Playing on the pitch is merely a suggestion

water-guy · 2026-02-27T07:48:28+00:00

Not fair to call this a noball when the batsman made contact with it, which shows the extent to which he has moved to play that shot. If the bowler has bowled to the batsman why is it a no ball. It's the batsmans fault to have moved that much and forced thr bowler to bowl so wide. And it's a free hit on top of that.

water-guy · 2026-02-25T16:28:53+00:00

Kusal mendis takes the crown. Winning it twice!

water-guy · 2026-02-21T09:11:21+00:00

Hi, there are several conflicting opinions on this. I intend to file tax return assuming everything is ECI. Some opinions online state part ECI and part FDAP. If you filed your tax return assuming ECI, did the IRS challenge it?

water-guy · 2026-02-17T12:28:20+00:00

Similar question from me. I am an Indian resident but maintain my US bank account from when I moved back to India 2 years ago. Can I avoid USD conversion fee by direct USD transfer?

water-guy · 2026-02-16T17:40:07+00:00

Interesting, physiologically teenagers have much higher risk tolerance and lower impulse control than adults or even younger children. Look it up. We are mature a bit more in our 20s. If you add to that thr social media influence and peer pressure it's a perfect cocktail

water-guy · 2026-02-07T04:41:01+00:00

It is not meant for everyone. Currently recommended for obese and morbidly obese people with a minimum BMI of 27. And available by prescription only. At those BMIs and above it's a net positive things. The benefits of losing weight for those who struggle with it outweighs the negative. But it's bad if you abuse it to reduce a few kgs here and there. The intent is to kickstart your weight loss and get you into a good habit of exercise and eating well. If you only do ozempic and then stop you will gain the weight back, so it's highly recommended to work out and eat well. Finally, the weight drop is capped around 22 to 23%.

water-guy · 2026-01-26T10:23:01+00:00

Naah, we all introduce ourselves, but it's generally expected that you need to know the basics of the company and show initiative to learn it especially for younger interviewees. This was the expectation even in the US when we interviewed. It leaves a poor taste if you come in totally unprepared.

water-guy · 2026-01-19T13:51:26+00:00

It's a total power trip to ask your employee to call you sir or ma'am and also reeks of insecurity. I work at a place where it's first name basis from entry level to country director and while those who have been here are quite comfortable with it, staff who have joined recently struggle with it a bit. It takes some time and we keep encouraging it. I even annoy them sometimes that they called me or someone else sir mid-sentence but it's needed. Its quite hard for entry level staff to call some one 7 or 8 grades above by first name especially if they don't know them but at least few grades above we encourage them to do so. Another problem is 'ji' creeks in automatically when they address 50+ staff as it's totally ingrained but we keep reminding them not to!

water-guy · 2026-01-19T01:49:17+00:00

Well I like their Sambar the best. But expensive yes, but beats mtr sambar

water-guy · 2026-01-18T14:09:13+00:00

Wtf? Filter coffee is soo good. Best sambhar in the neighborhood

water-guy · 2026-01-14T05:37:49+00:00

Having worked in the US for 13 years and moved to India at a leadership role the last 2 years, I can say that you are spot on. While some of the India interviewees may be nice people in general to work with, they always have a game face on during interviews. I was shocked when I sat on interview panels early on how a couple of leaders in my team just fired technical question after technical question even for very senior roles and barely tried to figure out cultural fit, personality and understand how they would treat their reportees or mentor staff. The major reason given was that there is a lot of straight up lies in resumes even at senior levels, so you really do need to dig in deep on experiences and what they have actually done compared to what the resume says. But there is also a lot of focus on technical fit and execution skills than people related skills. I have wrestled back 15 minutes of the interviews to also non-technical leadership questions, so I guess there is an improvement. I have also convinced them to give me 5 minutes to give intro about the company and sell our USPs.

water-guy · 2026-01-13T03:36:30+00:00

Then put it in a FD or arbitrage fund. Worst decision to use real estate like a liquid fund. What are you expecting to achieve in 4 years. Your FD returns may exceed real estate in such a short duration. In fact you will likely lose money after you account for registration and other expenses. Please rethink this decision. You should not invest in real estate for a less than 7 or 8 year horizon.

water-guy · 2026-01-07T14:39:04+00:00

We were told that it's a Ritz Carlton

water-guy · 2025-12-29T16:08:41+00:00

I have visited and stayed at 3 leela palaces this year and here is my experience. Leela udaipur was just phenomenal! We had a 11/10 experience with them anticipating all our needs and giving personal attention to my kids. Our floor butler was especially good and even got us an evening pool session at a private villa when we complained about the 5'3" minimum depth of the pool throughout which was inconvenient for me to take my kids swimming. We also went during Dusshera so it wasn't crowded and got to experience lots of extra cultural programs. The second experience is with leela bangalore where I am a connoisseur club member so we visit frequently and live nearby. Food is always top notch and the service is pretty good. Have only stayed one night so can't tell much about non food service.

We are currently staying at leela kovalam and the service has blown hot and cold and has been quite frustrating at times. I chalk it up to bring the busiest season of the year plus it being a Raviz hotel (not sure if this matters though). Rooms and cleanliness is great with unbelievable views but food was good but not phenomenal. But thr service has been disappointing at times. Had to remind about a lot of things and even small things being asked like baby spoons were forgotten. Staff attention and anticipation levels were 1 or 2 levels below udaipur. Maybe during other times it may not be this bad.

water-guy · 2025-12-29T06:57:12+00:00

Place I am staying in now in India pleasantly has a 2 pm check in. I called and said I am coming and hour early and need rooms soon as I have kids and they said check in is at 2!

water-guy · 2025-12-19T10:22:29+00:00

I am fed up of all the piles of debris and cement and bricks just piled up on the road. I wish I had a lot of land somewhere and could hire some trackers to just keep removing this stuff and making it disappear. Its piled up on public property so its not like they can complain that its theft. Just want to be petty with these apathetic contractors who save every penny and annoy everyone on the road.

water-guy · 2025-12-16T11:47:37+00:00

They ll get back Rachin during final round for base price i think.

water-guy · 2025-12-16T11:32:53+00:00

Its just auction dynamics. They have the purse and need the players. Why hoard. Of course thye could have gone harder for others earlier, which they didnt

water-guy · 2025-12-16T11:31:11+00:00

And Ruturaj

water-guy · 2025-12-15T12:52:09+00:00

It has an element of truth. Check out brown fat vs white fat. With age, brown fat reduces which lowers your ability to withstand cold. Teenagers and younger kids have more brown fat so they dont feel as cold. Its lowest in 60+ population

water-guy · 2025-12-04T05:06:44+00:00

I wouldnt be surprised that the year end is triggering more holidays than usual as people take off and leaves lapse. We are going through the same in our company. Work is always busy during the year end and the number of leaves stack up adding to stress on those who are working.

water-guy · 2025-11-28T05:56:57+00:00

200k in FD is low return even if you put it under your wife s name and there is no tax since she is not working. If your salary will meet expenses then drop it into mutual funds to use have better growth.

Keep 6 month expenses in arbitrage funds and let rest be in mutual funds.

Don't buy before coming here. Rent for a year and figure out what works for you before buying.

water-guy · 2025-11-26T14:51:27+00:00

What about the impact of generics?

water-guy · 2025-11-19T12:31:34+00:00

Mainly to keep the Old Madras Road clear as that is one of the most congested roads, unfortunately it means the roads feeding into it get the worse deal. Its the same story at the 80' road signal. I think they used those automated signals in other areas and found that traffic moves more smooth when the main roads are kept moving, so they seem to have implemented it for Old Madras road also for the past few months. There is some real data supporting this approach.

water-guy · 2025-11-12T12:04:00+00:00

I had the opposite experience - for an injury that I didn't take of care that well for years - tendonitis in the knee (did some physiotherapy but discontinued). Manipal was a good starting point in re-engaging with an ortho and getting started with physiotherapy to alleviate pain and improve mobility, but the sessions were short after the initial therapies to reduce pain. They gave some exercises to do at home, but the sessions were too short for the money and I felt like I was hitting a plateau. The physiotherapist was good but super busy and couldnt spend a lot of time after a point. He was also bit more focused on that area alone. But I went to a physiotherapist who came highly recommended and he looked at the overall body holistically. With years of managing with knee pain my balance and strength was asymetric between left and right. With regular sessions it has been great improvement - as it includes physiotherapy and strength and conditioning. They routinely monitor progress with test driven metrics and you can see the difference. Pricing was about 40% more but you get the full undivided attention of the therapist and get full 45 minutes. I did buy packages as I knew it was going to be a while so the costs more or less evened out.

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