September 2011
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Yes, all South Indians are Madrasi
Although, I’m not guilty of doing that, but I find several south Indian folks get offended by the use of the loose term - Madrasi - for them. Of course, they are not Tamilians, all of them, and want their Mallu, Kannada, et al identitites.
It’s not ignorance, but history. Under the British rule, for a long time, Madras Presidency included most of South India including parts of Andhra...
May 2011
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So Long, Microsoft!
FAQs
Have you quit Microsoft? May 30, 2011 is my last day at Microsoft. Yes, I have. I joined on July 30, 2007.
Really? You were always a fan! I still am. I love Microsoft. I’ve met some awesome folks and participated in some delicious discussions that have made me learn so much and given me some great perspectives.
Then why leave? I leave in no grudge. And their is no love lost. I had...
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Amazon: Building Earth's Most Customer-Centric...
The title of this post is actually the email signature of the Amazon Kindle support representative that I communicated with. I think I agree.
Here’s the story…
On my recent trip, my Kindle’s display went kaput. After some chest pain, and mild heart-attack, I called up Amazon Kindle support. Customer details, and a couple of questions later…
‘I’m sorry your...
April 2011
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March 2011
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Air India vs. Kingfisher vs. Jet Airways
I’ve always been a Kingfisher loyalist, and always had reason for preferring it over Jet Airways. Recently I flew Air India (DEL-BLR), and can now give more positive reasons for the Kingfisher loyalty.
In-flight Entertainment: Jet goes down here! I flew Jet Airways (DEL-BLR) last year, and realized that the aircraft doesn’t have in-flight entertainment. I fail to understand why a...
January 2011
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Remembering papa...
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, That, we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of...
October 2010
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Missing Girl Found: Social Media Put to Good Use
What an awesome social media success story!
A young girl ran away from home; daughter of a Microsoft employee.
The internal discussion lists spread the message and then social media took over. Several Microsoft folks tweeted and posted updates about the missing girl.
A manager at Fairwood Safeway saw her picture and recognized her, called it in and the family immediately went to pick her up. ...
September 2010
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Let the Games Begin!
So, here we are. A few days to the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010. This post is an emotional and optimist piece, because in sports and all things India, that’s how I live. Also, I’ll keep aside the corruption and criticism marred face of the Games for the aforesaid reasons. Not that I’m in denial, but I’m in hope and in spirits.
Look at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium or the...
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Times of India surprise with a great editorial... →
After the recent refreshes of Times of India and Economic Times sites, Times Internet Limited (TIL) has just launched a fine content portal.
For all the years, I hated Times’s efforts on the Web, but guess they’ve progressed by leaps and bounds now. Now hoping they’ll take pop-ups off the TOI homepage?
Hat tip to @urbaneye.
August 2010
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iPad vs. Kindle. Not.
A few days back, around the Kindle 3 (not official version name, but third generation in releases) launch, I tweeted saying the Kindle is now tempting me, and I might just take a dive into the world of eBook readers, and add another gadget to my bag.
Surprisingly, several folks on my social networks advised me to go for iPad (with the Kindle...
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“The woods are lovely, dark and deep;
Watch some porn, and go to sleep.”
– A single man’s nightlife. Original quote.
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25th Eye Donation Fortnight
I’m happy to be invited by Dr.Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital for ‘Amarjyoti’, an eye-donation function/campaign, organized on the occasion of 25th Eye Donation Fortnight observed from 8/7-9/8 in India. The objective of the event is to promote the message of eye donation.
Dad was always ahead in social initiatives, with female foeticide and pulse polio campaigns really close...
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Kotak: Lies and Fraud
Please read this, and share with your network to avoid being duped.
Over two months back, I did a small investment with Kotak after a telemarketing call with Ashish Gupta (9278865096).
I was promised:
Life Insurance in name of my mother
No exit load
Partner offer (with Apollo Munich) of medical insurance for my mother of the value of INR 100,000
The agent - Narendar (9953870604) - visited me...
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Delhi Traffic Police on Twitter
@dtptraffic
If there’s one social media effort from a government agency that I’d really appreciate, this is it. They even made it to the popular blog, Mashable, for booking traffic offendors through Facebook photos.
Delhi Traffic Police is on Twitter giving traffic updates all the time, and in a burst in rainy and traffucked day like today. If you don’t use Twitter on mobile,...
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http://economictimes.com →
Times Internet Limited, the internet arm of the Times of India group, has been a pioneer in Web business under the Indiatimes brand. Sadly though, I’ve forever hated the portals/services they’ve introduced, much because of the shoddy Web development and user experience they offered.
The Times of India site did a refresh some time back (@urbaneye, the CEO of Indiatimes, tells me that...
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Maaza Milky Delite - Coke's New Thing
Coca-Cola India has launched Maaza Milky Delite, a blend of mango pulp and milk. It is priced at Rs 15 for a 200-ml pack.
Coke would test market for two months in Kolkata before launching it nationally.
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http://paisa.com →
A financial portfolio management service.
Although I’ve never used it, but I guess http://moneycontrol.com also has a similar service. Incidentally, paisa.com allows you to migrate your portfolio from moneycontrol to paisa.com.