<?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-35511638</id><updated>2011-11-17T20:02:15.054+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Vineet ..exclusive!!</title><subtitle type='html'>This is my space. You can either love me or hate me here, but you cannot ignore me here!! Its all about me..and only about me..And since I am the author of this blog, I AM the protagonist!! 
If this could make you laugh, smile or even stop for a moment and think...the purpose is solved! Happy reading..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>62</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-2458084318490109073</id><published>2010-03-06T02:49:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T03:01:23.479+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ideal Gift</title><summary type='text'>Picking a gift for a girl is a tricky thing. The ideal gift achieves a delicate balance between cliché and commitment, thoughtfulness and humour. I have been asked by this friend of mine (which she blatantly denied later) to get her a gift from ‘down under’...and I am in a soup since then!

Let me illustrate my point. If your gift is too fancy, she could (read WILL) assume you're getting serious.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/2458084318490109073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=2458084318490109073&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2458084318490109073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2458084318490109073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2010/03/ideal-gift.html' title='The Ideal Gift'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-1880396903123293089</id><published>2009-09-02T05:52:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T05:53:17.304+10:00</updated><title type='text'>GFC in India…are you kidding??</title><summary type='text'>Last time I went to a nationalized bank in India was for an Audit assignment with PwC. They didn’t show me any paper for how the loan comes in and to where it is disbursed. I spent twice of the time I was supposed to spend in that assignment and still came home empty handed. The only solace was the same treatment encountered by my colleagues in other branches. Needless to say, we lost the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/1880396903123293089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=1880396903123293089&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1880396903123293089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1880396903123293089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2009/09/gfc-in-indiaare-you-kidding_02.html' title='GFC in India…are you kidding??'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-5623845388142443359</id><published>2009-08-29T03:13:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T03:16:51.080+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You should be whatever you wanna be. You should have a life to stop wherever you want and start whenever you like. You should meet people who have different point of view. You should see things you've never seen before and feel things you've never felt before. You should live a life you are proud of. And if you find you are not, you should have the strength to start all over again!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/5623845388142443359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=5623845388142443359&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5623845388142443359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5623845388142443359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2009/08/you-should-be-whatever-you-wanna-be.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3896378578878501002</id><published>2009-07-05T00:35:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T00:38:30.444+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Bangalore Airport!</title><summary type='text'>I stopped by Bangalore last month while I was coming from Australia to India. I went there to meet my good old school friend, Gaurav aka Ganja aka Bobo. He did show me around the place exceedingly well (whatever there is in the city) but he faltered to gauge the distance of Bangalore’s new airport. I barely managed to reach in time, which has nothing to do with my past track record. What makes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3896378578878501002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3896378578878501002&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3896378578878501002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3896378578878501002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2009/07/bangalore-airport.html' title='Bangalore Airport!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-8019547097380161029</id><published>2009-06-27T04:08:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T04:09:53.728+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Multitasking</title><summary type='text'>I am in the middle of my vacations in India. I was little scared to reach home. Somehow, I was worried that this time my parents would definitely tie the knot. And then all their expectations of my returning back to India for good. I was preparing myself for a big drama during these vacations while I was reaching Delhi at a slow pace, perhaps deliberate slow pace, stopping by in Perth, Singapore </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/8019547097380161029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=8019547097380161029&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8019547097380161029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8019547097380161029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2009/06/multitasking.html' title='Multitasking'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-7563519688622341857</id><published>2009-05-24T15:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T15:27:53.411+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Nostalgic …??</title><summary type='text'>I officially graduated yesterday (May 23rd 2009) from an MBA program. The graduation ceremony was grand. I was wearing regalia in the same manner as I used to see in movies when I was kid. Unfortunately, we haven’t copied this stuff yet from Oxford history in Delhi University unlike US and Australian universities. So this was my first time. All firsts are memorable.  Somehow, the ends always </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/7563519688622341857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=7563519688622341857&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7563519688622341857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7563519688622341857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2009/05/nostalgic.html' title='Nostalgic …??'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3584183661592163226</id><published>2009-02-03T22:03:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T22:06:53.202+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Same Same...but Different!!</title><summary type='text'>It’s a different world. Two weeks after coming back from China, I'm still speaking English without any prepositions and articles. I reckon I’ll hate noodles for some months now. I don’t give a disgusting look now to see people eating anything that crawls (snakes, lizards, cockroaches!!).  But I am slightly jealous. No matter what anyone tells you about the latest microchip invented by Intel — </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3584183661592163226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3584183661592163226&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3584183661592163226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3584183661592163226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2009/02/same-samebut-different.html' title='Same Same...but Different!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-7495448967892507392</id><published>2008-11-18T20:35:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T20:37:15.219+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Race is on…</title><summary type='text'>Racism is a serious term in the United States. To my surprise, race was not the dominating factor for bringing Senator Obama to Presidency, though I can still feel something in the air. While I see this ongoing debate in a city like New York, where you can see almost all kind of races that exist in this livable planet, making it somewhat difficult to separate from the normal life, I tend to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/7495448967892507392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=7495448967892507392&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7495448967892507392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7495448967892507392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/11/race-is-on.html' title='Race is on…'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3184122277923583165</id><published>2008-10-15T17:09:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T17:12:01.393+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Public Speaking... A Nightmare!</title><summary type='text'>I visited Washington DC couple of weeks back and I was thrilled to see Abraham Lincoln’s memorial wherein his grand structure was sitting royally inside the white grand building. Lincoln was the only US President I had heard of and read about before Clinton’s scandalous performance and Bush’s massacre made US presidents famous to politically ignorant people like me.I have always dreamt of making </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3184122277923583165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3184122277923583165&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3184122277923583165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3184122277923583165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/10/public-speaking-nightmare.html' title='Public Speaking... A Nightmare!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-1381208221756510482</id><published>2008-08-08T01:16:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T01:18:28.464+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Our time is now…</title><summary type='text'>15th of August is celebrated as the Independence Day in India. Since in Delhi we fly kites on this occasion, it has always held a special significance in my life, as I eagerly waited for the day to come ‘coz of my strong liking for kite flying. Coincidently, that was the day I flew from India to Australia, first time ever travelling out of India….and again flying for New York at about the same </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/1381208221756510482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=1381208221756510482&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1381208221756510482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1381208221756510482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/08/our-time-is-now.html' title='Our time is now…'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-1183420595855587208</id><published>2008-08-03T02:46:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T02:55:52.708+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Relaxation Tips</title><summary type='text'>Here you go...• Stretch for 2 minutes [I do that often]• Laugh for 5 minutes [perhaps more than that!!]• Floss your teeth [twice daily :)]• Read to a child [have tried few of the times with Aaryan...but that bores me :(]• Hug a loved one [I note that ;)]• Go for a 10-minute walk in the park [hmm...will have to think abt exploring botanical gardens near to my house...don't see it happening before </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/1183420595855587208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=1183420595855587208&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1183420595855587208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1183420595855587208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/08/relaxation-tips.html' title='Relaxation Tips'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-489523961938149850</id><published>2008-06-04T03:36:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T03:37:56.645+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Good ones are always taken!</title><summary type='text'>Everyone in their lives would have had crushes, and I too had my share of crushes. But, it didn't take much time for each of them to turn to crashes. None of my crushes took off, or probably they crashed even before they took off!! Today, when I look back, I can’t manage but to have a laugh. (not really!!)My first crush was on Miss M. I was in my eleventh then and Miss M was a new admit in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/489523961938149850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=489523961938149850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/489523961938149850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/489523961938149850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/06/good-ones-are-always-taken.html' title='Good ones are always taken!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-5716406545829240264</id><published>2008-06-03T18:43:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T18:56:30.670+10:00</updated><title type='text'>How to be a DOG?</title><summary type='text'>1. Always look enthusiastic2. Keep barking3. When in doubt, LICK4. Don't get too close to other dogs...they recognise their breed very well5. Just DON'T!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/5716406545829240264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=5716406545829240264&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5716406545829240264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5716406545829240264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-be-dog.html' title='How to be a DOG?'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-796093680273258328</id><published>2008-06-03T06:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T06:25:30.489+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Arranged Marriage!!</title><summary type='text'>Last words of Thomas Tom while shutting me in the Taxi on NYU exchange students night were, “and Vineet, do inform me if you get married during this visit of yours to India.” For him, all NRIs weddings are fixed like this, whenever they go back to their home in vacations, there is bunch of potential partners lined up for selection. One of his Indian flatmate actually got hooked up like this... </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/796093680273258328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=796093680273258328&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/796093680273258328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/796093680273258328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/06/arranged-marriage.html' title='Arranged Marriage!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-2369085339127879475</id><published>2008-04-20T04:29:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T04:56:14.951+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The Easter Trip</title><summary type='text'>One fine day, we receive an email from Charlyn Ding (popularly known as Dingster) to book our dates for the Easter weekend. The trip was christened as “wakeboarding” trip for reference purposes. Amanda, Dingster, Juan, Mike, Pam, Pete, Rob, Tatiana and I confirmed to be the part of it. However, it so turned out that we won’t get any ‘humane’ accommodation due to busy Easter period and we would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/2369085339127879475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=2369085339127879475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2369085339127879475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2369085339127879475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/04/easter-trip.html' title='The Easter Trip'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-4996556570518206848</id><published>2008-03-24T00:40:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T00:42:45.554+11:00</updated><title type='text'>As we grow up..</title><summary type='text'>As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/4996556570518206848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=4996556570518206848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/4996556570518206848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/4996556570518206848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/03/as-we-grow-up.html' title='As we grow up..'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3950198864171889755</id><published>2008-03-20T23:47:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T23:53:16.914+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Just friends ;)</title><summary type='text'>I swear by the moon and the stars in the skyand I swear like the shadow that's by your sideI see the questions in your eyesI know what's weighing on your mindYou can be sure I know my partCause I stand beside you through the yearsYou'll only cry those happy tearsAnd though I make mistakesI'll never break your heartAnd I swear by the moonAnd the stars in the sky I'll be thereI swear like the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3950198864171889755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3950198864171889755&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3950198864171889755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3950198864171889755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/03/just-friends.html' title='Just friends ;)'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3741094834490346389</id><published>2008-03-18T02:05:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T02:19:10.573+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Buzzwords and Jargons!</title><summary type='text'>I wrote this article for the newsletter (called The CoP - Campus on Papers) issued by InCult, my Business School Club...and got lots of applauds from the classmates :). Here you go....One of our professors mentioned this very correctly to us the other day, MBA doesn’t teach you anything. It is just a method of an expensive filtering of the potential candidates for the employers. I couldn’t have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3741094834490346389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3741094834490346389&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3741094834490346389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3741094834490346389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/03/buzzwords-and-jargons.html' title='Buzzwords and Jargons!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-2346506628772658965</id><published>2008-02-17T01:23:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T01:27:09.268+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Rules for Happiness</title><summary type='text'>Remember the five simple rules to be happy:1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.4. Give more.5. Expect less.And be my friend...oops...that makes 6!! :)Life is short---&gt; Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.Life</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/2346506628772658965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=2346506628772658965&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2346506628772658965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2346506628772658965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/02/rules-for-happiness.html' title='Rules for Happiness'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3779185695253007848</id><published>2008-02-13T01:40:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-30T14:46:16.610+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Auckland Tales..</title><summary type='text'>I travelled to Auckland, during my summers in Australia. Lots of things happened with me during that time. I could recall few of the following interesting events and put them on black and white.I don’t have anything specific against white people. But as an Indian, it’s disgusting when you are being selected for the security check every single time. I was on the Auckland Airport, and every single </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3779185695253007848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3779185695253007848&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3779185695253007848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3779185695253007848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/02/auckland-tales.html' title='Auckland Tales..'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-1316937511799516593</id><published>2008-02-04T00:46:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T01:45:14.549+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Krishna returns..</title><summary type='text'>I would start with the holy name again..Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare!Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!!Even if I would want to go away from the above thing, there is something which pulls me towards this somehow! After various visits to the temple in Auckland, I contniued the good work in Melbourne too. I went to ISKCON temple at Melbourne today, and found that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/1316937511799516593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=1316937511799516593&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1316937511799516593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1316937511799516593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/02/krishna-returns.html' title='Krishna returns..'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-7395917854607279190</id><published>2008-02-02T07:47:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-02T08:02:07.026+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Justice...</title><summary type='text'>"Fiat justitia, ruat caelum."(Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall.)These words were said by William Murray, first Earl of Mansfield during a case against slavery in Britain on 22 June 1772. Now these words are symbol of Law &amp; Justice without Emotion or Force. It shows faith in Judicial System with no interference and traditionalism.When I have to believe that a court of law has given</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/7395917854607279190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=7395917854607279190&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7395917854607279190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7395917854607279190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/02/justice.html' title='Justice...'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3525843795749668334</id><published>2008-01-27T16:00:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T16:04:10.652+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Melbourne Mantra</title><summary type='text'>This is the written version of some video I saw, found it really funny, customization and additions have been done for the adoption purposes ;)I come from India from its capital city, New Delhi. About 1 year back I was lying in the Sun…getting a head massage…eating oranges…while maid cleaned dishes…chef cooked food…chauffer washed the car…and I thought to myself …to hell with this life!!... I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3525843795749668334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3525843795749668334&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3525843795749668334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3525843795749668334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/01/melbourne-mantra.html' title='Melbourne Mantra'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-7609419618383895044</id><published>2008-01-21T11:38:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T11:55:45.386+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Sambhar of 69</title><summary type='text'>I had my first real six rupees,stole it from my father's pants,went to a madrasi hotel,to eat the sambhar of 69.Me and some kadke dost,had it all and we caught bukhaar,annie puked, mohit got ulcers,and ganje ne maari dakaar.Oh when I went back there now,the food was as stale as ever,and though it was 2008,still the sambhar was being served over there,that was the worst food of my life...There's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/7609419618383895044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=7609419618383895044&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7609419618383895044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7609419618383895044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/01/sambhar-of-69.html' title='Sambhar of 69'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-5182364622196136218</id><published>2008-01-19T00:35:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-19T00:37:09.725+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Being Twenty-Something</title><summary type='text'>Maybe we all are going through this ‘Being Twenty-Something’. They call it the ‘Quarter-life Crisis’. It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like to have. You start feeling INSECURE and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/5182364622196136218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=5182364622196136218&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5182364622196136218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5182364622196136218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/01/being-twenty-something.html' title='Being Twenty-Something'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-735466016386802432</id><published>2008-01-16T01:19:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-16T01:22:14.506+11:00</updated><title type='text'>New Year Resolution</title><summary type='text'>I used to make resolutions every New Year when I was little. Since I was also normal, I never followed them up, as usual. After I grew up, I realized that there is no point wasting time in first thinking about some innovative resolution which can make your friends go ‘wow’ and then consciously trying to follow it up for couple of weeks and then regretting that you are no following it. Sheer waste</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/735466016386802432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=735466016386802432&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/735466016386802432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/735466016386802432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year-resolution.html' title='New Year Resolution'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3417836545783311369</id><published>2007-12-31T17:08:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T20:02:15.133+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Hare Krishna…</title><summary type='text'>Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare!
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!!


Well…this is what I have been chanting since past couple of days and no doubt this is soothing and brings wonders to your state of brain! You got to try it to believe it. No, I am not a preacher of ISKCON principles but a strong believer on what moves me. But the journey towards this was not easy…

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3417836545783311369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3417836545783311369&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3417836545783311369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3417836545783311369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/12/hare-krishna.html' title='Hare Krishna…'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3041692637660875569</id><published>2007-10-19T00:41:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T19:25:48.299+11:00</updated><title type='text'>My Campus Experience @ Melbourne Business School (so far)</title><summary type='text'>This is something I wrote for my previous organisation PwC for their monthly newsletter and then for my MBA School's Newsletter... so thought of pasting it here...coz cldnt write anything else on my bday (16th Oct).... life has got really hectic here at Melbourne...."Working for close to 5 years with PwC in multiple offices, multiple clients, multiple sectors, multiple divisions, multiple roles </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3041692637660875569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3041692637660875569&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3041692637660875569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3041692637660875569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-campus-experience-melbourne-business.html' title='My Campus Experience @ Melbourne Business School (so far)'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3606909033182303549</id><published>2007-07-25T05:42:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T05:43:55.158+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Call it quits!!</title><summary type='text'>Don’t worry…its not about the job!! This time there’s something on relationships. I dunno how relevant it is for you guys… but just liked these few abstracts read somewhere… and picked up (with slight inputs of mine) which I preferred…and the ones which make sense…A time to gain, a time to loseA time to rend, a time to sewA time to love, a time to hateA time for peace, I swear its not too </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3606909033182303549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3606909033182303549&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3606909033182303549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3606909033182303549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/07/call-it-quits.html' title='Call it quits!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-6733062408513493632</id><published>2007-06-26T04:38:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T04:51:40.516+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Hasta la vista!!</title><summary type='text'>(Before you start reading....this is the mail i sent across to bid goodbye to ppl as today - 25th June 2007-  was my last day at PwC. And it felt good when lot many ppl appreciated it and on top of it....i cld fetch many replies on this...so guess da purpose was solved)Hi All,This is not a good bye mail as the subject suggests. I have not resigned. I have not left my present assignment and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/6733062408513493632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=6733062408513493632&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6733062408513493632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6733062408513493632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/06/hasta-la-vista.html' title='Hasta la vista!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-8362582331559612836</id><published>2007-06-22T21:52:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T04:13:46.029+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Aur bhi gam hain zamaane mein mohabbat ke siwa....</title><summary type='text'>You bet it!! Everything does not boils down to love at the end. There's more to the life of Vineet Aggarwal. Misfortunes somehow manage to find out their way to me..... notwithstanding my carefree attitude.Melbourne Business School, Australia.... thats where I am headed to in this August. Couple of months back, I could find out various other mates (that's Australian for friends) heading to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/8362582331559612836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=8362582331559612836&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8362582331559612836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8362582331559612836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/06/aur-bhi-gam-hain-zamaane-mein-mohabbat.html' title='Aur bhi gam hain zamaane mein mohabbat ke siwa....'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3637295960993695809</id><published>2007-06-14T06:07:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T07:19:54.659+10:00</updated><title type='text'>vote for THE job....</title><summary type='text'>these are few of the wacky and interesting jobs I have shortlisted for myself which I wld be looking at as a part-time option at Melbourne!! which one do u suggest??CleanersMelbourne - Inner Marriner Theatres $18.64/hrWe are currently recruiting motivated, energetic people to work as cleaners in our Theatres.Melbourne CBD location, casual position.casual staff/waiter,waitress required,20 hours </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3637295960993695809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3637295960993695809&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3637295960993695809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3637295960993695809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/06/vote-for-job.html' title='vote for THE job....'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-6136814370681053593</id><published>2007-05-11T18:33:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-11T18:34:53.562+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Work-life balance</title><summary type='text'>Work life balance: I was not aware of this term when I was doing my articleship at PwC, Kolkata. We haven’t heard of the word ‘life’ there and it was just work which had to be balanced out with more work. If at all the word life was heard, it was juxtaposed with the word ‘hell’. I could hear people calling – life is hell. And that’s the reason none of us were looking forward to our lives!!Back </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/6136814370681053593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=6136814370681053593&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6136814370681053593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6136814370681053593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/05/work-life-balance.html' title='Work-life balance'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-5832731160015437308</id><published>2007-05-09T16:14:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-09T16:15:15.326+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>To all my readers:-Yes, I am still alive, just that I have been very busy lately….lots of things going on (no no…its not office work…dont worry)…I plan to write more very soon…please do keep visiting…Thanks!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/5832731160015437308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=5832731160015437308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5832731160015437308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5832731160015437308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/05/to-all-my-readers-yes-i-am-still-alive.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-6790723409502065320</id><published>2007-03-29T07:20:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:42:54.073+11:00</updated><title type='text'>FOC basis</title><summary type='text'>It was SRCC alumni on 2nd Sunday of Feb. Though it has never been a fun to attend the function in past years, but the attachment factor with those rust color bricks of my College building pulls me towards it always. Realising that the sun had already set, I called up few of my close mates to join me for the event. But noone was willing to go this time. I tried to convince them that it wld be a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/6790723409502065320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=6790723409502065320&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6790723409502065320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6790723409502065320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/03/foc-basis.html' title='FOC basis'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-7724490295421473767</id><published>2007-03-28T07:24:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:35:06.023+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The Terminator</title><summary type='text'>“Rishtey hi rishtey”, the boards of the marriage bureaus would read loudly. When I first realized the concept of marriage and understood that there is no escape from this institution as well… very much like my school classrooms…I wondered how would I be hooked to a girl. Little elder…and I understood the concept of marriage bureaus, and to my relief. I thought its quite simple to go and get a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/7724490295421473767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=7724490295421473767&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7724490295421473767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/7724490295421473767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/03/terminator.html' title='The Terminator'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3201803930955280560</id><published>2007-03-12T08:56:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-03-12T09:06:29.910+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Hazaaron khwaaishen aisi...</title><summary type='text'>I have become a big fan of Mirza Ghalib ever since I bought this book "Mirza Ghalib - Selected Lyrics and Letters" by K.C Kanda.But what stands like class of its own is this "Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi"I feel this like mine own story told in simplest and shortest way. At times, I feel in same way that i m all alone and left with nothing but thousands of desires left to be fulfilled. Nothing seems to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3201803930955280560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3201803930955280560&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3201803930955280560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3201803930955280560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/03/hazaaron-khwaaishen-aisi.html' title='Hazaaron khwaaishen aisi...'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-5140882402197051182</id><published>2007-03-12T08:37:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:30:05.072+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai?</title><summary type='text'>I remember the craze we had in class 12th to get this ‘slam book’ filled up by the classmates, which was started initially by a set of girls who insisted us (me, mohit, ganja) to write in something in that little printed book. The next day, all 3 of us had our own slam book and we were also following up with others to scribble something in that. I extended it bit far when I made my brother and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/5140882402197051182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=5140882402197051182&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5140882402197051182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/5140882402197051182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/03/albert-pinto-ko-gussa-kyon-aata-hai.html' title='Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai?'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-6989633512184391723</id><published>2007-03-05T09:32:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T09:35:24.921+11:00</updated><title type='text'>India is the Canvas today!!!</title><summary type='text'>Just when it comes to Holi…it reminds me of the evergreen song …'rang barse bheege chunar waali' from the movie 'Silsila'. And always attracts me to have some ‘bhaang’ atleast in one holi. Unfortunately, even in this holi I cldnt fulfill my attractions!!But I still remember two years back when I went to a ‘bade logon ki holi’ with sahil (chilli) and annie…there was this free flowing 'bhaang'…lots</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/6989633512184391723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=6989633512184391723&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6989633512184391723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6989633512184391723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/03/india-is-canvas-today.html' title='India is the Canvas today!!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-2675791133772908854</id><published>2007-02-27T09:35:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T09:37:18.455+11:00</updated><title type='text'>SLOW DOWN</title><summary type='text'>Taken directions from a mail to write all this:-Please give it a thought on when did you last do any of these activities?1. Watching the sun go down and gazing at it into the fading night2. Sitting silently at the corner of a crowded place and simply watching people do all kind of activities, without troubling your nerve cells3. Watching kids play at the Children’s Park and smiling on each act of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/2675791133772908854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=2675791133772908854&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2675791133772908854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/2675791133772908854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/slow-down.html' title='SLOW DOWN'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-34614408784518488</id><published>2007-02-27T09:29:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:15:06.456+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Words.......</title><summary type='text'>Smile
An everlasting smile
A smile can bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you wrong
Cause that would bring a tear to me
This world has lost it's glory
Lets start a brand new story
Now my love
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words
And words are all I have
To take your heart away

Talk
In everlasting words
And dedicate them all, to me
And I will give you all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/34614408784518488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=34614408784518488&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/34614408784518488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/34614408784518488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/words.html' title='Words.......'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-8117884782401356748</id><published>2007-02-27T08:07:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:16:20.678+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Main aur Meri Tanhai</title><summary type='text'>लोग कहते हैं हुई थी बारिश उस रोज़,
उन्हें क्या पता ग़म-ए-हिज़्र में रोया था कोई।

यूँ साए देख कर खुश होते हैं सब ग़ाफ़िल,
उन्हें क्या पता कल धूप में सोया था कोई।

कतरा-कतरा कर के मुस्कुराते हैं सभी,
उन्हें क्या पता चश़्म-ए-तर का रोया था कोई।

मंज़िल-ए-आखिर को चलते हैं अब राहिल,
उन्हें क्या पता इन राहों पर खोया था कोई।

रहते है साथ साथ मै और मेरी तनहाई--
करते है राज की बात मै और मेरी तनहाई--

दिन </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/8117884782401356748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=8117884782401356748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8117884782401356748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8117884782401356748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/main-aur-meri-tanhai.html' title='Main aur Meri Tanhai'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-6278219680902755086</id><published>2007-02-27T07:59:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T08:04:02.110+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Second-handers!!</title><summary type='text'>This is about the deadliness of second-handers. They have no concern for facts, ideas, work. They’re concerned only with people. They don’t ask: ‘Is this true?’ They ask: ‘Is this what others think is true?’ Not to judge, but to repeat. Not to do, but to give the impression of doing. Not creation, but show. Not ability, but friendship. Not merit, but pull. What would happen to the world without </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/6278219680902755086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=6278219680902755086&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6278219680902755086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6278219680902755086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/second-handers.html' title='Second-handers!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-6579530483562927761</id><published>2007-02-27T07:43:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T07:50:17.596+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Appraisal Time…</title><summary type='text'>For the starters, PwC has recently introduced an online appraisal system. The trainings were organized in the (Big) Board Room of newly constructed office at Gurgaon. Yes, you heard it right…trainings for filling up the appraisal forms. I guess that’s y they call it MNC. And this is how we make the simplest things complex in our very own way! I cant recall attending any audit-related training for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/6579530483562927761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=6579530483562927761&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6579530483562927761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/6579530483562927761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/appraisal-time.html' title='Appraisal Time…'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-552527194691633654</id><published>2007-02-27T04:56:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:18:26.142+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Untitled</title><summary type='text'>Aaj ki Routine ----&gt;&gt;
Reached office at 11:30
Office socialising till 12:00
Talked to annie till 1:30
Lunch Time: 1:30 to 2:30
Ohh....i am in office...and am paid for working....worked till 3:30
Munna called up and interrupted me while working...said he needs to go to gym early today and i wld have to make it by 6:30 frm gurgaon
I stopped working...planned things for next day...and it was 4:30 by</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/552527194691633654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=552527194691633654&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/552527194691633654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/552527194691633654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/untitled.html' title='Untitled'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3784904965180543799</id><published>2007-02-12T08:00:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:23:13.405+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Dinner with Prof Shally of Kelley</title><summary type='text'>I wasnt much excited initially about the invitation I got from Professor Shailendra Pratap Jain (Shally) from Kelley School of Business. Not in a very great state of mind...but one of my friends convinced me that I must go there and to reach on time... 7:00pm was the time I was supposed to be there....and tried to frighten me by saying that it would look so odd if I reach wen everyone is already </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3784904965180543799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3784904965180543799&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3784904965180543799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3784904965180543799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/02/dinner-with-prof-shally-of-kelley.html' title='Dinner with Prof Shally of Kelley'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-3814761490947018081</id><published>2007-01-29T09:00:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T09:18:09.981+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting too personal???</title><summary type='text'>"What's in a Name? A rose with a different name would smell as sweet." Some people, though, would have arguments against these words echoed by legendary Shakespeare. I am one of them. For me its an identity and i get bugged up when somebody spells my name as V-I-N-I-T instead of V-I-N-E-E-T!!What's in a name?!!! Well, there is a little story behind my name! I dunno if its quiet interesting to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/3814761490947018081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=3814761490947018081&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3814761490947018081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/3814761490947018081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-too-personal.html' title='Getting too personal???'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-4367065884279400118</id><published>2007-01-28T10:02:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T10:08:30.290+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Keep the faith!</title><summary type='text'>Zindagi Hai To Khwaab HainKhwaab Hain To Manzilein HainManzilein Hain To Fasaley HainFasaley Hain To Rastey HainRastey Hain To Mushkilein HainMushkilein Hain To Hausla HaiHausla Hai To Vishawas HaiWith these lines taken from someone else.... i want to reitirate that the life is ultimately balanced on Faith!!For all my friends, relatives and acquaintances --- Keep the Faith!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/4367065884279400118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=4367065884279400118&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/4367065884279400118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/4367065884279400118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/01/keep-faith.html' title='Keep the faith!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-8051529447509105715</id><published>2007-01-28T09:55:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T10:00:03.938+11:00</updated><title type='text'>I am Proud to be an INDIAN!!</title><summary type='text'>है लिये हथियार दुश्मन ताक मे बैठा उधरऔर हम तैय्यार हैं सीना लिये अपना इधरखून से खेलेंगे होली गर वतन मुश्किल में हैसरफरोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में हैहाथ जिनमें हो जुनून कटते नही तलवार सेसर जो उठ जाते हैं वो झुकते नहीं ललकार सेऔर भडकेगा जो शोल-सा हमारे दिल में हैसरफरोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में हैहम तो घर से निकले ही थे बांधकर सर पे कफ़नचाहतें दिल में भर लिये लो भर चले हैं ये कदमजिंदगी तो अपनी </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/8051529447509105715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=8051529447509105715&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8051529447509105715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/8051529447509105715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-am-proud-to-be-indian.html' title='I am Proud to be an INDIAN!!'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-627157236771924674</id><published>2007-01-28T08:08:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T09:41:50.488+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Reality bites.....</title><summary type='text'>This one is abt all these Big Brothers and Big Bosses!! The reality shows!!Though i havent been watching TV since long now (not coz i have grown mature and feel its a waste... but coz of predominant mom power at home which makes our LG shuffle only between 'saloni ka safar', 'koshish ek aasha', 'kkusum','saans bahu' et al......) but the curiosity created by one of my friend made me watch atleast </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/627157236771924674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=627157236771924674&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/627157236771924674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/627157236771924674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/01/reality-bites.html' title='Reality bites.....'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-1433032481418115243</id><published>2007-01-28T07:50:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:12:19.482+11:00</updated><title type='text'>its been long....</title><summary type='text'>yeah, its been long since i have written something over this space. And the best part was none of my friend ever asked me that i had not written for long....that shows the popularity of my blog!! but then, i alwaz tell annie (anirudh...one of my good friends) that i am writing this blog "for myself and not for anyone else", in reply to his statments/ comments... dat this post is not good...or u </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/1433032481418115243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=1433032481418115243&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1433032481418115243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/1433032481418115243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2007/01/its-been-long.html' title='its been long....'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116534973559846473</id><published>2006-12-06T07:12:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T07:15:35.610+11:00</updated><title type='text'>bachpan ke din bhula na dena....</title><summary type='text'>This one is quite funny.... and who said we dint taste himesh reshamiya earlier!!Ekta Mein Anekta(The Sister Humming)HmmmHind DeshHmmmHam Sabhi Ek HainTa Ra Ra Ra RaBhasha Anek HainHmmmBhasha Anek HainHmmm(Brother Comes)Yeh Anek Kya Hai Didi?(Sister)Anek Yani Bahut Sare(Brother)Bahut SareKya Bahut Sare(Sister)Achha Batati Hoon(Sister Commentary)Suraj EkChanda EkTare Anek(Brother)Taron Ko Anek Bhi</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116534973559846473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116534973559846473&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116534973559846473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116534973559846473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/12/bachpan-ke-din-bhula-na-dena.html' title='bachpan ke din bhula na dena....'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116170772971271197</id><published>2006-10-24T22:57:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-25T02:35:30.720+10:00</updated><title type='text'>When you say nothing at all......</title><summary type='text'>These are the words i love.....It's amazing how you can speak right to my heartWithout saying a word you can light up the darkTry as I may I can never explainWhat I hear when you don't say a thingThe smile on your face lets me know that you need meThere's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave meThe touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fallYou say it best when you say </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116170772971271197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116170772971271197&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116170772971271197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116170772971271197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-you-say-nothing-at-all.html' title='When you say nothing at all......'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116102581304398970</id><published>2006-10-17T05:09:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T02:59:04.540+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The best is yet to come</title><summary type='text'>“The best is yet to come”… I could make no sense of these words when first read them 5 years ago in my college. This is when we were searching for a quotation to be printed on the back side of the T-shirts we were planning to get made for the college dayschis (meaning, day scholars) and I came across this line… I liked the words but couldn’t get to the meaning. But today, having shuffled along on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116102581304398970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116102581304398970&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116102581304398970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116102581304398970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/best-is-yet-to-come.html' title='The best is yet to come'/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116017207119599365</id><published>2006-10-07T07:39:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-07T08:02:37.570+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>just realised....dat i wont be having a weekend this time.... Reason?? work pressures!!ofcourse i will have to go to office to put work pressures on my juniors!!actually that counts towards my appraisal..."coaching on the field"....a line item in my appraisal form!! and i need to teach them....this is PwC!!yeah...its been long...and i am so used to it (working on saturdays and sundays)... similar</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116017207119599365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116017207119599365&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116017207119599365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116017207119599365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/just-realised.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116008545768412858</id><published>2006-10-06T07:44:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T08:06:51.700+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Something penned down from my thoughts....Even though i have been to quite few of the "teerath sthalls" so far....vaishno devi, shirdi, kali mandir in kolkata, mathura, vrindavan, haji ali dargah in mumbai, birla mandir, jhaku temple in simla, churches in goa and many other temples, gurudwaras, masjids and churches..... i find myself in the dilemma, whether I believe in God or not. Unfortunately,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116008545768412858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116008545768412858&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008545768412858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008545768412858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/something-penned-down-from-my-thoughts.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116008459630843202</id><published>2006-10-06T07:38:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T07:43:16.310+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I want you to read this one twice, atleast.....Mila wo bhi nahi karte, mila hum bhi nahi karteBewafai wo bhi nahi karte, bewafai hum bhi nahi karteUnhein ruswai ka dukh hai, humain tanhai ka dukh haigila wo bhi nahi karte, gila hum bhi nahi karteGali ke kisi mod pe aksar takrav ho hi jata hairuka wo bhi nahi karte, ruka hum bhi nahi karteHumein wo dekhte hain, unhain hum dekhte hainchhupa wo bhi </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116008459630843202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116008459630843202&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008459630843202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008459630843202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-want-you-to-read-this-one-twice.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116008360531217129</id><published>2006-10-06T07:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T07:26:45.313+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ek baar daaku gabbar singh humare gaon mein aaya.Daaku sabko maarne laga naam puch puchke.....to ek humaari bhabhi boli humara naam sunita hai to daaku ne unhe nahin maara kyunki uski maa ka naam bhi sunita thaphir usne mujhse poocha to maine kaha,"Naam to mera Vineet hai , lekin sab mujhe Sunita hi kehte hain"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116008360531217129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116008360531217129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008360531217129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008360531217129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/ek-baar-daaku-gabbar-singh-humare-gaon.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116008319228629824</id><published>2006-10-06T07:17:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T07:19:52.293+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>****Being Neutral is Not RIGHT ****"Samar Shesh Hai , Nahin Paap Ka Bhaagi Keval Vyadh.(Not just criminal is responsible for crime. Time will speak for truth.)Jo Tathasth Hain , Samya Likhega Unka Bhi Apradh .."(Whoever is neutral, Time will decide his/her fate and role in Crime.)                                                                      - Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'Whenever i have to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116008319228629824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116008319228629824&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008319228629824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116008319228629824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/being-neutral-is-not-right-samar-shesh.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-116002789052158847</id><published>2006-10-05T15:51:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T15:58:10.530+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>FAITH - This is the conversation which inspired me to keep my name as "Faith" , came across this in an e-mail, wanted to share this!An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and  ..... Prof: So you believe in God? Student: Absolutely, sir. Prof: Is God good? Student: Sure. Prof: Is God </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/116002789052158847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=116002789052158847&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116002789052158847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/116002789052158847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/faith-this-is-conversation-which.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-115999750808821715</id><published>2006-10-05T06:42:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T07:31:48.113+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Kolkata again.Having been travelled by bus...day in and day out...while in college... and thorough with the numbers....hopping from 1 bus to another just to save those 5  minutes to reach on time for S.K.Bohidar (i guess he was alloted the class slot for economics subject...dats what my classmates had informed me) classes.... on-time here means - buffer enough to sneak into the fagging end of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/115999750808821715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=115999750808821715&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/115999750808821715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/115999750808821715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/kolkata-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511638.post-115999286644897295</id><published>2006-10-05T06:05:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T06:14:26.460+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Circa 2002, November!! First few days out of delhi….of my own… still learning to know that there are roads beyond Ring Road…and language beyond hindi. I will talk about those learnings later… lets start with an interesting event happened with me in Kolkata (referred to as City of Joy, still!!!???!!!!)I had been to Kali Mandir (as told by my brother – there are few things a must watch in kolkata –</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/feeds/115999286644897295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35511638&amp;postID=115999286644897295&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/115999286644897295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35511638/posts/default/115999286644897295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://retrovineet.blogspot.com/2006/10/circa-2002-november-first-few-days-out.html' title=''/><author><name>Vineet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02288802568588638744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cyrloscdTCs/S5ErbwYRgvI/AAAAAAAABOA/GdcRfAkeM6I/S220/cropped_Boston_in_fall_120.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
