Sashank Purighalla Blog

What drives you

What drives you?

When intention drives you, you are in control. When instruction drives you, you are controlled. A conscientious person does not need to be instructed for he knows his responsibility. If you get yourself to a point of being constantly instructed, your professional commitment is being questioned. Is it...

The undo button

The undo button…

As addicted to computers as we have become, its but natural to mentally visualize a ‘Ctrl Z’ when something that we do not intend to, happens. I have had friends who wanted to pull off an “Undo” on a dropped glass vase! Would you relate to it? Unfortunately,...

Are you a software engineer, or a mere programmer?

Are you a software engineer, or a mere programmer?

When I was doing my Masters in Computer Science, we had a course called “Programming Languages”. One of the first topics dealt with in this course was the various types of Grammars in programming. It speaks of Chomsky’s classifications of grammars: Unrestricted, Context-Sensitive, Context-free and Regular! At first,...

Efficiency by leap-frogging

Efficiency by leap-frogging

You spend time figuring out how to get things done faster… you try better processes… your experience helps you get your job done using fewer steps, lesser thought. What once took you an hour to accomplish, today takes you 50 minutes. You know it and you get it...

Fishing, fish and life…

People say that fishing is very relaxing…. A bright sunny afternoon, you go to the lake side, sink into that seat on your little boat with your son, drop in the hook and wait for your bait to attract that fish that you bring back home, cook and...

Time and Situations are never good or bad

Time and Situations are never good or bad…

When what’s happening around us impacts us in a manner that is convenient to us, we tag that as a good situation…. And when it is contrary to our expectation, we think of it as a bad situation. Have you had situations where things that seemed contrary to...

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative Identity Disorder….

Psychologists categorize ‘Dissociative Identity Disorder’ as a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in, and alternately take control of, an individual. I am not a psychiatrist, and I talk of this condition figuratively; but when one’s reaction to a given...

What type of a person are you

What type of a person are you?

When Phileas Fogg took on the challenge to go around the world in 80 days, he believed that he could! What others felt had little influence on what he thought was possible! It can’t be done only as long as you continue to or can be made to...