Sruthi, Shruthi, Shruti, Sruti? Not just my friend Sruthi, but even I face this everyday. While at work, many customers – on phone or email – call me by different names – Manoj, Manoy, Manjo, Mano and so on… also “Hey Cisco! Can you look into this for me?”. Sometimes I correct them, sometimes I …
I am very very fond of teaching. And given this opportunity of training a freshman batch at Cisco about CCNA, I started planning the entire thing. What would I teach them first? What examples would I show them? How will I make sure they understand the concepts? With so many questions, loads of excitement and …
What happens when you walk into a room of people who understand only English and start speaking in Telugu? Answer: They give you the worst looks possible and probably will kick you out. Today, I started training a cohort of new hires at Cisco on CCNA Routing & Switching. The benefit of being the trainer …
Last night I was checking out Instagram notifications and they sent me this Insta Nametag. Scan this and you can follow me. The funny bit though is that everyone puts this up on their digital media platforms (WhatsApp, Facebook etc.). And I kept wondering that if I see the nametag on my phone, how do …
The country just witnessed yet another No Confidence Motion tabled and voted out in the Parliament. This was the 27th instance in the history of Independent India. Only once the government failed to prove its majority. The motion is generally used to express concerns that are unaddressed rather than topple the government. This time the …
3 things we learned from the “No Confidence Motion” Read More »
(First Person Thoughts from Manoj) Ever since I was a child, I have always understood concepts by linking them to real life examples. I always had good memory of the things I learn only because I used to link them up to something I know or experienced already. Just a few days ago, someone was …
The government school of Polapathar village in Betul, MP, had toilets for students and 3 hand-pumps but no water. As a result, the students had no access to drinking water. Not just that, lack of water in the toilets forced the students to open-defecate. This resulted in high dropout rate among girls above 7th standard. …
Village women filed online complaint and got hand-pumps repaired! Read More »
I saw this interesting question on Quora. This is probably a common thought on everyone’s head at that age. Here is what I answered – Read Manoj Papisetty's answer to At 23 years old, what should I do? on Quora Let me know if you liked the answer!
Hello everyone, I wish you all a very happy 2018. I am working on “year in review – 2017” right now and should be up later next week. The last one year has been very good with a lot of travel and new beginnings. I am excited to share all of that with you. See …