Nothing of Consequence

Welcome to my personal corner of the web! This section is a collection of my non-technical thoughts and book reviews. Many of these posts were originally published on my old blog, not-of-consequence.blogspot.com, and have been migrated here for consolidation.

ACM - An Unforgettable Experience

This guest post was written by Amrita Nair. What an awesome year it was! A year full of responsibilities, new learning experiences and a welcome change. ACM is the best thing that ever happened to me. A great platform, for which I will always have immense love and respect. ...

The year of the ACM Student Chapter

Phew! My last blog post was a year ago, on 4th March, 2014. Which shows it’s been a hell of an year for me. These past months, I’ve been thoroughly (and happily) busy with the ACM Student Chapter. Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, as it is popularly known is ...

What Reality TV usually is.

Last weekend, I had the fortune of visiting my parents at home. Usually this involves unmeasurable happiness on our parts. A couple of holidays every month doing no study; I’d bet you’re game for it. It’s like the movie Gravity - weightlessness and a little bit of pampering on their part. ...

Why You should stop using Facebook, WhatsApp and other crap.

Lets face it, we’ve all been there before. Going through the pile of rubbish that your ’friends’ shared whom you don’t even care about. Photographs asking you to like them or you are doomed. Filtering through all of the shit, just because you could see the photo of your crush who doesn’t even know you. That embarrassing picture you posted online; when you were out of your mind and regret it now. This list goes on and on. ...

Parliament passes resolution recognizing customer care executives as a separate Race

Delhi: The Winter session of the Parliament commenced this Thursday. We media channels, were expecting the usual non-functioning and house disruptions in the assembly. But we were in for a shock because after the promised Telangana Bill was tabled and debated, the government somehow passed a Privileged Motion recognizing Customer Care Executives as a separate Race. The other bills such as the Lokpal Bill and The Women’s Reservation Bill were put on hold. ...

How to Create an Enemy - By Sam Keen

I don’t usually read poems but I came across this gem by Sam Keen. Here it goes. Start with an empty canvas Sketch in broad outline the forms of men, women, and children. ...

Mind your language!

India is a country with 22 official languages, 1652 languages and dialects in total with over 216 languages with more than 10,000 native speakers. Of them, Hindi is the most spoken in India. ...

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani: Review?

This is my 3rd foray into the world of blogging. My first two blogs were as good as non-existent. So I was searching once again for a topic to write on. Luckily I happened to watch this movie,YJHD,and being the natural critic that I am,I jumped on it. ...