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  • Smog covers Delhi; burning eyes, nausea in city

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:18 pm
    An unusual, thick smog has been observed over the Capital and its suburbs since early Saturday morning. A haze has been hanging over the city, right through the day, making even the afternoon look like a bleary morning. People are complaining of burning sensation in the eyes, breathlessness and nausea.

  • Reddys threaten, Yeddy cries

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:58 pm
    Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had tears in his eyes on Saturday, when he spoke about the changes he has been forced to make in his cabinet. Speaking to Kanadda channel Suvarna News, Yeddyurappa said that he was forced to drop Rural Development Minister Shobha K and Principal Secretary Baligar due to pressure from the high command.

  • Are doctors helping Koda stay sick?

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm
    Are doctors helping Koda stay sick? Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda will not be discharged from hospital on Saturday. The Apollo Hospital, where he has been admitted, denies that they are shielding him, insisting that he has a genuine problem. His hospital discharge slip though is ready. Income Tax sources say Koda is not likely to be arrested right after his discharge. They are instead expected to interrogate him at his home first and arrest him only if he does not cooperate.

  • Student's hair cut as punishment

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:01 pm
    In another case of extreme punishment, a teacher in Maharashtra has chopped off a male student’s hair. The teacher at Karnala High School in Panvel was reportedly angry because the student’s shirt was not completely buttoned up. The boy was a Class 9 student. A case has been registered with the Panvel police against the teacher. “We saw the way our son had been humiliated, his shirt was torn, hair cut, the wounds to his face."

  • Delhi: School van overturns; 8 students injured

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:32 pm
    It was a miraculous escape for 12 students of Delhi Public School when their private school van overturned after colliding with a mini truck. The accident took place around 7:30 am near Kashmere Gate in New Delhi on Saturday morning. Eight students got away with minor injuries. They were taken to the trauma Centre at ISBT. Two children are still in hospital while six have been discharged.
 
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    Rediff News

  • BJP's 'compromise formula' to save Karnataka govt

    A last-ditch attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party high command to resolve the ongoing crisis in the Karnataka government appears to have failed, with the rebel state ministers -- Tourism Minister Janardhan Reddy, Revenue Minister Karunakar Reddy, Chairman of Karnataka Milk Federation Somashekhar Reddy and Health Minister B Sriramulu -- sticking to their demand for the removal of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.

  • 'We're possibly the world's most corrupt society'

    Ravi Gulati left a corporate job and took to teaching children of drivers, barbers and maids near his home in Delhi's Khan Market. 'I don't expect the kids to pay me back but pay it forward," he says.

  • McCullum ton powers New Zealand past Pakistan

    Brendon McCullum smashed a century and Scott Styris picked up three wickets to lead New Zealand to a 64-run win over Pakistan in the second One-Day International on Friday. Powered on by opener McCullum's 131, New Zealand posted 303 for eight and then bowled out Pakistan for 239 runs in 47.2 overs to square the three-match series at 1-1.

  • Remittances: India is world number 1

    India continues to be the top recipient of global remittance flow at $52 billion in 2009, the World Bank has said in a report. Check out the other top receivers of remittances.

  • Pakistan Fashion Week kicks off, defying Taliban

    With models strutting down the catwalk in couture fashion that was elegant and racy, the Pakistan Fashion Week showed a completely new and different image of the nation where burkas and hijabs are not uncommon.
 
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  • Foreign journos gagged for Dalai Lama's visit - IBNLive.com

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:33 am
    CBC.caForeign journos gagged for Dalai Lama's visitIBNLive.comNew Delhi: The government has called the Dalai Lama the country's honoured guest, but when the Tibetan spiritual leader visits Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday foreign journalists will not be welcome. CNN-IBN learns the government has still not cleared the Chinese official media slams Dalai Lama as a 'liar'Indian ExpressThe burden of being Dalai LamaTimes of IndiaDalai Lama damaging ties with India: ChinaHindustan TimesCalcutta Telegraph -Sify -Express Buzzall 1,026 news articles »

  • FBI Recovers Inflammatory Al-Qaeda Videos - Outlook

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:42 am
    In-ForumFBI Recovers Inflammatory Al-Qaeda VideosOutlookGiving a new dimension to the LeT plot to attack Indian facilities, FBI sleuths have recovered two inflammatory al-Qaeda videos containing speeches by Osama bin Laden and other terrorists from the house of Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Now, Qaeda link to let plottersTimes Now.tvIndia kept informed of terror plot: USTimes of IndiaUS says Indian government briefed on Headley casePress Trust of IndiaEconomic Times -Indian Expressall 475 news articles »

  • Doctors to decide on Madhu Koda's release from hospital - Times of India

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:10 am
    OutlookDoctors to decide on Madhu Koda's release from hospitalTimes of IndiaRANCHI: Apollo Hospital authorities said Saturday doctors will decide whether to release former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is to be quizzed further over a Rs.2500 crore money laundering scam. "A four-member medical team comprising general Heat on Koda to come clean>Business StandardKoda to remain in hospitalPress Trust of India'Unwell' Koda gets another day in hospTimes Now.tvIBNLive.com -NDTV.com -Economic Timesall 178 news articles »

  • Karnataka CM says crisis over, rebels disagree - Times of India

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:10 am
    The HinduKarnataka CM says crisis over, rebels disagreeTimes of IndiaBANGALORE/NEW DELHI: Karnataka tourism minister G. Janardhana Reddy, who leads the campaign for the removal of chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, on Saturday said there was no change in his stand and rubbished reports of a compromise between the warring Yeddyurappa sobs on TVPress Trust of India'Rebel' Reddys make CM Yeddy cryTimes Now.tvYeddyurappa claims truce, dissidents say noIBNLive.comHindu -Economic Times -Daily News & Analysisall 958 news articles »

  • Obama praises army base heroism - BBC News

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:56 pm
    Telegraph.co.ukObama praises army base heroismBBC NewsUS President Barack Obama has praised the heroism of soldiers and civilians in their response to the deadly attack at a US army base in Texas. In his weekly address, he says that although the shootings showed the "worst of human nature" they had also Details Emerge About Fort Hood Suspect's HistoryNew York TimesUS grieves after two days of shootingsABC OnlineAnother attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlashThe Associated PressPress Trust of India -Telegraph.co.uk -Los Angeles Timesall 15,356 news…
 
 
 
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    Reuters: Top News

  • Dr Reddy's files for marketing Lipitor generic

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:44 pm
    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Dr Reddy's Laboratories has filed for marketing a generic version of Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the U.S., the company said on Saturday.

  • Designer Rahul Mishra brings chic to Gandhi fabric

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:25 pm
    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - His innovative reversible and seamless designs have won applause from India's fashionistas but what's unique about designer Rahul Mishra's garments is the fabric -- all handmade by village weavers.

  • Orissa to inspect iron ore mines for violations

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - The Orissa government will inspect several iron ore mines, a government official said, in a crackdown on firms involved in illegal mining or violating environment rules.

  • Some U.S. Muslims fear backlash after Army base shooting

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:49 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an Army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas.

  • Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:28 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.
 
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    India: A billion aspirations

  • Will ban on pre-paid mobile connections further alienate Kashmiris?

    Sheikh Mushtaq
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:56 am
    Rebel violence in Indian Kashmir has fallen to its lowest level since an insurgency began nearly two decades ago. But the central government has banned pre-paid mobile connections in the strife-torn state, leaving nearly three million subscribers disconnected over security concerns. The ban, which comes days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered fresh talks with Kashmiris, has annoyed local residents while troops deployed in the state are also distressed over getting disconnected from their families. The ban also put around 20,000 youths in danger of finding themselves without a job. Is…

  • Delhi Half-Marathon: Well Done Delhi

    Ajay Kamalakaran
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:56 am
    The organisers of the Delhi half-marathon could not have picked a better time for the run. The 7:30 am start on a late-autumn Sunday was perfect weather to run. Besides the chill, the air had its fair share of enthusiasm. The runners represented a cross section of society in the Indian capital, which also has a vibrant expat population. And yes, this is Delhi so the “pushers” (the same kind who never let people alight from a Metro train before they get in) were also present. But once the runners were spread out, there was some camaraderie on the roads. One question on…

  • What is Indira Gandhi’s legacy?

    Vipul Tripathi
    30 Oct 2009 | 10:30 am
    It is former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s 25th death anniversary on October 31.  What was her legacy? She was associated with events like the Emergency, which briefly made Gerald Ford head of the largest democracy in the world, and decades of militancy in Punjab. Her policy of nationalising banks was mentioned as a reason why the Indian banking sector weathered the global financial crisis. She also won a famous military victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan and ordered the Pokhran I nuclear tests three years later. Going by columns and television discussions around her anniversary, it…

  • Preparing for the Delhi Half-Marathon

    Ajay Kamalakaran
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:24 am
    Running a 21-kilometre race is no joke, especially if you’re not an athlete by any stretch of imagination. Thousands of websites offer advice on how to train, what to do and what not to. I’ve personally found most of them useless, considering that they don’t seem to understand the matrix of training in India, let alone Bangalore. A big impediment to training, of course, is a full time job but preparing for a race in this metropolis known as “The Garden City” is an obstacle in itself. Picture this! I’ve  dealt with pothole filled sidewalks, pollution caused by endless…

  • Are the Maoists gaining ground in West Bengal?

    Sujoy Dhar
    27 Oct 2009 | 10:37 pm
    Hundreds of tribal people backed by the Maoist guerrillas stormed the high-speed Rajdhani Express, one of the country’s most prestigious passenger trains, in West Bengal on Tuesday. Police and security forces could free the train and its driver after a five-hour-long hostage drama, including a gunfight with the rebels in the forest. Maoists have stepped up violence across eastern and central India and internal security experts say it indicates a growing dominance of the insurgents in the state. The rebels raided a police station in West Bengal this month and abducted a senior official…
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  • #$120 per month: Spoiled Trust-Fund Slumpuppies

    2 Nov 2009 | 10:28 am
    We here at SILDC (okay, its just me, and I should be studying for a damn eggjam) are obsessed with the Slumdogg Millionare movie that has seemed to be on HBO every night since Diwali. I cannot help but watch at least a few scenes of wanton yelling, M.I.A.-infused train-trickery, and the goonsplash that is Anil Kapoor. Here's the latest from the brownsploitation film (from yahoo news):MUMBAI (AFP) - – Two child stars from the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" may lose their monthly allowance unless they improve their school attendance, a report said on Monday. Azharuddin Ismail and…

  • #7 Years of Lies: The AXE Effect

    27 Oct 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Indians are a fragrant bunch, as the saying goes, and will invest time and money in their aromas. But, for Vaibhav Bedi, enough was enough. After 7 years of being a devotee to the brand, he will sue Axe for 'mental suffering', 'cheating', and, apparently, not getting his chocolate limbs ripped off his brown body: In what could prove to be a major marketing and legal embarrassment for Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), a 26-year-old man has filed a case against the FMCG company, which owns the Axe brand of men grooming products, for ‘cheating’ and causing him ‘mental suffering’. The…

  • #54: Brandon Chillar

    16 Sep 2009 | 3:12 pm
    Not only are we biased from the Green and Gold, but his Hindu-Jat background and probable penchant for paneer make us 100% sold (LOL!) on Brandon Chillar as SILDC's athletic macaca of the year.

  • #15 Unique Visitors: Rawk Blogging!

    5 Aug 2009 | 6:36 pm
    Stay abreastezzzes of our goings on on the road as we tour the country with the Kominas in a Honda Civic Hybrid and a 2001 Volvo Sedan at our MTV Iggy Bands on Tour Blog. Updated somewhat frequently during stolen moments of Blackberry downtime.

  • #$5: Rockumenting!

    17 Jul 2009 | 7:52 am
    We're going on the road with Bonstonstan-based punk band The Kominas for a three week tour around the US of A. We'll be toting our cameras, mics and Volvo along for the ride. Since our goal is to bring back you, our audience, a visceral look at life on the road for a bunch of brown dudes playing dive bars and basements West of the Mississippi and South of the Mason Dixon, we offer you the option to throw a couple Washingtons our way to help us fund this rockument of America on the forehead of 2012. Click the button below and proceeeeeed.
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  • Mamata sacks chairmen of all RRBs

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:44 am
    Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has removed the chairmen of all Railway Recruitment Boards appointed by her predecessor Lalu Prasad Yadav and appointed new heads, media reports said.

  • Rousing reception awaits Dalai Lama in Tawang

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:39 am
    The picturesque border town of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh is all set to welcome the Dalai Lama on Sunday on a visit denounced by China, with Indian flags fluttering alongside Tibetan prayer flags and welcome arches coming up on the roads.

  • IAF glider makes 'precautionary landing'

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:35 am
    An Indian Air Force (IAF) power hand-glider made a 'precautionary landing' in Assam's Barpeta district on Saturday while it was flying from Hasimara in North Bengal to Guwahati.

  • Haryana gets nine ministers

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:26 am
    Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia on Saturday administered the oath of office to six cabinet ministers and three ministers of state in Chandigarh.

  • One killed in Orissa clash

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:19 am
    At least one person was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers on Saturday over a piece of government land in Orissa's Dhenkanal district, police said.
 
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    The Economic Times

  • Heavy polling in Kerala by-elections

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:48 am
    Heavy polling was reported in the three Kerala assembly constituencies.

  • Chandrayaan-II to be completed by 2013

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:32 am
    Chandrayaan-II moon mission, which will help in analysis of mineral composition and undertake terrain mapping of the moon, will be completed by 2012-13, Annadurai said today.

  • Nifty may remain above 4800 next week

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:21 pm
    Nifty may remain above 4800 next weekAnalysts say the Nifty is likely to remain above 4800 next week, given the kind of liquidity in the system. Tips to invest in commodity stocks | 8 stocks to watch out for

  • Teens who are already CEOs of their own companies

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:08 pm
    Teens who are already CEOs of their own companiesThe successes of these teens show that you don't need a fancy MBA to be an entrepreneur, only broadband and some out-of-the-box thinking. Top Universities

  • Big B's debut hit screens 40 yrs ago

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:49 pm
    Saat Hindustani, released today 40 years ago, will always be remembered as Amitabh Bachchan’s debut flick.
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    The Viewspaper

  • An interview with Rajeev Ranadive, founder of Automotive Robotics

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:02 pm
    At 58 yrs, Rajeev Ranadive was one of the eldest participants who took part in the sixth edition of Proto.in. A mechanical engineer by profession, Rajeev started his work for vehicle manufacturers first with Mahindra &Mahindra and then later on with General Motors. From there he has travelled a long way with developing and presenting his own start up at Proto in the form of DIY Kits for performance, comfort and lifestyle enhancement of vehicles under Automotive Robotics. Viewspaper caught up with him for a quick round of Q&A. VP: Could you tell us a little more about your company.

  • The White Tiger: Book Review

    Surbhi Bhatia
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:47 pm
    Recent years have seen emergence of many young authors but the name of Aravind Aravind Adiga is quite distinguishable. Aravind Adiga’s name shot into fame as his book ‘The White Tiger’ was adjudged as the winner of prestigious ‘Man booker prize’. The book is a meticulous depiction of the ever-widening rich and poor rift which has been time and again highlighted but never got the attention it deserves. The book blatantly demystifies the true face of today’s resurgent India. Aravind Adiga has researched assiduously in constructing a story that leaves some grave questions in the…

  • The Fury Back Home: Are Indian Students Safe?

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:35 pm
    “Thank God I’m with an American group,” the young brunette spoke with a sigh of relief. “Why?” I asked quizzically. “It’s a bad time to be an Aussie in India. With the attacks on Indians back in Australia. I’d be a little woozy if I were to walk about here (in India) telling everyone I’m an Aussie.” She mouthed between sips of coffee. A little smile spread on my lips. It was but natural for the mind to suspect a backlash. This is a country where a petty incident, which does not suit the tastes of a certain section, is all it takes for crowds to flog the streets with…

  • Agassi: Bringing Down Credibility

    Surbhi Bhatia
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:30 pm
    Some call it a publicity stunt to hit the limelight and headlines again daunted by the post-retirement low-lying. Some call it cathartic; revelations deep from the heart of a tortured genius. Some even called it a planned strategy to hike the sales of his upcoming autobiography. If shock was the intention, it hits the shock value scales at full throttle. The Andre Agassi saga has us riveted to the core. The present kings of the court, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have publicly and explicitly shaken their heads at him. No mincing of words there. He has removed tennis from the throne of…

  • I Stamped All Over It: Carbon Footprint and Its Impact

    Surbhi Bhatia
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:19 pm
    I drive my sedan on and off from work, I lay my print. I burn the extra energy turning the heater on to make myself cozy at nights, I lay my next print. I use and dump all the plastics, I lay another print. I keep iterating these over years only to loose count of these prints and see myself stamping all over. These prints christened as the “carbon footprints” have had an impending affect on the ecological system I live in. The “carbon footprints” are a measure of the carbon dioxide (green house gas) that is emitted into the atmosphere not by a natural phenomena but rather the…
 
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    India - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community

  • Australia Struggle For Spinner Even as Warne Seeks Replacement

    Sreelata Yellamrazu
    7 Nov 2009 | 1:57 am
    In a rare admission, Andrew Hilditch has stated that the absence of Shane Warne has created a spin problem in the country even as Warne himself is on the job to unearth the next confident spinner from Australia. Nathan Hauritz is showing more...

  • Jadeja Speaks Out About that Untimely Run Out

    Sreelata Yellamrazu
    7 Nov 2009 | 1:51 am
    Ravindra Jadeja finds an uncanny way to draw the spotlight towards him and not always in a delightful way. The story was little different in Hyderabad during the sixth ODI of the India Australia ODI series where India lost by a margin of three.

  • Ricky Ponting's Pep Talk Behind Australia Withstanding Tendulkar Assault

    Sreelata Yellamrazu
    7 Nov 2009 | 1:36 am
    The secret’s out. Ricky Ponting gave his team just the thing they needed before Sachin Tendulkar cut loose. Perhaps the Australian captain read into the mindset of Tendulkar because he told his team at half time during the fifth ODI in Hyderabad..

  • An open letter to our political masters

    Shiv
    7 Nov 2009 | 12:42 am
    Sir, I represent the self employed urban middle class from services sector. I Have spent the 50 odd years of my existence in this country. Now when my descent has began, I am apprehensive of our future. I wonder if I have failed the country...

  • Inzy Says, Make Afridi Pakistan's ODI Captain

    Sreelata Yellamrazu
    7 Nov 2009 | 12:15 am
    Adding more thoughts to the mix, the former Pakistan captain wants to see a change of guard. Inzamam ul Haq want Shahid Afridi to lead Pakistan’s ODI squad in addition to being Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain. According to Inzy, Afridi has...
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    B Shantanu's Blog

  • Is Sanskrit really a “Indo-European” language?

    B Shantanu
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am
    Thanks to Dr Kalyananraman-ji for alerting me to this. In this  well-argued and researched essay titled, Colonial Constructs about Indian Languages, Satish Thadani explains why there may be a lot more in common between “Indo-Aryan” and Dravidian” languages than what history texts tell us. Excerpts below: *** Excerpts Begin *** Most educated Indians know that most Indian languages are divided into two broad linguistic streams - i.e. the “Indo-European” and the “Dravidian”. Tied in with this linguistic classification is the theory that the North Indian…

  • On Open Defecation, Hygiene and India Shining - Part - II

    B Shantanu
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am
    Following on from Part-I last week. First in this part, excerpts from Out of the fields, behind closed doors by Tasneem Nashrulla (emphasis mine). This gives some hope. *** Excerpts Begin *** Like most women who prefer to visit the ladies’ room together, the women of Sakhara village in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district also answered their nightly nature’s call in groups. Except it wasn’t for midnight banter, but for their safety. Because right till early 2005, the ladies’ latrine in this tiny hamlet, located about 753 km north-east of Mumbai, was an open field. Today, this village…

  • On Marriage, the Islamic Republic and a 112-year old groom

    B Shantanu
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:44 am
    From a Guardian news-item dt. 29th Oct ‘09, Somali man aged 112 marries girl of 117: He is old enough to be her great-great-grandfather. But Ahmed Muhamed Dhore, a Somalian who claims he is 112 years old, said he had realised a “dream” by marrying a 17-year-old bride. Dhore – who says he was born in 1897, the year that Queen Victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee – already has 13 children by five wives, but said he would like more with his newest, Safiya Abdulle. …”Today God helped me realise my dream,” Dore said. He and his new wife, who is almost a…

  • Saluting our Heroes: Maj Somnath Sharma, PVC

    B Shantanu
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:31 pm
    From the Indian Army website: The Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air. The decoration may be awarded posthumously. *** Saluting our Heores - Major Somnath Sharma, PVC *** A tribute to Major Somnath Sharma, Indian’s first “Param Veer” who sacrificed his life on this date, 62 years ago. August-September 1947:  These are heady days. While most of the country is celebrating “independence”, the streams of refugees is…

  • Who are these “caste Hindus”?

    B Shantanu
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:41 am
    …or The Great Joke that is Indian Media - Part XI Excerpt from  an OpEd in the Indian Express (emphasis mine)*: This (Dalits entering a temple) could have made news 60 years ago. And even then, it would have been shocking. For the fact of Dalits entering a temple to make headlines in the 21st century only goes to show that untouchability is far from a bygone evil. The injustice is so stark, the story makes easy telling. When a group of Dalits had previously tried to enter the Ekambareshwarar temple in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district, they found it locked…After many rounds of…
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    Navi Radjou

  • Polycentric Innovation: The New Global Innovation Agenda for MNCs

    Navi Radjou
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    Recently I delivered a talk a the Council on Foreign Relations titled "Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation" explaining why and how multinationals must revamp their Western-centric innovation strategy in order to effectively leverage global ideas, talent, and markets. In our increasingly multi-polar world characterized by the inexorable rise of emerging markets like Brazil, China, and India, I believe multinationals (MNCs) must abandon their ethnocentric innovation model — which concentrated all their R&D resources in the West. Instead, MNCs must embrace a "polycentric"…

  • Mobile Banking's Next Big Market: The United States?

    Navi Radjou
    28 Oct 2009 | 8:25 am
    In my recent trip to Silicon Valley, I had the privilege to meet with Carol Realini, CEO of Obopay, a mobile payment startup that is fueling a social revolution worldwide by enabling scores of unbanked people to avail of financial services for the first time in their life. Obopay's technology allows consumers and small businesses to buy, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone via a simple text message (or by using the Mobile web browser or Obopay's downloadable mobile app). People who send money via Obopay can fund their account either with cash or by linking it to their credit card…

  • Is Bollywood Plus Hollywood Really A Win-Win Deal?

    Navi Radjou
    12 Oct 2009 | 11:38 am
    The Western film industry, which has traditionally viewed India merely as a market for its movies, is suddenly keen to tap into Indian capital and talent. In early summer, Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks closed a whopping $825 million co-production deal with Indian industrialist Anil Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment. And Charles Darby, the legendary British special effects artist who worked on epic movies like Titanic and Matrix, is building a special effects studio in Mumbai that he hopes will match rivals in London and Hollywood. Darby's new Indian venture is financially backed by Eros…

  • Future Group's Mythological Marketing

    Navi Radjou
    15 Sep 2009 | 10:52 am
    What skills does it take to be good at marketing? Some experts claim that marketing is an analytical discipline: a good marketer must possess robust left-brain capabilities and excel at quantitative reasoning. Others will counter that marketing is too fuzzy a field to be boiled down to a series of mathematical formulas and that to excel at marketing you need right-brain capabilities such as creativity and pattern-detection to unearth unarticulated market customer needs. In my recent trip to India, I encountered the CEO of a fascinating firm that has judiciously married 'left brain' and 'right…

  • Health Care Reform Should Include Preventive Medicine

    Navi Radjou
    7 Aug 2009 | 8:22 am
    I recently completed a Panchakarma program at a spa in London, which specializes in Ayurveda, a traditional medicine system that originated in India 5,000 years ago. In Sanskrit, Ayurveda means "science of life" or "knowledge of longevity." Unlike in Western medicine, Ayurvedic treatments like Panchakarma (a multi-day rejuvenation program) are highly personalized, focusing on preventive care rather than cure, and treat the body and mind holistically. Just afterwards, I heard President Obama announce his drastic healthcare reform program, aimed at lowering US public deficit while making…
 
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    DesiPundit

  • A matter of Life and er… Matter

    The Scientific Indian
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:38 pm
    As I was stuffing my face today, I wondered if the Universe cared. The short answer is no. The slightly longer and more depressing answer is: my existence is more marginal than a speck of stray DNA on a grain of sand staring at vast oceans (that’s literally true, oh the irony…). Clearly, there’s… See Also: India-related Tweets: Use #india tag to add your tweets © The Scientific Indian for DesiPundit, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags:

  • The Gustavus Adolphus theory of Viking Conquest

    Kunal
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:31 pm
    Today is, as we all know Gustavus Adolphus Day. It is a day of solemn celebration of this great man, of marzipan medallions eaten on no other day (thanks for the factoid Betsy!) and of general Gustavus Adolphusness all around. But it is also an occasion to consider Gustavus Adolphus’s greatest… See Also: India-related Tweets: Use #india tag to add your tweets © Kunal for DesiPundit, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags:

  • Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Movie Review : Laugh’s like that

    Khalid Mohamed
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:25 am
    Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan (for a minute!) Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi Rating: Two and a half stars The kid’s brilliant. So watch it Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor and all the big and small Khans. At the rate he’s going – by sheer evidence of his… See Also: India-related Tweets: Use #india tag to add your tweets © Khalid Mohamed for DesiPundit, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags:

  • The god of large things

    prempanicker
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:49 am
    I intended, once the personal rush had subsided, to come back here and do a piece on thoughts during, and in the wake of, Sachin Tendulkar’s solo show yesterday. I ended up having to write a full-fledged piece for India Abroad, the paper I help edit and produce, and for Rediff.com [text… See Also: India-related Tweets: Use #india tag to add your tweets © prempanicker for DesiPundit, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags:

  • Part Of The Picture: Birds of a Feather

    brangan
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:34 am
    BIRDS OF A FEATHER NOV 7, 2009 – IN A DIMLY LIT KITCHEN, Ingeri (Gunnel Lindblom) – a wild creature sometimes referred to as servant girl and sometimes as half-sister to Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) – crouches in front of a fireplace. She puffs her cheeks and blows. A faint crackle is heard…. See Also: India-related Tweets: Use #india tag to add your tweets © brangan for DesiPundit, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags:
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  • NRN’s Catamaran Fund – Sudha Murthy Sells stocks worth $92mn

    sinha
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:06 pm
    One of the earliest funding for Infosys was Sudha Murthy’s savings worth Rs. 10,000. The Padma Shri winner social worker has her life come full circle (i.e. a fresh start) with NRN launching his own fund, Catamaran. She has sold shares worth Rs 430 crore or $92 million to back her husband’s plan to launch a venture capital fund. NRN, earlier  sold stocks worth $37mn, so that takes the fund corpus to $129mn. The fund, as we mentioned earlier will invest in healthcare, retail, technology and Catamaran will start the investment in a year or two (NRN will also mentor startups in…

  • Rediff – Adless homepage adds up to the loss [Quarterly Report]

    sinha
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:10 pm
    Rediff Redesign, like we mentioned earlier was one of the most gutsy step by any content player – removing ads from homepage (and even otherwise) isn’t an easy decision – and the impact of removing those intrusive and non-contextual ads has resulted in 16% decline in revenues for quarter ending Sep 30, 2009. Key numbers for quarter ending September 30th, 2009: Total Revenues – 4.19mn (India: 3.08, US: 1.11). Gross Margin: 66% (as opposed to 75% in Sep’08 qtr) Net Loss (before Income tax): 2.6mn (0.42mn in Sep’08 qtr) – details Rediff Redesign Impact - Average Page view…

  • Hola! The Google Gola [Friday Fun]

    sinha
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:52 am
    Google is all over (one of the top tech brands in India) and here is the ‘Google Gola’ spotted near Hinjewadi, Pune. Check out Geeky Jokes » Join our Google group | » Do check out Indian Startup Directory | Indian VC Directory and Active Startup Discussion Forum » Catch us on Twitter Advertise @ pluGGd.in Hola! The Google Gola [Friday Fun] Related posts">Hiring – The Geeky Way [Friday Fun]KaamSutra – Startup that tells you the best positions (available) [Friday Fun]How do you explain client/server concept to a geeky kid?Friday Fun: Reproducible Bug and Einstein vs.

  • SMS Interconnect Charges – A blow to A2P Service Providers

    Guest
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:44 pm
    India enjoys the cheapest call rates on mobile phone available in the world. It has helped India enter the mobile revolution skipping the internet revolution (in one sense). This huge penetration of mobile phones in Indian market prompted a lot of companies to mushroom providing services around mobile phones. One such segment were services around bulk sms’es. But soon this segment is going to be hit badly. SMS are sent either from a person’s mobile phone (P2P) or through an Application (A2P). While SMS sent by a person costs 1 Rupee, SMS sent by an application costs way less. Once…

  • Google Unveils Privacy Dashboard to Control User Data

    Guest
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:39 pm
    Recognizing the gravity of users’ privacy rights, Google unveils a new service: Google Dashboard. For quite a while now, Google received a lot of criticism on keeping the amount of users’ data. Now Google users will get enough idea about the personal information they share with Google. Services such as Street view, in past, drew ire over Google from certain quarters around the world. Trying to gain trust from its users, Google lists all its products that are associated with your account in Dashboard. “Over the past 11 years, Google has focused on building innovative products for our…
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  • Notes from Nasscom Product Conclave 2009

    swaroop
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:21 am
    Overall Learnings There is no problem, i.e., (1) there are not enough good problems that startups are working on (2) there seems to be no shortage of funds, platforms and ecosystem partners willing to help startups, there are not enough good startups for them to support. The ecosystem is hungry for successes. It was a good *startup* conference and not as a *product* conference – talks about bootstrapping, mentors, jobs for dummies, writing a B-plan, etc. were out of place. We saw delegates from Sun Microsystems, Intuit and many other big companies. These guys would not benefit from such…

  • Infy co-founder NR Narayana Murthy setting up a VC fund

    pranav
    22 Oct 2009 | 1:55 pm
    VCCircle reports that Infy co-founder, NR Narayana Murthy, has sold $37 million worth of Infy shares to setup a VC fund. Proceeds from the sale will be used as seed capital for the fund. That is great news. He has amazing street cred and is definitely viewed as an entrepreneurial icon who grew Infy to a multinational company. CommentsOctober 23, 2009, Rajat commented: This is good news. More people might follow his steps , Azim Premji and others.October 24, 2009, vikas shah commented: Dear All Entrepreneurs, All VC's are alike .They will come when profits are around. An eg. NR Narayan Murthy…

  • The Crapstore

    pranav
    19 Oct 2009 | 10:28 am
    Although I’ve been tempted to own an iPhone since the day it launched, I’d held off doing so because AT&T is the sole carrier in the US and frankly – AT&T simply sucks. However, I finally caved in and got myself one a couple of weeks ago. First and foremost – there’s no denying that the iPhone is an amazing device and singlehandedly can be attributed for jumpstarting the entire mobile platform market. From touch screen to the accelerometer to the appstore, it has pioneered an entire market in no time. Apple has gotten such a big headstart in terms of the…

  • A Guide to NASSCOM Product Conclave 2009

    swaroop
    18 Oct 2009 | 6:56 am
    Introduction Question: Where are the successful product startups from India? How to become one? And how long will we be taking example of only one company (Zoho)? To answer this question, we’ll be attending NASSCOM Product Conclave 2009 on Oct 27-28 at the Lalit Ashok hotel, Bangalore.It’s a traditional conference organized by NASSCOM (short for “National Association of Software and Services Companies”), the consortium that represents software companies in India.The agenda this year is “Positioning to Win.” Why is it interesting? As the official website…

  • Happy Diwali

    pranav
    17 Oct 2009 | 6:26 am
    Wishing you a very Happy Diwali & for those who celebrate their new year, wish you a happy & prosperous new year as well. StartupDunia is one year old StartupDunia is 3 years old CommentsOctober 28, 2009, raj commented: Wishing you a very Happy DiwaliCopyright © Pranav Dharma -StartupDunia, 2006-2008
 
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  • Netizen Toddlers – How Does That Sound?

    Ruchi
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:52 am
    Two years back when I saw my 9 years old neighbor chatting away on MSN, I was shocked. She also had a profile on Orkut! I didn’t know whether to complaint to her mother or just sigh and think that technology has grown seemingly. I had no clue whether about computers. Well that was then, now, my neighbor has quit using Orkut and is highly active now on Facebook and wondering what’s Twitter! It no longer surprises me when I see kids online and doing much more stuff than I do, thanks to learning internet is a part of their school curriculum. Recently we wrote about Canadian kids being net…

  • Web Messenger For Multiple IM Clients – For imo.im, Restricted Is Nothing!

    Abhishek Kapoor
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:25 am
    Does your office block chat messengers? Now there’s a way to get away with it. There’s a web browser that helps you get access to whichever messenger you’re crazy about. That’s right it’s a Web Messenger service completely accessible for free and that let’s you share imagery cross platform. The website is called imo.im, although secured but cannot be restricted by any platform a user logs in from. It allows users to hold text, voice, and video chats on multiple instant messaging protocols. Something like, Pidgin? But I here you don’t need to dowload…

  • TRAI To Amend SMS Termination Charges – Will SMS Charges Come Down?

    Raghav Soni
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:53 am
    Indian telecom space has made lot of buzz even internationally due to declining tariff and new price structures being introduced in the market. This time it seems TRAI is gunning after SMS to bring normality in charges. The termination charges for SMS was fixed at 10 paisa but TRAI never monitored the transactions in SMS charges which resulted in operators sending messages without paying any termination charges to each other. The business logic for operators was that SMS constitutes a major chunk of their traffic thus non-charging would negate any payment towards termination charges. This…

  • Google Analytics’ ‘Intelligence Engine’ Goes Live

    Raghav Soni
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:42 am
    Google Analytics has been improving the analytics feature to provide more detail info regarding traffic. It promised few weeks ago that it would be launching ‘Intelligence Engine’ to keep webmasters more tuned about the traffic data. Intelligence Engine provides automated custom alerts to webmaster regarding the changes in traffic patterns. The traffic pattern to be monitored could be modified through dashboard. The triggering of reports could be made daily, weekly or monthly. Google Analytics provides a lot of in-depth data regarding traffic but it still needs a simplified dashboard for…

  • Online Awareness For A Cause – Fighting Against Fatal Diseases

    Abhishek Kapoor
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:43 am
    Rated as the most common cancer among Indians is certainly a dreadful disease, cervical cancer. Dragging celebrity reality show Big Brother fame Jade Goody to her deathbed and wiping out 74,118 women every year according to WHO has raised immense anxiety among women across the world. In their recent study, women in India of age 15 years and above stand a higher risk to cervical cancer when compared to women around the globe. Treatment to this fatal illness can be done through chemotherapy and radiotherapy like any other kind of cancer. Another alternative is surgery, post which chances of the…
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  • Tech Bangalore featured on todays Vijaya Karnataka

    Prashanth
    31 Oct 2009 | 7:58 pm
    This is Rajyotsava gift for me!! Tech Bangalore is featured on kannada daily Vijaya Karnataka. This is the most well written article about me till date. If I myself write an “About Me”, it won’t come this good. Thanks a lot to Sudhanva for writing such a nice article.Related posts:Wikipedia featured Karnataka on it’s main page on occasion of Kannada RajyothsavaTech Bangalore is Moving!SBot gets featured on DNA, Daily Newspaper

  • Bangalore Windows 7 community launch party on November 7th

    Prashanth
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:28 pm
    Venue: GM REJOYZ – Galleria (Top Floor Party Hall) #158/1, 8th Cross, 8th Main, Malleshwaram, Bangalore 560 003. Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Contact: Venkat KL (98809 26030; venkat.kl@live.com)Register Here: http://bangalore.merawindows.com Related posts:Nokia Service Center at BangaloreWindows Seven automatically detects mobile phones!Authourised Airtel Centers in Bangalore

  • Go-Wave: A Blog dedicated to Google Wave

    Prashanth
    15 Oct 2009 | 8:15 pm
    Hello to readers of Tech Bangalore! I am writing this post to announce another blog from me which is not a Tech Blog, not on Mobile Phones too, not on Hacking & off course not on free GPRS trick . A blog completely dedicated to Google Wave. The idea is to create a single place to get updates/news about Google Wave & to review all interesting Robots & Gadgets. All posts will be nicely categorized & tagged which makes it easy to find robots & gadgets.Check out the new blog at www.go-wave.netIf you are still wondering what is this Google Wave is about, check this video: A…

  • Tata Docomo pulls down unlimited GPRS plan within a week of launching it!

    Prashanth
    24 Sep 2009 | 11:01 pm
    Before:After: Tata Docomo has pulled down the most hyped & popular Unlimited GPRS plan which was available at just Rs.95. Few of my friends called me yesterday saying plan is been on hold. I called customer care & they too said the same. As you can see in the screenshot, Docomo has modified the Unlimited GPRS plan & set the download limit to 100MB, so it’s no longer Unlimited.Docomo launched this plan exactly a week back, on 18th September, no one would ever thought it will pull this plan off so early.  This move by Docomo hurts the trust customers had about it.Link: …

  • Tata Docomo launches Samsung Galaxy, Google Android based mobile phone

    Prashanth
    23 Sep 2009 | 5:49 am
    Tata Docomo has announced exclusive launch of Samsung Galaxy, first Google Android based mobile phone from Samsung. Galaxy is the third Android based phone launched in India after HTC Magic & HTC Hero.  Android Market, Google Applications, 5MP camera, 3.2 inch AMOLED touch screen with haptic feedback, 8GB internal memory with memory card slot, expandable upto 32GB are some of the unique features of Galaxy.As bundle offer Tata Docomo is offering 500MB/month of free internet usage  for 6 months. Samsung Galaxy is priced Rs.28,990 which I think is very competitive. To know more about the…
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  • Were the Aryans cattle thieves?

    lekhni
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:32 am
    Were they the world’s first cattle-rustlers and cowboys?  The historian Wendy Doniger thinks they were. I am currently reading her “The Hindus : An Alternative History” by Wendy Doniger, Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago.  It’s a fascinating 690 page tome that purports to cover the history of India from 50 million BCE to the current. There is much we don’t know, though.  Consider the Aryans, the people who came after the Indus Valley Civilization.  Wendy calls them the “Vedic people” to avoid the Nazi/ racial…

  • Customizing the Arras theme

    lekhni
    2 Nov 2009 | 6:12 pm
    After days of searching for a magazine-style blog theme, I chose Arras.   I liked the featured post slider, the thumbnails and a quick search of the support forums showed up answers to most of the questions I had in my mind (like whether I could upload a custom header banner).  I admit the featured slider is a bit jazzy, but I am in the mood for a little bling for my blog But I still did have to customize the theme.  For one thing, I wanted green instead of blue.  I wanted to have my own custom header image, I wanted to change the default font and of course the colors.  It should have…

  • Installing a magazine style theme on my Wordpress blog

    lekhni
    31 Oct 2009 | 2:14 pm
    For nearly a year,  I have wanted to switch to a magazine style theme.  It was not that my previous theme – Misty Look with 2 sidebars, wasn’t good enough – in fact, there are very few themes I have liked as much (and nothing else when I chose it).  But the list of features I wanted kept increasing, and I wasn’t happy with the idea of ever-increasing plugins. There are Free magazine-style themes, and there are Premium (read paid) themes, and then there are the so-called “Freemium” or Free Premium themes. The Premium themes have a simple proposition…

  • Poem: Walking towards Winter

    lekhni
    27 Oct 2009 | 2:45 am
    I am walking towards winter, I know In summer the fruits ripen and fall In autumn the leaves ripen and glow and now they too lie fallen below. I am walking towards winter, I know The lush green grass is covered with a red and gold autumn throw and soon it will be covered in snow. I am walking towards winter, I know leaving bright days and cheery sun for day-long dusk and feeling low It’s like going through a tunnel, except this one takes a few months to go. - Lekhni (c) The Imagined Universe

  • To do: Return child to shelf

    lekhni
    26 Oct 2009 | 9:32 am
    “Several times a month we’re seeing kids being left by parents who say they can’t afford them anymore..” More here. I’ve heard of people abandoning their dogs and cats in this recession.  So was it just a matter of time before a few of them moved on to abandoning their own children?
 
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  • TED India, Here I Come

    Amit Varma
    2 Nov 2009 | 6:09 am
    Blogging and tweeting will be light for the next few days. I was selected as a TED Fellow a few weeks ago, and will be heading off to Mysore tomorrow for TED India. I could choose to either liveblog and tweet furiously from there, or I could sit back and immerse myself in the conference. Given the quality of people I’ll get to meet, and the usual standard of the TED Talks, I think the latter option is wiser. Here’s my TED Profile—and here’s an interview of mine taken for the occasion. And some of my favourite TED Talks: Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa. Hans…

  • Third-Party Dynamism

    Amit Varma
    2 Nov 2009 | 1:08 am
    Ross Douthat, in an excellent piece in The New York Times, argues that America needs more third-party dynamism, particularly at the local level. During his argument, he writes: Imagine if California’s famously polarized legislature included several smaller parties — Libertarians, Socialists, Social Conservatives — capable of forming coalitions with either the left or the right, so that every budgetary debate didn’t pit a bloated Democratic majority against an intransigent Republican rump. I have just one word for Douthat: India. Sometimes a dynamic political…

  • Why Ayn Rand was a ‘Genuine Capitalist’

    Amit Varma
    31 Oct 2009 | 7:34 am
    I am not a fan of Ayn Rand’s work: Her prose is mediocre and her novels are cheesy. Even though I agree with many of her beliefs, that is neither here nor there, as they weren’t original to her, and the brand of classical liberalism (or minarchist libertarianism) I believe in took off at least a century earlier than her. So I am never quick to defend Rand when she is being criticized. I’ll make an exception, though, for a recent piece on her in The New York Times by Adam Kirsch. In his piece, a review of a biography by Anne C Heller, Kirsch relates how Bennett Cerf, the head…

  • Why We Are Drawn To Celebrities

    Amit Varma
    30 Oct 2009 | 6:22 am
    Johann Hari, writing in The Independent, weighs the different arguments for why we are so obsessed by celebrity: The second argument is more interesting. It suggests that we are hard-wired to seek out Big Men (or Women) and copy them. Think about the hunter-gatherer tribes that we lived in a few minutes ago (in evolutionary terms). Those ancestors of ours who identified the most powerful or abundant people in their group, worked their way into their entourage, and imitated their ways were obviously more likely to survive. Seeking out celebs had an evolutionary advantage – so they passed…

  • Tweeting as an Austerity Measure—Tweet Bank 2

    Amit Varma
    29 Oct 2009 | 6:15 am
    This is going to be one long Tweet Bank, because after promising to upload my tweets on IU every week, I’ve been inactive for a month. So here you have a month’s worth of what I’ve been up to on Twitter, September 21 to October 22, for the sake of archival. I’ve been having a lot of fun, so do follow me on Twitter—and give tweeting a spin yourself. The user interface of the Twitter website is somewhat lacking, and you get a full sense of its functionality only if you use an application like Tweet Deck, which is effectively a Twitter browser. You can follow hazaar…
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  • Microsoft trashes Zoho Office as Fake– Zoho does even better

    Arun Prabhudesai
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:18 am
    Now this is something you really got to watch :) I think Microsoft is getting really nervous about competition from emerging Online office tools. First it trashed Google Apps and now their corporate VP, Ron Markezich of Microsoft Online has called Zoho as Fake office. I have been a big fan of Zoho over last couple of years and have mentioned it earlier couple of times on this blog. Their products are superlative and they have kept up with times. What’s more they are very cost effective as well ! Now, to be honest this VP guy had no business to make such a comment, but he did and Zoho has…

  • BCCI getting bigger than Manchester United in sponsorship?

    Arun Prabhudesai
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    BCCI (Board of control for cricket in India) is undoubtedly the richest Cricket Control board in the world. The earnings have multiplied many times, thanks to the money spinning brain child of Mr.Lalit Modi – Indian Premier League (IPL) . The structure of the IPL was much on the lines of how the football clubs leagues work eg : English Premier League (EPL). The initiative invited lot of doubts initially with people unsure if the Indian Cricket Audience is ready for a state wise loyalty but IPL came through and we all know what a grand success story it is. Cashing on the ever increasing…

  • Its Official – India Crosses 500 Million Telecom Subscriber Mark in September

    Arun Prabhudesai
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:32 pm
    The target of 500 Million Telecom subscriber mark was set for December 2010, but it has been achieved 15 months before the target date ! Total Indian Telephone Subscriber Base stands at 509 Million at end of September 2009. Telecom Regulatory Authority’s September End reports this figure – The month saw addition of close to 15 million subscribers. This was expected to happen given the tremendous growth India has seen in wireless connections over last couple of years. If anything the growth rate is only going to accelerate in coming months – Thanks to falling rates and attractive schemes…

  • Land disputes is costing India 100 Billion Dollars of Investment !

    Arun Prabhudesai
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:19 am
    We very well know the story of Tata Nano Land Dispute. What was West Bengal’s loss though was Gujarat’s profit. Nano’s are now coming out of the state. However, most of the projects are not as lucky as Nano to get a Land replacement. Did you know that 70% of total 190 projects that were supposed to be implemented have been stalled due to Land acquisition related disputes. The ECO Pulse study by ASSOCHAM has revealed this startling fact. Most of these projects are basically International companies needing to set their shop in India. For e.g: 22 major steel projects in the country worth…

  • Broadband for Rural India

    Arun Prabhudesai
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:57 am
    You must be joking right? When seamless broadband connectivity is a dream even for the urban population, how is the broadband going to spread to the rural areas with little or no infrastructure in place. But, BSNL is out there to change the notion and kick start a project to have the rural sector connected like never before. State-run BSNL will set up 30,000 broadband kiosks in rural and remote areas in the next two years on a franchisee basis. (Source: ET BSNL is planning to tie with partners to build a network of around 30,000 broadband kiosks and provide services to people at a small fee.
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  • India warns on trade approach to climate

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:12 pm
    Nitin Desai, a member of Manmohan Singh's council on climate change, says a hard-nosed concession-based negotiation to reach a consensus on how to combat global warming would likely founder

  • EU and India to establish free trade by 2010

    5 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    EU officials said they would push hard for a bilateral free trade agreement with India at the one-day summit in New Delhi but Indian ministers were more cautious

  • Sri Lanka follows Indian move to buy gold

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:04 am
    The Sri Lankan central bank is buying gold to diversify its reserves and smooth out periods of dollar volatility

  • India buy adds to bullion surge

    4 Nov 2009 | 10:57 am
    Gold prices extended their record breaking run, pushing towards the $1,100 an ounce level, following the purchase by India of 200 tonnes of bullion from the IMF

  • India flexes its foreign reserve muscles

    3 Nov 2009 | 11:26 am
    India's purchase of 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund displayed the economic strength of the world's two fastest growing large economies, New Delhi said
 
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  • Motherjane Live at Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai - 05.11.09

    Deepak Gopalakrishnan
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:50 am
    Who: Motherjane Where: Hard Rock Café, Worli, Mumbai When: 05 November 2009, 10:00 PM – 12:00 PM There are certain times you can sense things are going to be electric. There’s no explicit sign, there’s nothing beyond the usual marketing pfaff on the posters, there’s no warning. But you can feel it, something in the air tells you it’s going to be a night you’ll never forget. 05 November 2009, running out of the taxi, zooming into Hard Rock Café, I was feeling that way. I left office at 8 PM, hoping to catch Mallu rock superstars Motherjane from 09:45 PM…

  • frogFEST 2009

    Vidhi Gandhi
    3 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    The latest trend in the Indie music scene is festivals. India’s premiere live music venue, blueFROG caught up and have introduced their newest property: frogFEST: blueFROG Music Festivals. The first frogFEST is scheduled to take place on the 14th and 15th of November 2009 in New Delhi and will feature 3 very popular bands on each day. The line up and other details are listed below: >> DAY 1- 14th November << From 5:00 to 10:00 pm - INDIAN OCEAN - SOULMATE - SMOKE >> DAY 2- 15th November << From 5:00 to 10:00 pm - MENWHOPAUSE - BLISS LOGIC - MIDIVAL PUNDITZ Venue:…

  • Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

    Vineet Kanabar
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:08 am
    Most indie bands with a spectacular first album fade away with the second. It’s a phenomenon commonly seen in the scene, and pardon the alliteration there. But the Arctic Monkeys, being the Arctic Monkeys are naturally the exception to that ominous rule. The Monkeys return with Humbug, armed with an expansive sound courtesy Josh Homme from QOTSA taking over production duties. A distinctly heavy, more spaced out sound sets this album apart from Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) and Whatever People Say (2006). Alex Turner sticks to the formula that seems to work like a charm song after song…

  • Them Clones Live @ Hardrock Cafe

    Deepak Gopalakrishnan
    29 Oct 2009 | 2:57 am
    What: Them Clones Album Launch (Love. Hate. Heroes.) concert Where: Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai When: 20 October 2009, Tuesday \Before I start off, let me confess that I’m not a massive Them Clones fan. Yes, they’re an extraordinary live band, they’re very tight, and have a very nice RATM-meets-Green Day-hate-lyrics-sound and if Indian bands were to make it big, the Clones would be one of the guys to hit it off. That said, I’m not ‘kicked’ at the prospect of the Clones. They don’t give me the ‘ooh-yeah’ factor of some other bands. I hoped,…

  • Deep Purple Tribute Concert, Hard Rock Cafe

    Deepak Gopalakrishnan
    15 Oct 2009 | 9:57 pm
    WHAT: Z3 presents a tribute to Deep Purple (Event page) WHERE: Hard Rock Cafe, Worli, Mumbai WHEN: 15 October 2009 WHO: One Night Stand, hosted by Luke Kenny. Guest appearances by Aditi Sharma (Crimson) and Suraj Jagan (Chakraview) I can’t think of too many bands that could simultaneously appeal to an audience ranging from a white-haired, moustachioed ‘uncle’ who’s on the verge of retirement, to a 15-year old college kid who’s just discovered hormones. Deep Purple is one such band. Having released their first album way back in 1968, and being one of the torchbearers of hard rock and…
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  • Rediff Losses Widen Even As It Invests In 'Improving Customer Experience'

    Sruthijith KK
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:14 am
    Nasdaq-listed Rediff.com (NSDQ: REDF) India Ltd today said net loss for the quarter ended 30 September widened by 84% to $2.61 million, from $0.41 million during the corresponding quarter last fiscal.  Total revenues dropped 43% year-on-year to $4.19 million. Revenues from India Online dropped 45% y-o-y to $3.08 million. 2Q 2009 2Q 2008 Earnings Per ADS -$0.089 -$0.014 Net Income -$2.61 million -$0.42 million Revenue $4.19 million $7.32 million “As we had said in our last earnings call, we have taken a number of steps to improve the customer experience on our site, including the…

  • Prabhash Joshi, R.I.P.

    Sruthijith KK
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:54 am
    Veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi died of cardiac arrest yesterday. He was 72. Joshi was the founder editor of Hindi daily Jansatta, a publication of The Indian Express Group. He retired in 1995, but continued as an editorial advisor. Joshi, who also wrote on cricket, suffered a heart attack after watching the India-Australia cricket match yesterday, BBC reported.

  • News Roundup: Intel's Wimax JV, AFaqs' Telecom Portal; Cricket Ratings; Nick's 30-Min Blank Out

    Sruthijith KK
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:43 am
    Business Standard reports that chip making giant Intel Corp. (NSDQ: INTC) is considering participating in bids to form joint ventures with state-run equipment manufacturer Indian Telecom Industries. Intel is reportedly interested in manufacturing equipment for the deployment of WiMax technology. WiMax is short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a technology that enables data transfer speeds of upto 75Mbps per second. Trade publisher Banyan Netfaqs, which publishes the advertising and media portal Afaqs, has launched a telecom portal, TelecomYatra (via AlooTechie). Last…

  • Changes At Star: COO Sanjay Gupta To Handle Star Plus, GM Keertan Adyanthaya Moved To Eng Channels

    Sruthijith KK
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:30 am
    In what is seen as a fallout of ratings performance, Star India has made changes to the management of flagship general entertainment channel Star Plus (via Indiantelevision). The channel’s GM Keertan Adyanthaya will now handle the company’s english channels Star Movies and Star World, while the company’s COO Sanjay Gupta, who was hired in April from Airtel, will now directly handle Star Plus, a person familiar with the development said. A Star India spokesperson declined to comment. Gaurav Banerjee, VP and head, content, at Star’s Bengali channel Star Jolsha, will…

  • FoodieBay Seeks To Raise Funds For Second Phase Of Growth

    Sruthijith KK
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:20 am
    IIT Delhi graduates Deepinder Goyal (26) and Pankaj Chaddah (24) just quit their consulting jobs at Bain & Co. They will now focus on growing a website they started in 2008 that now has operations in three cities and 80,000 unique visitors a month. Goyal and Chaddah started *FoodieBay.com* in July 2008. The site serves up detailed information, menus, ratings and reviews for more than 4500 restaurants in Mumbai, Kolkata and the National Capital Region (Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida). In January next year, the site will also add Bangalore to its coverage area. The site had a precursor. Foodlet.com,…
 
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  • Rediff posts net loss of $2.61 million for 2Q 2009-10

    Alootechie
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:06 am
    Rediff.com has reported a net loss of $2.61 million for the second quarter ended September 2009, as compared to a net loss of $0.42 million posted for the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year. Total revenues declined by 43 per cent to $4.19 million during September 2009 ended quarter from $7.32 million posted for the second quarter of the previous fiscal year.

  • Afaqs launches telecom news portal TelecomYatra.com

    Alootechie
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:07 am
    by Satrajit Sen Banyan Netfaqs, publisher of Afaqs.com and The Brand Reporter, has launched TelecomYatra.com, an online telecom portal that aims to provide latest news developments on voice, VAS (value added services), technology and allied sectors. The company hopes that TelecomYatra would also act as an online community for telecom professionals to interact by sharing their views and reading about the who's who of the telecom industry in India.

  • Roshan Tamang quits Web18 as Vice President & Editor

    Alootechie
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:42 am
    Roshan Tamang, vice president and editor at Network18’s internet and mobile arm Web18, has put in his papers. He is currently serving his notice period. Tamang had joined Network18 in 2005. He has also worked as vice president and editor, web operations at CNN-IBN (Ibnlive.com).

  • Ratnakar Bharti joins Ideacts Innovations as Head of Sales

    Alootechie
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    Ideacts Innovations has appointed Ratnakar Bharti as head of sales. Prior to joining Ideacts Innovations, Bharti was director, media sales, West at Rediff.com. According to Ideacts, its co-founder and current head of sales Saurabh Khullar will move as head of marketing and will work towards structuring and building the new business initiatives at the company.

  • Accentium Web launches content aggregation site Taaza.com

    Alootechie
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:42 am
    Accentium Web, which already runs websites such as SecondShaadi.com, Gaadi.com and StudyTimes.com, has now launched Taaza.com, which aggregates content across different verticals such as news, videos, loans, insurance, photos and videos from multiple sources. There is also plan to aggregate content around movies, stocks, travel and classifieds.
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  • World Muslim-Sikh Federation

    2 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    I am developing google habits at this age. Bad sign. I just googled "how to stop Chinese from invading India" This is immediately after I tried "how to stop the maoist". I must concede that google does not have many answers for a Secular Sardarji Economist Prime Minister. I should try twitter. Meanwhile, as our media ends the debate on 1984 riots and the Indira legacy, let me introduce you to The World Muslim-Sikh Federation. It is a worldwide organization that is dedicated to promoting dialogue and respect between the Muslim and Sikh communities. Their web site says  that Sardars have…

  • Paneer Makhanwala and George Bush

    24 Oct 2009 | 10:29 pm
    Old friend George will be visiting India at the end of this month. I have invited him for lunch. This has pissed off Obama. He has scratched out "paneer makhanwala" from the menu of the state dinner he hosts for me in November. This Obama really does not like us Indians, first he just observes Diwali unlike Bush who threw a NRI bash for Diwali and now he scratches off paneer makhanwala. Anarth ho gaya!The democrats considers Bush the Narendra Modi of USA. But Bush gave India the nuclear deal. Now choose!Will the democrats will be pissed off if I have dinner with Narendrabhai?

  • Preparing for the Aussies

    20 Oct 2009 | 9:32 am
    I heard the Indian cricket team started preparing for the series against Australia by playing football for 30 minutes. Have you heard of any football team starting their practice season with 30 minutes of cricket?Yahoo!...Lets play cricket!Shahnawaz Hussain got his visa to USA. He got it all wrong when he went to the media claiming discrimination as a Muslim. The delay was because he is a Hindu. USA, like the Congress is a secular and all in BJP are right wing Hindu Nationalist. Other people who have been at the receiving end of secular politics by the US is Narendra Modi.

  • China is doomed

    4 Oct 2009 | 10:35 am
    At times, I get inspired by Dilibertism. This latest post seems to be directed against me. As I return to my blog after a hiatus here is a copy paste from dilbert.com.  As a Secular Religious Sardarji Economist Prime Minister I am worried about this post.Over the past 20 years or so, most of China's leaders have been engineers. I'm embarrassed to say that I was not aware of this until recently. Suddenly, everything makes sense.For years I have marveled at the fact that the Chinese government could be so practical. They didn't seem bogged down by the superstitions and sideshow passions…

  • Is he back?

    3 Oct 2009 | 1:07 pm
    Is he back?
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  • On another note.

    K
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:12 am
    I just love this line.At their heart, most pseudonymous identities are collaborations between the author, who provides the outline of a persona, and the audience, which fills in the blanks. The result is a sort of virtual superhero, an oracle more accurate than any mortal could hope to be. Compared to the elusive mastermind of the collective imagination, the real author inevitably disappoints.From this month’s Wired.Back to regular programming now. Which over here usually means clearing up masses of spam comments placed by guys who run Search Engine Optimisation firms. Other than that what…

  • 23 Oct 2009 | 3:46 am

    K
    23 Oct 2009 | 3:46 am
    So who would you rather win tonight? The soul cricketers from T&T or the cricket machines from NSW. I’m not biased against the Aussies, I think their ruthless efficiency and Simon Katich’s captaincy has to be learnt from. New South Wales is the winningest domestic team of all time and has always been the heart of Australian cricket. But I really do want Trinidad and Tobago to win. This has possibly been at the same time, the most interesting and most pointless cricket tournament of all time. Then again, it also proved that the IPL is a bit a blunderbuss tournament, and the sight of…

  • And today...

    K
    19 Oct 2009 | 4:41 am
    The funny thing was the sniggering I heard from some journalists when they heard about America’s ‘Balloon Boy’ story. How could, they claim, the American media be taken up by something so patently untrue and then harp on it for hours on end? Evidently they don’t either watch or read what passes for news in this country, though that said, India TV and IBN 7 do take some beating for their alien abduction stuff. Thankfully, we were not subjected to too much ‘Balloon Boy’ in India but the hype did ensure that our channels forgot the fact that there is a low-intensity civil war going…

  • Happy Diwali

    K
    16 Oct 2009 | 6:22 am
    Yes, the festival has become crass, at least in the richer parts of Delhi - a celebration of money and sulphur dioxide, even though I have to admit I do like to blow up a few (just a few) crackers every year, but, say what you will, it one of those things that just so Indian. Like poverty and rampant police brutality. OK, enough of the depressing tone, but if you do make some money while gambling this Diwali, or even if you don't please do give some money or some time to those less fortunate. I've not become a softy, and nor will I advocate social causes like some a businessman who is…

  • Down, down, down...

    K
    15 Oct 2009 | 6:41 am
    Well, circulation figures are down and unlike the constantly changing readership numbers, circulation numbers are slightly better audited. But 'slightly better' means what it does, these numbers do not include 'free' copies, but newspaper companies have for a long time managed to pass off free copies as paid copies, usually by discounting them to the extent that they became free. Things like the papers distributed at the airport - something that has ended, at least in Delhi thanks to a combination of high newsprint prices and GMR-DIAL's greed.That said, the first point is possibly the biggest…
 
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  • Home Truths

    29 Oct 2009 | 2:00 pm
    In the forbidding corridors of North Block, the shadow of Sardar Patel, the country's first home minister looms large. Every person who has since occupied the powerful office is constantly

  • Wake up, Mumbai

    15 Oct 2009 | 1:09 pm
    As the megapolis one grew up in, there is an obvious emotional attachment to Mumbai. Which is why, at a studio discussion this week, when a panelist referred to the

  • Maharashtra becoming recipe for political chaos

    1 Oct 2009 | 1:46 pm
    The mess that is Maharashtra is perhaps best exemplified by the Mahim Dadar constituency in the heart of Mumbai. Considered the fortress of the Maharashtrian middle class, once famous for

  • Politicians and Paise-Pinching

    17 Sep 2009 | 3:07 pm
    In this period of competitive austerity, there can be nothing more tiresome than a sanctimonious politician. With netas now offering to travel in the cargo holds of aircrafts to save

  • YSR: The one man show in Andhra

    4 Sep 2009 | 12:12 am
    A decade ago when Sharad Pawar was quitting the Congress over the Sonia Gandhi foreign origins issue, he told a group of journalists, "In the Congress party, there is no
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  • Diwali Wishes - 2009

    15 Oct 2009 | 8:16 pm
    Wishing A Very Happy and Joyful Diwali to All The People Around the Globe Celebrating Diwali

  • Diwali - The Significance

    14 Oct 2009 | 4:42 am
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  • Diwali - Festive Mood

    12 Oct 2009 | 5:30 pm
    It's festive mood all around. Diwali is almost here. People are very busy preparing for the celebrations. From children to elders there is cheer in everyone's place. Since, we have been living in Tamil Nadu from my childhood, we do take part in the celebrations like buying new clothes for the kids, making / buying sweets and snacks and bursting crackers. KP and I went to the town on Sunday, to catch up the festive mood. Here are some snaps taken in the busy street of X-cut Road. We did some window shopping first and then dropped in to The Chennai Silks and Sri Devi Textiles which are the…

  • Pettavaithalai - A travelogue

    4 Oct 2009 | 9:04 pm
    A travelogue by a fellow blogger.. ....So took off to this place on a Sunday that too on Vinayakar/Ganesh Chaturthi that’s Lord Ganesha’s B’day, taking a bus from Karur. I have seen this railway station several times in my several train journeys. It’s the biggest station next to Kulithalai when on a journey from Karur. But I seriously wonder why the bus journey takes this much time. By train Pettavaithalai to Karur is only 45 mins, then why does bus journey take 1.5 hrs..???!!!!Read further here..

  • News - A review / Look Back

    30 Sep 2009 | 10:07 pm
    Some Tourism News:Indian tourism all set to don new mantleMP is 5th most important tourism centre in India: survey Tourist arrivals drop in Bhutan94.3 My FM RJ toured heart of India to celebrate World Tourism Day!!A Peep through Window on Pilani Rajasthan - World Tourism Day Special
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    To Each Its Own

  • Let’s (Not) Talk About Sex

    Saakshi O. Juneja
    31 Oct 2009 | 12:54 am
    The Saudi king has waived a sentence of flogging on a female journalist working for a TV channel which aired graphic accounts of sex in the kingdom. [Link] Fantastic, don’t you think? I mean this is the Arab world we are talking about; a woman researching on taboos in the Arab word (including extra-marital sex), openly discussing it on national television and then the Saudi King butting in at the right time. If Mahesh Bhatt had his way, in no time you would have a film on the same with Emraan Hashmi as the Saudi King and probably Bipasha Basu as the journalist, only to add the oomph factor.

  • TwitReview: What’s Your Rashee?

    Saakshi O. Juneja
    25 Sep 2009 | 11:54 pm
    Ohh, I’m wicked and I’m lazyOhh, Don’t you want to save meI’m lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy And therefore movie review Twitter ishstyle. But promise not to make this a regular habit.   Watching What’s Your Rashee? Can’t believe this freaking crap is houseful. #wyr Harman had clean chest in movie 1. And now hairy growth everywhere. I am feeling displaced. #wyr Gawd the Aries chick is UGH! Would reject fast fast #wyr Ever noticed Priyanka has wrinkled neck. But I guess not many go beyond the legs or max to max flat tummy. #wyr With the Aquarian chick it feels…

  • The Messy Kind

    Saakshi O. Juneja
    23 Sep 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Okay, so this has forever been my mantra – I am simple …like to keep my life simple. As much possible. However, as they say, reality bites and guess what? I am no exception to this rule. Those close to me think otherwise; complicated is what I get often tagged as. But believe me, simplicity is what I strive for and yet complication is the end result. Thirty years of this routine is pretty good testing ground, don’t you think? And so I have come to this conclusion; I am one of those special breed of individuals who attract drama. Basically Drama * heart * Me. No matter how hard I…

  • Cat Fight

    Saakshi O. Juneja
    25 Jul 2009 | 7:42 pm
    Okay, so the title may sound a little inappropriate to some considering it’s technically not a fight between two cats; more like between a cat (Celina Jaitly) and a bag of old bones (Shobha De). Oh come on be nice now, Saks! It’s not like Ms. Jaitly has been taught to respect our elders but then I also believe that every now and then it’s not a bad idea to give certain elders a taste of their own dirty medicine. So here we go… Bag of Bones was quoted saying this in one of her usual crappy piece of journalism – Celina Jaitly spoke sense (she was clearly being prompted via text…

  • Main Chala

    Saakshi O. Juneja
    22 Jul 2009 | 11:32 pm
    Ankhahi yeh kahani, bin kahe hai sunaani,Lab pe khamoshiyan hain, ashko mein hai rawani,Saanso ke silsile thamne lage,Lafzo ke sab diye bujhne lage,Lamho ki aag mein kuch yu jala, main apne aap se bhi kho gaya, Main chala..main chala..main chala..Main chala…aaaaa… [Lyrics : Main Chala]   The film maybe an absolute dump but this song has been stuck in my head from the time I first heard it. Maybe its the rains or the frame of mind or the morning’s first hot black coffee, whatever it is…this song somehow manages to zip you out of the trance and gently slap you with…
 
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  • Why I am like a woman who has been married for a hundred years EXPLAINED!

    27 Oct 2009 | 2:51 am
    Welcome back to question time! It's time for me now to take part two of the questions (and don't worry, I'm not going to stretch this out forever, this will be a three part post. Part one here.) Anyhoo, has been a pretty slow week. I spent most of it watching Scrubs, my new obsession. Did one garage sale (see photo) which went swimmingly, as in, I sold most of my clothes and luckily, the ones I didn't sell were the ones I decided to keep in the end anyway*. Happy ending. Also bought one white, long, racer back summer dress, two pairs of shorts, one long black stretchy tunic, one black shirt…

  • I begin all angry and rant-y but then I walk the talk

    23 Oct 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Soooooo tonight I'm straight shooting from the hip, also in not a very good mood. I should be in an excellent mood--nice wine drunk (we named him Max), nice company--but then this ASSHOLE shows up, tagger on with friends and then proceeds to mouth off about all sorts of nonsense. To which I'm like okay, everyone deserves their own opinion. Then he recognises my name (wheee! sorry, it still pleases me) and then he's like (imagine this next bit all drunk and slurry) " I thought your book was shit." To which I'm still like, eh, can't please everyone. THEN in total overstepping of personal…

  • We’re so very retro in here

    18 Oct 2009 | 11:48 am
    I am sooooooooooo tired and the internet is soooooooooo slow today that I am very tempted to abandon all attempts at blogging and just go to bed. But, but, you know I love you and I needed to blog a little today, to feel a little love at my very own social media thing, to feel like I was reaching out and talking to an audience that was talking back and have the good times—party like it’s 1999!—all over again.But how do people sustain a blog for so long? Coz that has me beat. Five years, FIVE YEARS and I’ve all done grown up now, y’all. Do you remember me when I began, wet behind the…

  • Linkslutting around town

    5 Oct 2009 | 10:42 pm
    * Ahoy there, readers in Kerala! I am going to be in your state! Actually, am going for the Kovalam Lit Fest again this year, this time as a tag-along and not an invitee. The plan was that I'd spend the three days just chilling at the Taj, something I didn't get a chance to do last year. But then my brain went into overload and not only did I offer to do a piece on the festival, I also called my publishers and asked if they would organise a book reading for me in Trivandrum. So, they did, and I am, and if you're in that city, please come on over and say hi! It's on the 9th of October at 5.30…

  • Wake me up perhaps not when September ends, but somewhere in the middle, okay?

    28 Sep 2009 | 11:14 am
    Bad blogger, bad! *wrist slap* But honestly, you gu-uys, how am I supposed to stay motivated if no one comments on my posts anymore? Like, seriously? 13 comments? Are we for real? If you commented loads, I'd write loads! See? Win-win.But, Happy Dusshera! I have spent the evening with my friend Vik's family, which was awesome. I was feeling the teensiest bit in the doldrums today, so I just got Ira out of her house, got us both into salwar kameezes and we said we'd go where the wind took us. Ideally, we wanted to find a Ravana burning thing, but I believe the only one in Bombay is at Shivaji…
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  • Mahindra Rodeo : Power Scooter

    Harish B
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:06 pm
    Brand : RodeoCompany : Mahindra Two WheelersBrand Analysis Count : 426After acquiring Kinetic Scooters in 2008, Mahindra two wheelers is on an overdrive to capture a fair share of India's emerging scooter market. While retaining Kinetic Flyte, Mahindra has launched two new scooters - Rodeo and Duro into the market.Rodeo is positioned as a power scooter . The brand sports a 125 cc engine which churns out 8 bhp . Rodeo competes with Honda's Activa, Aviator , Hero Honda's Pleasure and Suzuki Access.Indian scooter market is a classic example which shows how difficult it is for marketers to…

  • Marketing Funda : Articles on Marketing #4

    Harish B
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:19 am
    The Secret Sauce: Leveraging Social Media for Business http://bit.ly/1yDGr6 II common sense tips Mobile App’onomy – Mobile users aren’t Loyal to Cool Apps http://bit.ly/RqXCk interesting stats How To Attack The Leading Brand http://bit.ly/zAgmf II Must read for marketers Sir, May I Clean Your Glasses? http://bit.ly/O276F II WOW Tom Peters love Kingfisher airlines.. Kill the Elevator Speech http://bit.ly/1GVPua II must read article on business communication 10 Traits of High-Performance Leaders http://bit.ly/3GltNa II how many u have? 5 Questions with GTD's David Allen…

  • Marketing Funda : Articles on Marketing 3

    Harish B
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pm
    Selling Simplicity — Not Just Marketing It http://bit.ly/23tGgd II simple is complex Five Mind-Blowing Web Stats You Should Know http://bit.ly/MXCna II interesting Becoming a Collections Expert: Seven Basic Tips http://bit.ly/2uPWp8 II the most difficult part Celebrate Your Customers http://bit.ly/4SSHn II I wish business listened to this Becoming P2P: Principal characteristics of the new Social Business http://bit.ly/1XdTc7 II nice read Can We Break the Tyranny of Quarterly Results? http://bit.ly/9ETLL II nice insights The Martial Art of Difficult Conversations http://bit.ly/uiD2q II nice…

  • Smith & Jones : Tadka Marke

    Harish B
    2 Nov 2009 | 2:09 am
    Brand : Smith & JonesCompany : Capital FoodsBrand Analysis Count : 425When I recently saw the ad of Smith & Jones, I thought that a new foreign player has entered the Indian noodles market. Much to my amusement, Smith & Jones is an Indian brand and has been in the market for a while.Smith & Jones is a brand from Capital Foods - which are famous for its Ching's secret range of Chinese food products especially instant noodles.Smith & Jones is popular in ready to eat, sauce and jelly etc.Smith & Jones is making lot of noise in the media for its masala noodles. The brand…

  • Brand Update : Lux

    Harish B
    30 Oct 2009 | 3:29 am
    Lux got bigger. The brand has come back in style. Lux released its first commercial featuring the most famous "Star Couple " of bollywood - Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan. The brand is currently running this high profile campaign across the media space.Watch the ad here : Lux new adHUL has been facing lot of heat from the competition. Most of its best sellers were losing market share and competition getting aggressive day by day. Despite having very popular brands, HUL began losing shares especially in the personal care category.The HUL brands are facing tough competition from players…
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  • Indian corporate sector's lip service toeducation

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:58 pm
    India's corporate sector bemoans the lack of investment in education and the resulting skill shortages. It talks of education a a great opportunity. Businessmen have been quick to latch on to money-making opportunities in professional courses- engineering, medicine, management. But their commitment to producing first-rate educational institutions has been zilch, as Devesh Kapur points out in TOI.The commitment of Indian business to philanthropy in higher education was strong prior to independence and has dwindled ever since. Pre-independence, business interests not only made the transition…

  • Cash transfer versus NREGS

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:43 pm
    NREGS, the national employment scheme, drew a lot of flak when it was first introduced. It has since received some grudging credit and its critics have at least recognised the value of the fiscal stimulus it has provided.The standard argument against NREGS, which is also the argument against subsidies, is that it is better to make transfers to a carefully targeted segment, namely, the BPL category. If you spend Rs 100 on the NREGS, Rs 20 will be siphoned off, Rs 30 will be spent on administration, Rs 20 on materials, which will be wasted because of poor quality of works, and only Rs 30 will…

  • Novel suggestion on bank bonuses

    2 Nov 2009 | 3:43 am
    Even that paragon of the free market, the Economist, has joined the chorus against bank bonuses. I suppose you could call that progress in thinking after the sub-prime crisis.Banks argue that they have repaid government capital, they need to retail talent, that management pay is for shareholders to approve and that the government, the media and the public should stay out of it.The Economist makes the point that the top ten investment banks at the start of 2008 made an average return on equity of just 8% between 1999 and 2008. Four made cumulative losses. Staff got four times as much as…

  • Management gurus

    30 Oct 2009 | 11:39 pm
    The Schumpeter column of the Economist mentions three irritating habits of management gurus (the number is a sarcastic reference to these gurus' penchant for reducing all topics to a given number of 'easy steps'):The first is presenting stale ideas as breathtaking breakthroughs. In a recent speech in London Mr (Stephen) Covey declared capitalism to be in the middle of a “paradigm shift” from industrial management (which treats people as things) to knowledge-age management (which tries to unleash creativity)......But management gurus have been making this point for decades. William Ouchi…

  • New paradigm for lending rates

    30 Oct 2009 | 11:27 pm
    Banks don't seem to get their pricing of loans right- and not just banks in India. In India, the RBI has had in place norms for computation of the BPLR since 2003. But this has given risen to several distortion: sub-prime lending is rife (70% of all loans), borrowers grumble about lack of transparency and lending rates rise quickly when policy rates rise but are sticky in the downward direction.The RBI constituted a working group on BPLR last June, of which I was a member. The group submitted its report on October 20. I have brief exposition of our approach in my ET column.
 
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  • Kaka Kronicles: A Universe from Nothing

    krishashok
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:49 am
    I saw this video. Then I saw two crows (presumably the ones that dispossessed my neighbour’s Labrador of his biscuit) deep in conversation. I listened and transcribed their conversation for my readers

  • Kaka Kronicles: Astrology Fail

    krishashok
    26 Oct 2009 | 5:59 am
    Surely, somebody, somewhere in the dark recesses of ISRO is speculating that the launch of Chandrayaan was astrologically inauspicious, and that the failure to account for the Katapayaadi Sankhya of Mars being malefic in Capricorn while calculating the launch time. Or perhaps it was Rahu kaalam when it went on its way. Original Image credits: Johniponken

  • What was I crowing about anyway?

    krishashok
    21 Oct 2009 | 8:00 am
    Did you know that regular urban crows in Madras, the ones with the grey neck have a caw that is distinctly atonal and harsh sounding compared to the larger jungle crows (Ravens, Andankaakka), which have a softer, tonally pleasing caw despite their unfortunate (and mythical, I might add) employment as Yama’s messengers. Perhaps it was by design. If ravens are harbingers of doom, it makes a certain morbid sense for them to have a more pleasing ‘harbinging’ voice so that they can say – “You are all about to die” but say it in a dulcet voice that softens the…

  • Dear Lonely Planet

    krishashok
    16 Oct 2009 | 12:22 am
    Update before you read this: Lonely Planet seems to be in the process of editing their piece on Madras since this post. Some of inaccurate references are now gone, but the opening paragraph is still nasty and compared to Delhi, still a turn off. But all the same, thank you LP, for your quick response. I am hoping that the editorial team actually does some real research this time before finalizing the article. Another Update: After a couple of days of random edits, looks like the article is back to its original craptasticity. No change in tone, still sounds like it was written by a poorly…

  • Sigh Fie, Chen High, episode 4: The Parallelogue

    krishashok
    3 Oct 2009 | 10:42 pm
    Preface Update: The general feedback says that the original preface was a little dense, so I’ve moved it to the end, because denser/heavier things always sink to the bottom. The following tale is set in an alternate Madras universe. It’s called “The Parallelogue” The Parallelogue The bus was 47A. Behind it was engraved There was once a girl from Madras, who was wheatish, demure and BA pass. She ran into a bloke one day, on bus number 47 A, she reported him for eve teasing to the police brass - Anon Right next to the limerick was crudely etched - Nandhini loves Karthi And next to…
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  • Conference Watch : AfricaCom, Cape Town South Africa 11-12 November 2009. Register Today

    Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:03 pm
    ============================================================================ WirelessDuniya.com becomes Media Partner at leading Pan-African communications event Africa Com, Cape Town South Africa ============================================================================ AfricaCom 11-12 November 2009 International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa www.comworldseries.com/africa 3,500 attendees + 1,100 companies + 220 exhibitors + 16 hours of free seminars + 75 speakers + 2 social networking sessions = 2 days of unrivalled learning and networking Endorsed by Africa’s telecoms…

  • Etisalat’s Mobile phone Subscriber base reaches 7.44 million and internet subscriber base reaches 1.27 million in the UAE at the end of September 2009

    Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:19 pm
    Etisalat’s Mobile phone Subscriber base reaches 7.44 million and internet subscriber base reaches 1.27 million in the UAE at the end of September 2009 Fixed line users numbered 1.31 million. Source : Arabian Business

  • Airtel launches Twitter on SMS

    Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa
    18 Oct 2009 | 4:34 pm
    Twitter will be available in India on SMS only on the Airtel network. There is exclusivity for the same for 4 weeks, in which only Airtel consumers will be able to use the service on SMS across the nation. This period of exclusivity is something that we want to take advantage of and make sure that Brand Airtel can own the property Twitter in consumer mind space. For details on how to use Twitter on Airtel visit this page on Airtel site. How to use Twitter ? Click here to view the embedded video. How does one register for Twitter? New User • SMS Signup to 53000 @ Re 1 per SMS • Follow…

  • Conference Watch :WirelessDuniya media Partner at AppsXchange Asia, Nov 16th & 17th JW Mariott, Hong Kong. Register today !

    Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa
    18 Oct 2009 | 4:15 pm
    AppsXchange Asia, Nov 16th & 17th, JW Mariott, Hong Kong While apps stores will not be the main revenue generators for many handset manufacturers, platform vendors or operators, many of them are jumping on the bandwagon in hopes that their apps stores will help them sell more and keep customers loyal. The upcoming AppsXchange Asia conference will be Asia’s first-ever event to focus on this much-discussed business model. From building an apps store to product delivery, this high-level event will address topics such as the impact of cloud computing on mobile apps, obstacles to future…

  • Hurry – claim your pass to the premier telecoms show in North Africa

    Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa
    15 Oct 2009 | 8:42 am
    North Africa Com Learn from 15+ operator CxOs at 27 – 28 October 2009, the ONLY region-focused event JW Marriott Hotel Cairo, Egypt dedicated to North Africa’s telecoms market *  FREE for operators & regulators  * Strengthening Operator’s Positions in North Africa with New Technologies &  Services Dear Colleague, As a reader of WirelessDuniya, we are pleased to give you a 25% discount to the only telecoms event dedicated to the whole region – North Africa Com. It is simply put, your best chance to meet, network and do business with all the region’s…
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    Mobile Pundit

  • MoMo Mumbai - Meet with Jari Tammisto - Nov 09

    admin
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:33 pm
    Mobile Monday Mumbai is greatly pleased to announce that it will be hosting Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday. Jari is based out Helsinki, Finland. Thank you Netcore Solutions for sponsoring the event and supporting the MoMo community. Agenda: 7.00pm: Talk by Jari Tammisto, CEO, Mobile Monday 7.20pm: One-to-one talk session between Rajesh Jain, MD, Netcore Solutions and Jari Tammisto 7.50pm: Interactive Q&A session with Jari about his experience of Finland, European & international mobile markets 8.30pm: Networking and dinner Seats are limited, so register now!

  • Interop presentation - MultiModal Mobility

    admin
    7 Oct 2009 | 11:34 pm
    I gave a presentation at the Interop Mumbai conference yesterday on the topic “MultiModal Mobility”. Interop - Multimodal Mobility View more presentations from VeerChand Bothra.

  • MoMo September - Mobile VoIP & Israeli Telecom Delegation

    admin
    2 Sep 2009 | 9:48 am
    Ganpati Bappa Morya! After a gap of 8 months, Mobile Monday Mumbai is back. And back with a bang. The September event of Mobile Monday is on the topic “Mobile VoIP” and will be held in the evening on Monday, 7th September 2009. Thank you Geodesic for sponsoring the event and supporting the community. MoMo Mumbai is further pleased to announce that it will be hosting the official Israeli telecom delegation at this event. Topic: Mobile VoIP As Mobile VoIP grows in the coming years, users will use 3G networks and Wi-Fi on their handsets to make voice calls. Despite many technological and…

  • MoMo December - Year-end roundup and predictions

    admin
    22 Dec 2008 | 7:06 am
    2008 is coming to a close and its time for a roundup as well as some predictions. What were the most important developments in 2008 for Indian telecom? What will be the key mobility trends in 2009? Come and share your views at MoMo. In true BarCamp style of user generated conferences, the December 2008 event of Mobile Monday Mumbai will be an open participatory workshop. Every speaker will get 5 minutes to talk about: what he/she thinks are the top 3 important events of 2008 and his/her top 3 predictions for 2009 To register as a speaker click here. Please fill your Name, Designation,…

  • MoMo October - Meetup with Ajit Jaokar

    admin
    27 Oct 2008 | 12:13 am
    On the eve of Diwali, we will have a meetup with Ajit Jaokar - who is in India for the festive season. Where: Cafe Coffee Day Opposite St. Blaise’s Church Amboli, Andheri West. Directions: Ten minutes from Andheri station; Off SV road When: Monday, 27th October 5.30pm onwards About Ajit Jaokar: Ajit Jaokar is the founder of the London based publishing company Futuretext, and is an expert on emerging Web and Mobile technologies. He chairs Oxford University’s Next generation mobile applications panel and conducts a course on Web 2.0 and User generated content at Oxford University.
 
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    Indian Food Rocks

  • Hallowe'en with a Bite, a Sequel

    Manisha
    31 Oct 2009 | 8:27 pm
    Last Hallowe'en, a goth cheerleader showed up on my doorstep. I had no choice but to take her in. She's been with me ever since, learning quietly how to be a tween and she seemed to have assimilated back into the human clan rather well. But, as the moon burgeoned, I began to notice some changes. Some rather frightening changes. They say unconditional love and acceptance heals all; so that is precisely what I did. To no avail. Soon, it was Hallowe'en and we screamed in terror when we saw what had become of our quiet child from another world. As the time for the neighborhood party drew near,…

  • Is that Anne Frank?

    Manisha
    29 Oct 2009 | 11:31 pm
    It is! And you guessed right. I have nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. I am exhausted and overworked, cruising on less than 3-4 hours of sleep for the past couple of weeks. But it's all good because it's great to be busy in this economy, right? At least that's what I keep telling myself. Maybe I will have a proper post coming up soon. For now, I am going to crawl into my bed and pass out.  Contents & images copyright © 2003 - 2009:: Use recipes from Indian Food Rocks at your own risk.If you reproduce my recipes anywhere, please ensure that you give credit to the source:Indian Food Rocks…

  • Snow, snow and more snow

    Manisha
    28 Oct 2009 | 11:33 pm
    Rain turned into snow at about 7:30pm last night. By 1 a.m, we knew this was not going to be one of those storms that just miss us resulting in barely an inch or two, even a dusting. Nope. My dogwood was already bending over under the weight of the wet snow. Since neither of us was in the mood to bundle up and step out to shake the trees, we threw several things at the tree: a basketball, a sled, a stick, anything that was within reach in the garage. We heard several branches come down during the night; one was so close that I thought it had come through the roof. A rough night and an overly…

  • Pinhole It

    Manisha
    27 Oct 2009 | 10:42 pm
    A little over a year ago, Medha chose to work on an independent research project as part of her Advanced Learning Plan. Her topic of choice was the camera. She made a pinhole camera following these instructions. She loaded it with a 24 exposure 200 ASA roll that had expired. Expired film is 'in' with film camera hobbyists as it leads to all kinds of strange effects and unwitting textures on the photographs. Pinhole Camera   And she got some rather freaky results. Take a look: Pinhole Sunset Pinhole Chess Set Pinhole Kitchen Pretty darned cool, huh? I was so blown away with the results…

  • My Fave Building in the World

    Manisha
    26 Oct 2009 | 10:55 pm
    Four years ago, I asked to be driven 100 miles north of our home in Chicagoland to see my favorite building in this entire world, as a birthday gift. It did not disappoint. It was even more magnificent than its pictures suggest. Milwaukee Art Museum Burke Brise Soleil There is more to this pic than a wider angle of the previous pic. Yes, it moves. It's the Quadracci Pavilion, part of the Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It is a building that flaps its wings. Literally so. Unprecedented in American architecture, the Burke Brise Soleil is a moveable,…
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    Swaroop C H - India, Technology, Life Skills

  • What I learned at NASSCOM Product Conclave 2009

    Swaroop
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    There are not enough good problems that tech startups are working on and there seems to be no shortage of funds, platforms and ecosystem partners willing to help startups. The ecosystem is hungry for successes. Product Management skills are the need of the hour, NOT talks about talks about opportunities in X sector, and so on. When there is no culture of knowing how to execute, rest of the topics are moot points. → Read more at our event coverage at StartupDunia.com. © swaroop for Swaroop C H - India, Technology, Life Skills, 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post…

  • To get somewhere, you already have to be there

    Swaroop
    13 Oct 2009 | 2:17 am
    The irony in this world is that “To get somewhere, you already have to be there.” From an individual perspective: If you want to make money, you need to already have money. To get a job, you need to be one-year experienced and not a fresher. If you’re experienced and want to apply for a job that you really want to work on, you should already have the background of working in that area, and you should already know how to do all that the job entails. If you want to write a book, publisher expects you to have already written a book before. To be listened to, you need to be an…

  • Mobile App market in India

    Swaroop
    6 Oct 2009 | 6:22 am
    Thinking from an entrepreneurial angle, it seems to me that there is almost no mobile app market in India today i.e., it is not a startuppable market. All the successful apps that are making money are transaction-based. For example, ngpay takes a cut from every movie ticket you buy through it. This is only possible for entertainment-oriented apps. The only other successful ones that I see are, of course, communication apps such as Gmail app. I see almost nobody using utility applications on their phones. Things can improve only if internet-on-mobile was affordable! I think we need 3G for…

  • Thought for the Day

    Swaroop
    18 Sep 2009 | 8:22 pm
    The world is no place for a logical/rational person. — Swaroop C H Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe. — Albert Einstein A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without progress; inquiry, without object; putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. — Arabian Proverb Question for you: How do you distinguish incompetence, laziness and unprofessionalism? © swaroop for Swaroop C H - India, Technology, Life Skills, 2009. | Permalink | 6 comments…

  • Wish for browsers : Adopt MHTML format

    Swaroop
    14 Sep 2009 | 1:20 pm
    This is a request to the communities behind all the open source browsers: Please adopt the MHTML format (or even better, the Mozilla Archive Format) and make it a native part of the browsers. Use cases Every time a user wants to send across content that doesn’t fit into an email, the user has to then decide between using .doc, .docx and .pdf formats. This implies additional software that needs to be installed on the recipient’s computer. This is unnecessary because browsers already do a fantastic job of rendering content, why should that be outsourced to other software simply for…
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    Let Me Be Me

  • Wrongs and Child Rights

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:18 pm
    I don’t know if any of you in other parts of India have come across this news items about how an 11-year old girl was brutally beaten black and blue by a doc in Lucknow, but if you haven’t, you must go read it now. The little girl was working as a domestic help at the doctor’s place and had apparently been sent there by his uncle who wanted her to earn a quick buck for him when her parents died. She was rescued by a neighbour.I know what most of us find appalling in the story is the way she was beaten, but what’s sadder is that we don’t feel sad or surprised that a child like her…

  • Aisa Waisa Paisa

    30 Oct 2009 | 1:08 am
    So you know how terrible I am at numbers and figures. But it wasn't always like this. When I was a kid, I used to stash up my pocket money/money given on festivals, birthdays, etc. in different envelopes. So all my ten rupee notes would be in one envelope, twenty rupee notes in another and so on. And I would write the denomination and the number of notes on each envelope, I was so organised!If you knew me from back then, you would be surprised to see what my wallet looks like now. You will find a note in each pocket of my bag, a little change here and there, a tiny bundle in the wallet. If…

  • Things that should’ve been posts but were not

    26 Oct 2009 | 12:45 am
    I have a zillion half posts in my head. I've written them in my head and left them unfinished (in my head) because I don’t think they’re anything more than half posts. In the absence of any full-fledgedpost, I’ve put together a collection of all these unfinished thoughts for you:1. I should have written about The Guy and my 12th anniversary in the first week of October. Twelve years of being in love, not being married. But considering that both of us almost forgot about it, a post was not happening. I remembered with shock and shame some time in the afternoon that day how we’d both…

  • A plate full of memories

    19 Oct 2009 | 9:23 am
    Purely Narcotic tagged me to do this very interesting tag about food memories: Five memorable meals ever eaten: It could be anything that makes the meal memorable - the food, the place, the place you were in your life when you ate, the company, the weather, the ambiance - heck, the guy who served the food!". Considering that I have such a large storehouse of memories, it wouldn’t be difficult to dig out some that are associated with food.And the first one that comes to mind is of Sakhawat’s kebab and biryani. A lot of you may have heard of Tundey kebabs from Lucknow, but Sakhawat’s…

  • "But you don't look married!"

    8 Oct 2009 | 12:21 am
    You bet I don’t because when I got married, I didn’t also go for plastic surgery! I’m sure you didn’t either, then why are married women expected to look a certain way?Why is it that the symbols of wedlock must only be displayed by women in the form of sindoor and mangalsutra, bangles and bichiya while no one even notices the wedding ring on the men? I find it amusing when sweet, plump, inquisitive aunties check you out head to toe to find that one sign that will give away your marital status, if the girth of your waist doesn’t.Over the years, I have consistently forgotten to wear…
 
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    Gurcharan Das

  • No ifs or buts, defeat Maoist violence

    25 Oct 2009 | 12:44 am
    Arundhati Roy writes seductively. Recently I picked up her new book, Listening to Grasshoppers, and I was mesmerized by her luminous prose but I disagreed profoundly with her conclusions. I was revolted, in particular, by her support for violence. She regards Naxalism as armed resistance against a sham democracy. I call it terrorism.Roy thinks that India pretends to be a democracy in order to impress the world. I think our democracy is as real as my grandson’s thumb. Yes, it has many flaws but it is legitimate. We need to reform the police; speed up justice; make babus accountable; stop…

  • Mukesh’s Sacrifice

    17 Oct 2009 | 1:22 am
    Corporate Affairs minister, Salman Khurshid, created quite a stir recently when he warned companies to refrain from paying “vulgar salaries” or face the music. Mukesh Ambani took his advice and cut his salary by 65%. Flaunting wealth is distasteful; it is also imprudent when market capitalism is still trying to find a comfortable home in India. However, the minister was profoundly wrong. The trouble with judging other people’s lifestyle is that soon you are tempted to control other things, and this is a short step to the command economy. Not to live ostentatiously is a call of dharma,…

  • Is the middle path the way to peace with Pakistan?

    27 Sep 2009 | 3:32 am
    The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are meeting today in New York to carry forward the peace dialogue begun at Sharm-el-Sheikh. India’s decision to meet has been prompted by Pakistan’s arrest of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks. Many Indians feel cynical, however, about today’s meeting, especially after the disappointment at Sharm-el-Sheikh. Negotiating with a nation whose secret service might be plotting the next terrorist attack on you seems bizarre, but is there an alternative to the slow, maddening grind towards peace with our neighbour?All of us…

  • Let’s protect workers, not jobs

    18 Sep 2009 | 11:19 pm
    Anyone travelling in India by air must have got a sinking feeling last week when the Congress leader, Sanjay Nirupam, demanded that Jet Airways be nationalized. He raised the spectre of the ugly days when Indian Airlines had a monopoly of the skies before 1991. This would have effectively turned Jet Airlines from one of the world’s best airlines to one of the worst. Naresh Goyal, Jet’s founder, on the other hand, was scared of his pilots forming a union because of his memory of the 1974 Air India pilots’ strike which started the decline and fall of Air India.The trouble in Jet Airways…

  • The dilemma of a liberal Hindu

    6 Sep 2009 | 12:35 am
    With the rise in religious fundamentalism around the world, it is increasingly difficult to talk about one’s deepest beliefs, says Gurcharan DasI was born a Hindu, in a normal middle-class home. I went to an English-medium school where I got a modern education. Both my grandfathers belonged to the Arya Samaj, a reformist sect of Hinduism. My father, however, took a different path. While studying to be an engineer, he was drawn to a kindly guru who inspired him with the possibility of direct union with God through meditation. The guru was a Radhasoami saint, who quoted vigorously from Kabir,…
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    A wide angle view of India

  • Where do developmental funds go?

    Nita
    4 Nov 2009 | 3:02 am
    15 years ago the Indian economy kick started but the bad news is that the north eastern states (and some others) didn’t ride along. The most recent news is that the north eastern states are “on a downward spiral.” While this may not be quite correct, what is true is that certain states in India did not keep up. At one time the income of the seven north-eastern states was above the national average and today it isn’t. Mizoram and Tripura are doing better and I wondered why. Well, these two states are the most dependent on agriculture, with 75% of Tripura’s economy dependent on it,…

  • London Dreams Movie Review

    Nita
    31 Oct 2009 | 9:04 pm
    This is an average film for those who don’t mind a bizarre story, sitting through a long (almost three hours) film and Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, the two lead characters. For those who shy away from Bollywood kitsch, this film is bad. The major problem with this film (directed and produced by Vipul Shah)  is the mismatch between the actors and the story. The story is about two young aspiring youngsters, Arjun (Ajay Devgan) and Mannu (Salman Khan) who enter the world of pop music and form a band which plays Indipop. What is completely unbelievable is to see two middle-aged men playing…

  • What are China’s intentions towards India?

    Nita
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:06 am
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh just met the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and they talked peace. Strangely, there was no mention of the tensions over Arunachal Pradesh.  But why avoid the issue? According to the Indian army chief, between 2006 and 2008, Chinese intrusions doubled from 140 incidents to 270. That’s not all. China keeps screaming if our politicians travel to Arunachal, and keeps making claims about Arunachal being part of China. The British drew a disputed Line , but they left a long time ago, so why the sudden aggression? We should thrash out this issue soon. Or are we…

  • Nature undisturbed

    Nita
    26 Oct 2009 | 9:26 am
    I love nature and nothing gives me more peace that being under the  bare sky with nothing in sight except pure nature.  The more devoid such places are of human habitation, the better it is. Being in a deserted place makes it easier to communicate with nature. Whether it is a sunset, or a lake or a mountain, the joy is in being alone with it. The feeling itself is difficult to describe. I would like to say it’s a spiritual feeling, spiritualism of the ultimate kind. I can understand why early man thought nature was God. Nature is godly. I know I’ll get this feeling if I ever…

  • Don’t be afraid of old age!

    Nita
    22 Oct 2009 | 7:58 am
    No one likes to be thought of as an “old” man or “old” woman. No wonder we keep changing our definition of what old age is as we grow older. At fourteen, thirty seems old and forty middle aged! As you turn 30, you tend to believe you are in the prime of life and funnily you think the same when you hit 40! Or 45 for that matter. A Pew survey conducted in the USA amongst a sample size of 2,969 people, revealed that although the under 30’s tended to think that old age hits one at 60,  few 65 year olds agreed! “Old age” is supposed to bring with it some…
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    Vicky.in | Indian Automobile Blog

  • Mahindra Gio Specifications

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:04 am
    Engine Dimensions Type     Single Cylinder, Direct Injection Bore x stroke (mm)     86 X 76 Displacement cc     441.5 Compression ratio     20.3:1 Max. Engine output (kW @ rpm)     6.8 ± 0.3 kW @ 3600 rpm Max. Torque (Nm @ rpm)     21 ± 1 Nm @ 2000 – 2400 rpm Clutch Type     Multi plate wet type clutch Gear box Type     Sequential shift, Constant mesh gear box No. of gears     4 forward, 1 reverse Suspension Type / Description Front     Independent Mc-pherson with Banded Piston Rear     Leaf Spring with Telescopic Shock absorber Brake Front & Rear…

  • Diwali Car Sales Report

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:25 pm
    While the world is yet to bye to recession. Indians bought cars like never before. Most car makers posted highest ever sale in October. Diwali and Dusshera  brought smiles in the faces of carmakers. To see the performance of your favourite car maker watch http://www.vicky.in/slideshow/diwali-sales-mania/ Related PostsHappy DiwaliiiiiiEarly Diwali ReleasesVicky.in team wishes all our readers a very Happy DiwaliSEDANS’ CLUTCHES RELEASED TO ACCELERATEYamaha pumps up sales with new launches

  • Audi Turns Bollywood

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:18 pm
    Wondering what bollywood’s glam girl Katrina Kaif is doing with cars. Check out  http://www.vicky.in/slideshow/audis-brand-ambassador/ Related PostsAudi opens new showroom in PuneAudi to produce A4 in indiaAudi to launch A4 in JulyAudi to assemble cars in India itselfAudi Q5 to be assembled in India

  • Mahindra Facelifts Scorpio

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am
    Don’t be serious! its not a serious facelift. Mahindra has again added new features to its flagship product – scorpio. Scorpio VLX – top end variant of scorpio gets the following features * Twin front airbags – passenger and driver * twin dial instrument panel * front speakers with built-in tweeters * speed warning alert The facelifted scorpio will see a marginal hike in price. Pictures of new scorpio VLX Related PostsMahindra Scorpio M2DIUpdate: Mahindra Scorpio M2DIMahindra launches scorpio and Bolero in SudanMahindra to launch new Scorpio on March 06thMahindra…

  • Tata’s Xover to be on show at Auto Expo

    admin
    3 Nov 2009 | 11:55 pm
    Tata’s Xover will steal the Auto Expo in New Delhi next January. Priced @Rs6-8 lakh, the car is expected to roll on the roads by the first half of 2010 to be extended after a gestation phase. The car is slated as an encounter to Toyota Innova, Mahindra Xylo and Chevrolet Travera. The car has a three row seats(total of 7 seats) to facilitate the family luxury along with driving dynamics and visual cues of SUV, known specially from Tata. Xover will have  new generation engine, navigation system, ABS and air bags, inputs from London-based Tata Motors European Technical Centre. The car had its…
 
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    nanopolitan

  • The Curious Case of Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai

    Abi
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:45 am
    Ankita Gupta of Mint has the scoop. Here's a basic outline of the plot: Ayyadurai, a 45 year-old NRI scientist / technocrat, was parachuted into the CSIR system at a plum salary (by Indian public sector standards -- Band Pay of Rs. 60,000 + Grade Pay of 12,000). It's not clear to me what exactly his mandate or job description was, but he ended up producing a report that was critical of the leadership at CSIR. Result: he has been fired! Here is a summary of where the two parties -- Ayyadurai and CSIR leadership -- stand: “(CSIR) is attempting to remove me (in) reaction to my addressing…

  • Ezra Klein on Superfreakonomics

    Abi
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:55 pm
    He has a review in the Barnes and Noble Review. He does have a large section about that infamous chapter [see this post for links] on global warming, but here's his take on another claim: Much attention has accrued to global warming section of the book, and we'll get to that. But for my money, the book's worst tendencies are on display in its beginning pages. There, the Freakonomists begin with an analysis meant to encapsulate the general Freakonomics take on life. But the topic here isn't cutesy or trivial, it is literally life and death. According to Levitt and Dubner, all those teary…

  • Links ...

    Abi
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:48 pm
    Academic publications edition: Stefano Allesina in arXiv.org - Computer Science: Accelerating the pace of discovery by changing the peer review algorithm. The paper describes a radically new model for publishing academic papers: In the alternative setting (AS, Methods), when an author produces a new manuscript, she will submit it to a first pool of manuscripts (e.g. a preprint archive). However, to be able to submit one manuscript the author must choose three manuscripts already in the pool for review. Therefore, more productive authors are also the more active reviewers. Once a manuscript in…

  • Management wisdom from Harvard President

    Abi
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    In this interview, Prof. Drew Gilpin Faust addresses lots of questions on management and leadership. Here's the section where she talks about the importance of communication: There’s one alum who was an expert in turnarounds, and so I asked him, “What should I do?” He said, “One lesson about change in any organization — communicate, communicate, communicate.” So I still think about that all the time, and the scale of communication from the president’s office is a very much more elaborate one. It’s a bigger scale. You’ve got to communicate in different ways. I also spent a…

  • Links ...

    Abi
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:42 am
    Pallavi Singh in Mint: UGC under fire for too many 'deemed' tags. Uttara Choudhury in DNA: US universities have eye on India. IITs set up committee for incentive scheme for faculty An update on the legal troubles of Magadh University's vice-chancellor [previously]. Video of HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's talk at MIT (Thanks to an anonymous commenter for the link).
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    projectwhy

  • Just a few miles away....

    project why
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:38 pm
    Just a few miles away from where I sit to write this post lies the village of Badarpur Khader. I would have never known it existed were it not for a small article tucked away in the inside pages of my morning paper. The article simply stated that this village which is in North East Delhi does not have any civic amenities: no electricity, no water, no dispensary, no school. Over 200o people live there. None of its children, particularly the girls have ever been to school. And this after 62 years of independence!I decided to browse the net and find out more about this village. Over the years…

  • the price of a bucket

    project why
    31 Oct 2009 | 5:12 pm
    A gold bucket worth 3 crores ( 30 million) of rupees was donated by an anonymous donor to propitiate Lord Balaji. The offering would be used for storing incensed water during the celestial bath of the deity. This is not the kind of news that normally catches my attention. I have over the years become inured to the aberrations committed in the name of God! The reason why I this item caught my eye, or should I say my ear is the price tag: 3 crores. Just the amount we need to build planet why.The recipient that will now hold the bath water of a stone deity could have brought smiles on hundreds…

  • a special treat

    project why
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:42 pm
    The children of the special section never cease to amaze me. Each time you step into their class you feel lifted and all your worries and woes vanish - albeit temporarily! You have barely entered that a shrill voice greets you with a loud Namaste Maa'm. It is little Sohil. And then almost in unison you hear a loud greeting from all the others in the class. The greeting is touching as even those who cannot speak or hear join in their own inimitable way. They then resume whatever task at hand, be it the vigorous morning exercise session, the tedious math problem or the complex puzzle. You have…

  • the unexpected puruskar

    project why
    27 Oct 2009 | 4:12 pm
    The mail simply said: iCONGO Team Congratulates you on your selection for the Karmaveer Puraskaar. I was stunned. A few months back a dear friend and supporter had written to me saying she was nominating me for this award. I was touched by her gesture and though I was quite certain I would not make it, I duly and diligently filled the form as required and sent it in. I thought that was the last I would hear about it and went on with my life. That was about two months ago. I must admit though that I did browse the net to find out a little more about this award, I guess it was but human that I…

  • the 1000 th blog

    project why
    25 Oct 2009 | 4:49 pm
    I cannot believe it. This is my 1000th blog! It took me four years and six months to get here. I took a trip down memory line and read some of my earlier posts. Their candour and naiveness brought a smile to my face. I must admit that taking the plunge was not easy and writing that first blog was a herculean task. I stopped at one of my earliest blog to take stock of the time gone by. The little boy who was then fighting for his life is today a little young man who lives in a boarding school and tops his class. He has indeed lived through many trials and tribulations and yet proved beyond…
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    Indian Writing

  • PEN events

    Email invitation from the PEN All-India Centre: A reading from his novel, A Blind Man’s Map of Mumbai, by VIVEK TANDON Date: 30 July 2009 (Thursday) Time: 6.15 pm Place: Theosophy Hall (3rd floor), 40 New Marine Lines Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020 Vivek Tandon is a writer who has worked in several genres. He is the author ...

  • Prizes

    The winners of the Crossword Vodafone Book Awards 2008 have been announced. This was the shortlist. **** The 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize has issued a call for nominations. Last year’s winner was Mohammed Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes. • Entries may be in any genre: poetry, fiction, creative ...

  • Kamala Das Suraiyya

    Woke up in the morning to her voice. “Unniye, don’t go on sleeping covered up like that. It’s Monday.” She was calling the eldest son. She then moved to the kitchen, her white sari crumpled. Brought me a big glass of coffee. Then? What happened then? Did she say anything ...

  • Bedtime reading

    Bedtimes are later these days, with the boys picking out different books every night - though it’s D who chooses, and M kind of gurgles along happily. Goodnight Moon is one of the favourites. Then there’s Tiger on a Tree; one of the Clifford books about the dogs making leaf ...

  • Photograph exhibition

    My grand-uncle T.S.Satyan’s photographs are on display at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Rampart Row, Kala Ghoda. The exhibition came to Mumbai from Tasveer. Satyan is now 86. He is based in Mysore, but was here for two days for the show opening. Read this 2002 article by Theodore ...
 
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    Blogbharti

  • South Asia’s children…

    shantanudutta
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Rakesh Mani thinks that there has to be something wrong with Indian society for it to allow its children to be among the most deprived and malnourished in the world. Across castes and social classes, there is so little attention given to the inalienable right of a child to enjoy a childhood of good health, education and a nutritious diet. He goes on to ask as to how we can ensure that a a society of adults to be accountable for the treatment of its youngest citizens across South Asia ?

  • Old Indian Photos

    kuffir
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:52 am
    A very interesting blog that has a huge collection of old pictures, some of them taking us as far back in time as the 1850s! Definitely worth a visit.

  • ‘They’re human, just like anyone else.’

    kuffir
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:48 am
    Aditi objects to the media targeting size-zero models: To me what’s more disturbing than the fact that so many women suffer from eating disorders is that the mainstream media have begun to treat them with scorn. There’s this strange binary created: ‘real’ women vs models.It’s true that models have a particular body type that isn’t quite so common among non-models, but does no one find it problematic to say ‘real’ women? Because the suggestion is that models aren’t ‘real.’  But see, they are. They’re human, just like anyone else.

  • Mumbai’s finest

    kuffir
    1 Nov 2009 | 10:55 pm
    An incident makes Ugich Konitari rethink about the  meaning of the term ’spirit of Mumbai’ : Because it was Mumbai’s finest at work. I am tempted to use the word “spirit”, but ever since politicians used it to justify their own non performance, it raises hackles. Because at the end of the day, no one who went through all this even knew the names of who helped them. People simply volunteered on their own, and arrived, uncalled. Performed to their best, and then dissolved away amidst the stranded trains and tracks. I think Mumbai has a fine tradition of helping.

  • And the cat will return

    sudipta
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:46 am
    A spooky Halloween tale, if you will, from Gayatri’s blog: Pratham came running out of the shower.”Have you gone mad Shubra? Why are you shrieking like a crazy cow “? But he froze too. His daily glass of milk was tumbled by the black cat  and empty glass along with the cat lying  lifeless on the floor.
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  • Exl Acquires American Express Captive For $30M

    Madhav Chanchani
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:25 pm
    Captive outsourcing units continue to be strong M&A targets. In another captive operations sell off, outsourcing firm ExlService Holdings Inc has acquired the operations of American Express's travel business in Gurgaon. The acquisition of American Express’ Global Travel Service Center operations is valued at $30 million net of working capital adjustments at closing, ExlService said in its release.The Nasdaq-listed firm has also entered into a eight-year agreement which will bring more than $160 million in revenues over the life of the contract. "Through this transaction, we…

  • Blackstone Records $278 Million In Net Profit; Says Worst Is Over

    Sahad P V
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:55 am
    Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP posted a forecast-beating quarterly profit and said it is gearing up for more deals and IPOs as the lending and equity markets recover. The company, which has immense real estate and private equity assets, has stepped up deal activity in the past few months, including buying Anheuser-Busch InBev's U.S. theme parks for up to $2.7 billion. It is also considering initial public offerings for a number of its companies. "We see great opportunities to buy assets from motivated sellers," Blackstone Chief Operating Officer Tony James said on…

  • Intel Capital-Backed Intrasoft Tech Plans IPO

    Sahad P V
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:19 am
    Intel Capital-backed online greeting cards firm Intrasoft Technologies, which operates under the brand 123greetings.com, is looking to raise around Rs 35-37 crore through a public issue offering. The IPO, which would dilute its equity base by around 25.12%, would translate into a valuation of around Rs 150 crore ($ 32 million) for the company. Intel Capital holds around 16.3% currently which would get reduced to 12.2% post IPO. It had invested a sum of Rs 20 crore in the company through convertible preference shares in 2007. At the issue price expected to be close to Rs 100/share, it would be…

  • Clearwater Capital Invests Rs 35Cr In Oricon Via FCDs

    Sarimul I Choudhury
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Clearwater Capital is investing Rs 35 crore in diversified company Oricon Enterprises (formerly Oriental Containers) through fully convertible debentures (FCD). Mumbai-based Oricon Enterprises manufactures a range of packaging products besides having exposure in specialty solvents. But Clearwater could be looking at a different play in Oricon as the company is merging two other companies (Zeuxite Investments and Naman Tradevest) with itself, making it a logistics-cum real estate entity. What is significant is the quantum of equity dilution that would happen when the debentures are converted…

  • ChrysCapital Exits Shriram Transport; Nets Up To 12x

    Madhav Chanchani
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am
    The limited partners of ChrysCapital should be a happy lot. The New Delhi-headquartered private equity firm has completed its exit from Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC), a Chennai-based commercial vehicle financier, netting a multiple of around 11-12x. The PE firm sold its remaining 2.13% stake in STFC for Rs 174.3 crore by Wednesday, market data reveals. According to VCCircle calculations, ChrysCap has earned more than Rs 1,400 crore on the investment it made five years ago. The investment was made from ChrysCap’s $258-million third fund through its subsidiary UNO Investments.
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  • Find and know your experts using social tools

    Gautam Ghosh
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:38 am
    Interesting article in the WSJ how social technologies can help tap into and be aware of an organization's expertise systems. To date, most such systems are centrally managed efforts, and that's a problem. The typical setup identifies and catalogs experts in a searchable directory or database that includes descriptions of the experts' knowledge and experience, and sometimes links to samples of their work, such as research reports.But there are gaping holes in this approach. For starters, big companies tend to be dynamic organizations, in a constant state of flux, and few commit the resources…

  • RiseSmart CEO Sanjay Sathe on the new direction

    Gautam Ghosh
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:28 am
    I've already interviewed Sanjay Sathe once last year, and that was at a time when RiseSmart was trying to establish its own JobConcierge service for senior management. RiseSmart is now trying to establish an outplacement service too. When it recently got $ 4.6 million in VC funding it seemed like a good time to catch up with Sanjay again and to understand what is in the future for RiseSmart. Here are Sanjay's answers to some questions I sent to him via email: 1. What is RiseSmart planning to do with the latest VC funding? At this point we’ve proven the business model of our…

  • Changing the name of the Blog

    Gautam Ghosh
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:50 pm
    This is just an administrative post :-) I realised that the focus of this blog has moved from purely HR to aspects in the new way of working within Organizations - that impact organizational design, structure, systems, tools, processes and development. Hence thought that a name change was in order :-) Hence my moniker for this New Way of Working is Organizations 2.0 - focussing on how people, communities and companies are integrating this new approach to working :-)from Gautam Ghosh's Blog |Follow on Twitter | Connect on Linkedin | Become a fan on Facebook | Join the HR Professionals'…

  • Knowledge Work and Collaboration

    Gautam Ghosh
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:41 pm
    A very insightful article in McKinsey's What matters column on the challenges of measuring productivity of collaboration in Knowledge workers, and also insightful comments. Primarily the article argues that while technology is deployed - productivity of collaboration is different than the way productivity is measured in the traditional deployment of technology. The article states: Our research suggests that improvements depend upon getting a better fix on who actually is doing the collaborating within companies, as well as understanding the details of how that interactive work is done. Just…

  • Tweeting Better than Facebook within Organizations

    Gautam Ghosh
    26 Oct 2009 | 5:31 pm
    Interesting post in the Blogspotting blog :) SocialText CEO Eugene Lee argues that Twitter might be a better model than Facebook for next-gen communications within companies, so-called Enterprise 2.0. Facebook's trouble? Reciprocal friending. The problem, he says, is that employees on corporate social networks start collecting friendships of execs. "Because the Rolodex is public, it becomes a matter of VP trading cards." A preferable model for corporate relationships, he says, is Twitter, where people lend their attention, not necessarily their friendship. In…
 
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  • A quarter century later

    Nikhil
    30 Oct 2009 | 3:51 am
    I came home early from school.Not school, kindergarten. I was not sure why all of us were fetched in the school van much earlier than usual. Aunt was visiting then. Our Prime Minister was shot dead, she told me. I did not realize how big that news was. I was shocked,that is all. It seemed like a big news, from Amma’s and aunt’s reactions. I had seen that old lady’s photographs in papers. I did not know who killed her. I would not have known the word assassination then. Amma tuned in to AIR that confirmed the news,bulletin after bulletin. It was before we got TV at home,…

  • Travelogue:Thanjavur and Brihadishwara temple

    Nikhil
    25 Oct 2009 | 9:12 am
    [Part 1 of the Tanjore/Thanjavur-Srirangam-Trichy travelogue] Having overloaded myself with information on Tanjore/Thanjavur, I reached the Tanjore Palace in search of all the glory of the old Chola capital. The 16th century palace complex was built by the Nayaks and later renovated by the Marathas. With very unimpressive looks, the ill maintained complex has parts that unfortunately look more like ruins. The grandeur that the Cholas, Pallavas  and Tanjore were synonymous with, was missing here (at least from outside). Situated close to the Old Bus Stand, the first of the museums I visited…

  • A dozen kb of fame

    Nikhil
    22 Oct 2009 | 12:53 am
    Now, The Hindu said something interesting Update: One of the Q/A from the my email reply to Nita Sathyendran 2. looking through nikhil’s musings it appears u have a lot of info on Kerala why is that ie. why unlike most blogs by most mallus u stuck to Kerala, specifically Tvm issues ( local content) in a very postive way…and not cribbing as is generally done. Ans:Blogs that sling mud at Kerala,its people,the skewed development indices are dime a dozen. Most of these people are arm chair critics staying far away from the state(in literary and figurative sense); they find it…

  • Pazhassi Raja:Review

    Nikhil
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:00 pm
    When it comes to movies with hype attached,the cynic in me comes alive. The cynic grows bigger if there is too much talk about the budget. I had all these things in mind when I went to watch Pazhassi Raja on Saturday morning at New Theatre,Trivandrum. The movie starts after Tippu’s defeat in the Third Anglo-Mysore War(1792). A large part of his kingdom was annexed to the English East India Company(EIC). Pazhassi Raja was an ally of the Company till the end of this war. The people were rebuilding their lives after Tippu’s raids that left Malabar in penury. Much damage was already…

  • SUPW

    Nikhil
    6 Oct 2009 | 7:50 am
    For years, none of us knew why we had the bench vice on that table; not that we knew it was called a vice. Bench Vice(Not from my SUPW class) John sir’s nails would dig deep into our skin if we ever tried to mess with the vice,even if to stay awake in his boring class. I am not kidding.  The sessions were super duper long and boring. A series test lamp that was tested for ages, all we figured was that when the circuit was complete,the bulb would light up.Don’t know how many hours were spent explaining that. Iron boxes were opened.Repaired.Wiring diagrams that would resemble…
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  • Badami – I

    Arun
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:12 am
    Who would think of the small town of Badami to be an ideal place to establish a kingdom and rule most of the peninsula? Chalukya Kings did, and they thought so more than 1,500 years ago. They constructed a large tank in a depression surrounded by sandstone cliffs in three sides, carved a few temples in those cliffs, built some more temples on the top and established the center of a dynasty that ruled for 600 years to control most of the land between Narmada and Kaveri. If recorded history of Badami is interesting, the associated legend is fascinating. On his journey south of Vindhyas, Sage…

  • Pushkar Mela on The Big Picture

    Arun
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:14 am
    I was waiting (and hoping) to see the images from the recently concluded Pushkar Mela on the Boston’s Big Picture Blog. Today’s post has the images.

  • White Browed Bulbul

    Arun
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pm

  • Insects in Sunlight

    Arun
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:18 pm
    I almost walked past these insects that were buzzing across a shaft of sunlight, thanks to Shreeram for pointing out.

  • TravelWise – Vignettes of Coorg – A Tour of Coorg

    Arun
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:21 pm
    Regular readers here would know about TravelWise, an initiative from Lakshmi and me to conduct well researched tours to give better experience to travellers. Hoysala Trail-our first tour-was well received and the feedback we had was very positive. Our next tour will be to Coorg on 21st November. Like the Hoysala Trail, this is also a well researched tour with insights to nature, culture and heritage of Coorg. Looking forward to see you on the trail. Details below. Vignettes of Coorg Green hills, misty rivers, lost monuments and an endless fabric of coffee plantations. Add to this a distinct…
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  • Vinod Dham on being an Indian in Silicon Valley

    4 Nov 2009 | 10:18 pm
    Following the roaring success of its earlier events the Entrepreneurship Development Cell at IIT, Delhi (EDC, IITD) is bringing again two great legends and help shape India’s future minds. Here is a chance to listen to Mr. Vinod Dham on how being an Indian has advantages and disadvantages in Silicon Valley. Mr. Vinod Dham, the father of Pentium and a successful venture capitalist will be speaking about his life journey. He will share how he overcame the obstacles and roadblocks to success; his experiences with Intel, AMD, entrepreneurial experiences with NexGen and now NEA-IndoUS…

  • Meet the Travel Deal Experts

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:17 am
    Sameer Patil from TravelTechie.com talks about his start-up that brings out the best travel deals at a single platform,ensuring a win-win situation for all. Techies are the experts from Travel Industry who carefully choose the deals after searching through thousands of travel offers & put the 25 best travel deals on TravelTechie.com based on their Unique Value Proposition. 1. What is TravelTechie.com? Please explain the ‘techie’ part of it. TravelTechie is India’s 1st Travel Deals Site. It aggregates the best deals in Travel from various Travel service operators…

  • Recipe for a Great “Startup”

    23 Oct 2009 | 2:57 pm
    This post is based mostly on an interview I’ve given to Outlook sometime early this year. I’ve long wanted to publish it on Startups.in but for the other things that keep me occupied. In any case here we go. Before we get to the interview, there is one thing that I’d like to mention. There is no single recipe to forming a great “Startup”. Yes, you have heard(read) it right – there is no single recipe to forming a great “Startup”. If we look around, we can come across cases where mega corps with big bucks and huge resources have failed, while a…

  • What to look for in an Investor?

    20 Oct 2009 | 10:47 pm
    OK. You’ve got a terrific idea and an equally great team to sell the idea. (...)

  • Free Marriage – Time to Innovate the Matrimonial Service

    19 Oct 2009 | 10:03 pm
    Divakar of FreeMarriage.in talks to Nikhil Peter of start-ups about his start-up that provides matrimony services free of cost to the users. 1. What is FreeMarriage.in? FreeMarriage.in is a online matrimony service oriented towards Indian audience. 2. What was the driving force behind your start-up? Matrimonial portals in India are concentrating more on making money and less on everything else. They keep comparing among themselves with absolutely no out-of-the-box thinking. This approach is harming the customers who want innovative services at lower rates. Rise of technologically advanced…
 
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  • Migrants and the Migration Pattern

    Gialome
    3 Nov 2009 | 11:09 pm
    When we say ‘Our Delhi’ we mean it is our city, the city belongs to us and not to all those ‘others’ who are coming to the city in search of jobs or higher education. Therefore we have some preconceived notions about who we consider as outsiders, migrants. The popular belief about migrants is that [...]

  • Invite: Day Long Orientation Session on GMOs

    Aastha Kukreti
    29 Oct 2009 | 10:04 am
    Are you (being planned to be used as) a Lab Rat? The I Am No Lab Rat Campaign and a coalition of NGO’s and civil society groups invite you to a day-long orientation session on the impacts of introducing and cultivating Genetically Modified (GM) crops, that (will) eventually end up on your dining table. The interactive session [...]

  • Water Sector Impacts of Climate Change: Part II

    Gialome
    28 Oct 2009 | 5:46 am
    To recap, water available per person has been decreasing since 1950 and it will be 70% of what we have by 2025 if no action is taken today. Although water is usually considered a renewable resource, it is actually a finite one with physical limits on its sustainability not because there is a change in [...]

  • October 24: International Day of Climate Action

    Aastha Kukreti
    23 Oct 2009 | 12:50 am
    350.org is organizing a  Giant 5 human formation at the Red Fort. This formation would be a part of the Global 350 with 3 is being formed at Sydney Opera House and 0 being formed at Copenhagen. The mega action would take place after the culmination of clean up drives at Qutub Minar and [...]

  • Stand Up and Take Action Now: End Poverty

    Sampa Kundu
    23 Oct 2009 | 12:03 am
    A Guinness World Record shattered last weekend when 173,045,325 citizens gathered at over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries, demanding that their governments eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” campaign, now in its fourth year, has been certified by Guinness World Records [...]
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    Sepia Mutiny

  • 55Friday: The Panni Flu-edition

    anna
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    Every week, for the last eight months, I have received emails, facebook messages, tweets and texts plaintively asking, “What would it take to bring back the Friday 55?” Well apparently, it would “take”…H1N1, or as it is often referred to, swine flu. That’s what I was diagnosed with two weeks ago, and while at this point I’m simply festering with a secondary infection, I’m still at home, sick. This means I actually have a moment to gasp BLOG. So 55Friday it is. I know we have many newer Mutineers who may be unaware of the history behind this…

  • The Family Gold: An open letter to South Asian parents

    abhi
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:04 pm
    Earlier this week I received a phone call from my mom asking me if I had heard of the egregious criminal activity that has caused many South Asian Americans in the DC area (specifically Northern Virginia’s Fairfax and Loudoun counties) to become worried and to take steps to protect their family jewels.My mom, probably typical of most desi moms, is overly sensitive to ANY criminal activity or health hazard (seemingly anywhere in the world) that has ANY chance to impact me…by whatever stretch of imagination.If Ebola breaks out in the Congo then I receive a call from my mom that…

  • BROWNSTAR Revolutionizes the Mutiny

    taz
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    It took me a moment before I realized that the two witty kids I was walking the late night streets of Boston with were the infamous BROWNSTAR duo. They had come to the Boston Sepia Mutiny meetup last month, and afterwards we went on a hunt for DJ Kayper. They were hilarious, and I had heard about them through the spoken word grapevine. The BROWNSTAR REVOLUTION duo is a two member poetry/theatre/performance duo, consisting of the NORTHSTAR (Pushkar Sharma) and SOUTHSTAR (Sathya Sridharan). Started in 2007, this duo has been hitting up open mics, college stages, and poetry lounges sharing their…

  • Straight shooters, shorts and more at SFISAFF

    Pavani
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:45 am
    It’s a good thing that the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened this week after freaking out unsuspecting motorists by dropping 5,000 pounds of metal last week. But even if it hadn’t Bay Area indie film fans would have found a way (BART still works, right?) to get to the Seventh Annual 3rd I San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival happening tonight through Sunday, November 5-8. That’s because the festival screenings include some very interesting short films, documentaries, and feature films from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora. (You can view the…

  • RBI Votes Against the Dollar?

    vinod
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:56 am
    Time will tell whether this is a first step in a long stampede or a more innocuous portfolio rebalancing BUT, the Indian central bank made some pretty significant waves in currency markets yesterday. How? It unloaded roughly $7B of its US currency reserves and exchanged it for gold - Gold prices on Tuesday surged to an all-time high after India's central bank bought 200 tonnes of the precious metal, swapping dollars for bullion as the country's finance minister warned the economies of the US and Europe had "collapsed". India's decision to exchange $6.7bn for gold equivalent to 8 per cent of…
 
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  • How to improve education in India: a proposal

    Pramit Singh
    16 Oct 2009 | 1:49 am
    1. Making Internet Access a Legal Right in IndiaThis week, Finland passed a law that made 1Mb Broadband Access a legal right. In the United Kingdom, Martha Lane Fox, a successful Internet entrepreneur of Lastminute.com fame has been chosen to head a 'Digital Inclusion' project of the U.K. government. Her mandate is to makesure that the 4 million "socially excluded" UK citizens falling behind in areas such as health, education, income and housing get help to use the Internet to improve their lives.They want to enable the socially excluded people make informed decisions using the Internet -…

  • Why Digg needs editors - Part 2

    Pramit Singh
    16 Oct 2009 | 12:32 am
    I still think Digg would be a better resource for all of us who are looking for 'news with the context'/the big picture.I found the above image 'If Digg were a newspaper' on the Shortformblog blog.Yes, Digg needs editors. Editors to curate what goes on to topic-specific front pages. The traffic is huge, the comments are getting better and at times they inform me on issues I previously knew little about.In case of some topics, Digg is approaching Slashdot like quality, but then we have to remember that Slashdot has moderation, while Digg has stupid bury brigades. If you want to deal with…

  • UGC 1 Politicians 0: The unstoppable rise of the citizen's voice

    Pramit Singh
    16 Oct 2009 | 12:23 am
    Everyone a reporter now. The rise of user-generated content on the internet and mobiles is forcing politicians to the proverbial wall, making them do more stupid things, as in the case of African countries of Namibia and Botswana where politicians are hitting back at citizen reporters with Medieval/Soviet tactics.Rattled by the loss of control over information (actually, the flow of it), politicians have reduced to leveling charges of racism in case of an editor in Namibia, and in Botswana they have passed laws making it mandatory for journalists and bloggers to register themselves with the…

  • Khabar Lahariya: How a local print newspaper still makes a difference

    Pramit Singh
    15 Oct 2009 | 11:47 pm
    The Columbia Journalism Review has this beautiful, inspiring story about a local print, biweekly newspaper called 'Khabar Lahariya' ('The Wave of News' in English) in the local bundeli language, staffed by 20 local women, who are either high school or college grads and freshers.Started some seven years ago, Khabar Lehariya has a circulation of 35,000 and sells for two rupees (four cents, roughly the cost of a cup of tea in Bundelkhand, a hot and dry region in central India, famous for its bandits, harsh landscapes (think of Robert Rodriguez's Mexico movies), the place where Lord Rama lived…

  • The best SEO/SMM tip ever

    Pramit Singh
    13 Oct 2009 | 10:16 am
    "Make something great. Tell people about it. Do it again."Nothing can be more simple (and demanding).So, why pay for SEO when you can get it for free? In an article titled 'Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists', Derek Powazek zips through the SEO industry and offers the aforementioned piece of priceless online marketing wisdom.Why pay for common and obvious pieces of SEO advice?Derek says,Look under the hood of any SEO plan and you'll find advice like this: make sure to use keywords in the headline, use proper formatting, provide summaries of the content, include links to relevant…
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  • Coffee With Mukesh Sharma – Automobile Engineer & Theatre Artist

    Sundar Rajan G S
    29 Oct 2009 | 10:59 am
    In the first video interview on CWS-2, I am glad to host Mr. Mukesh Sharma as a guest. A brief profile about Mr. Mukesh can be found below. In this part 1 of the interview, Mukesh talks about his experience in Automobile Industry. In part 2  (which will follow this post), Mukesh speaks about his theatre interests & his newly formed theatre group etc. Mukesh Sharma did his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1998. After a short stint at Tata Motor’s Engineering Research center , Pune , he joined Maruti Suzuki India Ltd in 1999. Currently Mukesh is…

  • Inspiration for Indian Youth – Sunil Robert

    Sundar Rajan G S
    4 Oct 2009 | 4:14 am
    The part 1 of the interview with Mr. Sunil Robert can be found here: http://coffeewithsundar.com/i-will-survive-sunil-robert/ Mr. Sunil Robert works for TCS Financial Solutions, where he runs the global Analyst Relations and Public Relations program. Sunil has also been the front end of the Marketing arm for i-flex in North & Latin America. Sunil holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and another Master’s degree in Communications & Journalism that helps him to bridge the gap between pure communicators who often miss the business landscape or Business…

  • I will Survive – Sunil Robert

    Sundar Rajan G S
    10 Sep 2009 | 12:26 pm
    Hello CWS-2 Readers, I am happy to introduce you all to Mr. Sunil Robert – Head of Analyst Relations & Public Relations at Tata Consulting Services and author of the book “I will Survive”. Here is the profile of Mr. Sunil Robert Mr. Sunil Robert works for TCS Financial Solutions, where he runs the global Analyst Relations and Public Relations program. Sunil has also been the front end of the Marketing arm for i-flex in North & Latin America. Sunil holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and another Master’s degree in Communications & Journalism…

  • Thanks Nanditha Iyer

    Sundar Rajan G S
    31 Aug 2009 | 3:19 am
    Hi All.. Special thanks to Nanditha Iyer for introducing Mr. Anil Menon to the show. Nanditha, an avid reader of CWS, was a student at PESIT college & is now working in DEESHAW in Hyderabad as a software engineer. Check out the Anil Menon’s interview on an overview about the treasury department in a bank here: http://coffeewithsundar.com/anil-menon-on-treasury-department/ @CWS-2 readers, if you know someone whom you think can be interviewed for CWS-2, please recommend them here http://coffeewithsundar.com/contact/ Regards Sundar Rajan G S

  • Anil Menon on Treasury department

    Sundar Rajan G S
    30 Aug 2009 | 10:07 am
    Hi all, I take immense pleasure to invite a special guest – Anil Menon R, to Coffee With Sundar – Season 2. Welcome Sir! He is a Production Engineer with a Masters in Management from Bajaj. Subsequently he worked for SBICAPS for 6 years in the areas of Treasury, Project Finance and OTC. He then switched over to SP Jain and he is currently an international faculty for the Dubai and Singapore campus. He is also associated with Confederation Of Indian Industry, BSE, HDFC, Wartsila, Deustche Bank as a consultant/ trainer. His areas of interest are Financial Restructuring Valuation and…
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  • Five facts about medical tourism

    Prahalathan
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:27 am
    Medical tourism is booming as health care costs in developed countries spiral upward. Here are five facts about the industry: * Some 648,000 Americans will seek medical treatment abroad this year, and that number will grow by 35 percent over each of the next 3 years, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Other researchers, such as Josef Woodman, author of Patients Beyond Borders, put the number of outbound U.S. patients at 240,000 per year. * U.S. health providers are predicted to lose as much as $67.7 billion in revenue in 2010 because of medical tourism, Deloitte says,…

  • Medical records sent for computerisation to India up for sale

    Prahalathan
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:13 am
    In a development that is certain to lead to a hardening of stance on the outsourcing industry by the western world, investigations conducted by a British TV channel have come up with the stunning revelation that confidential medical records sent to India for computerisation are being offered for sale, triggering heightened concerns about breach of data security here. The revelation has forced police of the two countries to join hands to launch an official investigation into the data pilferage of the records stored by the Indian BPOs. If found true, the allegations could hit the flourishing…

  • More medical colleges coming

    Prahalathan
    29 Oct 2009 | 8:59 am
    Companies registered under the Company Act will now be allowed to open medical colleges on campuses spread over 10 acres in metros instead of the 25 acres needed earlier. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has given his nod to an overhaul of medical education that will include rationalising land use for setting up colleges, introducing new course, increasing post-graduate seats by 30 per cent to create more specialists and super specialists. There are 300 medical colleges in the country — which can be run only by the government, trusts and societies — and they produce 23,000 doctors each…

  • National Council for Human Resources in Health: Your Opinion is imortant!

    Prahalathan
    16 Oct 2009 | 5:37 pm
    To overcome the acute shortage and uneven distribution of human resources in public health delivery system, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare aims at overhauling the current regulatory framework. Toward this end, it is proposed to set up a National Council for Human Resources in Health as an overarching regulatory body to achieve the objective of enhancing the supply of skilled personnel in the health sector.Task Force and the draft bill are available at ministry of health website: http://www.mohfw.nic.in/nchrc-health.htm The general public is invited to go through the report of the…

  • 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine for work on Telomeres

    Prahalathan
    9 Oct 2009 | 6:56 am
    Three U.S.-based scientists have won the 2009 Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery into how chromosomes are copied and protected. The work casts important light on cancer and the aging process. Elizabeth Blackburn from the University of California, San Francisco, Jack Szostak from Harvard Medical School and Carol Greider from Johns Hopkins University all share this year's Nobel prize for medicine. Nobel Committee member Rune Toftgard from Sweden's Karolinska Institute says the three took the top honor for their work in the 1980s that revealed how chromosomes, the rod-like structures…
 
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  • Weekend Reading

    rajesh
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    This week’s links: Why the Great Indian Media Companies will Fail on the Internet:  by Abinash Tripathy (via Karthik). “Even the true Internet players from the early days of the Internet era in India like Rediff and Sify continue to underwhelm the market with poor product offerings and declining ad sales.” Kindle: My Next Notebook? by Ryan McIntyre. “If I could simply take notes on my Kindle with a stylus, I’d be a happy man. I’d effectively have a composition book with an infinite number of pages, and, ideally, it would be backed up online and accessible on the…

  • From ABC to BBB in MVAS

    rajesh
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    In Mobile VAS, ABC is Astro, Bollywood and Cricket — the three verticals that tend to be the most popular in terms of monetisation. I was going through my mobile operator’s ‘Live’ WAP portal and couldn’t help thinking that the ABC has since evolved to BBB - Babes, Bikinis and Bollywood.  Presumably, operators make a lot of money through the various offerings, but that narrow view of their customer base has probably limited the expansion and consumption of VAS by higher ARPU consumers.

  • Book Recos

    rajesh
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Some of the books I have bought recently / am reading: Wired for Thought: How the Brain is Shaping the Internet by Jeffrey Stibel Getting To Plan B: Breaking Through To A Better Business Model by John Mullins and Randy Komisar The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

  • Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Sea Link

    rajesh
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    The Sea Link is one of those things that should have come a decade earlier. Nevertheless, at least it is here now. Which is a miracle considering how slow infrastructure development is in India. The Sea Link is  an absolute time-saver and a delight to travel on. It is a no-brainer to use it from a time-saving perspective. The issue is that it is only one of its kind. Mumbai as a city needs plenty of sea links to bypass the parking lots that many roads become during the day. Hopefully, whenever the next government is formed, thinking about Mumbai will be high on their agenda.

  • Five Disruptions in India’s Mobile Industry: 5 - VAS Competition

    rajesh
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    With walled gardens and high retained shares, operators in India have kept the Value Added Services (VAS) revenues largely to themselves. VAS in India (excluding P2P SMS) has grown to over a billion dollars in revenue. Only about 20% of that flows through to the VAS companies. Operators have faced little or no competition here from off-deck services because of the ability of VAS companies to do their own billing. What if that where to change? What if companies could create an independent payment collection capability combined with an open publishing platform? Such an entity (what I call a…
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  • मल्लिका नहीं मल्ल्क्का !

    Nisha
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:51 am
    पहले छुट्टियों का मतलब होता था नाना-नानी या दादा-दादी के घर की तरफ रुख़ करना लेकिन समय के साथ धीरे धीरे यह परिभाषा बदलने लगी और लोग दूसरी जगहों पर भी जाने लगे | और आजकल तो विदेश यात्रा भी बहुत प्रचलित हो गयी है | और जब घर से निकलने…

  • Corbett and I (Pt.2)

    tiger
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pm
    ...By now it was already the 27th of October and getting cold and then word came from the headman of Thak that a man from their village was missing...

  • Visakhapatnam Trip – Part 2

    Reema
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:11 am
    Here is the second post in the series titled “Visakhapatnam trip”. 28th Oct 2008 – As I told in part 1 that we had booked a tour of Araku Valley and Borra Caves. We were supposed to report to APTDC counter at station at 5.45 am. That we did with groggy eyes only to know the [...]
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    India Cine & TV news, masala

  • RJs Archana Jani and Karan Singh to host ‘Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa Megachallenge’

    ashish
    28 Oct 2009 | 11:39 am
    Ending the much speculated development on the Anchors of the brand new series- Heor Honda SaReGaMaPa – Megachallenge, Zee TV announces the well known RJs of Mumbai – Karan Singh and Archana Jani as the hosts of their new show. Various names like Shaan, Navjyot Singh Sindhu, Shreyas Talpade, Purab were doing their rounds for [...]

  • Zee TV: Dance India Dance is back for Season 2: Auditions on

    ashish
    28 Oct 2009 | 11:35 am
    Hold your breath! Zee TV comes back with another foot tapping season of ‘Dance India Dance’. The much awaited dance reality show on Indian television is all geared to make a comeback soon! The biggest platform for aspiring dancers, will once again open doors for common people who dream of becoming the biggest dancing star. [...]

  • Uttaran - The shock given by Tapasya

    ashish
    27 Oct 2009 | 10:15 am
    After the 2 children grew up, it soon became clear that the insecurity and hatred that Tapasya felt towards Iccha only grew. This feeling was heavily fostered by her Nani, and her parents were not able to counter this influence. However, what really inflamed the feeling was when it came down to a question of [...]

  • Bandini - Finally Santo will be marrying Dharamraj, but ..

    ashish
    23 Oct 2009 | 9:03 am
    It took a long time but finally Santo will be the properly recognized wife of Dharamraj Mahiavanshi. There was a lot of drama, when Santo wanted to ensure that her sister, Khemi, and Dharamraj’s son Hiten get married to each other. But this would not be possible since Santo was married to Dharamraj (the relations [...]

  • Li’l Champs finale on Zee TV - a grand occasion

    ashish
    23 Oct 2009 | 8:53 am
    Shreya Ghosal adds another feather to her cap.. agrees to host the Saregamapa L’il Champs Grand Finale Live The mesmerizing voice that resides in the hearts of millions will don a new avatar. Shreya Ghosal, the songstress who is ruling the charts in Bollywood has agreed to host the Saregamapa L’il Champs Live on ground on [...]
 
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  • Maharashtra political situation - clear winners, and yet no Government

    Ashish
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:14 pm
    This is almost like scoring a self-goal. So many days after convincingly trouncing the BJP-Shiv Sena combine in the state assembly, the Congress-NCP has not yet been able to come to an agreement on the sharing of ministries. Even though there is no direct threat to their success in the assembly, this bickering over the [...]

  • Another one - Family kills son-in-law, allows daughter to be abused

    Ashish
    28 Oct 2009 | 12:48 pm
    Its horrible to read of such a case, and yet how many times do you read about such cases. Earlier, I would read about honour killings in many countries, especially in the Middle East, and wonder as to how somebody could do such a thing to a fellow human being, and especially to a close [...]

  • Fight against the Maoists - need a unified strategy (2)

    Ashish
    28 Oct 2009 | 12:27 pm
    The first version of this article talked about why the Maoist problem has grown to such a large degree, and how the lack of development, and percolating of the forward movement of the Indian economy to backward and tribal areas is important. In the second part, we address how serious the issue is, and what [...]

  • Fight against the Maoists - need a unified strategy (1)

    Ashish
    21 Oct 2009 | 12:47 pm
    A lot of problems that India faces in terms of internal disturbances are ignored till they are almost too late to solve. So, the Punjab problem was allowed to grow without actions being taken to stop or take concrete actions to stop the problem, the same with the Kashmir problem. Now, we have seen the [...]

  • IAF allowed to fire back at Naxals

    Ashish
    9 Oct 2009 | 4:50 am
    The Naxals in India inhabit regions that are poor, isolated from the main urban areas, and in many of the states in central India, the regions are also wooded, being full of thick forests. In these regions, the people of these regions have a life that is not very developed, where the apparent money spent [...]
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    Sommelier India - India's only wine magazine

  • HKTDC International Wine & Spirits Fair

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:07 am
    The second Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)'s International Wine & Spirits Fair is well under way. There are 520 exhibitors from 34 countries and regions. The exhibitor total has more than doubled from the inaugural Fair which took place last year. France is the 'partner country' for this year's fair and many of the activities and tastings organized have a strong 'French' theme to them. Sommelier India correspondent Harshal Shah reports from Hong Kong.

  • Sommelier India Issue 6 of 2009 on the stands!

    4 Nov 2009 | 6:48 pm
    Don't miss the latest issue of Sommelier India. As a test case and special preview for our subscribers and readers around the world we are publishing the last edition of the year online. Tell us what you think of this new publishing format. With articles like The Changing Styles of Wine (Jancis Robinson), Going Sweet on Asia (Harshal Shah), What's a Medal Worth? (David Cobbold) and Gourmets of India, Rejoice! (Ruma Singh), this is an issue you won't want to miss. You can also subscribe to the print edition and receive it in the post.

  • Which wine with Chinese cuisine?

    4 Nov 2009 | 2:35 pm
    The second edition of the International Congress of Chinese Cuisine & Wine (ICCCW) organized by Ch'ng Poh Tiong, well-known wine writer and publisher of Asia's second oldest wine publication, "The Wine Review" (since 1991) and the world's first "Chinese Bordeaux Guide" (since 2000), was a great success. The inaugural ICCCW took place last year in Beijing at the Shangri-la China World Hotel. This year it was held in Singapore between 19 and 21 October 2009. Reva Singh reports.

  • Viva Espana! Bangalore enjoys Spanish cuisine and wine

    3 Nov 2009 | 6:21 am
    The flavour last week at Bangalore's fine dining restaurant and tapas bar, Caperberry, was distinctly Spanish - even more than usual. No wonder, as the evening of Thursday, 29th October saw the launch of week-long food and wine festivities in the form of the Spanish Food Festival in association with Torres Wines at the restaurant, reports Ruma Singh from Bangalore.

  • Don't miss the SIWC Gala Dinner

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:23 am
    The Sommelier India Wine Competition First Annual Gala Dinner will be held on November 20th, 2009 at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. Be there as the winners of the 2009 competition are revealed. Book now to confirm your place by emailing info@siwc.in. Special thanks to our sponsors Kingfisher Airlines, Grape to Glass (Riedel), AutoHanger (Mercedes Benz), Cadbury and Vacu Vin.
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    MediaNama

  • Rediff’s Losses Double, Revenues Down 15.5% QoQ

    Preethi J
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am
    For the quarter ended September 2009, NASDAQ listed Rediff.com (REDF) has reported net losses of $ 2.61 million compared to losses of 0.42 million in the quarter ended September 2008. Its user base stood at 83 million at the end of the September 2009, a 15% increase year on year. The sweeping of advertisements from the company’s portal Rediff.com, as part of its revamp, led to the 15.5% drop in total revenues on a sequential basis, taking it to $ 4.19 million. Revenues from India Online fell 22% sequentially to $3.08 million. In Q2 last year, this was at $5.62 million. Steps of user…

  • News Digest: Microsoft, Web18, BSNL, Intel-ITI, Accentium Web

    Diwaskar Chettri
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:01 am
    Intel Wants JV With ITI Intel is planning to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd to set up joint ventures. The loss-making ITI intends to be a minority partner in the proposed joint ventures with a 26 percent stake according to the bid proposals. Other global players that have showed interest include Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Samsung and Hitachi. (Read more at Reuters) Accentium Web Launches Taaza.com Accentium Web, which runs SecondShaadi.com, Gaadi.com and StudyTimes.com, has launched Taaza.com, which aggregates content across different verticals…

  • Push SMS Caught In Interconnect Charges Flux; Impact On Costs, Marketing

    Preethi J
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:50 am
    India’s push SMS industry is facing a challenge with operators Airtel and Tata Indicom increasing the interconnect charges applicable on application to person (A2P)  SMSs on each other’s network. A2P SMSs include marketing information text messages relayed by enterprises such as banks, airlines, theatres, or by content aggregators. These push SMSs, when sent via telecom networks are being charged an ‘interconnect’ fee by the receiving operator. With the change, the cost of SMS is expected to increase from around 4 to 5 paise per SMS, to as high as 10-15 paise. Tata…

  • News Digest: Sony, Orkut, MSN, Ericsson, MapmyIndia

    Diwaskar Chettri
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:13 am
    Sony Launches Desi Adda Sony PlayStation has launched its second Indian game Desi Adda: The Games of India. The game can be played on PS2 and PSP is available in four languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi and Tamil. GameShastra, an Indian game studio, took 16 months to develop this game for Sony. The game is available at Rs. 499 for PS2 and at Rs. 999 for PSP. (More on Livemint) Orkut Gets  A Facelift Facing tough competition from the likes of Facebook and Twitter, Google has revamped Orkut, integrating it with its other services. The new Orkut loads faster, and promises a user-friendly…

  • Geodesic Earnings Call: Mundu TV In India, Chandamama’s Interactive Books, Spokn’s Delay

    Preethi J
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:22 am
    BSE-listed applications company Geodesic Ltd is still negotiating its latest social networking acquisition. In answer to a question by Medianama at the company’s post-earnings conference call, Kiran Kulkarni, MD, Geodesic, said the acquisition is expected to be completed by end of December. Mundu TV In India Geodesic is looking to launch Mundu TV on mobile in India first and then take it to international markets. “Telcos like TV as it enhances their value through GPRS usage,” said Kulkarni. Carriers are also interested in its IM, VoIP and TV products, Mundu Radio is also…
 
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  • Aaj mausam bada beimaan hain

    maxdavinci
    15 Oct 2009 | 9:41 am
    I know what you’re thinking, and your bewilderment is well justified. We don’t quite often talk about so-called serious issues like climate changes but then we’ve done some mildly serious stuff in the past like this and this, they’ve been well received. Now this goes without denying the fact that it will get us some traffic, but people looking for serious stuff will return disappointed. Unless of course someone is looking for how the climatic change will affect the receding hairline of Salman Khan, which might be a serious issue of national interest after all!  The…

  • Balance the equation

    maxdavinci
    11 Oct 2009 | 8:42 am
    After a few posts of southie balderdash that got nobody’s attention and almost had people taking us of their blogrolls, I’m back! Yes bhaiyon aur unke behenon, This is Munna Mobile bringing you news that you cannot use from our secret bunker in the hinterlands. The title of this post may seem out of place but then we have a knack of picking the weirdest titles and that is atleast one thing we are darn good at. Balancing an equation is something you learn in a school math class while solving for ‘x’. You either multiply or divide on both sides to cancel out the…

  • Review: Wake up Sid – A Boy, not a Man

    maxdavinci
    3 Oct 2009 | 8:18 pm
    The weekends are getting better with better stuff to look forward to at the cinemas on Friday evenings. While not the best to hit the screens this year, Wake up Sid still makes the cut especially taking into account the production house it belongs to. Dharma Productions brings us another hip and trendy enjoyable fare that is devoid any family melodrama, palatial mansions, sherwanis and the great flapping albatross a.k.a SRK! A lot has been already said bout the South Bombay lifestyle with slacker kids aimlessly shelling their fathers credit cards. Playing tribute to a genre resuscitated by…

  • It’s Powerpuff time again!

    maxdavinci
    27 Sep 2009 | 9:07 pm
    Bhaktas, This is Baba Bangali and on behalf of everyone at Dappan Koothu, I take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very happy Vijaya Dasami. The scoop I did last year for the occasion was highly popular and I was looking for ways to repeat the same this year as well. Being highly connected in the world above gives me an all-access pass to get chatty with almost anyone I wish to.  This time round we decided to get all the first ladies covered in one post. A host of questions were darting across my mind as I was making my way to our rendezvous point. Dee, Lux and Saras as I often call…

  • Review: Dil Bole Hadippa – Balle Balle Overdose

    maxdavinci
    20 Sep 2009 | 8:01 pm
    This Friday I pinged a friend to inquire if he wanted to catch a movie in the evening. Even before I could tell him the name of the movie, pat came a reply from him. ‘Dil Bole Hadippa?, sure man I heard Rani looks ekdum great!‘. Yea I know what you are thinking, and that is the kind of friends I have. Someone once remarked that a man is known by the friends he keeps. If that is to be believed, then by now you must be having quite an idea of the type I am. The movie in questions was however ‘Unnaipol Oruvan/Eenadu‘ which we did eventually watch, but it kept bugging me…
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  • TiE Shree Shakti awards

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:36 pm
    The TiE Stree Shakti (TSS) Workshop and Awards is a forum for women entrepreneurs to create trust-based partnerships through active networking. The objective of TSS is to create a platform of belonging for women entrepreneurs. The TiE Stree Shakti Workshops and Awards are scheduled on 12Dec 2009,Mumbai. For more details: www.TiESTreeShakti.org

  • Winners of GE Edison Challenge.

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:18 pm
    The winners announced on 6th are:`Graminavitas' from IIT Chennai. Team members Kaushik Anand, Midhun Salim, Srinath Ramakrusshnan, Aswin Ramesh and Aditya Harit. Integrated Project involves Dehusking , gassification of husk, micro-grid and sanitaion. Ruuners up are team Energy Boosters, Venkatewara College of Engineering,Chennai, team members Netrah, Neha and Rahul Jain. Project is on Algae (Spirogyra) production using toxic waste from textile industry.Employees choice was team Tojoe from PSG College. Team Adithiya, Aravind, Ram Prasadh, Somasundaram and Vishwanath. Ptoejct- Solar pond.

  • Idea Bounty

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Idea Bounty is a social think tank that provides a secure channel for the world wide creative community to offer solutions to creative briefs. A reward or 'Bounty' is offered for the Idea that best answers the brief and the contributor of the Winning Idea gets the cash.

  • Insights from GE research

    2 Nov 2009 | 4:27 am
    Gopichand Katragadda, in his book `SMASH' talks of hand to mind barrier. Many analysts referred to our aversion to dirty hands leaving us a nation of million spectators always struggling to find 11 to soil in the field. Bright engineers for decades shunned shop floor jobs and reserachers lived in ivory tower unconnected to market. Gopichand also ( probably for the first time from any MNC) shares his insights on what makes GE and MNC R&D units such a productive places. The activities highlighted:1. GECR-B Signature Programs: The idea is to have a branding and instill pride in the programs…

  • Luna Ergonomics-clever texting

    1 Nov 2009 | 10:06 pm
    Can U send SMS by pressing only a single key?Luna Ergonomics Pvt Ltd is based out of JSS Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park at Noida. The startup is founded by Major Abhijit Bhattacharjee, an electronics engineer and a keen technologist, a former Signaller from the Indian Army. They have developed the Panini Keypad which supports composition and sending of SMS in 11 major languages of India. And offers SMS compression for the first time in the world increasing the payload of a SMS in an Indian language by over 300 percent. Luna Ergonomics also developed the first dictionary less…
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    churumuri

  • Two unanswered questions in l’affaire Karnataka

    churumuri
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    All that needs to be said about the ongoing political tamasha in Karnataka has been said. That B.S. Yediyurappa had it coming. That the Reddy Brothers weren’t helping him all this while for fresh air and hope. That behind every successful politician, there is a woman (and she needn’t be his wife). That the BJP is only reaping what it sowed. Etcetera. But few are asking the two key questions. One, can a set of miners, howsoever powerful and howsoever monied, appropriate to themselves the responsibilities of the State (like rebuilding the lives and houses of the flood-affected). And…

  • As Akbar asked, ‘Karnatak ka takht chahiye ya…?’

    churumuri
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:12 am
    In The Telegraph, Calcutta, Radhika Ramaseshan invokes a line from Mughal-e-Azam to explain the Karnataka conundrum: “Anarkali” is ready to leave but the dissidents are still asking for “Salim’s” head. “Karnataka minister Shobha Karandlaje’s exit seems almost certain but BJP leaders were not yet sure whether the resignation of chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s confidante would buy peace with the recalcitrant Reddy brothers of Bellary…. “Earlier this week, a source had hinted at a solution to the standoff over flood relief efforts by quoting a line from the film…

  • Actually, the subtext isn’t as silly as it may seem

    churumuri
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:55 pm
    M.K. VIDYARANYA writes from Bangalore: Is the Congress begining to fish in the troubled waters of the BJP, and is the Grand Old Party inclined to share power with the Reddy brothers in Karnataka if the BJP is unable to thrash out a compromise in its “Gateway to the South” by this evening? Sources in New Delhi say that the Congress, through Union law minister and former Karnataka chief minister Veerappa Moily, has conveyed it to the mining lords that if they were able to muster the strength of 79 legislators, the Congress would consider supporting them in case B.S. Yediyurappa is…

  • Who will win if there is a snap poll in the State?

    churumuri
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:03 am
    View This Pollpolls M.K. VIDYARANYA writes from Bangalore: The “Operation Kamala” launched by the BJP with the monetary support of the cash-surplus mining lobby headed by the Reddy Brothers has turned out to be a Frankenstein for chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Just like Frankenstein had the ability to obtain information about an individual, sense the emotions of others, and the perceive the future, the Reddy brothers through their money power have been able to drive a wedge in the BJP and wound it where it hurts most. The current imbroglio appears to be the fruition of a…

  • Those who live by the Reddys shall die by them

    churumuri
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:07 am
    MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: If Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa, finds himself in the vortex of an ugly political row triggered off by the challenge to his leadership by his onetime confidants turned political rivals, the Reddy brothers, he has none to blame but himself. Because…. Because it was he and his party, which discovered the Reddy brothers, nurtured them and used them as convenient tools for achieving their political objective/s.  And, in the process, gave on a platter the political standing, name and respectability to the Reddys. When the magic figure…
 
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    Global Voices Online » South Asia

  • Maldives: Vanishing Lifestyles

    Rezwan
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:52 am
    Photo Blogger Ahmed Zahid posts some pictures depicting the easy going lifestyles of the islands of Maldives which are under threat from the sea level rise.

  • Bhutan: The Purpose Of Saving The Earth

    Rezwan
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:43 am
    Bhutan is a low emission country but its progress and the increase of standard of living risk more carbon emissions. “Why protect our environment if it comes at the cost of economic development?”, questions Di at On The Job blog while discussing about how Bhutan can progress. She argues: “between humans and the environment, humans must always be the priority.”

  • Pakistan: No More Rolling Blackout

    Rezwan
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am
    The 15 year old blogger at Living In Pakistan informs that the “Pakistan Electric and Power Corp. (PEPCO) has announced that there won’t be any load shedding in the country”, at least for now.

  • India: Interview Of TED India Fellows

    Rezwan
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:05 am
    Geetha Krishnan compiles a list of interviews of some TED India fellows taken by a bunch of Indian bloggers.

  • Sri Lanka: Going Green

    Rezwan
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:57 am
    Beyond Borders writes about the launch of Project Act, an environmental initiative in Sri Lanka “to promote a sustainable, environmentally-friendly ‘green’ living community”. The program consisted of a clean-up of Wellawatte beach, and a demonstration “showing Sri Lanka’s support towards effective policy changes on climate change in Copenhagen, December 2009″.
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  • 10 ads of 20-seconds or under: short is sweet

    bhatnaturally
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:31 pm
    How to tell a compelling story, that affects the viewer in some way… in 30 seconds. That’s the challenge and the beauty of TV commercials. Even feature film directors who are used to 2-3 hour epics find this aspect of ‘cinema’ fascinating. The longer duration commercials have their merit – they can keep you spell bound, dazzle you with special effects and more. When it comes to story telling, I have particularly enjoyed the shorter duration commercials – the ones that are 20 seconds or under. Here are a few that have caught my eye. Not all can be bracketed…

  • Website watch: Trivial Pursuit

    bhatnaturally
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:17 am
    Trivia lovers like yours truly, would remember the shameful feeling when we ended up on the losing side while playing Trivial Pursuit. An online version of the game could easily have ben a multi-player game between individuals. But Hasbro has taken the concept to a higher level: from mere trivia to a battle of the sexes. So there’s even more at stake. A new website Trivial Pursuit Experiment, pits men against women to figure out who is smarter. So when you play, you play on behalf of your gender, um er..globally. The campaign video – a stock footage collection of booboos –…

  • The BS around ‘conversations’ and social media

    bhatnaturally
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:02 am
    There isn’t a dearth of social media experts nowadays. Their key target audience logically are the CEOs and CMOs who control the purse strings on marketing spends. Since social media and technology is unfamiliar territory for many, it is natural to look for people who can guide them through it. The byproduct of all this is a lot of jargon, BS and drivel.  It isn’t just from the experts – there are several others in the business, on the periphery who want to come across as knowledgeable about the topic. All this came alive in a recent article in AdAge (subscription required)…

  • Wait, Guinness gets a new tagline

    bhatnaturally
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:34 am
    Guinness has dropped the classic, ‘good things come to those who wait’ tagline, after using it for 10 years. A new spot, just as mega as some of the earlier ones, shows a bunch of guys bring ‘things’ to life – a barren landscape, dragging fields of grass and such like. It’s got the scale alright –  but what it has to do with Guinness is a bit tenuous. According to this article, ‘as the 90-second commercial unfolds Guinness aims to draw a parallel with the famous “surge and settle” motion that typifies the pouring of a pint and…

  • Mao Bao creative work: take a bow

    bhatnaturally
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pm
    Regulars to the Ads of the World site (which must include pretty much everyone in the Creative team of an agency) would have the seen the work for Mao Bao Dishwashing Liquid. Even at first glance it impacts you – I said ‘Wow!’ out loud. The simplicity of conveying the variant (shown below: Camellia essence) and the category in an instant is laudable. Loved it. Advertising Agency: Bates 141, Taiwan. Just the kind of work that conveys the message elegantly, keeps both the client and creative happy. Or at least I think so. Rest of the ads here. Post Footer automatically…
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    A World inside a Frame

  • Happy Deepavali :)

    17 Oct 2009 | 5:43 am
    May the festival of lights spread into your life peace, prosperity, happiness & good health. Wishing all my blogger friends & readers a very “Happy & Safe Deepavali !”

  • The story of my marriage

    5 Sep 2009 | 9:09 pm
    Love marriages around the world are simple:Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.They get married.In India, there are a few more steps:Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.‘2 States - The story of my marriage’ is the title of the new book written by Chetan Bhagat, certainly sounds very interesting to me and I am looking forward to it for reading.

  • Photo Story I - The light

    1 Aug 2009 | 4:44 pm
    Without you I am nothing, you gave me the ultimate meaning of my existence.Our love propels like a glow that illumines in spite of every odd and nothing that can separate both of us. At times I may have been foolish enough to run away from you and lead a different path but you taught me that the only way to live beyond any boundaries of life is to spread the love in more than one way.My existence would never perish and there I am reborn again to share this light of “love” with the world…the light which is so much necessary to cover the darkness !!!

  • Desserts or sweets?

    23 Jul 2009 | 12:49 pm
    Picture: Barbeque Nation, Koramangala, BangaloreSomebody quickly prompted, it's “dessert” and has its origin from the French word “desservir”, which means "to clear the table" and "to serve", but then desserts or sweets? didn't make any differences, all I know it was 'YUMMY' :)

  • Weekend Sunshine

    20 Jun 2009 | 11:11 pm
    I woke up not earlier than usual but witnessed the weekend sunshine that reminded me that I have yet another day to cheer for nothing less than what it is :) A full new day is smiling at me through the window of happiness …The happiness I seek is all within …In my work, In my life, In the place where I live and In the people who love me, who keep the faith in me in spite of every odd. There are many more things that I am yet to discover and may be it’s beyond the purview of something outside but then the continuity with in or out has many more things to cheers for!It requires the…
 
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  • EMI drags two file sharing websites to court

    RnMTeam
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:21 am
    MUMBAI: Two music sharing websites have been temporarily blocked BlueBeat.com and Basebeat.com for selling The Beatles song for 25 cents a piece. EMI has dragged the website claiming that they also involved in piracy and infringed on copyrights of artists' like The Beach Boys, Coldplay and Lily Allen.

  • Symbiosis' Footprints 09 Goa to be held on 10 November

    RnMTeam
    7 Nov 2009 | 12:53 am
    MUMBAI: The Goa chapter of Footprints '09, the Symbiosis Institute' of Media & Communication (SIMC) annual series of student coordinated series of media seminars, will be held on 10 November this year. Footprints is organised by the media students of the institute who manage and conduct the event in entirety and this year it is happening in 23 different cities across the country and one in the cities of Dubai and Kathmandu. The seminars encompass the various aspects of the media relating to Advertising, Audio Visual, Journalism and Public Relations.

  • AROI to host Vision 2010 on 12 Nov in Delhi

    RnMTeam
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:37 pm
    MUMBAI:The Association of Radio Operators in India (AROI) is hosting country’s first ever conference on Indian FM radio industry ‘Vision 2010’. Commemorating broadcaster’s day in memory of Mahatma Gandhi’s first address to the nation, ‘Vision – 2010’ will be a common platform for the Ministry, radio players and other related authorities to discuss the issues of the Indian Radio Industry and the way forward.

  • Govt finalises phase III FM radio guidelines

    BhushanNagpal
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm
    NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said on Friday that efforts are on to evolvean independent, autonomous and credible mechanism to look into the issue of broadcast regulation.

  • Jazz Utsav 2009 to headline Steely Dan's former

    RnMTeam
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:41 am
    MUMBAI: With the Jazz Utsav 2009 just around the corner, jazz lovers can mark dates for a musical treat starting from 20 November 2009. The three day event will be held at Banglaore, Mumbai and Delhi and will see Eric Vloeimans Quartet, Nils Olav Johansen Quartet, Saskia Laroo among others coming together for this festival.
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  • What’s Indian Classical Music and how can one learn

    Inde
    21 Oct 2009 | 1:08 am
    Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller BhavanPresentsBE A MEDIUMTeaching and Learning Indian Classical MusicDirector: Prof. Dr. Ronald KurtYear: 2006Duration: 45minsWednesday, October 217 pmLibrary, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller BhavanWhat’s Indian Classical Music and how can one learn it? Thedocumentary film “Be a Medium” shows how Hindustani Sangeet is taughtand learnt. The film lays special emphasis on the typical Indianrelationship “Guru-Shishya Parampara”. It is focused on culturalmeaning of Indian Classical music.Ronald KurtRonald Kurt is Professor of Sociology at the University of…

  • Sunday Shorts @ Loungevity

    Inde
    20 Oct 2009 | 7:25 am
    Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Loungevity Introduction:Bombay Elektrik Projekt hits Cochin with a bang with the first edition of Sunday Shorts , in association with the classy Loungevity at M.G. Road, Kochi.And as usual, we're armed with a great selection of short films. This Sunday, watch award winning European films from the Dresden Short film festival in Germany. We're celebrating a variety of international and local cinematic experiences, so join us for an elektrik evening.Also, if you know local filmmakers who want a platform for their work, get them in…

  • DELHI DANCE MARATHON

    Inde
    20 Oct 2009 | 7:24 am
    Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009 Time: 10:00am - 7:00pm Location: # 502 , E-BLOCK, GK 2 ,3RD FLOOR, NEW DELHI -11004.LVDS brings to Delhi for the first time ever the DELHI DANCE MARATHON Nov 1st 2009 Learn 7 different dance styles in 7 hoursPush yourself to complete all 7 hours and get yourself a certificate. SCHEDULE10:00-11:00 a.m : HIP HOP (Richard, Atish & Inder)11:00-12:00 p.m : MEN AND LADIES STYLING - SALSA SHINES (Richard & Atish)12:00-1:00 p.m : SALSA BEGINNERS (LOURD VIJAY) **** LUNCH BREAK ****2:00-3:00 P.M : RUEDA (Richard and Atish)3:00-4:00 p.m : JIVE (Richard and…

  • Christophe Godin Comes to India - Laney India Tour!!

    Inde
    20 Oct 2009 | 6:35 am
    Well if you are a guitar player then you got to know Christophe Godin. If you don't then you need to watch thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9XVnF1BsQWell he is coming to do Guitar Clinics in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi so don't miss it!!Mumbai 29th October - Rotary Service CenterEvent Details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171394632058&index=1Bangalore 30th October - Kyra TheatreEvent Details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169821399461&index=1Delhi 31st October - Turquoise CottageEvent Details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158949007963&index=1So be…

  • Class Schedule for NOVEMBER @ Salsa India , Delhi

    Inde
    19 Oct 2009 | 6:40 am
    Hello Every body !A warm greeting to all Salsero's & Salsera's ...Here is our class schedule for the month of November !Book your seats with us quickly ..*---------------------------------------------------------------------*GREATER KAILASH - GK 2Salsa India Main Studio - E 5 basement , GK 2 Enclave ( near Masid Moth )WEEK DAY OPTIONS : 5th November -- Monday & Thursday6.00-7.00pm – Basic Salsa7.00-8.0pm – Basic Intermediate8.00-9.00pm - Advanced Intermediate6th November -- Tuesday & Friday6.00 -7.00 pm – Improvers Salsa7.30 pm - 8.30 pm - C0ntempory Dance4th November --…
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  • MWS @ Panchgani - 14th and 15th November 09 - Only 5 seats left.

    Inde
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm
    Hello everybody,Its said, November and December is the best time to visit this small little hill station situated above wai. Reasons? Lets find out...DAY 1 - Saturday - 14th November06.00 AM: Leave for panchgani - mini bus( expected ) from Dadar.12.00 PM: Reach hotel.01.30 PM: Leave for Sher Baugh ( Macro photography of cactus nursery)04.30 PM: Reach Table Land - Fashion photography part 1 (with 2 models and make-up artist on board), shoot sunset and nature as well.07.30 PM: Reach hotel - free timeDAY 2 - Sunday- 15th November06.00 AM - Sydney point - Fashion photography part 2, Nature and…

  • Caferati’s 2009 Celebrating Shakti Bhatt Workshops

    Inde
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:27 pm
    About Shakti Bhatt:Shakti Bhatt was a writer, a publisher, and a friend to Caferati. She was aconstant support through many of our endeavours and gave generously of hertime, her presence and her advice for the little time we knew her. Sadly,she died in March 2007.In her memory, Caferati runs an annual workshop to help writers hone theircraft, to grow, and to test fresh literary waters.++++Here are the details.Workshop costs: Rs 300 per participant per workshop (Rs 150 per participantfor the kids' workshop)The workshop are over two days, 11am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.Participants will be…

  • Poetry Week in Bombay

    Inde
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:22 pm
    21 NovemberThe Celebrate Bandra Poetry SlamPoets compete head-to-headType:Music/arts-PerformanceWhere:Mocha MojoWhen:21 November from 19:30 to 22:0023 NovemberOpen Mic - Music and LaughsType:Music/arts-PerformanceWhere:Cafe GoaWhen:23 November at 21:30 until25 November at 00:0024 NovemberCaferati @ Prithvi Café Open MicThe November Open MicType:Music/arts-PerformanceWhere:Prithvi Theatre CafeWhen:24 November from 19:00 to 20:3025 NovemberOpen Mic - Poetry NightBring Your Own PoemsType:Music/arts-PerformanceWhere:ZenziWhen:25 November from 20:00 to 22:00…

  • Plays in Mumbai this weekend 7th 8th Novemeber 2009

    Inde
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:04 pm
    Play Name Auditorium Date / Time Class of 84 - (English) NCPA Theatre, Nariman Point Nov 07 at 4 PM & 7 PM Fantasia Fantastique - (English) Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra Nov 07 at 07:00 PM The Alchemist - (English) St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra(W) Nov 07 at 07:30 PM Begum Sahiba - (Hindi) Rangsharda Auditorium, Bandra(W) Nov 07 at 08:00 PM Girija Ke Sapne - (Hindi) Mysore Auditorium, Matunga Nov 08 at 08:00 PM The Hamlet Quartet - (Hindi) Prithvi Theatre, Juhu Nov 09 at 6 & 09:30 PM Kona Didha Ne Tame... - (Gujarati) Tejpal Hall, Grant Road Nov 08 at 03:45 PM Bachubhai Bol Bachchan -…

  • The SHAMIANA Line Up for Vashi !

    Inde
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:34 am
    Hey guys!It's an exciting time as we launch our newest chapter in Vashi on the 13th of this month with a bagful of short movies and taking the short film space to newer spaces of the country! We thank you for all the love and support so far and wud wish to see you come and be a part of our latest offering in Vashi. Let's make good things happen together ! Cheers Cyrus F. Dastur(Founder, SHAMIANA) The SHAMIANA Line Up1) LITTLE GIRL WAITING A cute film about a young girl who meets two strangers at an airport and changes their lives for ever.Dir: Esteban RyesDur: 11 minsCountry: Mexico2) THE…
 
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  • Kalpavihar Adventure Trek Alang-Madan-Kulang 24th to 27th dec. 09

    Mumbai Hiker
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:47 pm
    Dear Friends,Be ready to attend unique and adventures trek of this year......!!‘Kalpavihar Adventure’ is arranging a very tough trek for adventure lovers toAlang - Madan - KulangWith Triple Thrill in one trek…… Rock Climbing, Rappelling & adventures walkingThe forts situated in Kalasubai range, are the most difficult forts in Sahyadri.All the three forts are beautiful but challenging and full of thrill. This will be your memorable trek.Pl. Note:This Trek is very tough. Though who wants to join for this trek must be physically & mentally fit. Good stamina required.we are…

  • Kalpavihar Adventure One Day Trek To Sea Fort Khanderi - Underi

    Mumbai Hiker
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:46 pm
    Dear Friends,'Kalpavihar Adventure' has arranged a One Day Trek To Sea Fort Khanderi - Underi on 15th Nov.IntroductionKHANDERIThe Khanderi Fort is 3-4 km into the sea from Thal beach. The fort was built in the year 1678. The Fort stands on a small island. A lighthouse was constructed later on. The fort was under the British control for a long time.The various attempts made by the British to capture the island fort of Khanderi were not fruitful till the year 1750. The Fort was finally handed over to the British as part of the Peshwa territory.Today the Khanderi Fort is under Bombay Port trust…

  • BAAN Hikers: Trek to Kalsubai on 15th Nov 2009

    Mumbai Hiker
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:06 am
    Dear friends,BAAN Hikers have arranged a 1-day trek to Kalsubai on 15th November ..Kalsubai with the height of 1646m is famous as one of the highest peaks in Maharashtra. Kalsubai lies in the Sahyadri mountain range. This being the highest peak, it commands a beautiful view..Details for the trek are as follows:-.Catch Last train To Kasara (CST: 12.15 A.M , DADAR: 12.33 A.M .THANE: 1.10 A.M, KALYAN:1.40AM)Meeting at kasara station on 15th Nov 3.00 amDeparture from kasara at 3.30 am;Arrival at Igatpuri 4.30 am;Then get bus for Bari 5.00am;Reach To Bari 6.00am;Breakfast upto 7.00amStart trek at…

  • TrekDi Sahyadri Treks November 2009

    Inde
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:41 pm
    Bhairavgad Adventure Trek Date: 14th - 15 Nov 09 Duration: 2 Day 1 Night Fees: 1400/- inclusive of service tax. Meeting time & place: Fergussion College Main gate on 14th Nov at 6am Sharp ! What is included in the Fees: > Journey by Private transport > Breakfast, lunch, Dinner on day 1, Breakfast, Lunch on day 2 > Expertise and safety equipment > Information brochure > First Aid kit For further information visit- http://trekdi.com/register-for-outings/bhairavgad-trek.html Or Contact : Office- 020 2545 4205 (10am-6pm) Naneghat Astronomical Night Date: 14th - 15 Nov 09 Duration: 2 Day 1…

  • Malshej Waterfall Rappelling Camp 28th 29th November 2009

    Mumbai Hiker
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:21 am
    Hi Friends,Here is the most exciting and popular camp of this year the Malshej waterfall Rappelling Camp!!Malshej Waterfall Rappelling holds special place in the hearts of for hikers, trekkers and adventure lovers rappelling down a cool chilly 1200 feet waterfall .Location :Malshej Ghat is at a distance of 154 km from Mumbai and 130 km from Pune.The Malshej waterfall is situated to the North side of Malshej ghat.Camp duration : Two days ( leave Mumbai or Pune on Friday night & will be back on Sunday night).Camp Fee : Rs. 1850/-Camp fee includes * transportation, * food, * equipments, *…
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  • The Brazil BRIC: Ready to Shine, but Social Issues Still Remain

    2point6billion.com
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:01 am
    The emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, or BRIC bloc of countries, represent 40 percent of the world’s population and together, a growing economic force. Chris Devonshire-Ellis is traveling to the four BRIC nations to observe the impact these countries are having on one another, and the impact they are having on the world. In this final article he focuses on Brazil. By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Nov. 6 – Brazil is South America’s most influential country, the tenth largest economy in the world and one of the world’s biggest democracies. However, like…

  • India Bans Foreign Journalists from Covering Dalai Lama Tawang Visit

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    6 Nov 2009 | 1:38 am
    Nov. 6 – The Indian government has refused to permit foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama’s visit to the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh. Requests for permits allowing foreign correspondents to travel to Arunachal Pradesh state were declined, and the government revoked passes previously given to four of them, including two Associated Press journalists. Foreigners require special government permission to visit the mountainous state, which has recently been at the center of border frictions between India and China. The monastery is just a matter of a few hundred yards…

  • Legatum Institute: India more Prosperous than China

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    6 Nov 2009 | 12:45 am
    Nov. 6 – The Legatum Institute, an academic investment group think tank based in London, has just released its latest global prosperity report. The 2009 Prosperity Index values prosperity in a number of ways, and not purely based on economic indicators. They include personal freedoms, quality of life, entrepreneurship, health, education, innovation, governance and social capital in addition to economic fundamentals. In the results, India scored 45th on the index, while China ranked low in 75th place, below even pariah state Venezuela. The reasons for this have to do “in the way…

  • Pressure Brewing for China in Dollar Scarcity

    2point6billion.com
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:36 am
    Nov. 6 – Resurgent expectations of yuan appreciation have made dollars more scarce in China’s foreign exchange market, tripling six-month dollar funding costs and creating new complications for Beijing’s stable RMB policy. The Economic Times reports that over the past two months, Chinese banks have become eager to sell extra dollars to the central bank, fearing the U.S. currency could fall in value, while their corporate clients are increasingly keen to borrow dollars to buy RMB. This was used to speculate on RMB appreciation or for arbitrage. With expectations of RMB…

  • Indian Spice Worth More than Gold

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    5 Nov 2009 | 1:33 am
    Nov. 5 – The price of gold has been trading at historic highs for the past few months, but in a week where India purchased 200 tons of the commodity from the IMF, it is being outperformed by the price in weight of a staple Indian commodity, turmeric. Turmeric is the golden yellow spice that is an ingredient in many curry powders. Endemic to Southeast Asia and related to the ginger plant, Turmeric is roasted, then ground and used in an array of cuisine preparations. In Erode, the southern city in Tamil Nadu, a 100 kilogram bag of turmeric now costs more than 8 grams of gold. Erode is the…
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  • British-Indian Classic Royal Enfield Bullet Returns

    India Briefing
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:24 am
    Nov. 6 - Motorbike enthusiasts worldwide will be pleased to hear that Royal Enfield has launched its retro thumper, the Bullet Classic. The bike that harks back to Enfield’s classic British motorcycle design has been launched with two engine options. The Bullet Classic 350 will come fitted with the same engine that was seen on the Thunderbird TwinSpark, with unit construction and a carburetor. The variant will cost Rs98,000 (US$2,200). Accompanying it will be the Bullet Classic 500, which will come fitted with RE’s internationally available 500cc fuel-injected unit construction…

  • India to Audit Foreign Banks Operations Prior to Permitting New Branches

    India Briefing
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:19 pm
    Nov. 6 - The Reserve Bank of India has confirmed that it will require foreign banks to undergo a full audit of their Indian operations prior to be allowed to establish new branches. India had committed to allowing twelve new branches of foreign banks a year to be opened, however in practice has been far more open. Some 32 foreign banks currently operate in India with some 300 branches between them. Under India’s WTO agreements, the country has the right to exclude licenses from banks once their share in the banking system exceeds 15 percent. This threshold was passed some time ago. The…

  • Broadband Kiosks Used to Penetrate Rural India

    India Briefing
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:02 pm
    Nov. 5 - India’s BSNL service provider is setting up 30,000 broadband kiosks in rural and remote areas in the next two years on a franchisee basis. The state-owned BSNL is planning to tie with partners to build a network of around 30,000 broadband kiosks and provide services to people at a small fee, and are specifically targeting areas which have no alternative facilities for accessing the internet. As part of the National Broadband Penetration Program (NBPP), BSNL has partnered with ICT systems integration firm HCL Info systems to accelerate IT proliferation in rural India. The…

  • Indirect Tax Revenues Drop 24 Percent

    India Briefing
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:35 pm
    Nov. 5 – India’s domestic indirect tax collection has fallen 24 percent in the past six months as the effects of the global recession continue to impact the country Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said. The Ministry of Tax is now relying on economic growth in the second-half and the proposed goods and services tax (GST) regime in 2010-11 to bring about a sustained rise in tax revenues. “The fall in indirect tax revenues is a major area of concern. The fiscal correction, which we have to make, will require some time,” Mr. Mukherjee was quoted as saying in the Hindu Business Line.

  • Will India Win Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

    India Briefing
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:57 am
    By Shirley Liu and Seema Rani Bhende NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 - With the start of the Commonwealth Games 2010 less than a year away, questions continue to be asked if India is truly up to the challenge. Over the last several months, there have been mounting concerns from reporters and Commonwealth Games officials that New Delhi is unprepared and seriously behind planning schedule, which has raised doubt on India’s ability to execute the Games in a sound fashion. For example, Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee, stated at a New Delhi press conference that the…
 
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  • Russia: Military plane crashes, 9 killed

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:52 am
    Moscow, Nov 7: A Russian military plane, Tu-142-M3 anti-submarine turboprop, crashed on Friday, Nov 6, killing nine on board in the Tatsky Strait, 20 kms off the Pacific coast.According to news agency report, defence officials said that aircraft, which was widely

  • Madhu Koda not ready to be discharged: Hospital

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:47 am
    Ranchi, Nov 7: Looks like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax (IT) Department waiting to arrest former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Madhu Koda in connection with hawala transactions and illegal investments will have to wait longer as Koda is expected

  • Agra police detain protesting students

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:43 am
    Agra, Nov 7 (ANI): Agra police detained physiotherapy students of the Ambedkar University after they blocked a road, demanding appointment of faculty and a separate academic department.

  • Huge cache of arms recovered from Bankura in West Bengal

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:43 am
    Bankura (WB), Nov 7 (ANI): West Bengal police recovered a huge cache of arms and explosives from Bankura district.

  • Shillong hosts cricket tournament for visually impaired

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:43 am
    Shillong, Nov 7 (ANI): Raising new hopes for the blind, a first ever cricket tournament for the visually impaired was recently organised here.
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  • We Invite Pain Upon Ourselves

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:43 am
    One man was seen walking in great pain. Another man asked him, 'What happened? Do you have any sort of stomach ache or leg pain or something?' The man replied, 'No. The shoes I am wearing are too

  • A True Vedantin

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:55 am
    Hearing Vedantic discourses may give the listeners a vague concept of the teaching, but only by living as Vedantins can they reach the state of perfection. Vedanta is not divorced from life. In fact, there is no known

  • NY Fashion Honour For Lady Gaga!

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:05 am
    Many would have labeled her dressing style as eccentric. However Lady Gaga has bagged the Style maker award after wowing the New York fashion crowd. The singer, known for her unusual dressing and shock stage antics, was credited with the coveted

  • The Goose In The Bottle

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:42 am
    Riko, an official once presented a doubt to Nansen, about a goose in the bottle.He said, "Master when a man puts a gosling into a bottle and feeds it until it is fully grown, how can he take

  • Thirukkural-On Virtue-Truthfulness-Kural-293

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:30 am
    Thannenjarivadhu poyyarka poithapin Tannenje thannaichch chudumDo not utter falsehood about what your conscience knows to be true; For later, your own conscience will continue to hurt you. Uttering a lie about matters which one knows in
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  • The Nobel Peace Prize – Behind the Scenes

    Ramesh Srivats
    11 Oct 2009 | 7:36 pm
    The announcement of Obama as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has raised a few eyebrows, shaken a few heads, and drawn a lot of ridicule. After all the committee had 205 nominations to choose from. So why pick a man whose formula for success is supposed to be 99% aspiration & 1% inspiration? The internet is filled with imaginative theories on why he won. Some people feel it’s because his name is easier to pronounce than that of Ahmadinejad. Others postulate that he won it in a contest by virtue of being the tenth caller to the committee. All these theories may have merit, but one…

  • A Sarkari Formula 1

    Ramesh Srivats
    3 Sep 2009 | 7:28 pm
    Dear Dr. Mallya, I hope this missive finds you in the pink of health and the black of wealth. I notice that you have been making attempts to help JPSK Sports get government funding for F1. But you must be aware that the sports ministry has firmly declared that anything expensive & entertaining cannot be called a sport. They prefer investing our tax money into activities that are cheap & boring (Kho Kho & Malkhamb to name a couple). In any case, hasn’t the Olympic telecast on DD conclusively proved to you, that in India, sport & entertainment do not mix. I saw that you…

  • New Indian Nursery Rhymes – 2

    Ramesh Srivats
    25 Aug 2009 | 11:02 pm
    Arun Shourie’s “Humpty Dumpty” outburst reminded me of some stuff I had written many months back and had completely forgotten to post – The second installment of new Indian nursery rhymes. You can check out the first part here So I dug them out and here they are. I know they are a bit dated (they pertain to stuff that happened 6-8 months back), but what the heck, it’s still better to have nursery rhymes that are drawn from India circa 2008 than Europe circa 16th century. Sing along for best results … Based on “Little Miss Muffet Little Miss Jaya, Eats…

  • Happenings in Pigland

    Ramesh Srivats
    23 Aug 2009 | 9:01 pm
    There is unrest in Pigland. Fat pigs are quivering. Small pigs are squeaking. Medium pigs are grunting. This has been a bad month for them. Firstly, there is this new epidemic – human flu – which has been scything through Pigland. As of date, no less than 17 pigs have been exterminated by this dreaded disease. The health ministry of Pigland is declaring emergency measures to combat this scourge. When it was pointed out that 17 is no big deal, that over 100 million pigs are slaughtered in the USA alone every year, he indignantly retorted, “Please do not cast these pearls of wisdom…

  • Modi & Modi United

    Ramesh Srivats
    28 Jul 2009 | 10:52 pm
    There’s a politically charged atmosphere in the room. All the leading reporters of India are babbling excitedly. Two of India’s most reputed administrators have called for a press conference. Rumours abound that a new political party is to be launched. With Congress continuing to have congress with the public, BJP neither helping the Bharatiya Janata nor allowing anybody to Party, and thinking having left all leftist thinkers, the time seems ripe for a new formation. In walks Narendra Modi in a spotless kurta-pajama and Lalit Modi in a spotted tie and his (only?) grey suit.
 
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  • trupti.biz brings you New Year Dus ka Dhamaal

    Hello Guys & Girls !!! Have you planned your 31st December Night Bash ? Where ? If we offer you a good plan for 31st Night !! What will you do with this ? We are offering you to Join this DHAMAKA Night with a free ticket to SHIRDI..<br /><br />Its still no ENOUGH, we are also offering you a FREE SINGAPORE TOUR.... <br />GUYS & GALS KEEP YOUR PASSPORT READY .<br />SINGLES,COUPLES, FAMILIES, OLD AGED... EVERYONE CAN JOIN US AND GET THIS EXCITING OFFER.<br />COME ENJOY THIS NIGHT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, GO TO FREE SHIRDI TOUR AND THAN MOVE TO…

  • Huttadalli Hutta

    A Kannada play of 100 mins presented by Antharanga, Bangalore.<br /><br />One of the wittiest plays of Kailasam, 'Huttadalli Hutta' depicts the ambition and gullibility of a rich family of the pre-independence days. <br /><br />It revolves around a plot which is both hilarious and touching. Kailasam packs a punch to the dialogues along with his usual humour. <br /><br />"Huttadalli Hutta" is one of the most popular plays of Antaranga. <br /><br />Playwright: T P Kailasam.<br /><br />Directed by Dr B V…

  • Escapades brings you The Great Dandeli Adventure

    About Dandeli Wild Life Sanctuary -- Located in the Uttar Kannada district in the State of Karnataka,110 to 140 kms from Panjim (Goa) Dandeli abounds in a richness of flora and fauna. <br /><br />Its richness and diversity offers ample opportunities to nature lovers to enjoy the captivating landscape. <br /><br />The sanctuary is generally undulating with steep slopes with picturesque deep river valleys and rich hilly forest terrain.<br /><br />The forest with its spurs of the western ghats, the breath taking valleys, regal looking meandering rivers and the…

  • Solo Exhibition of Paintings by Ramesh Kher

    Solo Exhibition by Ramesh Kher.<br /><br />At<br /><br />Triveni Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Near Bengali Market, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001.<br /><br />For more detailed information contact

  • Wild Escapes brings you Skiing at Solang Valley

    Grade: Medium -- Activity.... Skiing -- Destination.... Solang Valley ( Himachal Pradesh )<br /><br />Dates.... <br />Dec 20th to Dec 29th 2009<br />Dec 25th 2009 to Jan 3rd 2010<br />Jan 17th to Jan 26th 2010<br /><br />Cost per person....<br />Twin Sharing Rs. 12010/-<br />Triple Sharing Rs. 11320/-<br /><br />Participants should enroll atleast 25 days prior to the date of departure. <br /> <br />Detailed Itinerary:<br /><br />Day 1 <br />Board your train Paschim Express at 11:15 hrs, departing…
 
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    Fly You Fools

  • Discourses - Part 1: On Vampires

    Saad Akhtar (Author)
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:40 pm

  • When those who Tweet, Meet

    Saad Akhtar (Author)
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    A new comic after 2 months, and that too with a wall of text (in comic font) you might say? I’m sorry, but had been busy all this while vacationing, then officing, then gaming, and twittering all this while. Thanks to everyone who mailed, twittered, SMSed and commented to ask if I was dead, and why no comics?

  • Tit For Tat(a)

    Saad Akhtar (Author)
    30 Aug 2009 | 3:30 am
    In a bizarre turn of events, Tata sons filed a case against travel community site oktatabyebye.com for “infringement of their TATA name”. Read all about it here. Thanks to @rameshsrivats for the Batata Vada idea.

  • Agony Uncle and the Drunk Driver

    Saad Akhtar (Author)
    26 Aug 2009 | 10:07 am
    Check this out: The nominations for the Guest Comic Competition are in! Check out the comics sent by Fly You Fools readers, and vote the best one. Go to the Fly, You Fools! Blog BTW, have you subscribed to the blog’s feed? That’s different from the comic feed. Here’s the RSS link.

  • In which Hitler is disappointed

    Saad Akhtar (Author)
    16 Aug 2009 | 10:55 am
    So there you have it, the world’s favourite evil person is disappointed that Rakhi won’t be going to the chapel with Elesh. Just like he was disappointed when he got banned on Xbox live, or when Churchill stole his Big Mac or when Nikon overpriced the D3x or EVEN when he found out that the engineering colleges of Chennai are concentration camps. Further reading: A New York Times article on the Hitler meme. A large list of Adolf’s disappointments can be found at Know your meme. If you found this hilarious, don’t forget to share it around. Use the buttons below to share this on Twitter…
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    Life2oons: An Unnecessary Investigation

  • 10 Random Things about TV Reality Shows

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am
    You never understand what is so real in them One never understands,whether you get famous after going there or being famous takes you there Item celebrities might not always guarantee TRPs You never understand whats get you out- Your competitors/Judges/SMS polls/All of them/None of them Yesterday's participants are todays anchors If a season has X episodes,X/2 episodes features performance by participants and other X/2 episodes features results declaration After Reel life,Real life ,now you can also see Reality life Copy cats ,Killer rats -Most of them You never get to see what really happens…

  • 10 Random Things about Microsoft® Excel ™

    2 Nov 2009 | 8:38 am
    95% of the features are not know or not used Only 1% of the know features are used We still continue to use it even after 300 know bugs(in SP2) Your unpublished job profile: 2%- what you actually do  & 98% - trying to understand how to make excel work You can never fill a series in one attempt You are 100% successfull in overwriting hidden/filter cells while copypasting/dragging cells VLOOKUP is the most dreaded formula you have ever used People writing macros are Demi Gods You never knew Excel ™ is so powerful You can never complete writing about Excel ™ in 10 points…

  • 10 Random things about a 21st century Bollywood Heroine

    1 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    Well that's a very narrow title to write about , But here it is Mostly size zero Once up on a time model/miss Universe/Miss India/Miss world.etc..etc. Mostly fills the gaps in the script Hardly see's any difference between dresses & Boyfriends Dialogue delivery is meant for dubbing artists, not for them. Does Dancing/Exposing/Romantic scenes only if the story/scripts demand Finds it tough to say "Main tumhare bachhe ki maa banne vali hoon" Loves saying "We are just friends" No two of them ever compete with each other and none of them believe in No.1 spot No. of box office hits featuring…

  • 10 Random things about Google Reader

    31 Oct 2009 | 10:13 pm
    You always have more items to read than you can actually read 50% of the items are from subscriptions whose job in the world is to keep posting & increase your unread items Yor are the only one who's liking and sharing your blogposts You only know you have 1000+ unread items, but never know the actual unread You never read 100% of the posts. Half of the time, folder names doesnt make sense at all Sharing on Reader is a nice way to fill your Twitter time line "Mark all as read" is the greatest web tool that was ever developed/invented Post that your friends share are always intersting than…

  • 10 Random Things About Eating Out at a Restaurant

    30 Oct 2009 | 9:19 am
    You don't have to cook for your selfFor a change you can order some one You don't have to do dishes after eatingNice way to spend your Sodexo (Meal) CouponsSave on LPG, Scotchbrite, VIM Bar and 10 liters of waterA new ambiance while eatingWide variety of choice.Don't have to juggle between eating and serving20 minutes waiting time for North Indian & 15 minutes for South IndiaBill at the end-Visit life2oons.blogspot.com
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    The Comic Project

  • Repeat telecast – Horse Trading

    The Comic Project
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:34 pm

  • The Great Indian Comic Project… is Live!!

    The Comic Project
    18 Oct 2009 | 4:09 am
    Months after announcing it here, I am happy to announce that the first page of the first comic of The Great Indian Comic Project was published at http://www.tgicp.com. The 1983 Prudential World Cup, India – Zimbabwe match where India came back from 17 for 5 and 78 for 7 to win the match and keep it’s world cup dreams alive, was never telecast. That match is now available in form of a comic called “The Great Fightback”. Have a look and let me know of your feedback – either on the about page http://www.tgicp.com/about (where you can read a little more about TGICP) or on the comic. The…

  • Mumbai/Bombay: Please vote this time

    The Comic Project
    10 Oct 2009 | 11:52 pm

  • A-Z of UPA Government’s 100 Days

    The Comic Project
    21 Sep 2009 | 6:32 am
    The opposition seems to have forgotten why they are around, the media seems more interested in innocuous tweets and I don’t consider myself really qualified to do a critical analysis of the our Government’s first 100 days. But while the first 2 are still thinking, I figured a toon wouldn’t do any harm :-) Also thanks to @Surekhapillai who planted the seed and then spent the next 30-40 minutes figuring out the details.

  • UPA Austerity Drive

    The Comic Project
    17 Sep 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Having some fun. Cheers :-)
 
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    Drishtikone: Perspectives

  • Hope: One pain was enough...

    D Kapoor
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:22 pm
    This year, when I thought of starting this series on the 25th anniversary of the 1984 Sikh massacres, I was thinking of redemption... of ways we could find humanity within us. How could we, as ordinary people, make a difference. I read the comments of Ajender on a post at this blog - experience of another Sikh friend - and asked him for his thoughts now on the situation and how he found the strength to be what he has become WITHOUT the urge for revenge. This is what he sent me. I am thoroughly indebted to him as this one post from Ajender has made my effort at starting Drishtikone.com…

  • US Army Carnage and troubling questions

    D Kapoor
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:15 pm
    In one of the worst shooting in Army history today in the US, a US soldier - psychiatrist - shot 12 of his colleagues and injured over 30, some seriously at Fort Hood in Texas. His name was Nidal Malik Hasan and he was, according to his local Masjid's imam "a lifelong Muslim". He had recently started frequently arguing against the wars that America was fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and tried hard to prevent his deployment there. Recently, the FBI and law enforcement had grown suspicious about him as some internet postings were attributed to him about suicide bombings and how the suicide…

  • What's in a name? Everything we choose!!

    D Kapoor
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:59 pm
    I am Desh who lived in Delhi. Now, the professors from some top business schools tell us that this was ordained. That people like the places and things that have their name's letters in their names. From example, Dennis' become dentists, Louises somehow move to Louisiana. So, maybe cosmos knew my impending name.. so it kind of chose the correct city for me? People like to even eat and drink and choose brands of everything based on their names. Craigs like Coke, while Peters go for Pepsi. This phenomenon is due to two things: Implicit Egotism and Valence Transfer So, in the first stage people…

  • 1984 Delhi massacres: The week that was (Part III)

    D Kapoor
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm
    Today we bring the third part of the series on the 1984 massacres. The experience is from a friend named Sanjay. ======== ========= I have a story of loot and violence, but no loss of life. I was in BHU doing engineering that time. Some organised groups of goondas used force to enter shops, houses, and other Sikh establishments, looted and put on fire. I was an eye witness to one of those. The force was so blatant that it could be controlled only by shoot-out. I guess the police was told to keep quite, as there was no sign of them all over. What I saw was mere display of hatred and greed,…

  • Who Turned Out the Lights: Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis

    D Kapoor
    4 Nov 2009 | 6:13 pm
    The energy issue is very confusing, and frankly, most of us will never catch up with the experts on all the details. Still, there are some basic facts that are good to know. Do you know them? True or false? When it comes to global warming and air pollution, nuclear power is one of the most dangerous forms of energy. Not true. The accidents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island left lots of people worried about nuclear plant safety, but if you're worried about climate change, nuclear power is one of the least dangerous forms of energy we have. Generating electricity from nuclear power releases…
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    Fone Arena

  • Nokia N79 firmware updated to V31.002

    Gireek
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:21 am
    The Nokia N79 has just been updated to a new firmware version, V31.002. But again, as usual, Nokia hasn’t released any official changelog as it was with the last few firmware updates but you can take a look at this page on the Nokia Discussions Forum where some users have been reporting all the bug fixes they have found Via Similar Posts:Nokia launches two high end handsets Nokia N79 and N85 Nokia N79 now in India redefining cool ! Nokia N79 N85 and N96 N-series Photo Gallery Nokia N85 launched in India for 27000 Share/Save

  • ITG xpPhone-World’s First Windows XP Phone

    Sandeep
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm
    The ITG xpPhone is a phone set to become the world’s first Windows XP phone. The device looks similar to the Nokia N900 but runs on Windows XP. The phone features: 158 x 75 x 16 mm, 400 grams A 4.8″ Touchscreen Display x86 (32bit) Architecture CPU allowing you to install other OSes 5 hours talktime and 5 days standby time 512MB or 1GB RAM 8gb SSD or 120GB HDD GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth The device features a highly customisable UI. Here are some screen shots of the device: Similar Posts:None Found Share/Save

  • Sony Ericsson Kurara Live Pictures!

    Sandeep
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm
    Earlier, we had published information and provided a leaked picture of the Sony Ericsson Kurara. Well now once again, we have some more leaked pictures of the Kurara. These are the live pictures posted by folks over at the SEMC Blog. There has been some new information gathered: It runs on Symbian S60. It has a 3.5″AMOLED Touchscreen Display It has an 8.1Megapixl Camera with Portrait Mirror and it seems to lack the LED flash which we previously thought was present. It maybe capable of recording HD Videos. While many rumours claim it to be an media centric device with good imaging…

  • Sony Ericsson Kurara Exclusive Pictures and Information!

    Sandeep
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:25 am
    We had earlier heard about a Sony Ericsson device codenamed Kurara. Now only a day after the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 has been announced, we have another leak to satisfy our hunger.The Sony Ericsson Kurara (Final Model Name Might Change) is a full touchscreen phone running on Symbian S60 (Not sure if it’s 5th Edition). The other features include: 3.5″ AMOLED Touchscreen Display 8.1 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash(The camera is almost centrally located on the device. Don’t know why but there must be a reason for placing it so) Thats all the information we have gathered and…

  • FoneArena is off to Delhi to meet the Nokia Digital Design Team

    Varun Krish
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am
    Nokia India is having a little meeting with the Nokia Digital Design Team in Delhi tomorrow and FoneArena will be there Here are the profiles of the folks from the Nokia Digital Design team we’ll be talking to (Profiles credit : vinu ) Nikki Barton – Head of Digital Design – Nikki is heavily influenced by her design and cultural experiences. With 20 years of work in digital interaction worldwide, her experiences are fairly diversified by now. That said, she believes that her training and education has heavily influenced her work throughout her life. She considers solid, good design…
 
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    Ubiquitense

  • Umbrella beads..

    Ubiquit
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:07 am
    It’s been raining, raining, raining…since yesterday morning. Looks like the rains will have non-stop fun in Chennai for another 12 hours. But, heck, I’m getting bored sitting at home, staring outside the window… So, I decided to colorize the otherwise grayish view outside the window.. Any guesses on the size of this umbrella? [...]

  • Retweet on Twitter – Coming soon..

    Ubiquit
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:50 am
    Well, it’s quite a process to RT (retweet) someone or someone’s tweet as it involves copying & pasting the message and adding the tweeter’s id at the beginning or end of it – all within the 140 character limit! Phew!! Now, the folks @Twitter have taken this into account, and have enabled (or integrated?) this RT [...]

  • Equal opportunity follower..

    Ubiquit
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:47 pm
    If you follow someone on Twitter, there’s no guarantee that he/she will follow you back. So, some tweeple (Twitter people) think that having more followers than following is a show of strength/popularity..or, whatever. Crap! Well, today I discovered that I’m an equal-opportunity follower. LOL! Nevertheless, I do religiously perform a ‘twitter-weed’ every other Sunday. Twitter-lists is just [...]

  • In the wrong place at the wrong time

    Shalini Puthiyedam
    2 Nov 2009 | 10:20 pm
    “Am I to be blamed for the recession?” This must be the question raging in the minds of many unemployed educated youth here in India. This is the situation in the employment market. There are no jobs to be had and if there are, they come with a heavy price to pay for accepting them. [...]

  • Twitter Lists – It’s here!

    Ubiquit
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:47 am
    A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new feature, Lists, on Twitter that would help us organize our friends – categorically. Well, it’s finally up and running on Twitter, in BETA though. I just created a new list where I’ve added people whose tweets I’d like to follow. So, if I click on the list, [...]
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    The Better India

  • Doctor couple does wonders for tribals at Sittilingi

    Ranjini Sivaswamy
    2 Nov 2009 | 1:21 am
    Sittilingi is a remote village in Dharmapuri district, 125 km away from Salem town in Tamil Nadu, which used to be a god forsaken land caught under the spell of quacks and black magic. Noisy drums and fake injections were all they had to cure illnesses. This is when Dr. Regi and Dr. Lalitha took the plunge. This doctor couple went ahead to provide medical services to the tribals of Sittilingi, leaving their promising careers in the cities. The couple found their calling in service to the underprivileged and wanted to use their knowledge where it was needed the most. Their hunt for the right…

  • Flamenco Returns to India

    Dhimant Parekh
    26 Oct 2009 | 10:19 pm
    Flamenco, as Wikipedia defines it, is a Spanish musical genre. It can be both a musical form, known for its intricate rapid passages, and a dance characterized by audible footwork. Recently, a Flamenco group from Spain performed at the Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur. At this function, the Spanish ambassador Ion de la Riva announced that the origins of this art form are believed to be in India. Now, the Spanish government plans to set up a flamenco center in Jodhpur, India. Sohini Chattopadhyay writes in this article in The Open Magazine: Fernando Casas Granadino, artistic producer of the flamenco…

  • Pratham Books – Spreading the Joy of Reading among 6 Million Children in Bihar

    Ranjini Sivaswamy
    8 Oct 2009 | 6:43 am
    Children in over 70,000 government schools in Bihar are now enjoying reading hundreds of colourful, well-written, and well-produced storybooks – thanks to Pratham Books and its novel mission to see “A book in every child’s hand”. In our country, children are expected to learn to read and comprehend simple text by the end of their first year in school. Textbooks in early school grades require children to read fluently by the end of class two. However, available evidence indicates that a large proportion of school children are still struggling to recognise letters and decode words after…

  • Lighting up lives – Diya Foundation

    Dhimant Parekh
    7 Oct 2009 | 12:53 am
    In our society, the differently-abled and mentally challenged citizens find it extremely difficult to be able to make a living and live a life of dignity. These individuals do need work and subsequently the advantages of work. However, prejudices towards them have caused them to be treated as surplus citizens incapable of being contributing and productive members of society. This is where Diya Foundation makes its mark. Started in 1999, Diya Foundation is a vocational training center which provides training and, more importantly, employment to adults who are mentally challenged as well as…

  • Solar Power to Light Up Hawker Shops

    Ranjini Sivaswamy
    5 Oct 2009 | 6:33 am
    Those signature kerosene and petromax lamps at hawker shops have decorated our streets during its busy evenings for years now. They are a hawker’s constant companion and a basic necessity for their shops. But did you know that a hawker has to spend around 250-300 rupees every month for these lights? Parting with this big chunk of money from the handful that he earns becomes quite a burden. Accolades to Urja Unlimited, who understood this difficulty faced by the hawkers and came up with a fine solution – replacing the fuel lamps with solar power. Urja Unlimited is an organization which was…
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    Chirag Chamoli

  • http://chiragchamoli.indiameme.com/

    Chirag Chamoli
    30 Oct 2009 | 11:10 pm
    Folks now I write at http://chiragchamoli.indiameme.com/ Posted in Chirag Chamoli

  • Leave All The Important Goverment Websites (National and State) In The Comment Sections, Please

    Chirag Chamoli
    6 Aug 2009 | 8:08 am
    After creating the information dashboard for Indiameme. I am now working on a simple project to collect all the government websites both national and local. Please help me with this huge task of collecting various websites you can leave them in the comment section. This page will really help all of us. Thanks for your time. Posted in Chirag Chamoli

  • Auctions for Free Stuff – Listia.com

    Chirag Chamoli
    5 Aug 2009 | 6:50 am
    auctions for free stuff via listia.com Posted via web from The Chirag Chamoli Lifestream Posted in Chirag Chamoli

  • Well, I am Back and Alive – Indiameme

    Chirag Chamoli
    3 Aug 2009 | 10:21 pm
    Thanks for the emails and comments for the last post. I had taken a break to write a site, I have been try to promote for a few days now. What is in for you With Indiameme you can Glance at the Day’s Stories and Blogs Read stories only from the best sources This is the probably the most cleanest site in India Read between the line with Dashboard {I am working on this, if you have some spare time and want to contribute do let me know} Indiameme is still in beta so there may be some glitch, you can provide feedback here. Posted in Blogging, Chirag Chamoli, Indiameme

  • I’m on Rather Long, Blog Vacation !

    Chirag Chamoli
    3 May 2009 | 10:03 pm
    My blog will be quiet for a few more weeks while I’m in between moving jobs, packing and traveling….While I’m gone, please visit the many fine and funny websites listed under Blogroll. Thanks for the emails and i will be back. The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest! -Calvin © Andy Singer Posted in Blogging, Chirag Chamoli
 
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    eLagaan - India Income Tax Made Simple

  • Bye-bye Circular 23! - Moneycontrol.com

    india-tax-news
    7 Nov 2009 | 1:42 am
    Bye-bye Circular 23!Moneycontrol.com... “The interpretation of the circular by some of the tax payers to claim relief was not in accordance with provisions of section 9 of the Income Tax act ...

  • In a month, Koda put Rs 61cr in Mumbai bank - Times of India

    india-tax-news
    7 Nov 2009 | 12:10 am
    Deccan HeraldIn a month, Koda put Rs 61cr in Mumbai bankTimes of India( Watch Video ) Officials from Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (IT), who are on the probe, have found details of accounts where they are ...Heat on Koda to come clean> Business StandardNetas, scribes star in the great Koda game Economic Times

  • 10 things that have changed since Indira Gandhi - Times of India

    india-tax-news
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:30 pm
    10 things that have changed since Indira GandhiTimes of IndiaMrs Gandhi's 97 per cent income tax is now down to a much saner 30 per cent and if the Model Tax Code comes through, it may even come down to 25 per cent. ...and more »

  • Living in the past - Times of India

    eLagaan
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:50 pm
    Living in the pastTimes of IndiaIf you want to start a business, there are always the premises of a 'protected' palace or mosque, rent-free to boot. And it's not happening in just a ...

  • All set for polls amid tight security - Express Buzz

    india-tax-news
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:37 pm
    All set for polls amid tight securityExpress Buzz... documents like passports, driving licence, PAN card, identity cards issued by the Central and the State Governments and the public sector undertakings, ...and more »
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    Parsi Khabar

  • Akuri: Eggsciting recipes

    arzan sam wadia
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    One of my favourite breakfast preparations is scrambled eggs, even higher on the scale of delicacy, is the akuri, a much underrated dish. Akuri means egg curry in its most basic sense.It is like dhansak and patra ni machi,considered to be a pan-Indian favourite. The Parsis have a love affair with eggs. You have the Parsi pora or omelette and, of course, the various versions of whipped eggs covering myriad vegetables such as tarkari per eda and sali per eda (sali: shoe string chips), of which The Ripon Club (a club restricted to Parsis) in Mumbai’s Fort area does a particularly greasy,…

  • Indian filmmaker unveils her own minuscule Parsi Minority

    arzan sam wadia
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:44 am
    Men in PLO T-shirts march through noisy, chaotic streets; their leader, all in white, stands before the wrought iron gate of a Zoroastrian fire temple urging followers to pledge purity and denounce outsiders. Welcome to the fictitious world of the Parsi Liberation Organisation led by a buffoon character in a zany movie that looks at India’s Parsis — both their excesses and endearments — as a minuscule minority of some 70,000 in a country of more than one billion people. Veteran screenwriter-turned-director Sooni Taraporevala has put the spotlight on the Parsis, an…

  • Parsi Memories: Ideal Restaurant

    arzan sam wadia
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:39 am
    By Rusi Sorabjee IDEAL RESTAURANT ….a gastronomic heaven (Still there in 2009,But shifted about 100 mtrs away and inside from main road.) (The IRANI Restaurant… quintessentially Zarathushti Restaurant of old.) It was an old building standing guard –resolute and proud – on Hornby Road, a street that was and still is the main artery of Bombay. It used to have a typically Victorian façade, elaborately decorated in stone and brick, an edifice that was not only a symbol of times gone by, but a fine Irani Restaurant I first set foot in, before fire reduced it to a shell. They called it the…

  • Parsi Memories: Chom-e-shvaa

    arzan sam wadia
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:39 am
    By Rusi Sorabjee In our scriptures there is a mention that ‘it was obligatory, as thanks-giving’ to save a bit of the meal at the end for the dog – during Sassanian times, it was called the "Chom e shvaa". Those who did not have a pet dog , used to carry the saved food to the back door ‘paachhloo baannu’ to give it to the stray dog. My parents, did the same in Delhi. Besides the dogs of which he had many, my father had a handsome pet Rhode Island Red cock who would walk in at breakfast time to peck at the piece of omelette on toast, or "charveloo…

  • Parsi Memories : Daily Loban Ritual

    arzan sam wadia
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:34 am
    By Rusi Sorabjee One of the daily ritual in a Parsi/Irani homes in India of the early 20th Century, that brings back happy memories of our childhood, of a bygone era, when the days had morehours, families had more members, dinning tables had more chairs, we were more religious and the community felt like being a large close knit happy and contented family, always in concert with each other, always helpful. Reminiscing of those days, in my minds eye, I caught glimpses of mom or grand mother glide by at sun-down with the silver or German-Silver afargan through each room as did the grayish-blue…
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    The Indian World

  • Free Gifts For All...!!!

    Parth Dave
    16 Oct 2009 | 9:49 am
    We are often faced with a dilemma of choosing gifts for our loved ones on special occasions, aren't we? We usually consider gifts as special tokens of love, yet we believe in caring only for our loved ones. We seem to rather oblivious, if not indiffferent to people we meet on an everyday basis...So how do you think we can gift some very special, yet simple things to others..? Well, I am not talking about materialistic gifts, but those subtle and small gifts of kindness and love...The above ad is a perfect example of sharing love and affection among others...The smile that you bring on others'…

  • Perspectives and Viewpoints...

    Parth Dave
    6 Oct 2009 | 5:34 am
    Hello People,The world is made up of perspectives and opinions. We obviously can't have the same viewpoints regarding a particular topic. Similar was the case with Rupali Sachdev from Kolkata. She read my previous post regarding a letter to Mahatma Gandhi from the young generation. She then e-mailed me a response written by Mr. Kanakshankar about the same theme in 'Abhivyakti' (seems to me as a magazine).This response is again related to the young generation...and the so-called 'Gen-X'. But what sets it apart is the approach and the perspective of the writer...I urge all my dear readers to…

  • A Letter from Youngistaan to Mahatma Gandhi....

    Parth Dave
    4 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am
    After the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, here I am, sharing with you a beautiful article from The Times Of IndiaTHE UNDERAGE OPTIMISTLetter to Bapu from Generation NextCHETAN BHAGAT Dear Gandhiji,You left us 62 years ago. If you were still around, you would have been 140 years old. However, we have not forgotten you. You are on every banknote and most stamps. There are many statues of you. Prestigious roads in almost every city are named after you. Our politicians try to model themselves on you. They wear the fabric you promoted, they quote you at every instance, they’ve got a photograph of…

  • Love Your Life...

    Parth Dave
    18 Sep 2009 | 8:27 am
    Now this post is coming after a really long time, thanks to my college schedule and academic routine. Well, there's so much to tell you, my dear readers...But shortage of time is what keeps my away from you people. I have a lot of ideas...a lot of things to express here... Unfortunately, restrictions have made me an occasional writer.Anyway, here is a guest post by my dear friend, Swamini. She is a junior commerce student in Mumbai. She has wonderfully described life and one of its aspects named 'Love'. This is definitely worth a read!When my friend asked me to write about life,I was more or…

  • A Rare Photograph...

    Parth Dave
    27 Aug 2009 | 8:58 am
    Well, here's a rare photograph of a Mumbai local train... People who are not from Mumbai may not understand my implication...I mean to assert that it's quite rare to see an entire compartment of a Mumbai train empty!Generally, these trains are so jam-packed that accidents happen quite frequently...[Image Courtesy - http://mumbai-pushpa.blogspot.com/2009/08/mumbai-trains.html]According to Wikipedia, there's a daily ridership of about 6.94 million people in these Mumbai trains!The Central and Western Railways were forced to release under the Right to Information Act that at least 20,706 people…
 
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    Events on Kyakare

  • Milagrow World SME Conference 2009

    The conference shall focus on issues confronting the MSMEs , have policy level deliberations, as well as have discussions on strategies for enhancing the competitiveness of Micro, Small and Medium enterprises.<br /><br />This Year's Theme: "MY WAY, MY VISION - From Giant Ideas to Giant Corporations".<br /><br />16th & 17th December 2009<br /><br />At<br /><br />The Lalit, New Delhi<br /><br />For more detailed information contact or visit website<br />

  • India International Travel Mart

    India\'s premier travel and tourism exhibition. Great Opportunity to meet participants from India and Abroad..<br /><br />India has emerged as one of the fastest leading travel, tourism, aviation and hospitality powers in the world. Travel & Tourism has become one of the most powerful and dynamic sectors of the Indian economy in the past few years.<br /><br />Visit IITM and get the Best Holiday Deals....<br /><br />Entry Free..<br /><br />For more information contact or visit website

  • Glasspex India 2009

    Glasspex India 2009 is the satellite show of glasstec Düsseldorf - the world's largest trade fair for the glass industry -, offering the Indian glass market a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and trends in the areas of glass production, processing and products.<br /><br />At<br /><br />Pragati Maidan, Delhi.<br /><br />For more detailed information contact or visit website

  • Songs of The Divine From Bhakti Poetry by Rekha Surya

    'The Metaphor of the Garment': songs of the divine from Bhakti poetry by Rekha Surya.<br /><br />Hindustani light classical music bridges the gap between pure classical and mainstream music, appealing to both the connoisseur and the layperson.<br /><br />To musically elaborate a word or phrase is the idiom that defines Hindustani light classical music. Weaving variations of a word or phrase displays the singer\'s range of imagination and distinguishes this genre.<br /><br />This style of singing is associated with Benares and Lucknow, and…

  • The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat

    Set in a fictitious village, the children encounter a mystery almost every school holiday, always solving puzzles before the arrogant policeman Mr. Goon. When the manager of the Little Theatre is drugged and robbed one night, it seems that only Boysie, the Pantomime Cat could have committed the crime. Mr. Goon has all the evidence he needs, and is on the verge of making an arrest. And so begins a funny, fast-moving and very puzzling mystery! <br /><br />Based on The Five Find Outers and Dog series by Enid Blyton. <br /><br />Presented by Akvarious Productions,…
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  • Magadheera

    SUDARSHAN CINEMA 11, 2.15, 5.45, 9.15 pm<br /><br />RADHIKA CINEMA 11, 2, 6, 9 pm<br /><br />SRI SAIRAM CINEMA 11.45, 2.45, 6.45, 9.45 pm<br /><br />MALLIKARJUNA CINEMA 11.45, 2.45, 6.45, 9.45 pm<br /><br />KONARK CINEMA 12, 3, 7, 10 pm<br /><br />SUSHMA CINEMA 12.15, 3.15, 7.15, 10.15 pm<br /><br />SRIDEVI CINEMA 12.15, 3.15, 7.15, 10.15 pm<br /><br />PRASADS 5.15 pm

  • Ghatikundu

    MINIDEON 11, 2, 6, 9 pm<br /><br /><br /> <br />

  • This Is It

    <br />Michael Jackson\'s \'This Is It\' is a concert film documenting Michael Jackson\'s rehearsals of the concert series of the same name, which were scheduled to start on July 13, 2009 but cancelled because of his death on June 25, 2009, both on stage and behind the scenes.<br /><br />It is directed by Kenny Ortega & Michael Jackson (stage actions), produced by Paul Gongaware & Randy Phillips and distributed by Columbia Pictures.<br /><br />The movie is currently being screened at the following theatres.<br /><br…

  • Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

    A romantic comedy where Ranbir tries all he can to woo gorgeous Katrina Kaif, who plays his love interest in the film.<br /><br />It is directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, produced by Ramesh S Taurani and stars Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel, Asrani, Govind Namdeo, Smita Jaykar, Jagdeep, Salman Khan in special appearance<br /><br />The movie is currently being screened at the following theatres.<br /><br />INOX HYDERABAD 10, 11, 1.05, 2, 4.10, 7.15, 7.50, 10.20 pm<br /><br />CINEMAX BANJARA HILLS 10.30, 4.15, 7.30, 10.45 pm<br /><br…

  • Mahatma

    MENAKA 11, 2, 6, 9 pm<br /><br />SHIVANI 12, 3, 7, 10 pm<br /><br />ODEON DELUXE 11, 2, 6, 9 pm<br /> <br />
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  • Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

    This is the sixth fantasy-adventure film in the popular Harry Potter movie series based on the novel of the same name by J K Rowling. <br /><br />Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven as it once was. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching.<br /><br />It is directed by David Yates, produced by David Heyman & David Barron and…

  • Prem Amar

    PRACHI CINEMA 11.45, 2.30, 5.15, 8 pm<br /><br />MITRA CINEMA 12, 3, 6, 8.30 pm<br /><br />PUSHPASREE CINEMA 2, 05, 7.45 pm<br /><br />PRIYA CINEMA 2.10 pm<br /><br />STAR THEATRE 2.30 pm<br /><br />NABINA CINEMA 3.30 pm<br /><br />JAYA CINEMA 4.35 pm<br />

  • Deep Sea

    CINEMAX MANI SQUARE (IMAX) 3, 7.45 pm<br /><br /> <br />

  • Dujone

    BIJOLI 3, 5.45, 8.30 pm<br /><br />CHABIGHAR 3, 5.45, 8.30 pm<br /><br />MOHUA 2, 5, 8 pm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

  • Sea Monsters

    CINEMAX MANI SQUARE (IMAX) 12.45, 1.45, 4.15, 5.30, 6.30, 8.45, 9.45 pm<br /><br />
 
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  • trupti.biz brings you New Year Dus ka Dhamaal

    Hello Guys & Girls !!! Have you planned your 31st December Night Bash ? Where ? If we offer you a good plan for 31st Night !! What will you do with this ? We are offering you to Join this DHAMAKA Night with a free ticket to SHIRDI..<br /><br />Its still no ENOUGH, we are also offering you a FREE SINGAPORE TOUR.... <br />GUYS & GALS KEEP YOUR PASSPORT READY .<br />SINGLES,COUPLES, FAMILIES, OLD AGED... EVERYONE CAN JOIN US AND GET THIS EXCITING OFFER.<br />COME ENJOY THIS NIGHT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, GO TO FREE SHIRDI TOUR AND THAN MOVE TO…

  • Escapades brings you The Great Dandeli Adventure

    About Dandeli Wild Life Sanctuary -- Located in the Uttar Kannada district in the State of Karnataka,110 to 140 kms from Panjim (Goa) Dandeli abounds in a richness of flora and fauna. <br /><br />Its richness and diversity offers ample opportunities to nature lovers to enjoy the captivating landscape. <br /><br />The sanctuary is generally undulating with steep slopes with picturesque deep river valleys and rich hilly forest terrain.<br /><br />The forest with its spurs of the western ghats, the breath taking valleys, regal looking meandering rivers and the…

  • Wild Escapes brings you Skiing at Solang Valley

    Grade: Medium -- Activity.... Skiing -- Destination.... Solang Valley ( Himachal Pradesh )<br /><br />Dates.... <br />Dec 20th to Dec 29th 2009<br />Dec 25th 2009 to Jan 3rd 2010<br />Jan 17th to Jan 26th 2010<br /><br />Cost per person....<br />Twin Sharing Rs. 12010/-<br />Triple Sharing Rs. 11320/-<br /><br />Participants should enroll atleast 25 days prior to the date of departure. <br /> <br />Detailed Itinerary:<br /><br />Day 1 <br />Board your train Paschim Express at 11:15 hrs, departing…

  • The UpperCrust Show 2009 - Food & Wine Exhibition

    UpperCrust Show has established itself as a very unique food and wine trade fair where it successfully brings together the finest of national and international vintners and distillers, the biggest names in the food and cuisine industry, renowned chefs, leading restaurateurs, respected critics and celebrities known for their discerning tastebuds.<br /><br />The three-day events in both cities, Mumbai and Hyderabad features some of the finest products and services from the food and beverage industry as well as an eclectic range of other related products made by market leaders and…

  • Wild Escapes brings you Lakshadweep - On The Sea

    ON THE SEA is a Five-day cruise to visit the islands of Kavaratti, Kalpeni and Minicoy. The island tour is organized during the day with lunch and refreshments ashore. Nights are spent on board the ship. Swimming, snorkeling and sight-seeing are arranged during the day tour.<br /><br />ON THE SEA -- Kalpeni + Minicoy + Kavaratti<br />Ex-Mumbai Departures (8 Nights / 9 Days)...<br />Dec 02 to Dec 10 2009<br />Jan 09 to Jan 17 2010 <br />Mar 02 to Mar 10 2010<br /><br />Kavaratti -- Kavaratti is the most developed island. The beautiful and calm…
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  • Trek to Fort Rajmachi

    Trekkers are invited to visitt Fort Rajmachi in Lonavla region. It is a historical Fort and is one of the popular destination for Trekkers. <br /><br />Go there for overnight camping so that you enjoy the trek. Please give advance intimation for making Camping arrangements and also for Vatering service (i.e., tea, breakfast, lunch, dinner).<br /><br />For details contact Mr. Mukund Gondhalekar on Phone Nos. (91) 92235 79685 / (91) 90117 68348.
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    DARE - Because Entrepreneurs Do

  • Sell on Twitter

    3 Nov 2009 | 11:28 am
    Twitter is making headlines in almost all types of conversations: people are talking how it can be used as a business tool; how it can help to be updated about everything that happens around the world; how its integration with mobile phones can ease the connectivity issue? Putting the gist of this long sentence in one line would be: “Twitter is damn popular!”The applications and usages of Twitter could be weird and fluke at the same time. Some applications offered quicRead More...

  • Print Direct Mailer for Advertisement

    28 Oct 2009 | 11:39 am
     Advertizing through direct mailer is a prevalent method. It can be done in print medium, electronic and for mobile phones. All of these modes have potential but cost involved varies quite a lot. Based on the budget that companies could set apart for this activity, the option is picked and implemented.In this post, however, I will concentrate on printed version of direct mailer.Direct printed mailers are quite popular in foreign countries. However, Indian customerRead More...

  • Cultural and thematic eateries

    26 Oct 2009 | 1:47 pm
    Eateries, restaurant, food-shops, dhabas, eating houses/corners are often abuzz with people having varied food tastes and objectives. However, one common urge drives their presence in this spot—desire to eat food. More often than not, the type of food these people pick from the menu is irregular as compared to the dishes that they make in their houses. Though, at the same time, students, working professionals and local residents buy food from these points on regular basis: items consistRead More...

  • Micro-level opportunity around Sanskrit?

    21 Oct 2009 | 2:18 pm
    The apathy towards Sanskrit language (Samskrit, if taken originally) often limits the potential that it got from linguistic point of view and also from all related angels of a language. The current scenario of Sanskrit in India is quite discouraging. There is one major factor behind the neglect of this language: its application in modern world and its usage as a mean of communication. Most of the times, Sanskrit is associated with spirituality or meta-physical matters. Quite often, Sanskrit iRead More...

  • Color Changing Tiles for your Roofs

    19 Oct 2009 | 7:59 am
    Cemented, or concrete roofs for that matter, are hard to walk over if you are not wearing footwear and time of the year happens to be of summers. Right from the time we start reading about colors, we are told that dark colors absorb more heat and lighter colors are better to wear during summers. Buildings often require heating or cooling equipments as the weather changes. In fact, in countries like US, Canada, and many of the European countries, heating bill of buildings is one of the major eRead More...
 
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  • Maharashtra government to be sworn in tomorrow

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    The swearing in of the new Congress – NCP ministry in Maharashtra will take place tomorrow with the end of the fortnight-long deadlock over government formation in the state after the assembly elections brought the two parties to power for the third time in a row. The Congress will have 23 ministers and NCP 20. While all NCP ministers are expected to take oath tomorrow, the Congress ministers would be sworn in two phases. “We are going to form the new council of ministers tomorrow. We will be staking claim to form the government this evening,” said a beaming chief…

  • US favours Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:55 am
    Ahead of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a top US official on Friady said he was free to go anywhere as a religious figure. “The Dalai Lama is a religious leader and he, of course, can travel to carry out that role,” US under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs Maria Otero told journalists in the capital. “He (Dalai Lama) is visiting a monastery, a holy place. And from our perspective, this is one of the roles that he plays,” she said when asked for her reaction to Chinese protest over the Tibetan…

  • 5th ODI: Australia beat India by 3 runs

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:53 am
    Sachin Tendulkar wielded his willow like a magician, scoring a breathtaking 175 off 141 balls, but chasing 351, India fell short by an agonising three runs in the fifth One-day International on Thursday. In the process, Australia seized a 3-2 lead in the seven-game series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. It was a game India should have pulled off but they failed to hold their nerve yet again following Tendulkar’s dismissal. With the odds heavily stacked against them, Australia, whose first choice players were rendered non-combative because of injuries, went into the game…

  • Amitabh Bachchan spends below Paa’s Rs.150 mn budget

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    Expensive make-up and creative inputs by industry stalwarts notwithstanding, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has managed to produce his much-awaited movie “Paa” within a set budget of Rs.150 million. The movie, about a child suffering from progeria – a rare disease of premature ageing among children, has been produced under Amitabh’s production banner AB Corp. Discussing the film’s budget, the 67-year-old posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com: “I think we set out to make this film with certain definite plans. It would not be a penny over the Rs.15 crore (Rs.150…

  • Majority of Indians use Twitter for news

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:40 am
    Twitter may have gained immense popularity as a microblogging website but in India majority use it as a source for news.  A survey by a technology site says about 16% of Indian users regularly ‘tweet’ to get news updates. While 11% use it to stay in touch with their friends, 10% use the website for research purpose, according to the survey. The social networking site, launched in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, came into prominence in the country during the 26/11 attacks when eyewitnesses sent an estimated 80 ‘tweets’ every five seconds, helping in compiling a list of the dead…
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  • NASSCOM Product conclave

    Aashish
    20 Oct 2009 | 12:25 am
    NASSCOM Product conclave is coming up next week in Bangalore from 27 - 28 October, 2009 at the Hotel Lalit Ashok. Its an event with a Conference track and an Expo. The conference track has several interesting speakers. For example, Guy Kawasaki who needs no introduction would be giving a keynote. Another keynote is by Rajesh Hukku who created Iflex arguably the most successful product startup from India. There are several other interesting topics that are centered around the theme “Positioning to win”. These include topics such as panels on SaaS, global consumer businesses out…

  • Survey to build a report on entrepreneurialism in India

    Amit Singh
    5 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am
    I invite you to fill this survey which will serve as a research base to build a report on entrepreneurialism in India with the idea of a continuing tracker index. The report is being built by YouGov (London based Research and Consulting Organization) and the Legatum Institute (a policy think tank run by the Legatum Group). This report is not for internal purposes but for wide distribution. It will be appearing in the Wall Street Journal. HeadStart is glad to assist in this project. I think the questions are very relevant towards making policy decisions. They touch Government Policies,…

  • Clean Tech Opportunities in India

    Amit Singh
    7 Sep 2009 | 9:29 pm
    Startup Saturday Bangalore, August edition witnessed some fantastic product demos and insights in the area of Clean Tech. You can find a detailed post here. This article is to highlight the opportunities available in the Clean Tech space, as pointed out by Shashidhar Kumaraswamy, Founder of Blueray Solar who was also one of the panelists. So, what makes Clean Tech so lucrative? Well it indeed is a high growth sector. A quick google search reveals over 200 million $ waiting to be invested in Clean Tech in India in the form of VC and PE investments. Add to it, the fact that its a nascent market…

  • Clean Tech @ Startup Saturday Bangalore Aug 09

    annkur
    26 Aug 2009 | 12:45 am
    The August edition of Startup Saturday showcased two of the finest efforts in the domain of clean tech. While the term clean tech is in a lot of discussion, these days, there are a number of concepts that need clarifications, and when it comes to start-ups in clean tech, SSB is always at the forefront with its showcase! In fact, we had rush not just in nominations, but also amongst speakers and the demos in Lightning Pitches - we had more than we could accommodate and till the last minute, this kept us on our toes! So finally, NextGen PMS and AutoBoxx Automation were the ones that comprised…

  • Startup Saturdays: Think Beyond the Agenda!

    annkur
    6 Aug 2009 | 12:30 am
    Its been a few months since I have been attending Startup Saturdays in Mumbai and its a great feel to be amongst so many aspiring entrepreneurs. Startup Saturday is  like an unconference, with all the healthy discussions and interaction between the speakers and the audience you would expect. However SS is structured wrt to the topics and speakers. This unique blend is what makes SS so very effective. Each month SS has a new theme. For example we had a Special Startup Saturday in April, Entertainment in May, MR and Advertising in June and Finance in July. While all these Startup Saturdays…
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  • If I Were A Baby Again

    Madhu Rao
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:12 pm
    This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 4; the fourth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton. Being parents to a 3.5 year old and a 15 month old, the thought of wanting to be a baby is a constant one for me and my wife. Sometimes half hearted (”I wish I were you and you were me !“) , sometimes with conviction and many a times as a conversation piece with our kids, ‘being a baby‘ is as routine a part of our lives as are Mickey Mouse, Dora and…

  • What Parents Are Made Of..

    Maya
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    From Sports Illustrated by Rick Reilly (Please read the article before you see the video) I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to Pay for their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars — all in the same day (doing the Ironman Triathlon). Dick’s also…

  • Bhidu Being a Baby Is Famous

    Madhu Rao
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:47 pm
    Note : All the phrases in quotes & bold are various topics suggested by members of Vipul’s Blog-a-ton competition for the 4 th version of the competition. This is a funny quick fiction (31)55 using them . Vipul’s Blog-a-ton – 4  link here.. Am I crazy ? No ! I’m serious…. ‘Getting Married’ is pretty famous these days, especially if you get that ‘crème de la crème’ of a girl you seek (or your mom seeks!).Dream on, ‘Hallucinations’ you say ? Maybe. But ‘The Indian’ in me doesn’t give up. Just because…

  • Forget Plain Offshoring, ready for Rural-Offshoring ?

    Madhu Rao
    26 Oct 2009 | 1:56 pm
    Bangalore’s IT growth and the associated fame is widely unquestioned. Bangalore and it’s eponymous ‘Bangalored’ gets recognized far beyond the shores of India. With Bangalore as the vanguard, the Indian IT industry strode to USD $50 billion in software exports in 2009. The global economic meltdown did dampen the profits a bit but has not led to any major scare — sans the routine cuts and restructurings. Indian metros have seen greater prosperity due to IT but so far this has passed the rural areas by. A few entrepreneurs are attempting to bring the benefits of…

  • Obama Lights Diwali Lamp at Whitehouse

    Madhu Rao
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:36 pm
    Washington: U.S President Barack Obama celebrated Diwali on Thursday by lighting the ceremonial lamp at the White House amidst chanting of Vedic mantras seeking world peace. He is the first U.S. President to personally grace the occasion. “I think it’s fitting that we begin this work in the week leading up to the holiday of Diwali — the festival of lights — when members of some of the world’s greatest faiths celebrate the triumph of good over evil,” Mr. Obama said at the function held at the historic East Room. “This coming Saturday, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists,…
 
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  • Tata Power launches FCCB offering of up to $300 million

    admin2
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:46 am
    NetIndian News Network Mumbai, November 6, 2009 The Tata Power Company, a part of the Tata group, today said it had launched and priced a $250 million+ upsize option of $ 50 million, 5 years and 1 day, 1 to 1.75 per cent coupon foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) offering.  The bonds are convertible at 10 per cent premium over the closing price of the company’s shares on the National Stock Exchange of India on November 5, 2009 and bear a yield to maturity of 3.5 per cent per annum calculated on a semi-annual basis. These bonds are expected to be listed on the Singapore Stock…

  • PM condoles death of journalist Prabhash Joshi

    admin2
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    NetIndian News Network New Delhi, November 6, 2009 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today condoled the death of veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi, describing him as a man of extraordinary intellectual courage and professional integrity. In a message to Mrs Usha Joshi, Dr Singh said Mr Joshi had acquired an iconic status as the founder-editor of the Hindi daily Jansatta. "A whole generation of journalists drew inspiration from him, especially in questioning the current orthodoxy. In his later years, Mr Joshi worked tirelessly to give voice to the concerns and anxieties of the voiceless and…

  • 3 more H1N1 deaths in India, toll rises to 481

    admin2
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:23 am
    NetIndian News Network New Delhi, November 6, 2009 Three more persons have died of influenza A (H1N1) in India, taking the total number of deaths due to the pandemic in the country so far to 481, an official statement said. One death was reported from Kerala during the day. Besides, one death reported earlier in the state and another in Kerala have now been confirmed as cases of swine flu, the statement said. Of the total deaths so far, Maharashtra now accounts for 206, while 117 lives have been lost in Karnataka, 49 in Andhra Pradesh, 40 in Gujarat, 19 in Kerala, 16 in Delhi, 7 in Tamil…

  • Jet Airways Konnect to link Delhi to Raipur, Patna, Chennai

    admin2
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:51 am
    NetIndian News Network New Delhi, November 6, 2009 Jet Airways Konnect will introduce new services from Delhi to Chennai, Patna and Raipur from tomorrow. The airline also said it would enhance capacity on the Mumbai-Coimbatore sector with effect from November 11.Jet Airways Konnect is the all-economy no frills service of private sector carrier Jet Airways. Accoring to the release, flight 9W 2213 will depart Delhi at 0540 hrs and arrive in Raipur at 0725 hrs. Flight 9W 2214 will then depart Raipur at 0800 hrs, arriving in Delhi at 0950 hrs. Flight 9W 2263 will depart Delhi at 1605 hrs,…