• 9 new things I learned from my 9 years of work experience

    On this day, nine years ago, I joined my first job at TCS Initial Learning Program (ILP) center, Hyderabad. Let’s go straight to the point. Here are the Nine new things that I learned from my work life: 1. Put your efforts, forget results When efforts are sincere enough, they will pay off later. All…

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  • Coursera’s Global Skills Report – What is it for India?

    Recently, the online learning platform – Coursera published a report based on the study they conducted on the state of skills that are in demand across continents. The report highlighted the top 10 skills that learners showed interest across business, technology and data science fields. In this post, I cherry-picked the information from the report…

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  • Career Prospects for a Civil Engineer

    Recently, I gave an alumni talk at my graduate college IIT Hyderabad. Based on my exposure to job market and the industry, I highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary learning for Civil Engineering students. In particular, I see Data Science and Public Policy minors will have good prospects in the near future. And, see you tomorrow…

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  • 3 must-have tax-saving investments for a person who just started earning

    If you started earning recently or have been employed for a while, then you must think about these investments in your financial planning. Whether your annual income falls under the income slabs as defined by the IT department or not, these investments are must-have and kind of first of the investments to be made by…

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  • Essay on Communalism in Independent India

    The Constitution of India guarantees every citizen a Right to Freedom of Religion. However, Independent India has seen many communal disturbances and violence indirectly questioning the freedom given to its citizens, for a secular and secure place. Khushwant Singh, in his book “The End of India” explains the twoschools of thought about secularism – The…

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  • A realist will challenge the old faiths

    Why I am an Atheist depicts the ideology and clear thinking of Bhagat Singh, a revolutionary Socialist. In this book, he poses himself the question, reasons out and disproves that it is not vanity for his disbelief in God.

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  • అమ్మ ఏడ్చింది

    అమ్మ ఏడ్చింది నేను ఈ ప్రపంచాన్ని చూడకముందే, నాన్న ఆనందంలో నన్ను చూసుకుని అమ్మ ఏడ్చింది. నేను తలకిందులై జన్మించే ఆ క్షణాలలో నా క్షేమం కోరుకుంటూ, తను బాధ పడుతూ అమ్మ ఏడ్చింది. పెరుగుతున్న నన్ను, తన కలలని, కంటిపాపలా కాపాడుతూ, ఆ కంటికే తెలీయకుండ అమ్మ ఏడ్చింది. అల్లరి చిల్లరిగా ఆటలాడుతూ దెబ్బతగిలించుకున్న నేను ఏడ్వటం చూడలేక అమ్మ ఏడ్చింది. తప్పు ద్రోవలో వెళ్ళానని తెలిసి ఆవేశంగా నన్ను కొట్టినా, అమ్మా ఏడ్చింది. చదువులకీ,…

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  • The Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

    Genre: Historical Fiction This is the first book I’ve ever read excluding the non-detailed stories that we had as part of our high school curriculum. I chose this book for two main reasons – Khushwant Singh, a renowned Indian author & journalist and the subject of book itself (of course, I went with the title).…

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