tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22619719930870815672024-02-20T06:48:44.229+05:30Mayuresh NirhaliProduct Leadership, Acting & Theatre, LifeMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-81190513776918614852015-09-03T08:11:00.002+05:302015-09-03T08:11:28.105+05:30Go Incremental and Iterative with Agile
As a software developer, I have had the chance of working in both Agile and non-Agile environment. Though, the Agile exposure, so far, was not quite close to a certified Scrum like environment, It was quite flexible yet adhering to Agile manifesto. I have been learning more about agile lately and it has been quite exciting to understand the intricacies of this methodology and I am now lookingMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-38243913204191745552015-03-30T19:44:00.000+05:302015-03-30T19:57:35.305+05:30Trends re-shaping B2B Marketing
Industry connect sessions offered by Institute of Product Leadership is a great opportunity to meet, connect and learn from industry experts from various backgrounds. and Its also exciting because Its free. We had Anshul Kaushesh, Brand Systems and Communications leader from IBM, sharing her experiences on the transforming space of B2B marketing that left the audience walk away with a very Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-29373762265644059622015-03-29T14:42:00.000+05:302015-03-30T20:05:38.702+05:30A 'pitch-dark' Diorama
Honking train moves under the railway overbridge in Bangalore. Camera spans over to the open area next to the Railway overbridge where a very old black car is waiting. Next shot. 2 guys sitting in the car, thats me and my co-actor. I am just about to take my line and the director shouts, "Cut! Get some touch up done for Mayuresh.".
Sitting in an old Black car, no air conditioning, windows Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-33451128897215375482015-02-08T06:45:00.001+05:302015-02-08T06:45:50.713+05:30Reviving the blog with new wave in India
I have been meaning to revive this blog for a long time now and in fact quite excited about the fact that its actually coming together. Since the political scene in the country at the moment is looking forward to the new wave, thought it might be interesting to post what I wrote around the Assembly Elections back in April 2014. I believe that would help me bring the backlog down by a few months Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-11564714639593128502012-04-06T12:05:00.003+05:302012-04-06T12:09:20.884+05:30Voter registration for Bangalore MLC elections 2012What is this election all about ?Bangalore Graduate MLC is a constituency reserved for graduates. 7 of the 75 MLC constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Council are reserved for the graduate voters; voters who are registered in a special voter-list for this election. Less than 2% of voters cast their vote in the last election!You can contribute in 3 simple steps:1. Register to Vote Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-2466499235516947902011-08-17T22:01:00.002+05:302011-08-17T22:04:20.622+05:30Need strong LokPal - Letter to MPOn Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:26 PM, office of Ananth Kumar wrote:
Dear Sir
BJP is for Strong Lok Pal.
pl visit www.ananth.org
regards
Team Ananth Kumar
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Mayuresh Nirhali
<mayureshnirhali@gmail.com> wrote:
> Esteemed Shri Ananth Kumar Honorable MP of Bangalore South (Karnataka ) ,
> We are deeply hurt and disappointed with the goverment proposed Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-31729360988267561222008-06-13T07:18:00.008+05:302008-06-13T16:54:29.247+05:30In-flight entertainment system GotchaRecently, on a flight from Toronto to Ottawa, I got a chance to see how the in-flight entertainment systems bootup. I admit here that It was shear luck. I did not have to get into the cockpit or any other section where they normally wont allow passengers. It was all happening on the private screens and for everyone.There was some hick-up with the entertainment system and it was hung. After Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-90611679474198570232008-05-28T02:31:00.002+05:302008-05-28T02:37:48.486+05:30I post an iPostThis is a special post. I am writing my first post from my new toy, iPhone. Its time for my flight to Frankfurt from Toronto.Take careMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-22450426708195577512008-05-25T07:51:00.007+05:302008-05-25T08:06:09.537+05:30Being an Ottawa SenatorI am visiting Ottawa, Canada for a conference since monday. The conference got over yesterday and today many of us decided to do some sightseeing around the beautiful city of Ottawa.We are staying at the University of Ottawa (aka uOttawa) residence and most of the key sites are at walkable distance of 1.5 miles maximum. The 2 main attractions we covered today are, the Parliament hill and the WarMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-34918349631311055202008-03-17T20:26:00.006+05:302008-03-17T20:49:31.172+05:30Being in BeijingI am going back home from my short trip to Beijing and writing this log at the new bangkok airport with few hours to board the flight to bangalore.This was my second trip to Beijing. I stayed for about 9 days the first time and this time it was only 4 days. I had enough time to cover the main attractions to beijing in the previous visit itself, so the excitement was much much lower this time. I Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-43696556151420969352007-03-04T09:25:00.000+05:302007-03-04T09:34:02.112+05:30Rangdakshini 2007 Results : Its YUVA again!History repeats! :)Its yet another biig success to YUVA. Complete Wash-out or a "Yuva Wah-shout" as Raju always puts it.YUVA's 'Pravas' won best play (among 19 entries), Best actor among many other first prizes in this competition. The success is not a surprise with Yuva displaying high degree of team work and professionalism.Some more highlights of the event are, * 19 teams performed over 4 Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-33047701416842022422007-01-20T21:52:00.000+05:302007-01-20T23:00:56.190+05:30Awishkar's 20th Annual Theatre FestivalAwishkar's 20th annual theatre festival, the Arvind Deshpande Memorial Festival, concluded yesterday, celebrating 75th birthday of the man behind this group, Mr. Arun Kakade. Awishkar is doing theatre for more than 3 decades now and has always supported core marathi theatre and the passionate people behind them.This event featured a lot of premier performances along with plays from established Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-20859110419540691682007-01-15T10:33:00.000+05:302007-01-15T11:08:00.977+05:30RangadakshiNi 2007 - ScheduleThe schedule for RangadakshiNi 2007 is out.The competition is spanned over 4 days around the long weekend of Republic Day and in total 21 ekankikas (one act plays) will be staged. There are 5 local groups and 2 of which (Chaitanya and IISc) are participating for the first time. The rest 17 ekankikas come from various locations including Sangli (total 9 entires, :O), Solapur (1), Latur (2, runner Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-51603283462896132002007-01-09T21:40:00.000+05:302007-01-09T22:14:41.570+05:30Rangadakshini 2007 - Marathi drama competition in BangaloreMaharashtra MandaL bengalooru has announced Rangadakshini 2007 and it is scheduled on the long weekend of Republic Day, from 25th to 28th of January. This competition features marathi one act plays from various theatre groups and it has been a great entertainment to its audience for past many many years. Even though the competition has been taking place for many years, in the recent past it is Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-7337264011842349362007-01-07T21:46:00.000+05:302007-01-09T16:00:57.953+05:30Why don't indians watch theatre?I participated in a discussion on the same topic at Orkut's 'Indian theatre' community. The concern is also valid to a certain degree to countries other than india who does have interest in theatre.The discussion brings up some good points which I would like to mention here, in addition to my own thoughts.In general, I think, everyone would agree that many people dont watch theatre. The obvious Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-11587866098229024492007-01-07T17:55:00.000+05:302007-01-09T16:04:43.410+05:30moved my cheese...About 8 years ago, I got my first ever email id and that was with yahoo. That was my first interaction with the Internet world.Yahoo has been a really great portal because throughout this period, I have used many of their services. There are about 20 groups that I am part of and have been owning and moderating quite a few of them. The messenger has been a great tool and over these years, the listMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-56217583854806285822006-09-14T14:24:00.000+05:302007-01-09T16:32:18.602+05:30My Marathi play - Vidhi-LikhitCome gaNeshotsav, all yuva members get together to put up a play for a marathi one act play competition held by Maharashtra mandal bangalore. I have been in bangalore for 5 years now and have not missed a single chance to participate. I was committed even this year.Like every year, it takes a while to get people to come together as everyone would crib about the amount of work they already Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-47381247620812053562006-07-31T20:44:00.000+05:302007-01-09T16:33:07.426+05:30Mayur Shooting ...I have been using a Digital Camera for quite some time now but never really explored the photography; until my recent visit to Valley of Flowers. My new Canon A 610 gives a great feature set of manual modes through which I could explore the magic of aperature and shutter-speed combinations. The best part of this camera is the Macro mode feature and I simply loved clicking those flowers with it. IMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-51165901762248056222006-03-29T21:37:00.000+05:302007-01-07T17:06:57.739+05:30Being Cyrus - DiscomfortsThis blog is not a review of Saif Ali Khan starter movie, Being Cyrus. But, it is about one very interesting thing that I noticed while watching it, which left me puzzled.In this movie, there is one scene where the police officer is trying to impress a female character (Simon Singh) at his police station. Its basically a loong (in terms of camera's position wrt characters) shot where the officer Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-400720743409265882006-03-27T21:51:00.000+05:302007-01-07T17:05:29.983+05:30Worst of Bangalore traffic I have seen ...Bangalore traffic! huh!! No need for any preface!We, bangaloreans, have lot of stories to tell, most of them talk about long frustrating waits. This one's a little different and disturbing.Kemp Fort on airport road is one of the major traffic bottleneck for people commuting from airport to the city. On a weekend morning, I dropped a friend of mine at the bangalore domestic airport and was gettingMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-4547231918681708682006-03-26T16:25:00.000+05:302007-01-09T16:33:33.928+05:30Filmi Chakkar"Required an Indian actor, based in california with age between 23-28 for a lead role in a commercial film. He should have some prior exposure to acting. The movie will be shot in New York and India. The shoot in India is in Feb/Mar and the expenses for his travel will be incurred by the production company along with the payment for being a part of this production. The auditions will happen next Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-25458048186333679772005-12-27T12:01:00.000+05:302007-01-07T17:01:33.434+05:30A day in Sin City of the world ...Some things in life are just unbelievable!!My first attempt to go see Las Vegas was a major nightmare. I met with an accident on my way to vegas and spent next 2 months in the hospital. I went through a skin grafting surgeory on my left hand and the mark will remain on my hand probably forever.and today, after only about 7 months since my accident, I have just returned from an incredible visit toMayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-46555131543864953542005-12-18T15:28:00.000+05:302007-01-07T16:54:57.041+05:30Rural California...On my trip to Grand Canyon I had a chance to stay in a town called Williams, AZ.This place is about 50 miles from Grand Canyon South Rim and its really on the way to canyon. After our 13 hour drive from Bay Area to state Arizona, we had planned to stay at this town before we go hiking in the Grand Canyon the next day.Even though this place is commercialized with lots of lodges, restaurents (for Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-70992995107027724102005-12-18T03:24:00.000+05:302007-01-07T16:53:37.794+05:30Hiking in Grand CanyonThis is really special... Grand Canyon !People go there, take pictures and come back! Not only we did that, but also hiked all the way down to a place from where you can see the Colorado river. I think it is kewl !!We had this hike planned way early and pretty well. I have done hikes/trekking before in india in western ghaats of Maharashtra and Karnataka, so have some good experience. As you can Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261971993087081567.post-37538926528511981192005-12-09T21:11:00.000+05:302007-01-07T16:48:07.591+05:30Just another working day in the Bay Area...Sometimes, its just good to write about something common !!Another day of early morning meetings... that was easy with the jet lag I was going through for last few days, but today was different. I got up just in time and had to rush for the meeting. This made me feel that I am getting back to normal, you know. It was a busy day in office, touching lot of topics and too many things to handle. But,Mayureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037656974317390995noreply@blogger.com0