The insightful report that I read today on how students background affects the performance made me think about my own life. “Wealthy families do not worry about food, or transportation, or whether walking to school involves crossing a gang boundary. If you haven’t lived in poverty, it is hard to Read more…
No human being is exempted from facing emergencies. If not for others at least for the sake of our own near and dear ones, we need to be aware of handling emergencies. Do you agree with me that the cause of saving lives is extremely relevant to all of us Read more…
Indian railways can afford an 88000 crores Bullet Train project but not an 88 rupees safety vest Pic credit: http://www.business-standard.com At 4.45 am in the morning while mentally planning for a client appointment I drove my car out of my apartment. Within few minutes, I was about to get past the Read more…
You have decided to order food through a famous food delivery chain app. You chose a popular Chinese restaurant chain which has a decent customer rating. You are now looking forward to the food to arrive and to having a great family time. What can possibly go wrong? Here is Read more…
I was a great fan of SCMM for 3 years of my participation. I extended the same level of loyalty when I heard about the Tata Mumbai Marathon this year. The reason was simple, it was another procamrunning.in event. Even though I enjoyed the running aspect of the TMM this year, I was totally Read more…
My son and I walked into a plush Just do it! store inside one of the largest shopping centers in Bangalore. I wanted to buy a pair of trail running shoes. The young storekeeper gave a smile and took us closer to the brand section which read “Running“. Storekeeper: “How can I help you, Read more…
The following content was aggregated from multiple web sources and enhanced/updated Write to letsraisethespirits@gmail.com if you have any additional inputs or leave your comments below the blog Alright, an emergency can occur to anyone anytime. It can be due to a sudden cardiac arrest, electrocution, animal or insect bites, hypoglycemia, Read more…
Airtel India’s excellent customer service! It started when I was worried about not receiving SMS messages from a two-factor website authentication login page. I called Airtel 121 and after struggling through the IVR navigation options finally, I got through to the option to talk to a customer service executive. The IVR system prompted Read more…
Picture for illustration On Monday the 26-Jun-2017, we were approaching an intersection on the 6 lane highway in my Honda and noticed a small crowd gathered near the median. There were few (mostly) men and women, about 10 of them, some were holding the median railing. I noticed that they Read more…
TCS World 10k 2017 – Bengaluru 2017 The last time I ran a timed 10k event was in the year 2015. It was my fastest run with a timing of 00:47:23. It was indeed painful to sustain that and took a toll on my body. I spent 3-4 days to recover Read more…