It’s events like the earthquake in Haiti or Hurricane Katrina that makes me slow down a bit and think about the important things in life. In the Bay Area especially, I feel that we are all in a huge rat race. We’re trying to get rich and rise to the top. We’re trying to keep [...]
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September 2, 2009
A New Kind of Frat Boy
A copy of my article from September 2009′s issue of India Currents: I had always imagined that fraternities and sororities were formed of groups of students who spent their time binge drinking and avoiding school. My impressions of frat houses had been formed from their depiction in the movies: reckless college students with mediocre futures [...]
May 11, 2009
Interview With ReTargeter’s President
Below is an interview with Arjun Arora, President of www.ReTargeter.com, a company that deals with optimizing ad spending for companies that place online advertisements. 1. What is www.retargeter.com / what does it do? ReTargeter is the most effective way to optimize your current online ad spend / marketing efforts and a great way to make [...]
April 16, 2009
BTTR Ventures Featured in Daily Cal
Haas Entrepreneurs Start A Locally Grown Business By: Zach A. Williams Contributing Writer | Thursday April 16, 2009 When Haas School of Business seniors Alex Velez and Nikhil Arora approached vendors in January, many questioned why the soon-to-be graduates were going into the mushroom-selling business. Now, the duo is launching BTTR Ventures, a company [...]
February 17, 2009
Funny George W. Bush Video
This is pretty old but I saw it again recently and thought it was post-worthy. Enjoy.
October 26, 2008
The Indian National Anthem
I recently saw this AR Rahman remake of the indian national anthem. The instrumental part is extremely creative and inspirational.
October 5, 2008
The Floods in Bihar
Some of you may be familiar with the floods that have caused havoc in Bihar, India. Having family in this region, I feel compelled to help out in some way. Below is an article featured in Patna Daily about a Bay Area organization coming together to make a difference. US-Based Bihar Organization Raising Money for [...]
July 14, 2008
Giving Money to the Homeless
Yesterday, as I walked into Blockbuster I looked at the homeless guy sitting outside and debated whether to give the guy some change. Some people have very strong opinions on why or why not giving money to such individuals is the way to go. Society, mainly media, always encourages us to reach into our pockets [...]
