Fritzl

Posted on May 4th, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

Cases like this test the faith that I have in my opposition to capital punishment.

No Comments »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

Interesting question

Posted on April 11th, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

A question I encountered in an article I read this past week:
Can organizations motivated by the need to make profits and please shareholders successfully conduct basic scientific research as a core activity?
There is some personal significance to that question; hence categorizing it under “Personal” as well.

4 Comments »
Filed under: Business, Personal

“Free Pizza”

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

(or Is it just me?)
A couple of days ago, I received an email from an advertising student with the subject line “Free Pizza”. She wanted to conduct an advertising research focus group and was offering pizzas as  a way to thank participants for their time.
I don’t know if you feel the same way about this, […]

3 Comments »
Filed under: Culture & Society, Personal

Vijay Narayanan…

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

(Warning: Ego post!)
… adds the PMP to his name.

5 Comments »
Filed under: Personal

Random

Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

Our problem is that, instead of feeling bad about and working to redeem ourselves, we celebrate our faults.

No Comments »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

Fall

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

Just as my Equities portfolio was about to get out the red comes a single-day 900-point fall that pegs it back into dark red territory. God have mercy on Dalal Street.

3 Comments »
Filed under: News, Personal

Le Chateau de ma Mere

Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

I never thought there would come a day when I would say this. I think I like Yves Robert’s Le Chateau de ma Mere (My Mother’s Castle) better than Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather!

7 Comments »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

4000

Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

Yes, that is the sample space. And here is the derivation*.
600000 x 0.5 x (4 / 60) x 0.4 x 0.5
*Various other factors tend only to lower this number, not increase it.

2 Comments »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

In a 48-hour period…

Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

1. Vel: Above-average masala flick, evidently designed to please as many sections of the audience as possible in over 2 hours. Excellent performance by Surya, in his first (?) double role, that puts to shame Vijay’s ATM. No doubt Vel is rocking the BO this Deepavali. Despite the music being a let-down, the movie is […]

3 Comments »
Filed under: Movies, Personal

Enlightening

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

நீ பார்த்த பார்வைகள் கனவோடு போகும்
நீ சொன்ன வார்த்தைகள் காற்றோடு போகும்
ஊர் பார்த்த உண்மைகள் உனக்காக வாழும்
உணராமல் போவோர்க்கு உதவாமல் போகும்.

3 Comments »
Filed under: Personal

Cooking

Posted on December 8th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

… especially, simple South Indian vegetarian cooking has to be among the easiest things to do; so algorithm-like, that there simply can be no excuse whatsoever for someone to be a bad cook.
P.S.: I must confess though that the spinach curry didn’t taste very good.

6 Comments »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

Mun Paniyaa…

Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

The first snow shower of this winter in the Northeast.

2 Comments »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

நிதி சால சுகமா?

Posted on October 28th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

5 Comments »
Filed under: Music, Personal

iConfess

Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

I have officially lost my nerd status… for thinking hitherto that Tabula Rasa had something to do with cooking for a lot of people during a Hindu marriage.

No Comments »
Filed under: Personal

Suggestions, please

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

Do you have anything to say to someone who is very seriously considering uninstalling Windows Vista, possibly the worst ever operating system, and switching to Windows XP? Like a few words to wean me away from doing this…

10 Comments »
Filed under: Personal, Tech

Situation song

Posted on August 9th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XUUPJvt7wrU

1 Comment »
Filed under: Personal

Reading list

Posted on May 18th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

My current reading list reads thus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACL_reconstruction
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acl-injury/AC99999

3 Comments »
Filed under: Personal

Prelude

Posted on April 10th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

What went through his mind before this happened:
It was pitch dark and very oppressive under his hood. He heard the rustle and murmur of the people round him, and then the voice of McGinty sounded dull and distant through the covering of his ears.
“John McMurdo,” said the voice, are you already a member of the […]

1 Comment »
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Personal

Civility

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

With a view to get back home before the start of the game, a couple of friends and I were rushing to catch the first bus from office. We had to pass a lady, who didn’t seem to have any worries about the India - Sri Lanka tie, and was walking really slowly. When we […]

7 Comments »
Filed under: Personal

I love Saturdays!

Posted on March 4th, 2007 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

My idea of a Super Saturday looks like this:
08:30 AM - Wake up
10:15 AM - Breakfast with friends at Murugan Idly Kadai. Must say they should rename it to Murugan Dosai Kadai. The dosas taste much better.
11:15 AM - Sathyam Cineplex. Paruthi Veeran. A well-made movie, but the last 20 minutes were horrific - haven’t […]

4 Comments »
Filed under: Personal

Next Page »