( Highly politically incorrect... Read at your own risk!!! )

I've been meaning to post our cross-country trip details for almost two months now, but somehow got overwhelmed by other more pressing issues. So here they are:

On our way to San Francisco, we covered about 5,350 miles in just over three weeks, staying at 11 different hotels as well as with friends and family kind enough to offer us shelter. ( Read more... )

Just in case, I decided to post my CV here. Feel free to either critique it or offer suggestions on what I should be doing with my life. In the meantime, I will be primarily looking for Product Management and Marketing positions with Hi-Tech firms located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Here's my resume in Adobe PDF (38k), MS Word (53k), RTF (81k ( Read more... )

My two years at Columbia are over and it's time to move on:

Weekend of...DatesLocation(s)ActivitiesVia...May--2-4New York, NYTurned in our final papers for Strategic Behavior and Hi-Tech Marketing. Started the Spring cleaning.------55New York, NYDis-Orientation begins with a Cluster picnic, free mojitos and late night pool. Alumni Club Reception ( Read more... )

It took just a short two day visit to San Francisco this past weekend to make absolutely certain that we are moving there over the next few months. If everything goes according to our current plan, we shall be departing New York on June 29 and driving to the West Coast over the following three and a half weeks ( Read more... )

It took me over half a year to find an article in the mainstream press that would offer a fair account of the economic situation in India. But finally there is a really good Cover Story in BusinessWeek. It primarily focuses on the the lack of infrastructure and ineffective government institutions -- not on the glaring social problems or striking ( Read more... )

This was a very busy semester. I hope the next one is better:

Weekend of...DatesLocation(s)ActivitiesVia...January--1Athens, Greece / New York, NYArrived back home after a really great trip, but feeling under the weather.Delta--5New York, NYSent out the first MFA application for A. Put up ads on Cars.com and AutoTrader.com.------66New York, NYAn ( Read more... )

After spending almost three months on the other side of the Globe, I'm back to reality:

Weekend of...DatesLocation(s)ActivitiesVia...September21-3Burlington, VT / Montreal, QCDrove up north to visit some friends and former coworkers.My car--5,6New York, NY"Re-Orientation" and the first day of classes.------98-9New York, NYInterview with Infosys ( Read more... )

First of all, it's worth mentioning that the Indian highway infrastructure, at least in most of the rural areas, appears to be composed primarily of what has been left behind by the British as they were driven out of the country in the mid-1940's, with a lot of combat damage sustained during the supposedly nonviolent struggle for independence. ( Read more... )

Today I would like to talk about a couple of the more practical sides of my experience in India and to leave any further discussions of the underlying "Culture Shock" for some other time.

The tropical climate: I am pleased to report that my worst fears failed to materialize and that Bangalore weather has been relatively nice, living up to the ( Read more... )