tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:26:06 +0000As its name suggests, this blog would be a raw, at times refined, rendition of my experiences and *insights*-which is what DHIITI means in sanskrit. To share it with people with similar or divergent views, would only enrich the endeavour.http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)Blogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-9152015827114538574Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:54:00 +00002009-11-29T22:32:00.990+05:30Been almost 9 months since we got married, Vivek and I have hardly been out to spend time with each other after our rushed honeymoon... That's not to say we have not ventured out - we have! But our own ways.. Started with a trip to Vaishno devi, followed by two short trips to Coimbatore... in between a failed trip for Onam, for I was unwell, once for Diwali when I went alone for our first diwali.http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2009/11/trip-to-goa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-2349666278188092847Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:52:00 +00002008-06-27T01:42:33.432+05:30I have been staying away from home for over 2 years now and the one thing which I always like to write home about is about the kind of people I meet all the time. The last post here was on Chitappa. I have not spoken to him in a while, but we mail each other quite often. This time its about meeting some people who cast an humbling emotion. I was in my room surfing the net, watching more than my http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/06/when-life-seems-so-simple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-8771129303669112710Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:14:00 +00002008-04-17T10:02:23.176+05:30He came as a guest of my land lady a month and a half back. Down the line, he was someone I wanted to spend more time with. A 70 year old man, cheerful at the first instance I saw him. For him and his wife any outing from home in Chennai was desirable. So was this. Chittappa would wake up very early in the morning, meditate and then practice his Yoga without fail. He infact taught me some of the http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/04/chittappa-has-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-5419813796299504727Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:40.350+05:30A synopsis : From an article by JWT's Das Consumer is king, but should not be. The premise being the level of equality in society. The explanatory measure.. Hofstede's power distance index (PDI)! The higher the score, the more likely brand oriented companies will face the wrath of consumers which are spoilt for choice. India is 77 whereas the world avg is 56. Explains why in India we take no http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/03/plea-to-marketers-is-consumer-really.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-1008408975085729339Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-03-27T19:48:40.903+05:30Holi went past by ...... I have been working non stop. Atleast in my mind. Work has been very hectic..sometimes because I take it head on and sometimes because I have to just wait for things to happen. The only constant in the past few months - brushing some nagging personal issues under a verrry heavy carpet! I remember when I started working in Hyderabad market, I knew I would need to travel http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/03/life-up-until-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-7931971688196681426Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:02:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:40.726+05:30The splash of colours to wish you a very happy holi... the painting with due credit to www.sepahigallery.com.http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-holi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-2501080912520049887Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:46:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:40.977+05:30 Drove upto the new airport yesterday for work .. 1-The look: Uncanny rememblance to Schipol, Amsterdam 2-The drive: IS BAD! It took 1.5 hrs to get there against the 20 mins which were warranted had the flyover been in place 3- The site : Is raw, as can be! Still seems eons away from any from of operability..but I think the politicians think otherwise 4- The retailing - Most stalls are yet tohttp://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/03/shamashabad-airport-first-hand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-6908579734679309717Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:00:00 +00002008-03-07T19:09:49.071+05:30Like a decade since I smiled.. Smiled without a pause..;Joy sleeps before my eyes... Lows keep awake, yes without a cause Life brings its gifts, dark with emptiness The bash meant nothing, in the end I just clean the mess Jokes and jibes galore with humour pretty rough Lows remain high, yes without a trough I do what I can to iron things outPerhaps fate I fight, fate which has more clout I ask http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/03/perhaps-not-long-enough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-5372949715990108866Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:30:00 +00002008-02-29T22:28:46.068+05:30ShiamakWork-LifeDanceGlobal WarmingI finished my last dance class today! Well, the last of this batch. I had missed quite a few in the middle due to my ill health and felt the loss today. The hours that I devoted to this were all stolen away from work.. therefore meaning a lot more. :-D I once in my life bargained time for myself with my boss and felt good about it. Moreover, its fair to take the organization up on their offer - http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-goes-around-comes-around.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-1774931364060714175Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:30:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:41.192+05:30 SASTA aur TIKAOO.... Cheap and effective way for this new 'Meetha Meetha' flavour of Rajnigandha Pan Masala. Men dressed in pink on double peddal bicycles- a fleet of those rode from A-Z of a street, and could not be missed by any... carrying sachets of the 'chewy' they successfully 'induced trials' with as much ease as was planned. 'Food Bazaar' too has taken to a temporary way of passing thehttp://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-streets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-3572576099312066578Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:23:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:41.384+05:30 One of the myriad local spurious versions- I keep spotting on my market visits, this one deserves a special place as it affects a family organization!! http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/02/kurr-kurr-kurkure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-529465608829473450Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:25:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:41.640+05:30MovieTriviaHope I remember half of my take on this movie as I write this post about 2 weeks since. Took all this pics in the theatre itself, wishing I'd taken more. I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. It was tight in its script. However, now I feel it was more ostentatious- because I don't know the reality! The wide canvass only amplifies my apprehension. The ornaments seemed more of a display and burden on http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/02/ja.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-1994288938424960270Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:25:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:41.798+05:30 Hey! I am now at my new residence. A paying guest with an ISB official and her mother. Srinagar Colony- a nice quiet and very well located place. A breezy fully furnished room with loads of audio/video CDs, books and enough things to keep my eyeballs busy. The residents are fond of art and aesthetics: I just seem to be THE perfect guest. Living with Tam- Brahms. Have already eaten about 10 http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/02/feel-ing-blanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-7968632005944314561Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:30:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:42.073+05:30 http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/display.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-2611987310141499775Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:45:00 +00002008-01-23T14:24:28.026+05:30I guess I finally know where I am going to be for the next few months. Hyderabad. It's getting hotter and more familiar. The cool evenings are a relief from the warming up afternoons. Time for me also to look out of the guest house and start living a life of my own. Work has been very hectic, and what seemed like a 2 week assignment turned out to be a testing prelude to what would be an http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/work-life-balance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-6609918005138166622Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:34:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:42.311+05:30 The Men In Blue have been proving it right..quality matters! We do a victory and make it history..be it a 20-20 or breaking a 16 yr aussie (not a lesser) juggernaut...Without going into the technical details of the game, I have to say that to me, a simple indian cricket fan, this game is becoming a pleasure again. Just when it seems the fan-fare aint that justified the, Indian spirit haunts me http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/men-in-bluestamp-it-in-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-3197350815009125466Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-01-17T19:20:48.281+05:30http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-of-my-favs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-9090666311537777950Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-01-17T19:23:10.892+05:30http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/must-see-titanic-rajnikant-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-1253237873670062594Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-01-13T01:19:02.808+05:30I went to watch BEOWULF at Prasadz today. The 3D animation was super intricate and I enjoyed every bit of it. It got kinda gory in parts but overall was exciting. One english movie where I could predict the dialogues.. pretty bollywoodish.. the KARMA thing! As u so so u reap kinds...The movie had some fun elements - the lustful kings, the variety of monsters, drunken revelry and real steely http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/tapping-3rd-dimension.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-1684073494592284846Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:42.526+05:30I think I have recorded an all time high of close to 10 hrs on the road every single day since the past month. I'd be foolish to keep my eyes closed. Amongst other things, a sales job affords a keen eye with many sights! 'Sankranti' OR 'Pongal' are round the corner. The last time I really spoke off or thought of kites was in Class X while I read the famous KITE MAKER in GULLY RAMNATH. The http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/ethnic-delights-i-await.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-6512862897745538404Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:42.776+05:30 I was on my rounds of visiting Stand Alone Modern Trades in the city and came across this very interesting concept. Stand Alone Modern Trades is a name given to the channel that falls between a General Trade and Modern Trade and is more popularly called a Supermarket. These behave like teenagers- They expect footfalls of a General Merchant - they have a regular clientele that shops daily, http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/spears-heading-concept.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-3727176273545360845Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:30:00 +00002008-12-11T17:30:43.202+05:30Saturday HAD to be a working day and so it was! I had been looking around voraciously for some food for thought and found quite sumptuous a meal. These three pictures according to me are special in their own way. Here is why I think so: I was parked at a red light outside Kachiguda railway station and found this person on the pavement smiling. The first time I looked, I looked away- the second http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-saturday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-8299172569428670811Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:30:00 +00002008-01-06T23:00:56.546+05:30A fairly mixed year for me came to an end on 31st Dec 00 hrs. It ended for all but it was special to me as it prompted me to really look up to that 1 millisecond to change the world for me...The past year had thrown up many challenges which were new!! whether it was as trivial a setback as in academics, or a job that demanded me to, leave think, but change the way I live... worst of all my http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2008/01/hope-floatshappy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-7408728887180862907Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:41:00 +00002007-12-25T21:04:33.258+05:30I have spent 2 weeks into my new job. My work took me around to many nooks of hyd i'd ve never seen otherwise. Most of my time was spent learning about this extremely fertile market for Pepsi. Was interesting to see opportunity! Work had been hectic as the Unit entered a strat plan year- the madness was extreme. Teamwork at its helm and the clock turned upside down. The discomfort of switching http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-fortnight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105241867872226649.post-5568888772459449153Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:33:00 +00002007-12-13T21:41:31.479+05:30Exactly a week back I had been told that I was going to be located in Hyderabad for the longest stint in my program and today, I have already completed 4 days in the new role. Such is my whirlwind of a life. Nice to be back in Hyd. Things have changed. I am no more the living local royalty - an ISBian, I am not a non-veg'n so can't savour the biryanis and last but not the least my origins and http://dhiiti.blogspot.com/2007/12/hyderabad-revisited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rashi Bahadur)3