A new year brings a lot of joy, big expectations, resolutions, and high hopes along with it. Also, how the New Year start depends a lot on how one ends the previous year, irrespective of how the complete year had panned out. For me this year 2012, will always be a little sad for many [...]
Archive for the ‘Just For Fun’ Category
Year 2012 for Me
Posted: January 15, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Just For FunTags: Accidents, Happy New Year, Indian Army, Life, Shishir Gupta
My Tryst with Death- A Conquer or Great Escape?
Posted: January 15, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in God, Just For FunTags: Accidents, close to death, Health, Road Accidents, Shishir Gupta
Well honestly, a meeting of such a kind is something not very new to me. I have had a couple of opportunities in the past where I had just managed to avoid it. But I guess this time I got the closest to meet my end. It surely has not been a good start to [...]
40 Months of Life in an IT Industry…
Posted: December 1, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in India, Just For FunTags: IT Industry, Life, Life in an IT company, Shishir Gupta
It’s been very differing and varied kind of 40 months that I have had in the IT industry, or I can say that I have what you call as the IT industry (motley) kind of days,as IT industry is known for indifferent kind of ways. At the same time and situation, an IT industry can [...]
How Important is “EFFECTIVE” COMMUNICATION
Posted: November 21, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Just For Fun, ManagementTags: Communication, Effective Communication, Shishir Gupta
These days communication is an important aspect of life. It was always a very important aspect of professional life but it does play a huge role in personal life as well. Not only communication, but effective communication is something that is very important, as bad communication or no communication can be disastrous at times. I [...]
Today’s Managers – Good or Bad or Leaders?
Posted: October 31, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in India, Just For Fun, ManagementTags: IT Industry, Leaders, Managers, McGregor's Theory X, McGregor's Theory Y, Organizational Behaviour, Shishir Gupta
Disclaimer: I am not really sure whether what I have thought of writing and have ended up writing in the blog post actually fits under this heading. After completing this blog post I am really confused of what I actually intended to write and what have actually written down. However, I feel that the content [...]
TREATISE Turns 3 Today!
Posted: October 8, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Just For FunTags: Shishir Gupta
It has been a great journey so far, definitely a very exciting one. It was exactly 3 years back that I created this blog and today when I see back I can see that the growth of this blog has been overwhelming. I have tried to catch the eye of the readers all around the [...]
A Trip to Torangarh (Torna Fort)!
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Adventure, India, Just For FunTags: Adventure, Koraigad Fort, Shishir Gupta, Torangad, Torna Fort, Trekking
I publish my trip diaries over my blog here, so that years later when I read it, I would be able to remember and cherish the moments of the trip. But this trip has been somewhat different, as even if I do not write about it here, I will surely remember it for a long [...]
I have an Einstein number as well!
Posted: September 9, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Awards, Just For FunTags: Albert Einstein, Shishir Gupta
Einstein number is something I was not really aware till long back. However, having your name to get associated with Albert Einstein is something any budding science student, for the matter of fact any student in the world would aspire to have. And I am no exception to this. Well having got to know that [...]
A Trip to Lonavala, Korigad and Amby Valley!
Posted: September 6, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Adventure, India, Just For FunTags: Adventure, Amby Valley, Koraigad Fort, Lonavala, National Defence Academy, Shishir Gupta, Trekking
Well this post should have been posted almost one and a half month back, but due to some mysterious circumstances this could not be posted in time. In fact I had written down this post immediately after the trip and even had tried to post it (created a post and tried to publish it), but [...]
New Achievement- Erdős Number
Posted: July 5, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Awards, Just For FunTags: Shishir Gupta
Erdős number is something that as a high school student I have always aspired to have. In fact why me, it is something any science student must have dreamt of, especially a mathematics or a physics student, since these are the two fields one is likely to get a lower Erdős number (lower the better). [...]
A Trip to Panchagani, Mahabaleshwar, PratapGarh Fort, and Tapola!!!
Posted: June 21, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Adventure, India, Just For FunTags: Adventure, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Pratapgarh Fort, Shishir Gupta, Tapola, Trekking
This Sunday, I visited Mahabaleshwar, a hill station close to Pune, with a group of my office friends and colleagues. Well, this is a very memorable trip for me for quite a few reasons. Firstly, it was the first trip for me with friends this monsoon season. Secondly, the participation in this trip was the [...]
When your old teachers remember you…….
Posted: June 15, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Just For FunTags: Life, Shishir Gupta, Teacher
For some time now I wanted to visit Mrs. Bhawana, my junior college Physics teacher, but I just did not get the time to do so. Yesterday was the day when I somehow managed to go and meet her. In fact this opportunity was not created because of my efforts; she had invited me for [...]
Life Back on ‘the’ Track…..
Posted: June 3, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Just For FunTags: Fun, Life, Shishir Gupta
After a long break from my morning jogging schedule, I am back on the jogging track. Though I did enjoy a lot in this break time, as it gave me that extra half an hour to one hour of sleep and relaxation. But with having come back to my jogging schedule it feels even better. [...]
I Am Back….. From a Long Hibernation !
Posted: June 1, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Just For FunTags: Fun, Life, Shishir Gupta
I am back after a long hibernation period. Well it has been a very long time that my whereabouts have been unknown to most of my friends. It has been more than a year of such a period for a selected group of close friends and over two-three years for the others. And almost everyone [...]
My MICROSOFT Connection…
Posted: February 25, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Just For FunTags: Blogging, IT Industry, Life in an IT company, Microsoft, MicroStrategy, Shishir Gupta, VB, Visual Basic, Visual Basic Team
I have always dreamt of working with Microsoft since I joined my engineering college almost 7 years back. Well Microsoft is brand I guess any person would want to get associated with, and I am no different. Even after dreaming all time to be a part of the elite organization, I never really worked hard [...]


