It must be indeed saddening for Ratan Tata to see the tepid response to Nano, his pet car for India’s masses . It may be true that folks got scared when they read about Nanos catching fire on the first trip to home from the showroom. But, is that the real reason why Indians didn’t… [Read more…]
November 27, 2011
There is a funny anecdote going around in Kerala that centres around a movie star’s hook-up with certain jewelry and money-lending firms, as the brand ambassador. It goes something like this: buy gold in the morning. pawn it with a money-lender in the evening. so, now that there is money in the wallet, ‘what’s the… [Read more…]
April 7, 2011
The Wikipedia says ‘The usage of flags spread from India and China, where they were almost certainly invented…’. Looking at the number of flags fluttering from the ICC world cup galleries, it looked for sure that the most number of flags would have been sold on the day India played the final than even on… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011
Google came out with another path-breaking innovation. This time around, it is motion-enabled email! You can access your inbox with body movements and hand gestures. Here’s the official scrap from Google: A new way to communicate The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for… [Read more…]
March 26, 2011
Only within a kilometer of my flat is a majestic hill that is taking its last breath. The remaining portions of the hill are being flattened for building houses or whatever. Even a temple has come up on the southern side. Standing on a my apartment’s terrace, I can see a pretty hillock a few… [Read more…]
March 16, 2011
Have you tried installing the very helpful Google Toolbar on your Chrome? If you have, you would’ve been wondering just like I’m – why didn’t Google care about making the toolbar work on its own home production? This is the message that you see if you ask for the toolbar on your chrome. I’m feeling… [Read more…]
March 5, 2011
Our apartment’s 60+ years old security guard suffered a paralytic stroke, on finding that he had lost around Rs.4,000 somewhere on the streets. I am thanking God that I didn’t, on seeing the premium demand from Reliance Insurance for renewing my family health policy. I paid around Rs.4,300 last year for a Rs.2 lakh floater.… [Read more…]
February 20, 2011
Who gains by sending folks involved in financial offences, fraud, abuse of power etc. to jail? The answer is, nobody. Not the people who are affected by the offence, not the government which brags about ’having brought the guilty to book’. So, why are we still doing this? Apparently, the main reason is that we… [Read more…]
September 14, 2010
Have you ever felt like finding out where some mails come from? specially if you were an unfortunate victim of email harassment? Well,you can. And it is so easy. There are free tools on the web that even cops use to hunt down culprits. Step 1: copy the header of your email. This is simple,… [Read more…]
May 13, 2010
The International Nurses’ Day slipped past us yesterday, May 12. A service probably as old as our civilization itself, it is a well-deserved special day for the people, whose services the society never paid back for in the right measure. A thought that used to amaze me is about what makes a person, more aptly… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
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