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Inaugural Speech for the new batch at the Symbiosis BBA program, Pune - 23rd June, 2008 - By Chetan Bhagat Good Morning everyone and thank you for giving me this chance to speak to you. This day is about you. You, who have come to this college, leaving the comfort of your homes (or in some cases discomfort), to become something in your life. I am sure you are excited. There are few days in human life when one is truly elated. The first day in college is one of them. When you were getting ready today, you felt a tingling in your stomach. What would the auditorium be like, what would the teachers be like, who are my new classmates - there is so much to be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you feel truly alive today. Today I am going to talk about keeping the spark shining. Or to put it another way, how to be happy most, if not all the time. Where do these sparks start? I think we are born with them. My 3-year old twin boys have a million sparks. A l...

Did you think the term on-site is associated/patented only to software industry??!!!?? On-site opportunity for a software engineer is to go to a customer's place preferably to a different country... On-site opportunity for a military doctor is to go to a war field to treat a wounded soldier... On-site opportunity for a chartered accountant is to conduct financial audits in a company rather than working on some mathematics at his work desk at the base office... On-site opportuntity for a Caterer is to cook at the customer's place to meet the catering needs for a a very important social event... On-site opportunity for a vegetable seller in the market is to go to a specific place in the town to sell vegetables... On-site opportunity for a painter is to be at a construction site instead of handling the in-house painting jobs at the contractor's base site... On-site opportunity for an electrician, plumber and other building technicians is to go to a house to solve related probl...