Project Management

A new vacuum cleaner salesman knocked on the door on the first house of the street.

A tall, mid-aged lady answered the door.

Before she could speak, the enthusiastic salesman barged into the Living Room and opened a big black plastic bag and poured all the cow dung (droppings) onto the carpet.

"Madam, if I could not clean the mess up with this new, excellent and powerful Vacuum cleaner in the next 5 minutes, I will EAT all this shit!" exclaimed the eager salesman.

"Do you need chili sauce or ketchup with that" asked the lady. 


The bewildered salesman asked, "Why, madam?"

"There's no electricity in the house..." said the lady..

MORAL: Gather all resources before working on any project and committing to the client..!!!

मुह की बात सुने हर कोई

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मुह  की  बात  सुने  हर  कोई, दिल  के  दर्द  को  जाने  कौन 
आवाजों  के  बाज़ारों  में  खामोशी  पहचाने  कौन 

सदियों  सदियों  वही  तमाशा, रास्ता  रास्ता  लम्बी  खोज 
लेकिन  जब  हम  मिल  जाते  हैं, खो  जाता  है  जाने  कौन 

वो   मेरा  आइना  है  या  में  उस  की  परछाई हूँ 
मेरे  ही  घर  में  रहता  है, मुझ  जैसा  ही  जाने  कौन 

किरण  किरण  अलसाता  सूरज, पलक  पलक  खुलती  नींदें 
धीमे  धीमे  पिघल  रहा  है , ज़र्रा -ज़र्रा  जाने  कौन 
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PhD Students: Disposable labour

The Economist article describing the state of PhD degree. Apparently PhD students and Post-Docs are cheap disposable labor for conducting research and teaching for most of the US universities. Read the full story at the following URL:

http://www.economist.com/node/17723223