Aniruddha

Joined New Org

Hi Guys,

Wasn't able to update the site because I was pretty much busy in various things (such as Marriage, Job Switch and more imp: Mafia wars :WINK: ) for last few days.

Will keep on updating site if I found some good stuff to write about.

thats all for now...

Aniruddha

Offline due to vacations; A SVN Admin Screenshots added

Hi,

I would be offline for a next few days as I will be on vacations.
I might make a post or two if possible.

BTW: I wanted to deliver beta release of "A SVN Admin" today, which I am afraid to say that could not be achieved.

This A SVN Admin link shows few screen shots of development, till date.

I hope, you will like that too.

Thanks & Regards,

Aniruddha

Developing SVN administration Web GUI

Hi,

Since last few days I am working on development of a SVN administration web application. I just did not post about it; as soon as I started the work. Because, I thought, I may not be able to complete it.

But, after reaching some milestones I became sure that I will be able to deliver following targeted features:

1) MySQL and LDAP authentication
2) Repository creation
3) Repository access control
4) Profile / Group based access control for the administration tool itself.
5) Ability to give access to users / groups to certain hooks too.
6) Hook / Plug-in based approach to connect to other tools.
7) The differentiators : "The tool will be connected to the best tools / applications available"

What I mean to say by the seventh feature is:
i) Won't reinvent the wheel
ii) Won't try to push everything in this tool (eg: bug tracking, repo browser etc.)
iii) Will try to develop connectors to other great tools in respective fields. A few in mind, right now are: (BugZilla, WebSVN, mpysvnstats, testlink etc)

And in bonus, this tool will be released in with General Public License or LGPL.

I hope, a lot of admins will love it.

Thanks & Regards,

Aniruddha

Will be maintaining "Radio Silence" for a while

Hi,

My cellphones will be silent for a while. I might be responding to emails though.

That's it for now, will get back soon.

Aniruddha

Earth Hour, 8.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010. Turn Off the lights

Hi,

I won't reproduce the whole information about earth hour here.
Just wanted to remind you all, to reduce your energy consumpiton everyday and at least on earth hour.

To show support to earth hour, please signup with earthhour.org

Here:

Or notify your friends by making calls, sending text messages, e-mails, tweets, blog posts and on.

Thanks & Regards,

Aniruddha

Pranav Mistri's sixth sense / Technology from the future, TODAY!

Hi Everyone,

I was in sheer amazement to view Pranav Mistri's Demonstration on sixth sense tehcnology.

To be precise, its exactly a "technology" ie.: Science's application in real life.

Please, take some time to view his demonstration if you cant see embedded above: "Here"

He has said that would be "Open Sourced" which may make it accessible to all in near future. Let's hope, we don't have to wait very long for the future from "Minority Reports", "Pay Check", "Mission Impossible" and "Bond movies"... in real life.

As he says, "Digital world and real world should be interconnected."
and as we can see, he is successful in doing that.

Let's, wait for a while.

Aniruddha

Which OS platform you use for your desktop? Poll added on linkedin

Hi,

I have added a poll : Which OS platform you use for your desktop? on linked in.
The answers to choose from are:
1) *BSD
2) Linux
3) Mac
4) Microsoft
5) Other

Please, note the order of the above is based sorted alphabetically. I don't want to start flames here ;)

I hope to keep it open for a few days and I will be posting the results here too.

Please, participate.

Thanks & Regards,

Aniruddha

Added Tweetboard to Aniruddhas.com

Hi,

In order to broadcast quick messages, I've added tweetbord to my blog aniruddha.

If you want to add tweetboard support to your site, request it here

Installation instructions are located here: http://support.tweetboard.com/home/#tb

I found one issue:
You will need to replace single quotes with double quotes.
(Only, if your blog software encodes or adds slashes to your scripts)

I hope, tweets will help me reaching you better.

Aniruddha

Towards the Grand Dreams!

Hi,

I found this entry in my yahoo notepad:

June 30 2008
Forget about the details of whatever you're thinking about or working on today -- you can take care of them later! It's a good time for you to try to get ahead with some grand scheme that's been a dream.

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I was very glad to read it after a while, I thought you would like it too!

Aniruddha

Visionary Team Leader!

Hi,

I hope anyone with development background will enjoy this real life story:

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Once upon a time, there was a visionary S.Q.A team leader.
A strong hold on M.$. Excel was what he excelled. He used to say, "Any project can be managed using just Excel." (And I used to ponder, "Wouldn't notepad be a better choice?").

He was very much annoyed with the useless BugZilla(?!).
He, then came forward to announce that, "From now on, all bug tracking should be done using M.$. Excel."

Although, he met a fierce opposition to that but he still hopes that, "One day, there will be no BugZilla around in Bug tracking as that will be surpassed by the super powers of M.$. Excel!"

_______________________________________________

Thanks & Regards,

Aniruddha

Enlightened Tester

Here is an enlightened tester:
Backdrop: She is testing some web application and is very much involved in that.

After some time, she asks this to fellow developer sitting a few cubicles away:
"Hey, where I am logged in?"
My System admin colleague started LOL and said:

"Yeh, rahe ubharate huye Bharat ke honhar Tester!"

Will keep posting this stuff...

Aniruddha

Enlightened Developer

Hi,

Here is a chat conversation with an enlightened developer:

me: hi, firstname is not connected to the network. Can you send me her MAC address.
him:ok, sure... it is "firstname.lastname" <<<<<<<<< :WOW:
me: Noooo.. I mean physical address...
him: I don't know where she stays... Wait, let me ask her... <<< This is a killer

Aniruddha

First Entry in Fun At Office Category

Hi There,

Everyone of us encounters funny incidents at our offices.
Just wanted to share jokes from various office incidents hence this new category.

I am looking forward to colleagues and future colleagues in a hope that they will keep providing me the stuff to put here... :TEASE:
;)

Aniruddha

Just Translated WebSVN in Marathi

Hi

I've just completed translating WebSVN in Marathi.

I hope, developers at WebSVN will incorporate the translation in their next release.
To add marathi support in your WebSVN installation please, follow these steps:
Download this file:
http://aniruddhas.com/tutorials/marathi.txt
move it to your websvn installation as:
eg:
mv marathi.txt WebSvn-2.2.1/languages/marathi.php

add following line in WebSvn-2.2.1/languages/languages.php
in the array section, at your fav. sort spot.

'mr' => array('marathi', 'Marathi', 'मराठी'),

That's it, it starts showing marathi menu.

I am going to translate in Hindi also, when I find some time ;)
Thats all for now,

TC

Aniruddha

Started Updating Readers by Google SMS

Hi All,

It gives me a great pleasure to announce that, new blog entries are now notified to subscribers via Google SMS.

Anyone interested in such subscription should contact me using "Contact Me" page.

Aniruddha page.

Haiku and Comic Error messages

Hi,

I hope you will enjoy the fun in comedy of errors:

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

-- David Dixon

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Everything is gone;
Your life's work has been destroyed.
Squeeze trigger (yes/no)?

-- David Carlson

H O N O R A B L E __M E N T I O N S:

I'm sorry, there's -- um --
insufficient -- what's-it-called?
The term eludes me ...

-- Owen Mathews

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Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

-- Peter Rothman

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Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows
I begin again

-- Chris Walsh

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The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.

-- Barry L. Brumitt

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Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?

-- Pat Davis

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A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

-- David J. Liszewski

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Errors have occurred.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.

-- Charlie Gibbs

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Server's poor response
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.

-- Rik Jespersen

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

-- Suzie Wagner

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Login incorrect.
Only perfect spellers may
enter this system.

-- Jason Axley

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This site has been moved.
We'd tell you where, but then we'd
have to delete you.

-- Charles Matthews

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wind catches lily
scatt'ring petals to the wind:
segmentation fault

-- Nick Sweeney

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ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
You ask way too much.

-- Mike Hagler

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First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
so beautifully.

-- Simon Firth

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With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.

-- Howard Korder

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The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao, until
You bring fresh toner.

-- Bill Torcaso

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The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist

-- Joy Rothke

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Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down

-- David Ansel

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A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.

-- James Lopez

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There is a chasm
of carbon and silicon
the software can't bridge

-- Rahul Sonnad

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Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that

-- Margaret Segall

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To have no errors
Would be life without meaning
No struggle, no joy

-- Brian M. Porter

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You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

-- Cass Whittington

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No keyboard present
Hit F1 to continue
Zen engineering?

-- Jim Griffith

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Hal, open the file
Hal, open the damn file, Hal
open the, please Hal

-- Jennifer Jo Lane

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Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

-- Francis Heaney

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Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

-- Judy Birmingham

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The ten thousand things
How long do any persist?
Netscape, too, has gone.

-- Jason Willoughby

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Rather than a beep
Or a rude error message,
These words: "File not found."

-- Len Dvorkin

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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

-- Ian Hughes

Above jokes were taken from: http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html

Those jokes remind me of:

There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer.

When asked to define �great� he said, �I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!�

He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.

WINDOWS XP ERROR MESSAGES

This one is cool:

A few of the new error messages that were taken under consideration during the development of the Windows XP operating system...

� Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.

� Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.

� BREAKFAST.SYS halted... Cereal port not responding.

� Close your eyes and press escape three times.

� File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)

� Runtime Error 6D at 417A:32CF: Incompetent User.

� Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.

� Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.

� Windows message: "Error saving file! Format drive now? (Y/Y)"

� Windows VirusScan 1.0 - "Windows found: Remove it? (Y/N)"

credit: http://www.comedy-zone.net/jokes/laugh/ ... omp007.htm

And here are some funny C compiler errors:

http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/91q3/cerrors.html

This error on the web will be understood by all:

http://www.ibiblio.org/404.html

won't it?

Screenshots of errors that are really funny:

http://www.iambetterthanu.com/2008/01/1 ... lly-funny/

some of them are fake, though.

What happens when imagination over powers photoshop / paintbrush erros?

http://geekswithblogs.net/scottkuhl/arc ... rrors.aspx

Ohh, he might have used GIMP then ;)

Errors in old days:

http://members.tripod.com/~stanislavs/errors.htm

Another compilation of errors:

http://www-stu.cai.cam.ac.uk/~cjr43/errors/

Aniruddha

On Cards:

Hi there,

Very busy schedule since last few days as was busy in hand over of tasks as I am leaving my old organization.

Currently, I am planning to write complete howtos / guide about "Security Assessment / Security Audit" if I could manage some time.

This was just to ping again.

More to come,

Aniruddha

Linux Jokes Entry Modified after user comment

Hi All,

I have just modified a post: A Free Headache! & Linux jokes / Linux Windows Jokes

after a users entry

Thanks,

Aniruddha

No more an Indian!

It was great to be a proud Indian. Yes It was. That's not a mistake, it's the exact feeling that I (Yesterdays Indian) am going through currently.

I was really very proud for my nation's integration, unity in diversity, cultural mix and on and on. That feeling got b]fxxxd up since the day every insecure leader from northern part of my yesterday's nation started vomiting venom against one person from my region for speaking about the suppression that they are forcing us upon since last sixty or more years.

Am I being a regionalist screwed opinion person? Am I feeling very insecure by the tactics played by those Northerners from UP,Bihar,Delhi etc (think this word as a badword henceforth.)? May be, Yes. That's the way a social animal thinks. I will try to be in a group, live together, help each other and be merry. And when some other group tries to confront my group I will show my groupism, my loyalty to the group (read: society, region, religion, nationality etc). Till yesterday, the Nation of India was the group for me... and now these guys have limited myself to the group of Maharashtra.

Still, I am very proud in being that. Why? again, a social animal has to protect his group and his group's interests...
What I can foresee now is Raj Thackeray, the one who is speaking about the suppression done by those Northerners (read: bad word) is being taken to the states of law and order (The same northern states which keep on troubling other states, who don't have
proper infrastructure, whose leaders live on fodder and crimes) for further investigation and some so called nationalist hurts / kills my group member leaving no other choice for me and my other fellow group members to revert back in extreme responses.

What's achieved?
A nationalist has already converted to a regionalist.
A nation shattered in pieces.
A civil war as a backlash to sixty years suppression.With a trigger of a hurt / killed Raj Thackeray which I would not want.

And for whom?
For those screwed up northerner leader's united speeches instead of being in different parties such as (Congress, BJP,RJD,Samajwadi etc)
For those criminals who are in Ministries?
For those blind people who keep on sending these criminals to parliament? (BTW they have more population so as in democracy most of the members of parliament are involved in one or the other crime.)
For those leaders who are supporting the great cause of Indian divide since more than half of century?
For those states who are up and above all in criminal activities?
For the same state of Delhi, which is currently being called as "Rape Capital of India!"
For those criminals who keep law and order?
For those states where Asian Human Rights commission states that election's are being fought between criminals?

No way... I am not going to suffer for their decisions forced on me nor on my group!
If, by any way they try to force their culture on my group, I will be the first to resist.
These guys have highest criminal records in their states, highest undemocratic values in their hearts, highly appreciated castism in their societies. These ass holes can not enjoy the real freedom because of the fear of being killed by a dacoit or busineess opponent or political opponent. And now they are creating their political and cultural hubs in my state! In my society. I really do not want it to happen.
I am not just saying that... I will be against those actions.

Why it is happening against Maharashtra at this point of time?
Because it can not be done in any southern state which is occupied by proud and civilized people who vibrantly defend themselves.

Then why this is not happening against southerners in Maharashtra?
They are proud for their culture and stick to that, but they do not indulge in creating political and criminal hubs.

If you are a Northerner and do not agree with that follow this:

1) Ask your wife / sister to go for a walk in late evening (let alone midnight).
2) Read criminal statistics.
3) Read statistics about population
4) Try to find out how you contribute to the nation, and don't forget to check out the corruption history of India.
Here I am trying to say: We do contribute your corrupt foddered mindless leaders.
(I added that line, so that you can understand)
5) Be civilized. And You will surely agree!

By the way, who are speaking against Maharashtra in Maharashtra are really enjoying the Marathi spirit of democracy.
Keep it up Jaya, company and similar nuts...

Please, don't try to find any Marathi words in this message... It's the spirit of the message.

Majhya Marathichi bolu kavatuke, amritatehi paija jinke, aisi akshare rasike milavin - Sant Dnyaneshwara.

Thanks for bearing with me, but as I've said earlier I am not going to bear all those Northerners. I expect, so would you!

Aniruddha

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Edit after Nityanand's Comment

Nityanand's first point: Who is migrant?

Yes, I am migrant in some sense. But, do I try to create a political lobby in your home state / city / country?
I might create cultural group or participate in. Have you heard of any such group in Maharashtra which keeps Northerner's culture alive? (But, there are some groups who try to show their existence and power.) I don't want that they should forget their culture when they are here. I just don't want them to mess up with mine. I want them to learn our lifestyle. Although I do not want them to be strictly following my culture. They should respect my culture and they should forget being outsiders. But they just won't, they will bring Mayawati, Amarsingh(Great criticizer of Shahid Jawan from police forces), Mulayam Singh(Same who wanted to donate Rs. 2000 Crore to pakistan) here.
Just get Off!

Nityanand's second point: Jobs in railways... etc

1) It is not that Marathi people do not have enough talent to crack IAS,IFS,IPS etc but people already sitting their might be biased.
2) Railway administrative divisions are regional
3) Marathi people are ready to leave these jobs if they can get another.
4) Most of Railway infrastructure is in nor

Considering above points, I think:
We can not get what ought to be my right.
Other option remains:
Dont let the India have states based on language. If you do, follow it completely. If you don't always be an unbiased Indian.

Hope, that clears my point

Aniruddha

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Edit after Nityanand's Comment Ends Here

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Edit after Murugans's Comment Starts Here His comment is in italics and my answers are in bold

Thakre har kisi se takrata hai isliye usse Takre kehna hi behtar hai..

It's a pun... ;)

Aur haan,
Agar Hindustan me rehna hai to Jai Hind bolo..

There are a lot of people who are against "Jai Hind!" and "Vande Mataram!"
Hindustan has got Most of revolutionaries, social reformers, freedom fighters form these states:
Maharashtra, Bengal, Punjab, then Madras Province.
... In that order!!

Warna Thakre toh kya uske sath mila hua sare Maharashtrians ko Bangladesh bhej denge bina Passport aur Visa ke, phir waha jake bolte rehna Jai Maharashtra.

These kind of statements force me to be a Marathi before an Indian. It forces me to say that, let us see who the hell in the world moves me from my home. I (as a Marathi) am the one who contributes the most for GDP (ref rbi documents).
Reminder: Maharashtra implies Mahan Rashtra.
You can not bait us on anything. You don't have the courage to lose the contributions we are making nor you have the capability to do what you are saying.
Side note: You will not be able to come to Maharashtra if you, expel us. You will require a visa and you will not get that because of pending applications.

Aakir mauka hai sochlo phir kehne se pehle warna 100Crore k Hindustanion k beechme 9.6Crore k Maharashtrian kuch bhi nahi hai, Aur wo tumhara Raj Thakre Ya Takre woh toh dikhayi bhi nahi dega itne bheed me..

That's what I was talking about... These guys have always misinterpreted the democracy. What they only know is about what Mobs keep on doing. Majority wins in the democracy, and majority should have the responsibility. Again, the states like Maharshtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujrath give the most to the nation and what they get back is a Nidhi which is very less than their contributions. When farmers in Maharshtra, Andhra, Tamil Nadu die the central govt always denies proper attention. Because, it is flooded with the MPs from highly populated states.
"In fact, current statistics show that some 23.2 per cent of members of parliament in India have criminal investigations or cases pending against them. The forthcoming state election in Uttar Pradesh is a case in point. An estimated 35 per cent of candidates have trials and cases pending against them. The charges include rape, armed robbery and murder." - Taken from:
Asian Human Rights Commission's site.

Finally:
Helooo... Wake Up!! You don't have the authority, power, courage and valor to do that.

Note: This condition is applicable to only those Maharashtrians jo bolta Maharashtra sirf unka hai baki chale jao karke, remaining All Indians in Maharashtra will be safe..

Regards,
Murugan Nadar

Thanks for sparing...
BTW: Please, do not listen / read other's interpretation about Raj Thackray's speeches.

Aniruddha

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A brief insight into an employee's feelings

Hi There,

Sorry for the too Heavy subject line, but I thought It would be great if I post my mail sent to my colleagues to share my feelings after completion of my year at Avi Electronics & Networks; So, that it may give a brief idea of an employees feeling for those who might be interested such as: HR guys, employers etc.

Some of the things in the mail apply to all the organizations out there and some things apply specifically to Avi Electronics & Networks.

So without further ado, here is the mail:

Subject: Enjoying Avi!

Dear All,

I am very glad to say that, I just completed my year being in the family of Avi. On this occasion I would like to share my feelings with you all. There are a lot of things I gained and lost on personal accounts in this period.

Lost? Yes, Lost! Such as, since my childhood I always liked to speak, to be at podium just to say something in public. Since the day my professional career started I just missed that thing which started pinching and increasing my depression on these sides. But, when I joined Avi, I've got many chances to deliver presentations, trainings etc and the depression is lost!

It's not that there are only negative things I've lost, I've lost the ability to give the quality time to the friends (Yes, friends. Not acquaintances) from my earlier organizations. Maybe, I can not join the full time courses now etc. I don't understand how can I restrain myself from traveling around and making joy trips or having trek exertions. I don�t understand how can I work on things which I don�t feel like are technologies in first place! Many times, I had to work on things which I thought were not challenging or uninteresting which later turned out to be like experiences that will improve you whether you like it or not!

But, the gains� they are important too. As usual (a sentence which has lost its meaning because of abundant usage, but try to correlate with that.): I have got new friends!

I have got a more understanding of the wider picture of I.T. infrastructure, a variety of different devices which were a novelty for me in past. I got to learn new things (One more overused statement). I got to travel those places in India which otherwise I would have been incapable of or uninterested of. I also got in touch with great many people with altogether different virtues, moods, personalities and views. The most amazing thing was to know that how people from different professions, territories, economical slabs or any other discriminations vary in thinking.

In all, it was a year of happening, change, unpredictability, learning and enrichment. The things I always sought for... personally and in profession.

Also, I may have hurt or helped you a lot many times in those days (don�t try to weigh though). But hey... isn�t it the bedrock of relationships? I hope, to build on that�

Thanks for bearing with me guys,

I hope, we will keep on bearing each other anyhow, anyways, forever...

Yours,

Aniruddha

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Enjoy Along the path, not at the end!
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Thats it fellows, the mail ends there. Hope, you may have found interesting / useful.

Aniruddha