Bangalore is becoming a hub for global IT majors, drawing 38 percent of the 112 IT- related foreign direct investment ventures India attracted in manufacturing and services between January 2001 and May 2002.

Do you ever read any of your spam mails? Jonathan Land even replies to every one of them. The spam letters are an interesting read.

I want to learn the guitar. So i asked Amit, friend of mine about it and this is what his reply was (edited). I am starting a new weblog on Guitaring: A Beginners to Guitaring.

Have to start working on the Demand Planning module. Its been a long time since i touched the APO system. So i need to think up about my Career Path. I am going to be in the Supply Chain Management Consulting area. Also i will Specially focus on the Demand Planning functions and Forecasting will be my special interest. In the Industry vertical I will have special focus on the Auto Industry. In addition i will also have basic knowledge of the supplimentary fields such as CRM, PLM etc.

My CPIM exam went on "OK". Recuperated over the weekend. Not that i was tired or anything.
Watched some nice movies on telly last week. Ronin, The Thomas Crown Affair, Mixed Nuts are some i remember.

Its a bandh here in bangalore tomorrow. Some caurey issue ans veerapan issue. Hope to stay home and study for the exam on saturday.

Its the Anniversary of the Sept11 attack.

Yesterday there was a Bad train accident. The Rajdhani Express went off a bridge over the It was really painful to see the bodies lying around. Why cant we get atleast some decent safety assured. I think we do pay a decent amount as train fare. Also i am sure a huge chunk of my tax is going for the Railways. And if an accident happens why cant they have a decent rescue effort? To top it all the Railway Minister calls this a sabotage attempt. Am sure he wants a repeat of Gujarat.

Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers has credibility issues, but provides rousing entertainment. There are many other previous versions of this novel.1921, 1915, 1929, 1939, 1977(TV) .

Today is the festival for Ganesha, the elephant headed god. Its a grand occasion in the western part of the country and is celeberated quite a deal in the other parts of the country.

TV is 75 The 75th Anniversary of the Invention of Television on Sept 7th

Manisha in body double row The screening of Hindi film Ek Chhoti Si Love Story (A Small Love Story) has been postponed after the leading lady Manisha Koirala claimed a body double was used without her permission.

India allows postal advertising India's postal service, the world's largest, has been opened up to private sector advertising to raise money for modernisation

A Crucial Call for Indian Telecom For just about anybody involved in India's telecom industry, Sept. 6 will be the most important day of the year. The country's Supreme Court is about to determine if the fledgling wireless industry will be opened up to competition.

Fuller Life had written to me with the possible treks taking place this week and about guitar classes.Waiting to hear about the photography classes too.

With the ongoing mobile war everywhere...this is my mobile rate now All Incoming and Outgoing Calls from 11.00 pm to 7:00 am free!! The normal rates from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm is Rs 2 per call of 30 secs.First 200 SMS per month free! Subsequent SMS charged @ just 50p (to all networks) .First 10 Minutes Talk Time free every month! Free Insurance cover for Rs. 50,000 from Tata AIG. All Incoming calls to from any Spice phone will be free till 30th Sep '02! *
Free Home delivery of Spice Uth Card and Currency (call 6650 from Spice phone) in Bangalore city

Operational Excellence in Supply Chain Management implies Operational Excellence within each of the individual processes and in the way the supply chain operates as a whole.

Big Bees : OutLookIndia.com Outlook-Cfore Survey of top B-schools -- more than rankings, the figures reveal that all is not quite well in MBA land. IIMB comes second in the list

Lotsa People complain that the blog is not opening. Maybe i should shift the whole thing to geocities instead of hosting it in blospot.

My weekend
Spent the last three days doing nothing except washing my clothes and drinking every night. rum on friday, whisky and beer on saturday and beer on sunday night. 30ml Whisky with 200 ml beer....gives a real high. Also i washed my bike. Tried to watch the movie Signs (i slept off midway). Met some old engg college juniors on sunday evening at india coffee house. Washed my bike. Thats all . And what i didnt do was study for the CPIM exam i am supposed to give on 14th. That too i have taken up 2 exams. Should i postpone one of it??