Since this blog gained some visibility and readership only in early 2007, I feel like summarizing various posts published in 2006 for the benefit of new readers. This post will also help first time visitors who will not have time to read all post individually and can pick posts that interests them from this summary.
There were over 53 posts published in 2006 and I’ve shortlisted 25 of them as good ones and explaining contents of each post in a sentence or two here. If that interests you, please click on the title to read the original post in a new window.
Also read: April-June 07 | July-Sep 07 | Oct-Nov 07
Sorted by Category
Light hearted, humor oriented posts
1. Why hate hate communities?
Wrote this post after getting hundreds of mails saying so and so has created so and so community in orkut with negative opinion about this and that. I felt such things can be best ignored and this post explains my stand.
2.What this Patna gentleman is going to do with Aish's skirt?
Sony MAX gifted a skirt worn by Aishwarya in movie Dhoom 2 to someone from Patna. What that man could have done with her skirt? An impact analysis.
3. SMS and Win Hype
You can do wonders by sending SMS isn’t it? Read this post for a detailed analysis if it’s worth sending these commercial messages
4. My Cooking Expedition
Experiences of Cooking, during my Stay at Kottivakam, Chennai
5. Email superstition
Lists various email forwards people send without a second thought
Serious analysis on Business, HR and lifestyle issues
6. Why People lie?
Explains reasons why people lie? | Kannada Version
7.Rejection Handling-Causes and Remedy
An analysis of causes of rejection and tips to handle them. Eventually became a top contender in search engine queries for rejection handling
8.Being Busy
An analysis of being Busy
9.Is Metro Cash and Carry really cheap?
I was going through Metro Cash and Carry catalogue and observed that their pricing has nothing cheap about it.
10. About IBM Satyam takeover rumor?
There was widespread rumor early 2006 that IBM is eyeing to buy Satyam Computers. Both parties have denied it and nothing has happened in past 2 years, though rumor hasn’t died completely. This post was a detailed analysis of possibilities related to this takeover rumor.
11.Pros and Cons-Branded goods vs unbranded ones
Compares advantages and disadvantages of buying a particular item from a branded showroom vis-à-vis a roadside vendor.
12. Should Govt withdraw sovereign guarantee from LIC?
Private insurance players were pressurizing govt to withdraw sovereign guarantee that Central Government was giving to LIC policy holders. An overview
13. Orkut and Employee Productivity?
Many IT companies started banning orkut at office, siting productivity concerns. This post explains the factors that may affect employee productivity
14.Do we need unions in IT companies?
Along with a detailed analysis, concludes there is no need for any unions in IT industry at this moment.
15. How to survey for Best employer?
How do you select best employer? Explains how Business today conducted its survey and tells why such surveys lack credibility
16. Education and Attrition?
Why some people keep jumping jobs every few months for better salaries while thousands of others wander around jobless? An introspection
Travel and tourism related posts
17. Anantagiri Hills
Anantagiri hills, some 100 kms off Hyderabad. We went there trekking and this post is an illustrated description of the same.
Generic and miscellaneous posts
18. Summer of 05-A modified poem
I made small modifications to Bryan Adam’s summer of ’60 song and published here. Written around getting a job etc
19. Roger that and other Radio Terminologies-
Collection of all words and their meanings used in army, navy etc. (Example: Roger means “I’ve received your message and understood it”)
20. SAAS-Software As a Service
An introduction to the concept of SAAS (Software as a service)
21. Hyd vs Chennai vs B'lore
Compares several factors related to 3 south Indian cities-Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, crafted out of my experience in these 3 cities.
22. Chennai Police and their Accent Cars
Hyundai gifted over 100 Accent cars to Chennai police, with which they can now chase law breakers, just the way their counter parts in US used to do. Nearly one year down the line, I want any of the Chennai based bloggers to take stock and write how effectively these cars are being used.
23. ?
24. Asset vs Liability?
Which one can be called as an asset and which one is a liability? This post can help you decide that.
25.Hyd 10 Run-report?
Running 10 kms for a cause…A first hand account on Hyderabad 10k run in which I participated (and ran 10kms too!)
Legend: Short: Around 500 words, Medium: 500-1500 words, Large: Above 1500 words
Comment count at the time of composing this post, including author’s replies
Also read: April-June 07 | July-Sep 07 | Oct-Nov 07
Other posts you may like:
Do you like Pepsi
Softdrinks vs natural drinks
Shilparamam
Best of 2011 * Best of 2008
There were over 53 posts published in 2006 and I’ve shortlisted 25 of them as good ones and explaining contents of each post in a sentence or two here. If that interests you, please click on the title to read the original post in a new window.
Also read: April-June 07 | July-Sep 07 | Oct-Nov 07
Sorted by Category
Light hearted, humor oriented posts
1. Why hate hate communities?
| Genre: Generic thoughts | Length: Medium | No of comments: 5 | Popularity-Hit |
Wrote this post after getting hundreds of mails saying so and so has created so and so community in orkut with negative opinion about this and that. I felt such things can be best ignored and this post explains my stand.
2.What this Patna gentleman is going to do with Aish's skirt?
| Genre: Humor | Length: Medium | No of comments:9 | Popularity:Super Hit |
Sony MAX gifted a skirt worn by Aishwarya in movie Dhoom 2 to someone from Patna. What that man could have done with her skirt? An impact analysis.
3. SMS and Win Hype
| Genre:Humor | Length: Short | No of comments: 7 | Popularity:Hit |
You can do wonders by sending SMS isn’t it? Read this post for a detailed analysis if it’s worth sending these commercial messages
4. My Cooking Expedition
| Genre:Humor | Length: Short | No of comments: 7 | Popularity:Hit |
Experiences of Cooking, during my Stay at Kottivakam, Chennai
5. Email superstition
| Genre: Thoughts | Length: large | No of comments: 4 | Popularity:Hit |
Lists various email forwards people send without a second thought
Serious analysis on Business, HR and lifestyle issues
6. Why People lie?
| Genre: Human Relations | Length: Large | No of comments:9 | Popularity: hit |
Explains reasons why people lie? | Kannada Version
7.Rejection Handling-Causes and Remedy
| Genre: Thoughts and advice | Length: Medium | No of comments:4 | Popularity: Super hit |
An analysis of causes of rejection and tips to handle them. Eventually became a top contender in search engine queries for rejection handling
8.Being Busy
| Genre: Thoughts | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity:average |
An analysis of being Busy
9.Is Metro Cash and Carry really cheap?
| Genre: Cost analysis | Length: Short | No of comments:0 | Popularity:Flop |
I was going through Metro Cash and Carry catalogue and observed that their pricing has nothing cheap about it.
10. About IBM Satyam takeover rumor?
| Genre: Strategy | Length: Large | No of comments: 6 | Popularity: Super Hit |
There was widespread rumor early 2006 that IBM is eyeing to buy Satyam Computers. Both parties have denied it and nothing has happened in past 2 years, though rumor hasn’t died completely. This post was a detailed analysis of possibilities related to this takeover rumor.
11.Pros and Cons-Branded goods vs unbranded ones
| Genre: Value analysis | Length: Short | No of comments: 5 | Popularity:Hit |
Compares advantages and disadvantages of buying a particular item from a branded showroom vis-à-vis a roadside vendor.
12. Should Govt withdraw sovereign guarantee from LIC?
| Genre: Govt policies | Length: Short | No of comments:2 | Popularity: Average |
Private insurance players were pressurizing govt to withdraw sovereign guarantee that Central Government was giving to LIC policy holders. An overview
13. Orkut and Employee Productivity?
| Genre: Productivity issues | Length: Medium | No of comments: 5 | Popularity:Super hit |
Many IT companies started banning orkut at office, siting productivity concerns. This post explains the factors that may affect employee productivity
14.Do we need unions in IT companies?
| Genre: | Length: Short | No of comments:1 | Popularity:Average |
Along with a detailed analysis, concludes there is no need for any unions in IT industry at this moment.
15. How to survey for Best employer?
| Genre:Thoughts | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity:Average |
How do you select best employer? Explains how Business today conducted its survey and tells why such surveys lack credibility
16. Education and Attrition?
| Genre:Society | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity: |
Why some people keep jumping jobs every few months for better salaries while thousands of others wander around jobless? An introspection
Travel and tourism related posts
17. Anantagiri Hills
| Genre: Trekking | Length: Short | No of comments:0 | Popularity: Hit |
Anantagiri hills, some 100 kms off Hyderabad. We went there trekking and this post is an illustrated description of the same.
Generic and miscellaneous posts
18. Summer of 05-A modified poem
| Genre:Poem | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity:Flop |
I made small modifications to Bryan Adam’s summer of ’60 song and published here. Written around getting a job etc
19. Roger that and other Radio Terminologies-
| Genre | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity:Average |
Collection of all words and their meanings used in army, navy etc. (Example: Roger means “I’ve received your message and understood it”)
20. SAAS-Software As a Service
| Genre:technology | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity:Average |
An introduction to the concept of SAAS (Software as a service)
21. Hyd vs Chennai vs B'lore
| Genre: Living | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity: Superhit |
Compares several factors related to 3 south Indian cities-Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, crafted out of my experience in these 3 cities.
22. Chennai Police and their Accent Cars
| Genre: Law and Order | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity: Average |
Hyundai gifted over 100 Accent cars to Chennai police, with which they can now chase law breakers, just the way their counter parts in US used to do. Nearly one year down the line, I want any of the Chennai based bloggers to take stock and write how effectively these cars are being used.
23. ?
| Genre: Security | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity: Flop |
24. Asset vs Liability?
| Genre : Finance | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity: Average |
Which one can be called as an asset and which one is a liability? This post can help you decide that.
25.Hyd 10 Run-report?
| Genre: Sports and fitness | Length: Short | No of comments: | Popularity: Flop |
Running 10 kms for a cause…A first hand account on Hyderabad 10k run in which I participated (and ran 10kms too!)
Legend: Short: Around 500 words, Medium: 500-1500 words, Large: Above 1500 words
Comment count at the time of composing this post, including author’s replies
Also read: April-June 07 | July-Sep 07 | Oct-Nov 07
Other posts you may like:
Do you like Pepsi
Softdrinks vs natural drinks
Shilparamam
Best of 2011 * Best of 2008
Thanks for the list, Shri. Haven't read all of them, but I will at some point of time.
ReplyDeleteTake your time Hari, you're always welcome. btb be sure to drop a comment...
ReplyDelete22. Chennai Police and their Accent Cars
ReplyDeletei will try to do someting on this shri
Hey,now a days your blog has become self-centered. You are always writing about your previous posts and statistics. Are you running out of ideas or what?
ReplyDeleteNo offences meant, just on the lighter side...
Logesh: You're welcome. Let me know once you publish it
ReplyDeleteAnonymus, response to your comment warrants a new post altogether. Standby for that
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteMyself and my hubby used to read your posts...but never got a chance to comment on it.
Really admire the way you do.
Have lots to learn from you.
Keep up the Good job.
Will find my time to read your posts and leave comments.
Seec,It is a pleasure to see your comments.
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