I read this piece by Sumeet Vaid, Founder CEO of Freedom Financial Planners, in the Economic Times today on how it is important to cut back on expenses today, in order to build a sound financial future tomorrow. I have always personally derided this perspective, saying its not relevant to people who have a steady career …
Category Archive: Common Sense
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Nov 11
Fwd: Email at your own risk
A couple of days back, my 10 year old daughter received an email from a stranger asking her: “Why are you creatingspam??” And this seemed to be in response to an email she’d sent (Fwd:) to some of her friends, and not him! She showed it to me wondering what spam was, and why this person …
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Nov 04
Digital Road Rage – Redux
Here’s a post I first wrote exactly five years ago to this date, on 4th November, 2005! And yes, I’ve been blogging since before most people had internet in India! I am republishing it today, because I think it is still very relevant here in 2010, as it was in 2005. Because while technology has …
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Oct 30
BBM – Boon, or Bane?!
Today someone forwarded me the following text, on my BBM (that’s short for Blackberry Messenger, for those not from this planet). It’s insightful, and makes people laugh ~ especially the die-hard Crackberrys! How BBmessenger Has Changed Us: ~ This is sooo truee!! You check your phone before you even wake up Ignoring people has become …
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Oct 08
Hi, can you talk right now?
It’s amazing how this basic courtesy has all but disappeared in the world of mobile phones today. The courtesy of checking whether the person they’ve called, has nothing else to do, but to talk whenever the callers wants to. And god forbid, if you don’t take the call because you are busy, they …
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