Apr 27
Dork by Sidin Vadukut – Book Review
Dork by Sidin Vadukut is a book about Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese, an MBA from WIMWI (IIM-A). The book is about his experiences at Dufresne Partners, a consulting firm where he was placed at Day Zero.
It’s a hilarious first person account of his drunken misadventures at Dufresne, the race to get promoted to Associate and the quest for love (lust, actually). Sidin Vadukut has a superb writing style and the humor (mostly self-effacing) is the type that most internet geeks are used to and will most probably like (littered with expletives), much better than the typical Chetan Bhagat stuff. Excellent read, especially for the aspiring Engineer-MBA hybrids like me.
Rating: 7.5/10
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Mar 25
The latest word on the Tata Nano – the people’s car (INR 1,00,000 / $2000)- is out. It’s finally here.
How to book a Tata Nano?
To book a Tata Nano online, visit http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/
Tata has entered into some sort of agreement with the State bank of India (SBI). The Tata Nano can be booked by submitting an application form from April 9 to April 25. The application forms will be available at all Tata Motor outlets, State Bank of India branches, Tata Indicom stores, Croma, Westside branches and some other outlets. The application forms will be available for Rs. 300.
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Nov 09
I just happened to read this book ‘Freakonomics – A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything‘ a few days back. It was written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and was released in 2005. I had read a lot of reviews about it, almost all of them positive. So I gave it a try and I am very impressed.
Book: Freakonomics – A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Authors: Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner
Type: Non Fiction
Year: 2005
What is it about?
It covers a wide range of seemingly weird topics – cheating school teachers, the similarities between the Ku Klux Klan and real estate agents, why most drug dealers are still poor, how the legalization of abortion radically led to the reduction in crime rates, whether sumo wrestlers cheat, whether parenting does really matter that much and how the name of a person can affect his social and economic prospects.
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