A few months back a colleague of mine termed me as a ‘brand slave’ and I just laughed it off as I did not see any truth in it. Just possessing a few ‘decent’ shirts and some gizmos does not make someone a brand slave. But his...
Topics: chennai, confessions, MacBook, Personal, shopping, thoughts

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Last month, I visited  Ranchi for a couple of days almost after23 years. I was so excited to visit that place, to see my school and go to those places which were slowly getting eroded from my memory. But the menace of ‘Naxalism’ completely ruined my.
Topics: Education, Harmu, Jharkhand, Personal, Ranchi, School Days, Travel

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So finally I know what my schedule is going to be tomorrow, what I am going to eat, where I am going to spend my time and whom I am going to meet. Yes, the nomadic life I have been living for last four months is finally over. At least for the time being..
Topics: BoP, dhaulagiri, fieldwork, karnataka, konark, munnar, orissa, Travel

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Since last one year we have been working on it, right from developing concept paper to fine tuning the methodology. The District Level Economic Governance for Tamilnadu is now in news.See the...
Topics: Economic Governance Index, Uncategorized, Work

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Last few weeks gave me a snapshot of a wanderer’s life. Moving one town to another, meeting all kind of people, doing all kind of stuff right from proving my self dumb to get some bit of information to handling drunken villagers.. it has really been an.
Topics: Books, Fiat Linea, Uncategorized

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