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		<title>A new trigger to productivity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I felt miserably lost and figured I wasn&#8217;t doing anything worthwhile staring at the screen. I took a quick shower and decided to take a stroll. Left at about 1749 and decided to walk down to the Shangumugam beach about 6kms from my house. In a sturdy pace I hit the beach and returned back on a different route. Thought process all through the walk was nothing intellectual. Just random strings buzzing in and out. Got back home and hit the bed pretty early. What happened post this is something that really got me thinking. I saw this amazing dream of me strategically and miraculously surviving from a historic fort that was giving in to torrential waters from an ancient collapsing dam. Looks like we[Not really sure 'Who'] were walking across this really huge dam. The water is quite transparent and is sparkling blue. All of a sudden we sense the water level going up. People start running helter skelter and there&#8217;s a mad rush to get across to the safer contours. Funnily there&#8217;s also a set of people who&#8217;re lazily walking around. Then there&#8217;s an immaculate focus on a few people trying to help others cross. and even before we know most of us are in the water. A few know how to swim, rest are left dangling underwater on to crevices on the stone formations. [The water is pristine blue and transparent.] Somehow the whole setup changes and is now of a historic fort and water gushing into....]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back at 2010&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://srikanthperinkulam.com/blog/2010/12/looking-back-at-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, there&#8217;s a lot thats been happening; but for some reason I just didn&#8217;t take the time out to visit this space. With the school closed down for the Christmas break and keeping up with the self imposed rule of updating my blog every year-end, here&#8217;s a quick snapshot  of &#8216;my&#8217; 2010. This year has been quite interesting from various perspectives. Looking back, the major checkpoints[not necessarily listed in order] this year  would be: Ran the infamous Auroville half marathon and vowed never to stop running! Resigned from Infosys to join TeachforIndia. [leaving an awesome team behind and making one profound shift in my career.] Met Paruammai, attended a close friends wedding and more importantly explored Kerala like never before. Joined TFI and reveled in the five week long induction programme. Couldn&#8217;t resist the temptation to do the Katraj-Sinhagad night trek [Twice on successive weekends!] amidst the rigour of he institute. Missed spending quality time with family! Reported to Epiphany School where I&#8217;ve been teaching IInd grade kids for the past six months and probably continue to do so for the next 1.5yrs. Paid obeisance to the rain god by trekking the Kenjalgad fort [First monsoon trek by DH.] Hiked up to the Ahupe village to take some time out and celebrate yet another important milestone. Visited the Khadakwasla dam.[Failed executing  the rock band idea though!] Revisited[Hiked] Koraigad, Rajmachi and Ratangad. Rode to Khadakwasla dam [Got back to the byke after a long break of 5....]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting the dots&#8230;backwards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two more days and my vacation comes to an end. A lot was planned for but not everything worked the way I wanted it to. The North/NE trip didn&#8217;t materialize, the bamboo shelter remains an open chapter and the Kanyakumari-Delhi ride somehow just cascaded into oblivion. But a lot DID work out of the blue &#8211; I had an amazing trip down south, got a hang of living on a restricted budget, walked a couple of nice business deals to closure with a decent profit and also earned a couple of bucks by just reviewing stuff. I now have the confidence of eking out a living by doing meaningful things than just doing some mundane job! And an icing on the cake &#8211; The research proposal clicked. I just couldn&#8217;t have asked for a better vacation! Looking back on other aspects, I definitely have slacked a bit in terms of the outdoor activities. I&#8217;ve not been running and cycling as much as I wanted too. Probably it&#8217;s just the heat thats keeping me indoors. I definitely don&#8217;t want this to be on the downswing so I&#8217;ve revisited this years targets. Last year I&#8217;d ridden about 1300kms so this time I&#8217;ve set my target to 2500kms. On the running front I need to finish a Full Marathon in about 3h45m. &#8211; The August Hyderabad Marathon should be a good target. Given that I&#8217;m heading out to Pune these numbers should be pretty much reachable, but only time will tell. Coming to....]]></description>
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		<title>The long pending meet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://srikanthperinkulam.com/blog/2010/03/the-long-pending-meet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, today is the ninth day as an &#8216;Outfoscion&#8217; and despite the initial hiccups the transition has been real smooth. It took me a couple of days to let the feeling really sink in and to get adjusted to the relaxed carefree schedule of my self imposed &#8216;break&#8217; before I join TFI.  The first two days were probably the most demanding in terms of getting &#8216;acclimatised&#8217;. I wake up at seven in the morning and I already have a feeling of not having done anything. Preparing a relaxed breakfast [ as much as I was looking forward to] for some weird reason looked quite  boring.12:00 at noon, I realise there&#8217;s no company for lunch. And at about six as I sit before the lappy after a long siesta, the peace seemed to be even more troubling than the incessant honks from the traffic that my ear has got accustomed to from the past three years. But after a couple of days it was as if the sea had calmed down altogether. I could swiftly alter my body cycle to adjust to this &#8216;new phase&#8217; of my life and the days are no more &#8216;boring&#8217;.  Every other day I&#8217;m reminded of some job that I&#8217;d long left unattended and to see them being closed out one by one by itself gives me  some kind of an achievement&#8230;Well, Now is when I guess I best appreciate when people say It&#8217;s kinda nice to slow done every once in a while&#8230; Late tomorrow....]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the rickety bridge&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was my last day in Infosys &#8211; An end of  2.8yrs of  learning to be a software engineer and trying to &#8216;fit in the groove&#8217; for having followed the mass psyche&#8230;Thankfully before it got too late,  I realised IT wasn&#8217;t really my cup of tea and decided to trust my instincts rather than follow the herd. There&#8217;s so much that Infosys as a company has taught me in this short span that I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;d reflect back to those wonderful days and experiences over time as I switch roles and careers. There&#8217;s this tradition that folks out here follow of sending an adieu e-mail on the last day and I didn&#8217;t want to break it. So here goes mine&#8230; BCC Intentional On March 10th, even before dawn breaks in, I would be out there on the asphalt roads &#8211; Running and training like never before. As I fix my morning breakfast and coffee, I would no longer have to bother about missing the 07:00am Bus. The very thought that I would not have to travel 30kms to reach my workplace gives me a sense a freedom like never before. Life’s just getting better by the day! As I walk out of the gates on 9th, my 2.8 yrs in Infosys would come to an end. And today as I look back, I see I’ve taken more than what I’ve given to the company. It’s been a stupendous journey. I was lucky to be part of a budding unit and to....]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections from 09&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://srikanthperinkulam.com/blog/2010/01/reflections-from-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reached home quite late after an active day at work. Scrapped the &#8216;New year party&#8217; plan and decided to crash after a quick dinner. A perfunctory check of my e-mail throws about twenty &#8216;greeting&#8217; mails. I invariably tend to shift+delete such e-mails as I prefer talking over the phone to e-mails/SMS/IM. But one particular mail from my sister just swept me off my feet..- &#8216;may this new year bring you closer and closer to everything you want to do&#8230;&#8216; These simple words are something that have stood by me all through. Miles away, she&#8217;s someone who&#8217;s been such a wonderful source of motivation for each and everything I do &#8211; day in and day out and I couldn&#8217;t see any better way of thanking her than warding off my sleep to take snapshot of the amazing year 0f 2009! Ever since I graduated, I decided I would do something starkly different or interesting every two to three years and this year very much stands as a testimony to that conviction.Over time I&#8217;ve learnt to set my priorities straight and involve in activities that I think really stand for what truly represents me. I&#8217;ve learnt to trust my gut instinct more than anything else and live by my passions irrespective of what others think of me. On a personal front this year has been one of pursuing my passions like crazy. Byking: I&#8217;ve cumulatively ridden 1500kms the whole last year. That really isn&#8217;t much compared to what other serious bikers do....]]></description>
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		<title>Basic First-aid Primer</title>
		<link>http://srikanthperinkulam.com/blog/2009/11/basic-first-aid-primer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couple of weeks back when I received an e-mail from Vibha from the GHAC group regarding a basic first aid certification course, I immediately RSVP&#8217;d as YES. This was not something I would miss at any cost. Having miraculously walked out unscathed through two major accidents, it was a lesson learnt the hard way to be equipped with at least minimal knowledge of first-aid. My futile attempts to try out CPR on a badly injured neighbour whom I was pillion riding with 9 years back and the Oil tanker incident four years back where I was equally helpless flashed out of memory as the detailed practical session commenced.Though I could not attend the whole two day program due to personal commitments, it was indeed one of the most fruitful programs / meets I&#8217;ve attended of late. Unfortunately, here in India, most of us take things only on the frontal perspective. You do not learn or do something unless it is mandated and the pivotal source of information is available only to those who choose to delve in. Its an irony that even preliminary information is not dissipated to the masses and even if it is, it is done in the most rudimentary form that effectively does not make sense. Basic first aid sessions is something I guess every individual should be introduced to, irrespective of age. To be able to sustain a weaning life and if required, be responsible to keep the flame burning is a chance that we always....]]></description>
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		<title>In mired thoughts&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m out here seated in the balcony of my house with the lappy streaming out  Yanni&#8217;s &#8216;Keys to imagination&#8217;. It&#8217;s not yet December, yet the chill is in the air already. Been a while that I visited my own blog so decided to keep things at bay and record things happening  in my life. Work’s been a bit demanding of late. Not really hectic but these late night client calls with atypical and unrelenting requests all in a short time span is sort of draining. I’m just hoping against hope that the next three days slice through comfortably. There’s a lot that’s been happening otherwise too.  A lot of decision making and much of selective time distribution for various activities. Last weekend, thanks to the GHAC folks, I got to attend a very informative first aid certification course. Had some real good hands-on on performing CPR and understood in practical terms the imminent first aid doctrines in case of accidents or personal injury. Also got to meet couple of real cool folks! Sadly I could not join them the second day as I had to attend a family function. This weekend would be one very important checkpoint in my career and I would prefer to keep it obscure till things materialize. If all goes well, I’ll be riding over to the Begumpet airport to catch up with the HBC folks for a conglomeration ride. Hell, I’m still riding if things don’t work the way I want it to. Badly need....]]></description>
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		<title>Cucumber slices on the plate&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://srikanthperinkulam.com/blog/2009/08/cucumber-slices-on-the-plate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last one month has been real crazy with a sudden upsurge in activity. Every other day a fresh thought pops up to do things in a different manner. The list of To-Do just gets bigger and bigger. Just thought I&#8217;d document them on a regular basis to keep the pulse on. The Book &#8211; Been working on compiling a book of my treks/travels. This is turning out to be one mega affair. Quite complicated and time consuming. Seriously getting a book out is NO joke! AUPS &#8211; Been regularly visiting the Arundati Upper Primary school every Saturday to take English classes for grade 6 kids.  Man, these kids really need mighty help. Their standards are so damn low! Makes me wonder at times how effective these two hours a week is really going to be. But it has to go on! HydVentura &#8211; But for a couple of us there aren&#8217;t many interested in taking up the reins. People just want to have everything organised for them! Of late, the club has become quite popular. In fact I&#8217;ve been getting calls from quite a few folks requesting outings to be arranged for their groups. Somehow need to find means to make the club less dependent on just a couple of people. Site maintenance &#8211; Currently administering three portals &#8211; The HydVentura site, My own site and Dad&#8217;s blog. At times it becomes a real pain to keep a tab on them. So far so good though. GMAT &#8211; One....]]></description>
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		<title>When the road talks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://srikanthperinkulam.com/blog/2009/06/when-the-road-talks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Srikanth Perinkulam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21:00hrs. The much anticipated friday evening is right here. The screeching bus and incessant traffic honks for the past two hours or so aid in a poignant continuation to the so called semi-annual meet at work. My weary mind slowly starts easing out as I get down from the bus and walk back home from Habsiguda cross-roads. As I enter the colony, a waft of breeze somehow seems to carry away all issues with it and slowly the ambience sinks in. Looks like there&#8217;s been a decent shower in this part of the city and as is characteristic, there seems to be no power. The colony surprisingly seems to be pretty silent. The central garden which otherwise is paraded by health conscious people and of late couples, seems to have no visitors today. There&#8217;s not a soul on the road. No kids wailing, no dogs barking. All of a sudden, it all looks as if I&#8217;m the only one living in this society. The roads seem to be much wider and all that illuminates it is the moonlight making its way down here through dense clouds. A gentle drizzle starts and as Henley&#8217;s &#8216;Hotel California&#8217; from my music player echoes down my ear canal, I somehow feel the drizzle giving lfe to the stoic road. It&#8217;s like I&#8217;ve found company for my walk back home. For some weird reason, my thought process catapults me back to this realization. This is probably the second shower that we&#8217;ve had since the monsoon....]]></description>
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