Days are plenty… Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Women’s Day etc. are well-known…but did you know of a few unusual (and at times funny!) days? Check these: International Men’s Day (Yes! Men too get to celebrate – though only for a day), Buy Nothing Day, International Mother Language day, Singles Awareness Day (aka SAD... Continue Reading →
Happy Holi – the Festival of Colours…
Happy Holi!!! Holi, the Festival of Colours...may your life be as colourful as the ones you see in images below... (gathered from the Web, hopefully, without any Copyright violation!)
New Year Resolutions…updates
I had set a few New Year Resolutions at the beginning of 2009 e.g.1. To learn a musical instrument - Synthesizer2. To learn a foreign language etc. etc.And I had also decided that as per the situation (opportunities) I would change these, if need be.So here is an update on them - some complete surprises... Continue Reading →
Use Blackle (Black Google) search to save energy !!??
Today I received an email about Energy conservation tips - "A green initiative" as they called it. It advised us switching off PCs, monitors, lights daily while leaving the workstation - that would save about $500 per week per PC or about 400 KWH of electrical units per week per PC.(Speech by former President of... Continue Reading →
Fighting tobacco…with cartoons, poems
Today's Indian Express, a leading English Daily, carried an article about 'Anti-smoking' campaign...Fighting tobacco - with cartoons, poems etc. Here's a spoof on Jack and Jill poem...---------------------------------Jack and Jillused to smoke on a hillto get a stupid pleasure.Jack got cancerand lost his life;Jill too died soon after...--------------------------------------The article reminded me of a few posters about... Continue Reading →
Why Planning is important?
Why Planning is important?---------------------------One night 4 college students were playing till late night and could not study for the test which was scheduled for the next day. In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty with grease and dirt. They then went up to the Dean and said that they had gone out... Continue Reading →
Slumdog Millionaire and BusinessWeek articles
Came across these two articles from BusinessWeek - both having Slumdog Millionaire as backdrop...interesting read!Hollywood Meets Bollywood as India's Movies Go Globalhttp://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/feb2009/gb20090220_330804.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_global+businessBeyond Slumdog Millionaire: India's Biggest Slumhttp://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/feb2009/gb20090220_162402.htm
All eyes on Oscars…
'...and the Oscar goes to...!!!'The moment is nearing us...less than 24 hrs. to go before the world will see a new Maestro (the old one for all Indians) - A. R. Rahman, irrespective of whether he wins an Oscar or not.My 'inner voice' says: Rahman will bag 2 Oscars! About 7 years ago every Indian was... Continue Reading →
Chess: Linares 2009 has begun…
Linares, one of the most respected Chess tournaments - equvalent to Grand Slam in tennis, has begun on 18th February 2009.This is the first tournament for Vishwanathan Anand since he retained his World Championship in 2008 - so it is a major test for him. Already Anand (Elo: 2791) has lost his No. 1 spot... Continue Reading →
About Google
As a netizen I visit http://www.google.com everytime I connect to internet. Sometime back I read somewhere a quote 'When in doubt search Google; when certain...make it your Home page!'Well I certainly have Google.com as my Homepage - and I am sure most of you would have it too...But how many times we browse Google itself?... Continue Reading →
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