<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234</id><updated>2011-04-22T02:12:55.374+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Day-Today Thoughts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07629655999399271518</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-2138659892491207965</id><published>2007-09-09T19:08:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.713+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Life as a techie</title><summary type='text'>I got this forward from one of my friends. I'm doing a copy-paste as it is - because I agree with most of the points written here. We do tend to justify working a lot with the amount we are paid for, and I believe this is a misconception. In fact, I've made a few choices in my own life which are not good financially because I would prefer to make a balance between my personal life and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/2138659892491207965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=2138659892491207965' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/2138659892491207965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/2138659892491207965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2007/09/life-as-techie.html' title='Life as a techie'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-1070718847229786696</id><published>2006-09-13T01:58:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.714+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Lage Raho Munnabhai</title><summary type='text'>Damn! I don't have words. This is simply an excellent movie. It scores in almost every aspect you look forward in a movie. And above all, it scores in what it conveys and how it conveys.  Yes, I am floored by 'Lage Raho...' and I can go on praising it. But this is not the time and I don't intend to write anymore about this movie right now. I'll do that sometime later. This post is just to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/1070718847229786696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=1070718847229786696' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/1070718847229786696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/1070718847229786696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2006/09/lage-raho-munnabhai.html' title='Lage Raho Munnabhai'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-6510343176343423358</id><published>2005-12-29T21:34:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.714+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Christmas, New Year and A phone call</title><summary type='text'> When I got up today, I knew that this was going to be an interesting, happening and a tough day. My to-do list included participation in tug-of-war contest, preparation of skit for the performance round scheduled in the evening and, of course, my work in RTLC. Tug-of-war and performance were part of an intra-mentor inter group competetion where the entire set of employees were classified into 8 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/6510343176343423358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=6510343176343423358' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/6510343176343423358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/6510343176343423358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/12/christmas-new-year-and-phone-call.html' title='Christmas, New Year and A phone call'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-833182396996441840</id><published>2005-10-17T19:08:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.715+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Updates..</title><summary type='text'>It's been 11 days since last post. Well, yeah.. that was not exactly a post. It was just a forward. But for the time being, let's consider that as a post. So, it's been just 11 days since last post. But I have quite a lot to write about what I did in last 11 days, quite opposite to any other 11 days when I am in delhi and when I spend most of my time in office.We had two days off for Dushehra in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/833182396996441840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=833182396996441840' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/833182396996441840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/833182396996441840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/10/updates.html' title='Updates..'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-5334863361883051438</id><published>2005-10-05T20:11:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.715+05:30</updated><title type='text'>That night it rained</title><summary type='text'>I got this forward couple of days back. I don't know who the writer is. But I vaguely remember that I have seen it one of the blogs. It deals with complicacies of friendship between a boy and a girl. Not 'really' well dealt. But anyway, here it is ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Lets go for a walk", said Rahul."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/5334863361883051438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=5334863361883051438' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/5334863361883051438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/5334863361883051438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/10/that-night-it-rained.html' title='That night it rained'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-6052044902675607539</id><published>2005-10-03T19:26:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.716+05:30</updated><title type='text'>How dare you ....</title><summary type='text'>This is taken from a guest article on rediff. There is something funny about the way it is written. What do you say?-----------------------------------------------------------How dare you kiss in Chennai?Chennai, the city of auto majors Ford, Hyundai, BMW, Ashok Leyland. Chennai, the city of software majors TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Xansa.Chennai, the city of several engineering colleges and thousands</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/6052044902675607539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=6052044902675607539' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/6052044902675607539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/6052044902675607539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-dare-you.html' title='How dare you ....'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-1470417273340964258</id><published>2005-09-24T19:36:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.716+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Time to write something?</title><summary type='text'>There are times when you have so many things to write and still you do not feel like writing. Today is one of those days. It is really strange because I had been looking forward for the weekend when I'll have time to write.However, just an update - I got an invite from Abhaya for wordpress.com and I really wanted to try it out. Thanks buddy! :-)More later!-Gauraw</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/1470417273340964258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=1470417273340964258' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/1470417273340964258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/1470417273340964258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/09/time-to-write-something.html' title='Time to write something?'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-2494679151674865714</id><published>2005-09-22T03:22:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.717+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Khrrap!</title><summary type='text'>This is one word, I would describe the movie 'Salaam Namaste' in ...The word which Nik (Nikhil Chopra, that is Saif) uses more often than necessary in the movie. I finished watching it just an hour back with GS in Waves. Yeah, I had heard some negative reviews of the movie. Just yesterday my colleague, Praveen, told me that he wanted to run off from the theater just after the first half was over </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/2494679151674865714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=2494679151674865714' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/2494679151674865714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/2494679151674865714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/09/khrrap.html' title='Khrrap!'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-4229735920164284240</id><published>2005-08-05T02:07:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.717+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A sound post</title><summary type='text'>I was about to leave office for the reasons I wrote in last post, when I thought of browsing through my friends' blogs. And I makes it really happy that I did that. I came across this profoundly sound post 'To bend and not to fold' on my friend Abhaya's blog.And as Kaps wrote in the comments of the same post, this one is undoubtedly his best post. Akshaya is no-less correct in saying that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/4229735920164284240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=4229735920164284240' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/4229735920164284240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/4229735920164284240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/08/sound-post.html' title='A sound post'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-1365610731315054866</id><published>2005-08-05T00:42:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.717+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Aug 04, 2005</title><summary type='text'>The day started like any other day. I reached office &amp; the first thing I got to know that the DR which was finally fixed yesterday, is not running in US. Bad start of the day in office! I tried it one more time here, it worked. I tried couple of other ways to compile it, it worked again. Finally reported it to the concerned person.I was pretty happy with it and I decided to chat with one of my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/1365610731315054866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=1365610731315054866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/1365610731315054866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/1365610731315054866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/08/aug-04-2005.html' title='Aug 04, 2005'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050054416666691234.post-6996596232571767436</id><published>2005-07-29T22:24:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-01-28T00:03:05.718+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The First One</title><summary type='text'>I contemplated for a long time about writing a blog, weighed it's pros and cons, thought about what all I should write in a public domain like this if I do write a blog.Then one day, after a long time, I decided to go for it and I did all the settings for this webpage. And since then, I am thinking about starting to post &amp; what I should write in the first post.That's a lot of thinking. Isn't it? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/feeds/6996596232571767436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1050054416666691234&amp;postID=6996596232571767436' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/6996596232571767436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1050054416666691234/posts/default/6996596232571767436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gauraw.blogspot.com/2005/07/first-one.html' title='The First One'/><author><name>Gauraw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
