tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102738322024-03-07T11:25:14.225+06:00कँही दूर जब ...............Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-47252410924429510122013-12-06T10:21:00.000+06:002013-12-06T10:21:06.733+06:00Mandela...Mandela
One of the very few heroes I believed in has passed away... Its strange for many that people this far and wide from his country, his race get lump in their throats and tears in their eyes on this day but that is what great heroes and great ideas are all about.
RIP Nelson Madela!!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-80642098840230246232013-06-30T22:15:00.004+06:002013-06-30T22:19:48.367+06:00An Appeal to help Flash Flood victims from Dharchula area in Uttarakhand
My home state Uttarakhand has been in news recently for wrong reasons. Flash floods have devastated a large parts of Uttarakhand. Kedarnath and other Dhams have been focus of national media attention and rightly so, given the fact that almost every state in our country was connected to this tragedy.
Around the same time my native area of Dharchula which is located at Indo-Nepal and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-69520943984175452452012-07-22T03:06:00.000+06:002012-07-22T03:06:03.001+06:00Orkut,Facebook, Twitter ... Google+
I seem to have become addicted to "new".....and height is that even Facebook also doesn't seem to do it for me anymore. So much so that today I glanced at my long forgotten social network Orkut!!
Looking at Orkut a few things about Facebook's social success became very obvious. Facebook understood human social behaviour better than Orkut did...and it went about including the web in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-72519935271694048622010-10-20T12:54:00.000+06:002010-10-20T12:54:08.978+06:00How do we value farmer's sweat and blood?In last 3 years I have come across many papers on development and woes of our villages. To use the broad statistics from different sources, 2/3 of our population is engaged in agriculture/rural sector and the share of this sector in GDP is around 17-18%!!
It makes me wonder as to how do we value the blood and sweat of farmers. What makes agriculture products to be valued so low that output of 60Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-15540458186098280982010-07-04T13:29:00.000+06:002010-07-04T13:29:52.642+06:00Beautiful GameDespite all the drama and fuss of refereeing woes, constant din of vuvuzelas and unpredictable flight of jabulanis, this world cup has gone on predicted lines. Fight between European and South American football, peppered with African and Asian mix here and there.
African teams have shown promise except for Nigeria which really had a poor show. SA, Ivory Coast & Ghana have made Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-61306076422204046242010-06-03T10:51:00.000+06:002010-06-03T10:51:32.386+06:00Class WarsThis morning while driving to office, heard BBC program on Thai Red Shirt protests. The biggest refrain from this protest was about common man's perception of the government and class systems. Be it democracy or monarchy, class system dictates the systems of governance. Even communism has not been spared, its just that tables get turned and oppressed becomes the oppressor.
I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-40635572251711335882010-02-13T02:14:00.000+06:002010-02-13T02:14:22.341+06:00Are we nation of blind followers?This latest tamasha in Mumbai is an example of how our countrymen love to follow a leader blindly...!! So much so that simple act of exercising your democratic right becomes act of bravery!!
If Shivsainiks really set aside their blind devotion to supreme leader and try and reason out this latest Fatwa against Shahrukh Khan .. they would realize that how immature this whole thing looks to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-12758385184115846142010-02-07T15:02:00.000+06:002010-02-07T15:02:57.814+06:00Living in a world full of batteries..Was just wondering if batteries were the most influential invention on our lives!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-51644997036294958552010-01-03T00:32:00.001+06:002010-01-03T02:02:04.844+06:00five point someone's 70%Seriously last evening's media overdose has spoilt all the fun of 3 idiots..!! It is such a good package for indian middle classes and could have done without role playing by the people behind the scenes ( victim : CB villain: VVC)
I find it ridiculous that CB is playing victim in this whole thing and playing %age game :) Is he looking for 70% returns from the movie? I guess no.. He is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-22315295138018543042009-12-24T01:09:00.000+07:002009-12-24T01:09:42.124+07:00Your cellphone or music player or gaming device is your primary computer ...Hmmm ... we seem to be on the same wavelength :
The trends are pretty clear. All the exciting new applications are running in the browser, with application code in the cloud and the cell phone as the platform. Your cell phone will become your primary computer. I think in the near future there will be docking stations everywhere with a screen and a keyboard. You simply pull out your phone, plug itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-89367770887194410672009-12-23T12:44:00.000+07:002009-12-23T12:44:14.636+07:00Google Chrome - finally my default browserIt took long time for Google to add extensions and fix up the glitches on display of pdf files. Finally it has done all that and now it looks likely to stay my default browser.
What made me move to Chrome was frequent crashing of Firefox and my heartfelt dislike for IE. Why I dont like IE? well that stems from their policy of upgrade to IE7 & 8.
Firefox is a good browser but as it kept crashingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-8357234130951027682009-12-22T16:14:00.001+07:002009-12-22T16:14:02.533+07:00Google wave .. not even ripples as yetI had so much expectations from Google wave ... but almost 2 months down the line, it hasnt taken off as yet. I think despite all the claims from wave team .. this connectivity tool has failed big time.
It forgets that there is universe beyond Wave !!!
I think any product today would have to be really very ground breaking to force people into using its own universe for connectivity. So Google .Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-73046654219151143742009-09-28T13:26:00.015+07:002009-09-28T14:41:08.775+07:00When would this stop in UttarakhandEver since I came back to Uttarakhand there have been frustrating experiences. Be it small things like the lack of traffic rules enforcement or BJP's internal fighting and hamlet of the CM stalling all the works in the state. After recent change at the helm of affairs in BJP and the subsequent actions like raids on government offices by CM etc., one hoped that now there would be atleast some Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-84685382054813077202009-08-15T19:50:00.004+07:002009-08-18T01:34:34.199+07:00Maa | MotherOther day while listening to Taare Zameen Par's "Maa" I was suddenly reminded of "Mother" by Pink Floyd. Though both are written in different context, one from a young boy and one as a grown man looking back but these 2 songs definitely help us understand the cultural differences of east and west.I think most of us Indians or people from subcontinent would immediately identify wouth "Maa". "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-59995769247505399212009-07-16T14:34:00.003+07:002009-07-16T14:48:09.630+07:00Super Citizens!!After every election we witness this phenomena. Ex MPs, MLAs Ministers not rushing to vacate their official residences and perks etc.Uttarakhand though is witnessing a slightly different version of it these days. As a result of BJP's internal politics last CM had to resign. He did this but only after installing his own nominee to the same post. It has been almost a month since the new CM has Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-46961191664244676402009-07-14T17:41:00.002+07:002009-07-14T17:46:31.644+07:00Do we need windows or any other big bloated OSs??Announcement of Google about Chrome OS actually opens a new debate altogether. Do we need Windows? Windows today is essentially base of Microsoft’s PC dominance. We actually need windows so that we can run other applications on top of it. That leads us to question as to why such this entire software universe is so resource hungry? Lets Just compare Google Docs with MS Office suite. MS Office Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-4362728324995851932009-07-03T15:23:00.003+07:002009-07-03T15:29:40.717+07:00हिंदी !!I discovered this nice tool from google which extends their transliteration services to other websites as well.It is really exciting for multilingual people like me ... and immediately I tried it on Facebook and it worked quite well!!Where this falls short at the moment is on CMS based website editing ... or even Blogger itself. Here I could type only title in Hindi and on the main content this Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-49908540459399029742009-04-23T11:17:00.002+06:002009-04-23T11:25:21.536+06:00Taliban, Maoists ... same things but different namesDriving and thinking is not advisable but this morning while BBC was going on and on about how America now suddenly views Pakistan as a problem, this thought crossed my mind. If we all look at the fundamental level Talibanism, Maoism or any other "ism" comes from dissatisfaction with the ruling regimes.All these movements start as small pebbles thrown in the water and as the size of the pebble Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-22601764961409370392008-12-07T11:38:00.004+06:002008-12-07T12:11:58.721+06:00Bye Bye Freebies... Closing of free services!!In last one week I have come across atleast 2 bits of news about web 2.0 services closing down. This made me wake up to a possible reality that jus might hit us soon!! what about free services like blogger, picasa etc. are forced to stop !!!It just might happen soon... for sure there is no bail out plan out there for these web 2.0 services.So I have decided to make a list of services closing downAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-41029961849212115582008-11-30T15:55:00.002+06:002008-11-30T16:00:26.185+06:00Moral ResponsbilityCongress final got rid of its biggest liability, in the name of moral responsbility, Mr. Shivraj Patil. I hope this brings some sensible changes in government's approach and people's approach.Opposition's approach though doesnt seem to change as much after what all we have witnessed. Mr. Rudy comments as spokesperson of BJP couldnt have been any less opportunistic at a time like this. He seems toAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-85025751290505122982008-11-30T11:46:00.002+06:002008-11-30T11:55:46.753+06:00India in MumbaiFinally Taj is free and world is back to normal. We can now safely switch from news channels to our daily dose of soaps and cooked up reality shows.It took a Shyam Benegal to remind our news channels that this tragedy was not limited to 5 star hotels, elites, foreigners and slain police officers... it involved hapless unfortunate people at VT station or those police constables who had nothing butAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-51701449992032886722008-11-02T22:37:00.004+06:002008-11-02T23:25:52.157+06:00Farewell Anil Kumble!! I think a dead test match was made memorable finally made memorable for better reasons than those missed catches and physical contacts etc.. I couldn't help but get all emotional seeing the heartfelt farewell given to Anil Kumble.I am not sure if I will be as emotional when Sourav gets his farewell in Nagpur.Anil Kumble, despite his waining striking powers in last few years, was one of the few Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-62898846857898110372008-10-27T15:10:00.003+06:002008-10-27T15:25:12.793+06:00That elusive deviceFor last one year I have been a regular visitor to Engadget and Gizmodo. Tech news is also some kinda addiction. We are looking for that dream device all the time. We are easily aroused by the news of Apple's latest events ( thats a loss for the porno sites) and easily deflated seeing that design wizs at apple have decided not to give us all they can. It is amazing how apple can get away with it,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-84751147821394455652008-10-27T14:43:00.003+06:002008-10-27T14:58:50.502+06:00Aarthik ManddiDiwali normally is the time when people invite Laxmi home and hope she stays through the year with them. I think rich do it more feverishly than the poor ( who actually need Laxmi more). This year its same for rich and poor, given that Bushonomics has brought us all down to earth. Stock indexes around the world are being monitored for newer lows. Stars of last Diwali may find it hard to smile Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273832.post-67504341891060425472008-10-05T00:44:00.003+06:002008-10-05T00:58:33.662+06:00Is it tough to say goodbye to windows?Most of my work is done on MacBook these days and I am typing this on Ubuntu machine. All that said, it still is tough to get away from Windows world. Every electronic footprint all around us is most likely to be a windows based one. So it was natural for me to ensure that I have options of windows on my Macbook when it came to me, thanks to generousity from Brij. I used parallels and kept Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293370071459548153noreply@blogger.com