I write like..

Just came through a article on TOI which talks about a website which analyzes your writing style and tells you the author which resembles your writing style. Ahhh , as a blogger i thought, let me check my  writing style.


Browsed the website to find out if i resemble any of he greats. One has to just copy and paste few of the paragraph of your writings on the web page and click on analyze.  So after the first iteration the result says Issac Asimov , wow . I thought of repeating it if it was just a fluke or a random generator. On the second iteration with other text it showed David Foster Wallace. On the 3rd, 4th and 5th iteration with different text it showed the same result.

The website does some kind of analysis based on the number of words per sentence etc. So you have all the reasons to feel good on a Sunday morning thinking that you are not that bad at writing.

About Light and the Darkness

We all must have read or seen it n number of times, the great divide between the rich and poor in our country. Its so apparent and we start ignoring it as we get use to it. But I really start feeling it after reading 'White Tiger' by Arvind Adiga. 

The book talks about the story of India which is mostly left untouched during the growth of the country in last 2 decades, economist calls it India Vs Bharat where Bharat is almost the same as 20 years back. The author Mr. Adiga calls the people living in the fertile region of Ganges as Darkness ( so ironical )and coastal area as Light as most of the people in areas of Ganges are still deprived of the most basic necessities of life and those living near coast are much better off. The story is of the desires of the people in darkness who sees the world developing but when they look at there abysmal poverty, it leaves them strained and suffocated. The people in darkness are mostly working for people in light for making there life comfortable. They also want to own the comforts of life and lead a respectful life. But do they have even a remote chance of it of they lead a honest life ?

Now when I go around places, it seems like there is darkness everywhere, I can empathize with the kind of lives they are living, not sure of even next meal when we are thinking about how to finance a flat in our locality. 

The real problem is that most of India is still in darkness and not much is being done to address it yet. The day is not far when this rift might cause a civil war as rich will keep on exploiting the poor by underpaying for services or disrespecting them.

 I believe that we the people in light  should start working in our ways to bring light to the people around us in darkness, may be if not them, there next generation so that these people get humane treatment and there is more equity in this world. Remember only a candle can light another candle and Adiga's analogy fits so beautifully even here.

Customer Delight

All companies try to provide comfort to customers in all possible ways to attract them, but there are very few companies who can actually delight customer. I had an recent experience with a company which I least expected to do it. ICICI Bank !

I wanted to open saving bank account in ICICI bank for the comfort of internet banking. I just called them once and they followed it up very keenly and made an appointment with me as per my convenience. The formalities were completed in  minutes. This was all routine for all private sector banks who are tying to grab as many CASA ( current accounts / savings accounts ) as possible. The real satisfaction came when I told the bank representative that I don't have a passport size photograph with me and gave him a stamp size photo. The bank representative Hussain was happy to help me and when he visited me next time to hand over the debit card and cheque book, he also handed me 3 developed passport size copies of my photograph. Wow , this is going beyond my expectations. I just thanked him and thought that the bank has came a long way in keeping their customers happy.

So finally I am a happy ICICI Bank customer, hoping that the services remain as good as the initial experience.