<p>yeah merc. i will.</p>
<p>30th in chennai.</p>
<p>Congrats on your admission to IUB! It wud be soo cool if u go there too, till now I have haven't seen any other Indian freshmen goin there this fall, except me of course, atleast at the forums...weird na?
Anyways, congrats again!
Cya,
Ananya</p>
<p>shash stay there for 5 more day please, i am coming to chennai on the 5 :) </p>
<p>and congrats to both prashant and shashank ( ambiguos or not ambiguos) !</p>
<p>hey merc- congrats... IUB's awesome!! told you you'd kick a$$ someday</p>
<p>shashank i didn't follow- did u clear the test or not? or are the results no yet out? :confused:</p>
<p>here's a question for you'll-</p>
<p>why are people from south india so freaking good at maths? why do pretty much ALL of them pursue eningeering (mostly comp sci)???
is it genetic or social factors? similarly why are almost all gujju's naturally adept to business etc?</p>
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<p>I so agree with this.</p>
<p>Congrats merc!!</p>
<p>thanks for the complement guys lol :) </p>
<p>I think its more cultural than genetic</p>
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why are people from south india so freaking good at maths? why do pretty much ALL of them pursue eningeering (mostly comp sci)???
is it genetic or social factors? similarly why are almost all gujju's naturally adept to business etc?
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ft, there is some degree of truth in our caste system.. ppl of a particular section are just naturally better at some things than others.. i've seen many examples myself. Like they say Kayasths are generall more intelligent than the average person.. and all 5 or 6 of them in my class were the top rankers. (Not to sound racist or anything, you are talkin about something completely different, but I've seen there is at least a little correlation). I wonder what you guys think of Larry summers' comments though :D (ok desperate attempt to spark a debate).</p>
<p>Ananya - im pretty much set on IUB now.. if only i could get the formalities completed on time. hit me up - prashant.vaibhav @ gmail . com</p>
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why are people from south india so freaking good at maths? why do pretty much ALL of them pursue eningeering (mostly comp sci)???
is it genetic or social factors? similarly why are almost all gujju's naturally adept to business etc?
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<p>WARNING: MEANT TO BE FUNNY. NO ATTEMPT TO STEREOTYPE ANYTHING/ANYONE. THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS</p>
<p>hypothetical south indian/bong family dinner discussion:
Dad: So daughter, how are your katthak dance classes going
Daughter: good dad. I am also thinking about learning piano starting next month. I think it will be fun to follow in mom's footsteps.
Mom: Thats great D. how was your math test today?
Daughter: yeah, I aced it again
Dad: Awesome. Did you hear about xyz author winning that literary award
Mom: Yeah, he writes so xxx
Dad: maybe we should spend our weekend reading/discussing his novel
Daughter: that sounds so exciting. Mom/Dad, can I go out drinking tonight?
Dad :mad: red with anger, stops eating. Mom starts crying</p>
<p>hypothetical gujju family dinner discussion:
Dad: So son, did you come to the office today?
Son: yeah dad
Dad: what do you think of the current inventory level and competitive market prices
Son: I have told mehtaji to talk with you about selling our low priced inventory at a lower price by announcing some sort of a marketing gimmick. will kill our competition coz of already low margins
Mom: thats great. Howz your girlfriend?
Son: uhhh...which 1?
Dad: thats my son! You going out drinking tonight? Can you bring us some breakfast on the way back?
Son: i was thinking about studying some physics
Dad:What?? :mad: you fckin want to be an Einstein or what?
Mom: <strong>checking temp on son</strong> are you alright? you not feeling well?? did any1 say anything to you??</p>
<p>you get the point. Its all about parents priorities and unbringing. SOuth Indians are brought up with the mindset that music, dance, math, science, etc. is important. Gujjus are brought up with the mindset that $$$ is imp. Screw music/dancing - if it aint gonna help you make $$$</p>
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<p>hey...</p>
<p>such relax...they hate me equally too...</p>
<p>adi..tht was agood one on southies/bong family (a little ezagerated tho but yet ya..) n ofcrse gujju families..(i nd tknow if tht was exagerated;))...</p>
<p>prashant was chekign out the IUB site..seems gr8..n campus is beautiful..btw my yahoo atill creating trouble not signing in..so talk to u later..</p>
<p>cya ppl:)</p>
<p>hey one more thing ...why do so many southie girls learn Kathak?instead of bharatnatyam I mean.........</p>
<p>At all my schools,the north indians girls are the one doing bharatnatyam and the southern ones do Kathak.......</p>
<p>what difference does it make. Kathak, Bharatnatyam...it all looks the same... and it is kinda zero utility - i mean, you never use it outside the classroom...like you cant go out on saturday night 'kathaking' or 'bharatnatyaming' with your significant other (gf/bf)...you know??? would be funny, if</p>
<p>Scene 1:
GF: so what do you want to do tonight (saturday night)?
BF: uh...i dont know, whatever...
GF: Lets go Kathak dancing...</p>
<p>Scene 2:
GF/BF are doing Kathak on the stage of an empty auditorium</p>
<p>:D scene 2...</p>
<p>CONGRATS MERC!!! :)
cant belive i forgot to sat that earlier.......... :p</p>
<p>yeah, Congrats Merc :D</p>
<p>Congrats merc!!:D</p>
<p>and no,I have not been banned...just wish to get rid of my old username</p>
<p>why would you want to do that?</p>
<p>abduke aint me!!</p>
<p>tht leaves us with only one other suspect :D</p>
<p>akash/ft/<em>nt</em> ?? lol.......</p>