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Revival check

2004-05-12T09:44:00.000+05:30

With Blogger's revival, I am tempted to use this earlier space of mine to post tid-bits of humour, fun and trivia. Google, Help me raise the bar.... Cheers,

Action: Blogbreak till VinBlog is reloaded

2003-06-26T16:33:00.000+05:30

Well...As I have successfully exported my blogger entries to MT, I won't post anything till my domain is setup. And that means another blogbreak. Dont know whats up with webcomindia.net. They promised one day for registration. And I am yet to see my domain registered. I am gonna sue them If they dont do it soon. Till then you guys relish recipes from ritu on her foodlog. I did this coolgray

2003-06-25T10:49:00.000+05:30

Immersion in the responsibility matrix I have got a huge load of work to do today. Lotsa things are expected to be done at a time. And this migraine attack though not a severe one, a bleak long standing throbbing sensation all through the day is expected. No matter I am going to beat the heat, and do my work. I can do it. Start nowwww...

2003-06-24T11:27:00.000+05:30

"What is a meme?" Ever since I saw this word in one of those sentenses in one of the archived posts of Anil Dash, I am kinda getting allergic to blogworlds lingo. I like to love it. But I still hate it. Primarily because its a pain in the ass, to look around and find what on earth it means. Especially when you are struck up neck deep in the work assigned to you and you need quick look at whats

2003-06-23T19:31:00.000+05:30

Free ain't cheap !!! Well..okay I am going to move to my own domain with my own space and going to power my blog with MovableType personal publishing system. There are hundreds of bloggers who move from blogger, greymatter so on and so forth to things like MT, Nucleus, pMachine. I found this interesting post at USS Clueless, which talks about all this moving to own publishing system for blogs

2003-06-23T10:48:00.000+05:30

Almost done - VinBlog reloaded. A long wait and its almost done. Yup, the VinBlog which was earlier hosted at rediff, is almost set to be relaunched at my own domain and web hosting space. It took me exactly 15 minutes to set the MovableType thingie at my host. Such an ease. I would say the impression of TotalChoiceHosting.com (my web host) till now has been excellent. The CPanel it provides,

2003-06-20T17:45:00.000+05:30

A Blogger's Big-Fish Fantasy A good blogger's must read this article at NYTimes. The observation is that bloggers always think a few things a like. They ask themselves more importantly 3 things, -- why do they blog? -- for whom do they blog? -- what do they blog day after day?As most bloggers know, it's better not to fret over how many people are reading your Weblog. In any creative

2003-06-20T16:02:00.000+05:30

It turns out to be.... Well...I have to admit that I am infatutuated by this certain someone. Yup thats 'B', The unseen, but known 'B', who is kinda become my passion or as I said earlier an addiction. I admitted that and told her so. Her response was 'Kya kahe ! Pata nahi' (Wattu say, dunno). I dont know how to interpret that. But I am fine with it, as long as her SMSs beep on my cellphone.

2003-06-19T12:21:00.000+05:30

Aashiqui....with...Mousiqui... I wanna talk about music now. The music in movies. When I was a kid during those Amitabh, Mithunda, Chunky, Govinda, Jeetendra movies in the 80s, the music was not as melodious as it was in 90s. Though still I like Bappi lahiri's numbers from 'Disco Dancer'. The disco genre is still one of my favourites. The romantic wave began with Nadeem-Shravan's 'Aashiqui'. It

2003-06-18T16:49:00.000+05:30

Corp Blogging Moving ahead from one of my earlier post on 'Business Blogging', here is what I could find in the Boston Globe, an excerpt says - Companies have begun to recognize the potential power of what buffs like to call ''the blog-osphere.'' Consider: Every business needs to know what its employees know. Companies are crammed with experts on various topics whose knowledge goes to waste -

2003-06-18T15:54:00.000+05:30

Venus Venus penne...rap There is this song called 'Venus Venus penne' in the new tamil film called 'Punnagai Poove'. The rap bit that comes in between sounds so funny and interesting. Just check this out. You would enjoy if you've been hearing this super hit song. Your Mama Knew It He'd Be Breaking It Down Slip In The Rhythm And The Groove Of The Old School Sound We Talking About This Girl

2003-06-18T10:15:00.000+05:30

Gone are the days.... Gone are the days when we used to talk for hours with our friends. Now we don't have time to say a HI. Gone are the days when we played games on the road. Now we code on the road with laptop. Gone are the days when we stood to watch birds. Now we see and hear them in mpeg files. Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at night. Now we see stars

2003-06-16T17:22:00.000+05:30

My Top 10 all time favourite hindi movie list. Not necessarily in any order. But DDLJ is the first one for sure. 1. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge 2. Kabhi haan Kabhi naa 3. Dil chahta hai 4. Dil hai ki maanta nahi 5. Lagaan 6. The legend of bhagat singh 7. Company 8. Satya 9. Chashme baddoor 10. Chhoti si baat

2003-06-16T11:14:00.000+05:30

Chalte Chalte... It was yet another friday night. And we went to watch the movie - 'Chalte Chalte'. Didn't expect a lot. But there were expectations for SRK, that he will get out of his 'Devdas' mood and enact something different. The movie started on a sloppy note, with the friends circle trying to explain a love story to the hamming fiancee of one of the friends. SRK has managed to enact

2003-06-13T11:22:00.000+05:30

Really Simple Syndication - RSS This link should say what is RSS. A good explaination at this site by weblog conceiver and chief evangelizer, Dave Winer.

2003-06-13T10:46:00.000+05:30

Deep thoughts about blogging Blogging is not technology. Neither it is a new system invented. It was there since long. And we have been hearing about it this way. Digging more about it, here is an article which puts down some deep thoughts about blogging. Worth a read.

2003-06-12T18:14:00.000+05:30

Business blogging and the conference Michael Gartenberg is VP & Research Director, Jupiter Research. Today I stumbled upon his blog and thought I have finally reached something worthwhile to mention about blogging. On June 9, 2003, a 2-day Jupitermedia ClickZ Weblog Business Strategies 2003 Conference was held. The thing that caught my eyes was as he says - "More than half the audience seemed

2003-06-12T15:06:00.000+05:30

Adoration I dont know what to say, this is a poem composed by 'B', and the 'he' in the poem is supposed to be me !!! I believe I am not worth this poem. Its should have been written for the holy god. No. Not me. I am no good. I appreciate the appreciation shown by you, 'B' but I am a human. If you regard me so much, then I have nothing to give you in return. Poem Of Adoration He sounds like

2003-06-11T10:08:00.000+05:30

The Story of us !!! Its been long. 2 months and I have to tell somethinng. I am addicted to someone. Someone who is far away. Yet so near. Someone who cares for me for no reason. Who doesn't goto sleep without saying goodnight, doesn't wake up from her bed without saying Goodmorning to me. And me too have reciprocated in the same way. Not because she does. But because its come that way at the

2003-06-09T18:36:00.000+05:30

My Indya Stintlog !!! Sunil Lulla(now Sony SET - EVP), Arun Katiyar, Niti Chopra, Anuradha Sharma, Anu K, Arunava Sinha, Koushal Modi, Raj@Webops, Rajaram@webops, pradeep@webops, Projyal, Subbaraman K, Ananth Ram, Sims, Priti Kohli, Suman, Deepa T, Ramya, Chetan B, Chatura, Seetal Iyer (Yup the Radiocity FM RJ), Leena Palekar@TechQC, Alistair@TechQC, NCB (NaveenChandra Bhat), Hitesh Ashar, Tariq

2003-06-09T14:48:00.000+05:30

Happy and not I am happy because the Monsoons are coming. And people are heaving a sigh of relief. I am not happy because I am getting drowsy (Slept at 2am. 3 hours of chatting with B) I am happy because I had a nice chat with B last night. I am not happy because the software installation on my pc is not working at all. I am happy because Its a nice weather out here in Bangalore. The hot

2003-06-09T11:52:00.000+05:30

Khwahish adhoori Did't do anything great over the weekend. Went to see "Khwahish" - a realistic, hot but tragic, ill fated screenplay, crapy sequences dustbin which is not recommended on a saturday afternoon. The only thing to watch here was Mallika sherawat and some dialogue baazi between the two. Ullas was horrific. Sir looks tired. Amar, sethji watever u call him is as expressionless as he

2003-06-06T21:20:00.000+05:30

Again a new look I never get fedup of this. I enjoy changing my template often. But this one I liked from a blog and took some cues from it. I just love this skin. Did some serious tweaking to get it to this shape. Finally its here. Plan to keep it for some time. Last working day and I am looking forward to an eventful weekend. Though not totally sure. Gotta get my fiero some servicing.

2003-06-06T15:57:00.000+05:30

Google India News - Link of the day Simply amazing stuff from Google again. This gives news accumulated at once place from all sources portals, news sites, magazines almost all. Too good a site to miss. Wish only they had provided the RSS feed too. http://news.google.com/india

2003-06-06T15:46:00.000+05:30

Google to fix blog noise problem This is a welcome announcement by the CEO Eric Schmidt. Now there will be a separate tab called 'blogs', to search personal published blog. The blogs will be removed from the main index. That way the main users will continue to get the exact information they are looking for on the main index, and bloggers will find a place to search similar interests and other

2003-06-06T13:08:00.000+05:30

10 things to know about the Internet 1. The Internet isn't complicated 2. The Internet isn't a thing. It's an agreement. 3. The Internet is stupid. 4. Adding value to the Internet lowers its value. 5. All the Internet's value grows on its edges. 6. Money moves to the suburbs. 7. The end of the world? Nah, the world of ends. 8. The Internet�s three virtues: a. No one owns it b. Everyone

2003-06-05T21:44:00.000+05:30

Very very busy? me? After a long time at my work place, I really seem to have taken something seriously from within. I never showed uneasiness or dislike towards work that I am doing while at work. I have been moved to a new project, after a wait of 4 months, finally my managers decided I am worth doing what I should be doing. All these four months I was in to technology or work whatever you

2003-06-04T14:57:00.000+05:30

Gadgets and me I am a gadget freak. I love taking a look at gizmodo. I am sure to take it in my hand and inspect or use, whenever I see a gadget around. No shop lifting though. One of my gadget dreams is owning a high-end high-configuration Laptop, and using it to blog. Like many geeks out there in the United states and Europe do. A breezing evening in winter, Just sitting in the balcony of my

2003-06-03T16:02:00.000+05:30

TNBT - "The Next Big Thing" As I was wondering there would be predictions and hoopla about blogging soon and would be called the next big thing. Now don't we know what happened to the dot-coms and tech startups during the boom and safely would predict that the bubble is going to burst for anything thats been touted as the next big thing. I don't buy that thought. Each and every new thing that

2003-06-03T11:28:00.000+05:30

Back here Well..after the short break I am back here. The reasons for this break as many of you know that I am planning for my own domain name and powering my blog with MT. Now after all the discovery and search for a host etc, it looks like will take a week or two before I move myself up there. So thought time to get back to some blogging, to let out myself through this wonderful(?) medium

2003-05-27T17:58:00.000+05:30

Blogbreak making sense. Due to reasons, which I would discuss once I am back, I am officially taking a blogbreak. You wont see any posts from me for the next few days, until I am back with something more, something new, something different. Juz Saving Private Vin............

2003-05-26T10:54:00.000+05:30

Nandhini and Lesa Lesa on a fairly laid back weekend Wanted to meet D on saturday. But looked like it wasn't possible as she had to attend guests at her home. Had to be content with myself for having a fairly enjoyable meal at Nandhini. Fish chilly added some zing to the meal. They serve pretty neat food. Neat and clean. Compare it with the near-by restaurants. And you will have it. They suck.

2003-05-23T17:51:00.000+05:30

Writing skills styleguide Got hold of this styleguide, based on the style book which is given to all journalists at The Economist. Thought some of you interested could take a look into it. Though its good to have a unique style of writing for an individual uncluttered by the influential aspects of interactions in daily life, I think its good to read guides and get to know more. As I love writing

2003-05-23T11:19:00.000+05:30

The blogrolling thing and dinner at dada's place Just after installing the blogrolling I began to wonder why on earth is my page taking ages to load. Could find out from cheetz' and J's comments that its happening for everyone. So now reverted back to my favourite good old HTML way of brollsense. After 3 consecutive postponement of the scheduled dinner, finally had the dinner with dada at his

2003-05-22T10:05:00.000+05:30

Indianism here I am no pseudo patriot. I am no swadeshi-videshi. I like to do what is comfortable to me. I like to make my lifestyle as good as possible. But am I doing the right way? Doesn't matter as long as I feel comfortable with it. But then when I get to read this everytime I get it in the eMail, I am tempted to pause a second and give it a thought. Now I have decided, no matter what has

2003-05-21T19:06:00.000+05:30

Back to D It was after 2.5 years that I actually met D (not the D whom I was talking abt in an earlier blog) today. Its her birthday today. And as I had mentioned yesterday, I got a gift for her for the first time(No I never gifted her anything in the last 3 yrs of our knowing each other). I went around Jaynagar yesterday and picked this beautiful pendant from archies gallery at Jaynagar. The

2003-05-21T17:30:00.000+05:30

Interesting nostalgia Got this piece from a friend in a mail this afternoon. Some interesting read. This is what he says... I came across the following info in a related to Bollywoord in a Hindi Film Music quiz ...Quite interesting.. 1. 'Chalo ik baar phir se, ajnabi ban jayen hum dono...'. This is a beautiful song from the movie 'Gumraah' sung by Mahendra Kapoor, music by Ravi. It

2003-05-21T16:27:00.000+05:30

Matrix Reloaded - some thoughts Here is what I got hold of from nedbatchelder. Quite interesting as it seems to me. The special effects were amazing. Even knowing that the burly brawl was synthetic, I couldn't tell. They did a fabulous job. The movie had the same bipolar feel as the first: scenes were either extended over-the-top fighting action scenes, or quiet talky philosophical scenes

2003-05-20T17:36:00.000+05:30

Shop search in Bangalore This is pretty neat. You can get the contact details (Address, Tel no etc) of almost all prominent shops and places in and around bangalore at the click of a button. You can search category wise (antiques, backeries, bookshops, kidswear, music shops, sweet shop almost all that you look for) and area wise (jaynagar, jp nagar, airport road, st.marks road) in Bangalore.

2003-05-19T22:36:00.000+05:30

Romantic Balcony Right now I am humming this with the MLTR. Juz thought of posting it as I am into a very romantic mood. The sun is almost down And we are both enjoying the sound Of the ocean softly brushing against the land We are sleeping you and me With a smell of tulip tree Under the starry sky on a romantic balcony But a pain inside my chest wakes me up The truth is slowly

2003-05-19T22:32:00.000+05:30

The Matrix and the fate !! As the new 'The Matrix - Reloaded' is taking a serious note from movie fanatics all over the world, I thought of revisting the 'The Matrix' its prequel, thus I was watching 'The Matrix' again for the __ times and this statement by Neo invited me to compose this reflection.Morpheus: Do you believe in fate, Neo? Neo: No. Morpheus: Why not? Neo: Because I dont like the

2003-05-19T11:10:00.000+05:30

XSLT and what I am good at. Its time I should do some tech blogging.. Some good time ago, something which I tried and then when not able to solve, sent the query to Mr. Michael Kay (Author of XSLT PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE). I got a reply from him. I followed what he said and asked the question to the xsl-list. Finally I had the answer with me, which was solved by me and not with the help of the

2003-05-16T19:12:00.000+05:30

Volare !!!! oooo !!! A nice and beautiful (hopefully) weekend ahead, and I am in a happy and jovial mood again..With no migraine episodes since I met the gr8 doc, It leaves me enough to presume that I wont have any over the weekend too. So here is me singing again the ever jovial lovely piece - Volare. Volare, oh oh Cantare, oh oh oh oh Let's fly way up to the clouds Away from the

2003-05-16T12:06:00.000+05:30

Elegance personified There is this certain someone who lives near-by. I would call her D. (Not becoz J has a friend called D, it just relates to this gal, thats why). Finally I will have to write why I admire her. This is why, She has the best dressing-sense I have seen in a gal in the recent past. She carries an elegance and class which amuses me everytime I get a glimpse of her. Her smile is

2003-05-16T10:04:00.000+05:30

MakingSense for today The ms's below are related to what I feel today, in one or the other way. Thats why they are in there. Dreams or reality : Dreams Blue or Green : Blue Ocean or mountains : ocean Juhi or Ash : Juhi Armaan or Haasil : Haasil Mornings or Evenings : Evenings School or College : College Children or Old men : Old men Black or

2003-05-15T22:44:00.000+05:30

Why Lotus notes is the most s***y thing I have to put up with? Last december when I joined my new employer, I was given this mail client tool called 'Lotus Notes' which is supposed to be the best in the market and I was kind of convinced that I can live without my cute darliing MS Outlook (which I used at my previous employer). But to my utter misfortune even after 6 months, I am left with

2003-05-15T19:18:00.000+05:30

The new look SomatoSense !!! Again implemented a suggestion from AKS, that you see this new color scheme and look of this blog. I am never satisfied with the look and feel I produce. Also I added the bookmarks for the 'TechSense' which were lying on my links toolbar in IE without seeing the light of the day. Continuous improvement till it reaches the perfection !!! Pour in your impressions...

2003-05-15T18:01:00.000+05:30

MSN iloo Just got hold of this funny new thing from WiredNews. Now on the way: "Surfing on the loo" with Internet access at portable toilets. The iLoo being developed by the MSN division of Microsoft (MSFT) in Britain is a standard portable toilet -- a loo to the English -- with a wireless keyboard and extending, height-adjustable plasma screen in front of the seat. There would also be

2003-05-15T15:15:00.000+05:30

WEIRD CAR RIDE !!! I couldn't resist myself from posting this one. Have a laugh... A guy is standing at a bus stop in the pouring rain with no coat or umbrella, when a car slides up to the kerb and stops beside him. Thinking he has just been offered a lift he opens the door and gets in relieved to be out of the wet. "Thanks pal I thought I would never......" he looks across at the driver and

2003-05-14T19:20:00.000+05:30

His story of the thing that created 'asshats' !!! Many young people around the world use the internet every day, and yet they have no memory of the history that led to the creation of the global network. Many have no understanding of how or why the internet has developed. As part of the continuing efforts to combat ignorance around the world, The Lemon presents... The History of The Internet

2003-05-14T12:37:00.000+05:30

On Free Will.... I was watching this movie - "Good Will Hunting" yesterday night. It was the 3rd time I was watching this. This joins the elite list of my all-time favourites. I did some googleing and found this piece of thought by Joseph C.K. Wong, and I am very happy to say, I subscribe whole-heartedly to all his thoughts. Cannot agree more on them. Have a read... An excellent

2003-05-14T12:09:00.000+05:30

Fizzler scare !! A new and complex computer virus called "Fizzer" spread rapidly across the Internet on Monday, infecting computers around the world via e-mail and the file-swapping service Kazaa, computer security experts said. Businesses in Asia were the first to report the attack, followed by reports of tens of thousands of infections in Europe, and experts were expecting more cases in

2003-05-14T11:26:00.000+05:30

Non-Veg Stuff !!! Click here to view some spicy non-veg stuff !!! Be careful !!!

2003-05-14T10:04:00.000+05:30

Love your job "LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY COZ U NEVER KNOW WHEN COMPANY STOPS LOVING YOU" - Narayana Murthy I wonder what makes this personality say that. Its okay, if you and I say it. May be the experience at PCS (Patni Computer Services)? eeks...

2003-05-13T17:39:00.000+05:30

Professional Morals - II It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk. Fox: "What are you working on?" Rabbit: "My thesis." Fox: "Hmm... What is it about?" Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes." Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!" Rabbit

2003-05-13T14:23:00.000+05:30

Professional Morals - I It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk. Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken" Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you" Fox: "Hmm. But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your great claws will only destroy it even more" Lion: "Oh no, give it to me

2003-05-13T12:52:00.000+05:30

Midweek Humour !!! Here r some jokes 2 make ur day ............. Njoi !!!!!!!!! GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring?? BOY : Sure, what's your phone number?? GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.. BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple.. CAROL : Do you remember when you proposed to me, I was so overwhelmed, I couldn't speak for an hour.

2003-05-13T10:12:00.000+05:30

Monalisaaa...... This stuff is quite funny. Ease out and show all your emotions with Monalisa. The world-famous art by 'Leonardo da Vinci' can now react with expressions on her face. Monalisa.

2003-05-12T19:03:00.000+05:30

Back to the color scheme ! Well..The so-famous and rich color scheme is back at SomatoSense. Intend to change the look more so often. Keeping it fresh makes a better reading experience, is what the web guru say. hehhehee !!! :)

2003-05-12T18:01:00.000+05:30

Back to the future !!! Last Friday, I decided to buy this CD finally, 'Back to the future'. It was a long pending one for me. Ever since I watched this movie 2 years ago, on a saturday afternoon@AXN, I fell in love with this one, and decided to buy the movie CD. But then this was yet to get in the market. AXN telecasted all the 3 episodes of BTTF at one shot. I think Its the most entertaining

2003-05-12T11:17:00.000+05:30

Post deleted and brollsense updated !!! Just deleted a misfortunate post from me, dint feel anything good about it. Glenn, you were absolutely right. Now on to the blogrolling, decided to manage my brollsense with something as sophisticated as that. But is it really all that worth ???

2003-05-11T09:48:00.000+05:30

Nostalgic feeling on a sunday morning !!! This sunday morning I accidently stumble upon this song lying in my PC, and it brings back the memories of my life in Engg, during the semester exams, how in the background, this one used to play and make me feel nice. Though the movie was a bit painful experience, this song is the best and one of my all time favourites. :: Movie: Sangharsh :: Music:

2003-05-09T19:26:00.000+05:30

Weekend wishes ENJOY SIMPLE THINGS !!! SMILE A LOTS !!! LOADS OF FUN !!! HAVE A NICE WEEKEND YOU ALL !!!

2003-05-09T18:33:00.000+05:30

The void Gudeangdi Beach This beach near my native place, just about 4 kms from my house, is a warm, fishermen beach. Few fisherman boats, white sand, coconut trees weaving, warm air blow during the summer, restless waves making a haunting fathom is a must visit place for me. Beaches along the coastal line are so much different from each other, and so much of a negligence by the tourism

2003-05-09T17:51:00.000+05:30

What is Blogging? Note: This is a complete post by Steveland on superfastcomputer.com, that I found it apt to republish here. Credits: Steveland, superfastcomputer.com If you are new to this site, chances are that you found it through www.blogger.com, is a pioneer of the blogging community, and is one of the most popular tools that allows anyone to publish a blog. A lot of people, however,

2003-05-09T14:21:00.000+05:30

The coded message After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Saddam is still alive", Saddam decided to send George W. a letter in his own writing to let his friend know that he is still in the game. Bush opened the letter and it appeared to contain a coded message: '370HSSV-0773H' George W. couldn't figure it out so he typed it in and emailed Colin Powell.Colin and his aides had no clue

2003-05-09T14:19:00.000+05:30

"What do women really want?" Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youthful happiness. So he offered him freedom so long as he could answer a very �difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer. If, after a year, he still had no answer, he would be killed. The

2003-05-09T14:13:00.000+05:30

Paradox Few centuries ago, a Law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was unable to pay the fee. The student struck a deal saying, "I would pay your fee the day I win my first case in the court". Teacher agreed and proceeded with the law course. When the course was finished and teacher started pestering the student to pay up the fee, student reminded the deal and pushed

2003-05-09T12:25:00.000+05:30

Who's who - Indians - III SINDHIS... One Sindhi is a currency racket. Two Sindhis is a papad factory. Three Sindhis is a duplicate goods shop. Four Sindhis is big show-off parties (yeech!). BIHARIS... One Bihari is Laloo Prasad Yadav. Two Biharis is a booth-capturing squad. Three Biharis is a caste killing. Four Biharis is the total literate population of the state.

2003-05-09T10:47:00.000+05:30

Commuting saga and the auto-rick !!! Its X drive from my place to the office on my bike. Where X is, 14 kms one way, takes 35 mins to reach, suffocating roads with dust, pollution from auto-ricks, BMTC buses which can stop anywhere in the middle of the road, people cycling on the wrong side of the road, unnecessary dividers, long waits at the signals, school children clueless which way to go,

2003-05-08T18:02:00.000+05:30

Accentuating the Positive - by Mike sanders. Read this on his blog and thought should share it here. All credits to Mike. If you read enough bloggers you can see that they primarily portray four character traits, two positive and two negative. The positive blogger traits are: Intelligence Kindheartedness The negative blogger traits are: Self-centeredness Mean spiritedness What

2003-05-08T16:53:00.000+05:30

8th Wonder The Palm Jumeirah & the Palm Jabal Ali project are considered as the 8th wonder of the world. They are two man made islands that have a palm Tree shape. The Palm Jumeirah is located in the area opposite the Dubai Media City & Dubai internet city.The Palm Jabal Ali would be 15 k.m. further towards Abu Dhabi & 10 k.m. away from the borders of Abu Dhabi. These projects would be the

2003-05-08T16:35:00.000+05:30

VISIONS Its time to humm a ghazal by JagjitSingh. Album: VISIONS by Jagjit Singh Writer: vaajidaa tabassuma kuchha na kuchha to zaruura honaa hai, saamanaa aaja unase honaa hai toDo, fe.nko.n, rakho, karo kuchha bhii, dila hamaaraa hai, kyaa khilonaa hai zi.ndagii aura mauta kaa matalaba, tumako paanaa hai, tumako khonaa hai itanaa Daranaa bhii kyaa hai duniyaa se, jo bhii

2003-05-08T14:19:00.000+05:30

Who's who - Indians - II MANGALOREANS... One Mangalorean is a supari seller. Two Mangaloreans can't stand one another. Three Mangaloreans is an Udupi restaurant. Four Mangaloreans is a fanatical Konkani Sabha. BOMBAYITES... One Bombayite is a hawker. Two Bombayites is a film industry. Three Bombayites is a slum. Four Bombayites is the rush-hour train crowd.

2003-05-08T11:42:00.000+05:30

SMS and the beep sound Grabbing the newspaper, I wake up in the morning at 7:30, I send an SMS "GM, Have a Fab day". By the time I am brushing my teeth, I get buzzed with the SMS which reads, "GoodMorning, May you find hundred reasons to smile, and may you be a reason for hundred others to smile". I am struggling to understand a complex installation system 3 hours later, when my cell again

2003-05-08T11:08:00.000+05:30

Who the is Jack Schitt ??? There was a mention of Jack schitt on one of the comments left by J. and guess what, I made a mistake to ask J, what he meant by that. This is what he had to breif me. As it was left on comments section, I am repeating it here for a first look read. A very funny reading. Quite an impressive effort guys, whoever put it down. Many people are at a loss for a

2003-05-07T14:11:00.000+05:30

A child's prayer One night, a father passed by his son's room and heard his son praying: "God bless Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma. Bye Grandpa." The father didn't quite know what this meant, but was glad his son was praying. The next morning, they found Grandpa dead on the floor of a heart attack. The father reassured himself that it was just a coincidence, but was still a bit spooked. The next

2003-05-07T12:21:00.000+05:30

Colored or Not? A black man walks into a cafe one early morning and noticed that he was the only black man there. As he sat down, he noticed a white man behind him.The white man said, "Colored people are not allowed here."� The black man turned around and stood up. He then said: "When I was born I was black," "When I grew up I was black," "When I'm sick I'm black," "When I go in the sun I'm

2003-05-07T12:04:00.000+05:30

Who's who - Indians MALAYALEES.... � One Malayalee is a narial-pani shop. � Two Malayalees is a boat race. � Three Malayalees is a Gulf job racket. � Four Malayalees is an oil slick. � TAMILIANS... � One Tamilian is a fugitive sandalwood smuggler. � Two Tamilians is a suicide-bomb squad. � Three Tamilians is a classical music school. � Four Tamilians is a Jayalalitha fan

2003-05-07T09:57:00.000+05:30

Now this work is Lisensed under Creative Commons ! Creative Commons is a non-profit corporation founded on the notion that some people may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them. We believe there is an unmet demand for an easy yet reliable way to tell the world "Some rights reserved" or even "No rights reserved." Many people have long since concluded

2003-05-06T20:36:00.000+05:30

The Allergy prick test Yesterday was the worst day in the history of my migraine suffering. I would give it a 10 out of 10. I am maintaining a headache diary and none crossed the mark of 8 till now. But yesterday's does. It was terrible. Horrifying and untolerable. I was crying with pain. It started at about 2PM and gradually started developing by 6PM and at 11, it reached its peak. Took

2003-05-06T19:58:00.000+05:30

Golden Quadrilateral Sher Shah Suri built the Grand Trunk Road and gave India, according to Rudyard Kipling, a river of life. The BJP Govt is not talking in those terms, yet. What it promised was state-of-the-art, four-lane highways linking Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai by Dec 2003. But four years later, the wagon is sputtering, with just one-fourth of the 5,846-km stretch ready and

2003-05-06T16:17:00.000+05:30

Some relevant reading at MSN !!! "Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life." This age old saying couldn't have been more timely. A study undertaken by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with McKinsey in November 2002 brought to light an alarming situation waiting to hit those caught in the vortex of a competitive world. The study predicted that in

2003-05-06T13:03:00.000+05:30

BrollSense updated Now the BrollSense has been alphabetically listed for convenience. And is updated with Anvita's blog as well.

2003-05-06T12:32:00.000+05:30

One more Personality check Now here you go and get your check done at Brainbench. It needs registration... it takes only 3 minutes for registration... rest 7 minutes for personality check...Nice time pass... www.brainbench.com also lets you take up Free Tests... Technical...U can choose the topics... See where u need improvement...

2003-05-06T10:46:00.000+05:30

The NH-17 and the way out of my town !!! This picture was taken sitting in the front seat of a van, when sun was furiously hot on the tar road, you could find the tar flowing on the road at some places as patches. The NH-17 goes past our house and thus since childhood has been one of the most familiar highway to me. Though the Ankola-Yellapur road is constructed in a way better than the NH-17,

2003-05-05T17:37:00.000+05:30

No one sees ??? At times when u cry, no one sees ur tears ! When u worry, no one sees ur pain !! When ur happy, no one sees ur smile !!! Try coughing, they'll look at u with SARSpect !!!!

2003-05-05T17:00:00.000+05:30

A Glimpse of the Devbag island beach !!! This is one place which is no less nearer to the heaven itself. On the last weekend I was here, and boy..Goan beaches are no where near the beauty and elegance that this one carries. Devbag which is an island just a few kms into the sea from Karwar, coastal karnataka, is far more beautiful and ravishing than Goan beaches. More in my travelogue.

2003-05-05T16:35:00.000+05:30

Pleasantly surprised ...and I had this beautiful blog of mine, which offlate got major blows by the technical issues the blogging service had that I was using. So now I am on to the SomatoSense on blogspot. I am pleasantly surprised by the useability of this tool. I hope I will make this beautiful blogger dano my home. Just hope. and Hope floats !!!!

2003-05-05T16:06:00.000+05:30

First few impressions The first few impressions that I have got with Dano is its got a few problems here and there. But still seems to be doing a better job then my previous blogging tool. Just waiting to see some good new features coming my way.

2003-05-05T15:59:00.000+05:30

A scene from Dil Chahta Hai??? I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love. As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be

2003-05-05T15:54:00.000+05:30

Your Age ??? ;) Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump

2003-05-05T15:47:00.000+05:30

Insurance Fun !!! The following quotes are actual statements from insurance forms where car drivers tried to summarize accident details in as few words as possible. Such instances of faulty writing serve to confirm that incompetency can be highly entertaining. 1. Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have. 2. The other car collided with mine without

2003-05-05T12:01:00.000+05:30

AAADD I got this piece from a friend in an eMail in the morning. Have a read... Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD--Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk

2003-05-05T11:58:00.000+05:30

Back from a well deserved tour of heaven on earth !!! Well..Guys I am back from heaven with loads of memories and experiences to share, and it would take me a few posts to publish them entirely. Once I compose the first part I will start posting.. Keep watching this space...

2003-04-30T18:25:00.000+05:30

Off to a vacation So guys here is me off for a vacation of 3-4 days to my native and will be back with loads of information and travelogue to share. Till then have a great time all !!!

2003-04-30T17:42:00.000+05:30

SUGGESTED SARS PREVENTION I got this in a mail this morning, and found apt to post it in here. I do not know the medicocities explained here about drugs, but there is a fair amount of knowledge depicted here for SARS prevention. The fact of the mysterious pneumonia, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), caused by a so-called mutated strain of corona virus has been widely spread