Indian radio has come a long way since the times of Vividh Bharati. With the plethora of FM stations available today these are exciting times for Indian audiences, more so with RJs on various stations trying out all sorts of innovative stuff to keep the lights going. As i may have mentioned earlier , my office...
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Over the course of some three hundred odd years, the British gave a lot to India. They gave us the Railways, Post and Telegraph, Cricket, Tea, Movies. They gave us the English language, which was going to come in handy in the twenty first century to help India become the world’s back office. They...
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It all started when some not so creditable people were allowed to take loans to buy them homes. Down the line, some of them started defaulting on their mortgages. Suddenly banks were competing with each other in writing off billions of dollars of assets. Bear sterns went down. Lehman Brothers went down. AIG went...
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So yeah…i have been thinking about doing this for a long time. About Time. Diwali would be an auspicious enough occasion to get back to writing. So, Happy Diwali dearest readers, and i am back. Take care, enjoy good health, have a happy and satisfied life, and i will talk more about me in...
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Fear seems to be the underlying theme of our lives these days. Parents fear their kids not being smart enough to make it to the good colleges. Worse, they fear their kids being too smart to care for them. Teachers fear students filing FIRs if spoken rudely to. Kids fear getting paralyzed because a...
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I am considering going Big…getting my own website and doing a whole lot of fancy stuff with it. Just wanted your take on this…yes yes you reader..i am talking to you there. What do you think? Would be very interested in hearing from people who have made a similar switch from WordPress to their...
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Dear Readers, Subject: I am not Dead This is for you the millions of you crazy people who read this blog and appreciate my writing, and adore me and dream about me and want to build temples for me and have come to expect so much of me. I have not been able to...
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That is the exact headline of this article i found on the Times of India website. The headline was interesting. Don’t we keep hearing people cry all the time about the ever rising IT salaries? A closer look turned into disappointment. Disappointment and Disenchantment. Disenchantment with how media people just write anything whether or...
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This thanksgiving, it just makes sense for me to do my fair share of thanking. So here goes. I am thankful i am alive. I am thankful for god, and his carrying me through the highs and lows of life. I am thankful for a wonderful family, who mean the world to me. I...
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He Here i am. Slogged all my life. Achieved a lot, just not yet a wife. Work takes up a lot of time. Why should i be single, have i committed some crime ? I love movies, music, the works. Have a good sense of humour, not like one of the jerks. Looking for...
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As a kid you fantasize about growing up and being independent and responsible and rich and free to do what you want. Doesn’t always work out that nicely. I remember back in school where my biggest worry was the couple of marks i didn’t score in the latest weekly test. Or finishing homework early...
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Youtube is turning out to be a modern day Pandora’s box. Check this out. This video is a clipping of traffic at some intersection somewhere in India. (Any guesses what city this is?) The video is supposed to show just how bad traffic in India is. Now, frankly i thought this was pretty tame....
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I read a touching post yesterday by a sister remembering her brother who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir. “J&K: 2 majors, 9 infiltrators killed How many times have you and I read headlines like these in the last so many years and not given it a second thought? It seems like there is one...
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India is shining. The Indian elephant is on a roll, galloping along on the path to economic progress. India has more billionaires than any other Asian country. Indians are starting new companies. Indian companies are acquiring foreign ones. The rupee is stronger than it has been in recent years. Foreign exchange reserves are at...
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Unity in Diversity. We have grown up hearing this common refrain while referring to India. But as India celebrates its 60 years of independence, and amidst the immense euphoria regarding the massive strides that the country is taking on various economic and technological fronts, we Indians need to pause for a moment and do...
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