tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post1663882183772742826..comments2024-03-26T19:37:00.949+05:30Comments on Life is Like This: LabelsC Sureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-2402568086711995562014-02-11T07:29:52.127+05:302014-02-11T07:29:52.127+05:30Hmm ! Mary! Why did you let that out - that you li...Hmm ! Mary! Why did you let that out - that you lived in NY? :) You could have labeled yourself as the uppitiest of the lot :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-43766098809595084722014-02-11T04:56:27.409+05:302014-02-11T04:56:27.409+05:30Ah yes, Suresh. Have I mentioned when I spent the ...Ah yes, Suresh. Have I mentioned when I spent the summer in New York last year, blah, blah. Oh wait, I guess I can't impress anyone because I spend all my time in New York, it's where I live! So much for getting myself an upitty label. And everyone assumes I mean New York City and not a rural town way upstate. Maybe I can get an impressive label because I hang out with chickens. Of courseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-60769319572201946212014-02-10T07:08:28.531+05:302014-02-10T07:08:28.531+05:30Looks like it Purba! In my attitude to punctuality...Looks like it Purba! In my attitude to punctuality and in this I seem to have all sorts of wrong ideas that do not suit this country :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-24095137584561758592014-02-10T07:07:23.182+05:302014-02-10T07:07:23.182+05:30True - we take labels very seriously indeed!True - we take labels very seriously indeed!C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-46296474206455456252014-02-10T04:48:26.405+05:302014-02-10T04:48:26.405+05:30I have come to realize, labeling is more a Desi pr...I have come to realize, labeling is more a Desi preoccupation. In Videsh, people don't really care for what you do, they are more interested in who you are. <br /><br />You were born in the wrong country, Suresh.<br />Purbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345755953291104000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-54899091197443916942014-02-10T03:00:11.530+05:302014-02-10T03:00:11.530+05:30Good one and lack of proper labeling lead to major...Good one and lack of proper labeling lead to major goof ups in life. As a child and an innocent teenager, I admit that I was assuming a lot on the dude wearing a suit or carrying a brief case on the way to work. I do become conscious when I wear a pair of jeans when I go to work...:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-52862955285753799152014-02-08T11:05:26.679+05:302014-02-08T11:05:26.679+05:30Thankfully for me I do not need to deal with the w...Thankfully for me I do not need to deal with the world. I pick and choose the people I deal with on the basis of whether they go by labels or by the person - choosing the latter, of course! I'd rather converse with someone who talks to me and not with someone who talks to my tie :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-71924124506962252352014-02-08T11:03:31.158+05:302014-02-08T11:03:31.158+05:30I take great pleasure in nonplussing people who se...I take great pleasure in nonplussing people who seek to know what label to identify me by :) When they ask me what I do, all I have to do is claim, "I am a consultant" - as I indeed was for three years - and they would be comfortable treating me with respect :) I choose to say I do nothing and they are nonplussed about where to slot me :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-2576795120449436522014-02-08T09:42:20.508+05:302014-02-08T09:42:20.508+05:30Ha! The urge and scourge of labels! While I am sur...Ha! The urge and scourge of labels! While I am sure we are all flagged in some way or other by the hoi polloi, I have remained non-plussed about it all right since my childhood days. A great piece, as ever.umashankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940072093576263799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-38772576283089152642014-02-08T08:58:03.379+05:302014-02-08T08:58:03.379+05:30True, Suresh. But that is how the world is. It is ...True, Suresh. But that is how the world is. It is all perceptions.T F Carthickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417105427125776020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-90521248029426675182014-02-07T17:00:09.905+05:302014-02-07T17:00:09.905+05:30Hmm - I console myself with that 'only an r...Hmm - I console myself with that 'only an r' too :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-78205949352078999742014-02-07T15:52:11.440+05:302014-02-07T15:52:11.440+05:30The world runs on labels..absolutely..
Heard that ...The world runs on labels..absolutely..<br />Heard that Hindi proverb.." pehle darshadhari , pichhe gunbichaari "..or ' the first impression is the best impression "..all these are saying about labels I suppose.. designer clothes , branded accessories , Zurich tours ..etc.. <br /><br />And cow---> crow..just a 'r' ..forget it.. :-PManiparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109166826609932168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-52236623143719600752014-02-06T23:00:16.927+05:302014-02-06T23:00:16.927+05:30Everyone everywhere is running to identify who has...Everyone everywhere is running to identify who has the money :) If you do not have it you are not successful and who wants to know a 'loser' :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-50226290471695343202014-02-06T22:59:11.960+05:302014-02-06T22:59:11.960+05:30MY teachers preferred to skip my drawings :)MY teachers preferred to skip my drawings :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-47277517918938899012014-02-06T22:49:54.511+05:302014-02-06T22:49:54.511+05:30The conversations at any gathering proceeds totall...The conversations at any gathering proceeds totally depending upon these labels -those already conferred and those yet to be. Btw speaking of drawings my tenth class biology teacher thought that my frog looked like a lizard hi hi Jayashree Srivatsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187741357853447742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-85475323748284220052014-02-06T22:40:14.426+05:302014-02-06T22:40:14.426+05:30Labeling is the only proper way to recognize peopl...Labeling is the only proper way to recognize people these days. And it is quite sad!!!<br />Even in our profession, we are running behind people under the label "MONEY MONEY MONEY" :PRed Handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062645716811851771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-5408491983206298182014-02-06T21:36:18.836+05:302014-02-06T21:36:18.836+05:30There used to be what they called Finishing School...There used to be what they called Finishing Schools, Indu! Maybe you shouls try one of them :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-44678297916378038262014-02-06T21:35:18.821+05:302014-02-06T21:35:18.821+05:30Heard of IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon, Alka? :) I worked...Heard of IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon, Alka? :) I worked for IFFCO and was in Delhi for aeons :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-89068665965363428282014-02-06T21:18:27.675+05:302014-02-06T21:18:27.675+05:30Well,well,got to be more careful about my labels n...Well,well,got to be more careful about my labels now,any coach you know of?indu chhibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755152757229783585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-5326033493622884192014-02-06T21:08:24.206+05:302014-02-06T21:08:24.206+05:30That is intelligent writing. Glad you are not in ...That is intelligent writing. Glad you are not in Gurgaon. We eat, drink and sleep labels. Alka Gurhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050387590729571321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-46056211591825915682014-02-06T20:37:04.844+05:302014-02-06T20:37:04.844+05:30Thanks Akanksha! Been a while!Thanks Akanksha! Been a while!C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-37499477516804077432014-02-06T20:17:45.566+05:302014-02-06T20:17:45.566+05:30Loved the post, as always! :) Lables are so much a...Loved the post, as always! :) Lables are so much a part of daily life that it is tough imagining life without them. After-all they give us an insight to a person without actually having a detailed conversation :P <br /><br />Good or bad, they are everywhere and I guess the world would be a mess without them :P Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11310927633438983428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-66554381775306894162014-02-06T19:51:05.257+05:302014-02-06T19:51:05.257+05:30Nowadays the label IS the person for most people :...Nowadays the label IS the person for most people :PC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-512553552202601452014-02-06T19:41:07.936+05:302014-02-06T19:41:07.936+05:30I agree! Sureshji, I am planning to write a Post o...I agree! Sureshji, I am planning to write a Post on the way people judge- like you said 'Zurich' vs. 'Forum Mall'!! Yes, labels are important in this showy world! :PAnita Sabathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365472694082398017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-62916778712995613672014-02-06T17:08:39.423+05:302014-02-06T17:08:39.423+05:30Yes - and when we use their possessions to bucket ...Yes - and when we use their possessions to bucket the people it invariably quite often to mislabeling :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.com