Category: Experiences

  • Bidding Farewell to 2022 in Style – Part 1

    For a railfan, there is no better way to end a year than with a train trip. And for a diesel fan, that trip must involve a ride by a diesel-hauled train; especially given that now Indian Railways is on a mad electrification spree and the whole network is set to be electrified in a…

  • Time Is Always One Step Ahead

    My first poem on Time Management. Here goes the content: People talk a lot about time management Of course, it is very important For our life revolves around it And time is the only thing That, once lost, can never be found However, the way most people talk about time management Frankly puts me off…

  • Double Decker Diaries: Mumbai to Vadodara – Part 2

    This blog is about Part 2 of my first 130 kmph journey in Indian Railways – unless you count my journey by the Chennai Rajdhani way back in 1993; when I was barely four years old! Of course, I don’t remember anything about that journey; except seeing a few derailed wagons 😛 This was also…

  • Double Decker Diaries: Mumbai to Vadodara – Part 1

    You all know that I have travelled by train more times than I can count; but I have never experienced 130 kmph action, unless you count my journey by the Chennai Rajdhani way back in 1993; when I was barely four years old! Of course, I don’t remember anything about that journey; except seeing a…

  • Hard Work Doesn’t Always Pay Off

    Poem I wrote after struggling with an extremely niche Investment Banking role. Here is the content: “Hard work always pays off”I’ve heard this many timesBut I would beg to differSpeaking as a recruiterThe nature of our work, is suchThat you may bend your back for two days in a rowAnd ultimately end up getting nothingHowever,…

  • Choose Your Friends Carefully

    A poem dedicated to one of my former college friends. Here goes the content: I counted you as a friend In fact, not merely a friend But a sister Moreover, when I met you I was shy to a fault And it was you Who broke me out of my shell And got me talking…

  • Answering The Call Of Pune, Yet Again! – Part 2

    After a memorable trip to Pune (one of so many!! 😛 ), which involved touring the countryside with my friend Omkar and staying at his house with him and his parents; it was time to return to Mumbai. The train chosen was 11302 SBC-CSMT Udyan Express, since it was the only train leaving Pune in…

  • Answering The Call Of Pune, Yet Again! – Part 1

    Yes, you read it right. Yet another Mumbai – Pune train trip, after my first Vistadome journey 6 months ago: https://ashwinkumar1989.in/2022/05/29/vistadomed-first-train-journey-of-2022/ . The purpose of this trip too was the same – to meet my friend – railfan Omkar – and have fun with him; including a night stay at his house. It was planned…

  • Welcome To The World Of Investment Banking Hiring

    My latest poem on what the world of Investment Banking hiring looks like. Here is the content: Recruitment is never easy Was never easy And will never be easy We all know that Except for some sanctimonious jerks Who think we are making a mountain out of a molehill And thus make it a point…

  • Are You A True Leader?

    This is the latest poem dedicated to my boss. Here goes the content: You know how hard I work How hard I have worked Over the last five years And how hard I have been working Over the last two years in particular Yet, hearing words of appreciation from you Is a prospect that is…