Suresh Chandrasekaran's Blog, page 73

On Presentations

A presentation is something that is neither blessed to give nor
to receive. Maybe that is just me because I am the chap who misplaces his
tongue and can only make gurgling noises every time I get up on stage and loses
his consciousness every time I sit in front of it. Going by the popularity of
Presentations I must be in a minority (of one, perhaps!)



Hey! Now! Wait a minute! What are you

Back to Ad Agonies

The more I see ads the more I wonder at how much the world
has changed. All the certitudes of my long gone youth have vanished into mist
and the brave new world simply seems too brave and too new for me to recognize.



Just imagine the scientific advances in talcum powders. Once
all that they could do was spread a fragrance that turned heads towards to
smugly smiling user. The latest advances

Pre-placement Talks

It seems to me that premier educational institutions of the country form
great grounds for fiction-writing, if nothing else (and most may say ‘but
nothing else’ but we are not concerned with their prejudices here). I see no
reason why they should not also contribute to some smiles every now and then.



Having revealed – and reveled – in the revelation (Ah! I
knew I would get a hang of

Liebsters Again

Here I come again bearing another couple of Liebsters. I may not have become Awesome to anyone yet, I may be versatile to a few and even creative to some but, really, almost all the people who know and love me consider me worthy of a Liebster. I am seriously running out of mantelpiece space to stock all of them. It humbles me, however, that people who have known me for just about a year and only though my blog remember me when they have awards to hand around.
This time, the first one to award...

Bangalore for Women?

Sometimes you find that what you thought was your world is proved to be so totally wrong that it is shocking. Sometimes what you thought you knew about other people’s problems is shown to be so totally inadequate that it is humbling. The TOI meet on ‘Bangalorefor Women’ proved to be one such experience.
It is not that I believed that the problems of women were only exaggerated versions of hyper-sensitive people. On the one end women need to deal with criminal behavior like domestic violence, e...

A typical(?) Group Discussion

“Ladies and Gentlemen! As you are aware, we are starting a new company for pet foods. We are here to discuss the products that we need to make and the markets we need to sell to.”
There was a rustle of movement. People crunching on their biscuits had to hastily swallow their mouthfuls in order to avoid making unseemly noises.
“Rahul! If you were the CEO of this company, what would you prefer to start out with – cat-foods or dog-foods?”
Rahul sank into a deep reverie.
“Rahul?”
“Sir! I am happy in m...

Riding Hobbyhorses

I have always wondered why this equestrian metaphor has been applied to someone who waxes eloquent on his pet subject, regardless of whether it is apt in the circumstances. It has pleased me no end, nonetheless, to have this so applied since I am a past master at this and the metaphor sort of makes me feel that I have added horse-riding to my immense repertoire of skills. There is one hitch, however. It is impossible for someone to appear elegant while riding his hobbyhorse.
Even the geniuses...

Guest Post for Rachna Parmar - In defense of Men

Any more of this and I shall start believing that I am an immensely popular blogger myself. Again I have the privilege of writing for another truly immensely popular blogger - Rachna Parmar. Like all the others who have hitherto carried my guest posts, she has so many nice things to say about me that I am having difficulty recognizing myself in the description.

For her, I thought I would do a bit of defending of the male sex after all the bashing and battering they went through on Internationa...

Middle Age Blues

I had never really understood this concept of middle age blues till, of course, I hit middle age myself. Isn’t that true of all of us that only the problems that can afflict us are worth considering while problems that may or may not afflict other people may as well not exist?
Now if you are all agog to hear about hypertension and cholesterol, please skip over to another blog. If you are eagerly scanning this piece for nuggets of wisdom about how to deal with rebellious teenagers, I am afraid...

Truth is stranger than Fiction

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 37; the thirty-seventh edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton. The theme for the month is "Truth is stranger than fiction"

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All right! Let us get this dissertation on ‘Truth is stranger than Fiction’ off the ground. Do we, in true dissertation style start the discus...