Author Archives: rajeevgupta

Pattern recognition is my favorite pastime. I am not sure if it is really a pastime, because I do it all the time – consciously or unconsciously. Observing a certain trend in my writings in past few years, I realized that most of them are satire on  society or concerns for unacceptable behavior in society.Continue reading “Happy Birth Day – Measure of Happiness”

Last Sunday afternoon, as I finished up my lunch and jumped on Facebook to see if there was any notification from the week I needed to attend before I ended the week, I noticed a friend request on Facebook. Thankfully, Facebook shows the number of common friends you have with the person sending you theContinue reading “Rules of Communication – redefined?”

While boarding my flight to Chicago, I was asked to show my passport. Your credentials are checked before you enter a new country. Your credentials are checked before entering so many places – bars, discotheques, private parties, conferences, airplanes, concerts. But has anyone asked you for your credential when you enter the most private partyContinue reading “Health Passport – Can it check STDs and STIs ?”

“Umm Hi, does the train to North Hollywood come on this platform?”, I asked after scanning the woman for two minutes and felt that she might be worth beginning a friendship with. “Yes, the next train goes there.”, she said without knowing that I had been taking that train every day for a month now.Continue reading “OTT – One Time Transaction”

The need to share, a very basic need. The first inventor of social media probably foresaw this need very earlier. When an incident happens in my life, that is amusing, or that makes me stop and think or that throws a big surprise for me, I get an intense desire to share. Generally through one-oneContinue reading “LA DIARIES – Prologue”

Unpublished stories are the most original and honest ones

Last night when I went out, I did not have quantity time, as I started pretty late, but spent quality time with interesting folks. Consequently, I slept at reasonable hour of 1:30 hoping I will get up on time this morning to attend my GA work. Day started with crap. Alarm I had set wasContinue reading “Friday Failures”

He has a heart that feels He has a brain that thinks There is blood that flows in his veins There is life in him, and he breathes How can you ridicule him for Things he never asked for. Things he was born with. Things he can’t change.

Love at first sight? Second sight? Third sight? How these loves happen is beyond me. You have hardly known that person, and you say that you have fell in love with that person? Similarly, the whole concept of dating culminating into love is something very incomprehensible to me. When you date someone, from the beginning,Continue reading “How can dating translate into love?”

All kinds of people would ask you why you came to business school? First, admission officers. When you make it to school, your classmates. Few months later, your career coaches. At a later time, your recruiters. And of course all through your journey, your friends and acquaintances. I too have been asked the same question.Continue reading “Can business school make you less romantic?”