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bahut hi jaldi / too soon

amit — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:23:19 +0000

ive been meaning to write another one of these for a while, due to the raging success of my last poem. special thank you to my editors/roomates manoj and general briggs.

bahut hi jaldi

woh baag mein beti thi
jawab ki inthezar mein
“mere bina mat jao”

woh thokar khaya
dheere se hasaa
“mujhe dosh na do”

usne fal kha li thi
woh chai pee liya tha
khoobsurat… andha… krodh

translation:

too soon

she was siting in the garden
waiting for an answer
“dont go without me”

he stumbles
laughing softly
“do not blame me”

she ate the fruit
he drank the tea
beautiful… blind… anger

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CodeChef launched!

amit — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:27:14 +0000

For the last 2 months or so I’ve been working on setting up an India specific, online coding coding contest: www.codechef.com. The goal of the site is to identify top technical talent, promote our brand and foster technical competition. It’s a cool project for me ’cause I get to use my existing web project management skills, as well as manage the marketing side (which I’ve never done before). I’ve taken a real interest in social media marketing and am pretty pumped to test out some ideas I’ve had. We will be building a Facebook app, integrating with Facebook Connect, running Twitter contests and doing some other new media-ey stuff.

Last week we soft-launched at a big student festival at the top engineering school in Mumbai IIT’s TechFest. We setup a booth and asked students the output to three code snippits, if they could answer and explain, we gave out some t-shirts. It turns out people will do anythig for free stuff. The booth was packed the entire time. It was a really great experience, interacting with students, talkin’ up CodeChef and walking around wearing a giant chefs hat. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and I’m looking forward to seeing how big we can make this.

Some random pics from techfest below (look for the cool chef’s hat)…

3 Month Recap

How True

amit — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:09:29 +0000

Saw this Satyam Ad in the Bangalore Airport: Count on us to transform the game of business

How true..

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Only in India…

amit — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:22:00 +0000

I just returned for 2 trips, first to Goa for New Years, then to Israel for my cousins wedding. The trips were complete opposites though I enjoyed them both very much, Goa was one long party, and Israel was (mostly) wholesome QT with the fam.

Goan highlights included:

hammerheads for sale:

cows on the beach:

and awesome parties:

This morning I arrived back in India, decided to take a prepaid taxi to my apartment (not sure if this is cheaper or more expensive then using the meter). The guy told me the price was 250 rs, then charged me 240 and handed me a receipt for 220. What I got a real kick out of though, was the second bullet point on the receipt:

“In case of breakdown on the way driver will arrange another taxi for onward journey and pay part fare to next driver”

Only in India…

A Poem

amit — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:16:04 +0000

Yesterday I had my 3rd Hindi lesson. Combining everything I know I’ve written a poem:

Chidya udthi hei

Nadi beti hei

Ek aurat gati hei…

Unke daanth safedh hein

Unke paanv lambhe hai

Mere dil ko chot lagi hai…

Translation:

The sparrow flies

The river flows

One woman sings…

She has white teeth

Her legs are long

I have hurt my heart…

I also like saying mera nashta guhrum hai, but I couldn’t fit “my breakfast is hot” anywhere in the poem above. Next week I’m learning about food, which I’m sure will really get the creative juices flowing.

bahut hi jaldi / too soon