Category: Life

Snapshots of this humble life

“Inglish” Customer Support

I had some trouble getting my internet settings right on Airtel GPRS connections, so I called up the technical support. I selected English as the preferred language thinking that it would be easier to converse. Oh, I wished!! Little did…

Coping with the Computer Age

This happened a few days back. As my monthly travel pass was about to expire, I went to the railway station to get it renewed. To avoid the peak hour rush at the platform level booking office, I chose to…

Premji’s Take

Azim’ Premji is the chairman of Wipro. Read his take on the expenditures incurred by the Indian government for the CWG. This is one of the best article I have ever read in the TOI for a long time.

Incredible India

What is India? A nation with cities where Pizza reach faster than police or ambulance. A nation where you get car loan at 8% but education loan at 12%. A nation where the staple diet of people, rice, costs rs.…

My Blog is Carbon Neutral

This is my contribution for protection of the environment, apart from the huge mango tree which I saved from being hacked down earlier this year. My blog goes green. There are several initiatives on the internet, which help protect the…

Something Promising. Finally!!

Times News Network, reports in its 13th August Mumbai edition of the Times of India that, HC slams state for neglecting PAPs rehabilitation saying that ‘Maoists are born due to govt’s apathy’. I couldn’t find the link to its online…

Aak Thuuuu!!!

This might be a bit off taste for a respectable human being. But I feel it necessary. Thuuuuuu!! Spat the person walking in front of me on the railway platform. If you are residing in developed and clean countries this…

Wake up, Media!!

It is a welcome move to order a stay on the transactions carried out between CIDCO and Avinash Bhosale. The Times of India’s exposure in their leading newsmedia, lead to this intervention from the maharashtra government. The Times view say…