in India. He ruled from Ajmer and Delhi from an early age. His elopment with Samyukta, the princess of Kannauj is known as one of the greatest romantic saga and is well illustrated in "Prithviraj Raso" written by his court poet Chand Bardai. Samyukta happened to be the daughter of his enemy. Prithviraj heard of Samyukta from the court poets and went

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रहीमदास जी भारत के एक जाने माने कवि हुए हैं। बहुत ही कम लोग ये जानते हैं कि वो जन्म से मुस्लिम थे, उसके बावजूद वे श्री कृष्ण के भक्त थे। उनका पूरा नाम अब्दुर्रहीम खानखाना था। वो अकबर के संरक्षक बैरम खान के पुत्र थे। वो अकबर के दरबार मे नवरत्नों मे एक थे। उनको भक्तिकाल के कवियों मे सर्वोच्च स्थान प्राप्त है। वो महान दानी भी थे। उन्होने लिखा था:देनहार कोई और है, भेजत जो दिन रैन।लोग भरम हम पर करे,

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The cricket world cup 2007 has started in the Caribbean. As usual Google known for innovation with its logo at its site in various occasions, displayed a new design on the inaugeral day in its Indian site.In the inaugeral match today West Indies (WIN) defeated Pakistan (PAK) by 54 runs. Batting first WIN made 241 for 9 after being helped by Samuels (63) and Sarwan (49). In reply PAK were bundled

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अभी आख़िरी पोस्टिंग करते समय मुझे इस फीचर के बारे मे पता लगा। ब्लॉगर की तरफ से किया गया ये काफी अच्चा प्रयास है जिससे हिंदी के प्रसार मे काफी मदद मिलेगी, और हिंदी को भी इन्टरनेट पर उचित स्थान मिलेगा।

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That was the poem I studied as part of English subject in my 9th standard. It was in Literature book of CBSE. The poem was very long and therefore only a part of it was included in the text book. It had an interesting story. Which goes here...There was an old mariner sitting beside road. He stops a passing by man who is going to a wedding and starts telling his story. The story is about one of

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Bulle Shah IIOn popular demand I am posting the meaning of lyrics by Bulle Shah. Refer original lyrics in my previous post.Bulle! I dont know who I amI am not a believer in mosqueI am not in the ritual of infidelI am not pure among impuresI am not Moses or PharaohBulle! I dont know who I amI am not inherent in vedasI am not present in intoxicantsI am not lost or corruptI am not awake or

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Bulle ShahA couple of days ago I was listening to this song by Rabi Shergil "Bulla ki jana main kaun" and the lyrics really touched my heart. Though the lyrics was in Punjabi I was able to understand the most of it as english translation was provided in video.It ws immidiately clear that these lyrics was written by someone named 'Bulle Shah". So I tried searching for some material or some context

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New credit policy issued by Reserve Bank of India on Oct 31st, 2006On October 31st, 2006 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governer Y V Reddy announced mid-term credit policy. The main aspect of this policy is the increase in repo rate by 25 basis points (100 basis points equals 1 percent), while reverse repo rate has been left untouched. So now repo rate shall stand at 7.25%.[Repo rate is the rate at

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Happy Deepawali,So today is this auspicious date of 21st October 2006. But there is more to this date then just 21st October. Well, one has to look through Indian Panchangam (Calender) which is based on moon cycles. According to this calender today is Kartika-Amavasya (Kartik is the name of month, and Amavasya is the date when there is no moon). This is the day when all hindus celebrate Deepwali

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Map India 2004, 7th annual international conference or Indian's Largest Conference and Exhibition on GIS, GPS, Aerial Photography & Remote Sensing (as they used to advertise this event).This was indeed a very large conference as was clear from a huge participation. More than 1000 delegates from 17 countries (Australia, Canada, India, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, The Netherlands, UK, USA to name a

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I REQUEST THE READERS TO GIVE THIS ARTICLE A SERIOUS THOUGT AND CONVEY ME THERE FEELINGS.... -Nishank Agrawal Broken commitments: The case of Pepsi in India By Kavaljit Singh, in PIRG Update, Issue no. 1, May, 1997 Dear friends, Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has launched PIRG UPDATE - an occasional publication dealing with issues related to TNCs,structural adjustment,debt, world

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