Rent a Caravan
I am not posting an ad here but that is how people used to call "Venkat Raghavan" during his cricket days. Funny isn't it.
Some more nick names of my friends, just out of nowhere.
Nagarajan Karuppiah - Naag S
Suman Kumar - SuKu
Bright Sam - Serial Killer
Sreenivasulu Chenupati - Lu
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
My Child - Srinidhi
July 25th 2004, I saw an angel from heaven in my very own hands. My wife (Gayathri) gave birth to a baby girl and the moment was the most memorable one in my life so far.
The baby so tender, innocent and calm, finally life showed it's purest form of all in just 2.75 kgs.
"Srinidhi" is what we have named the angel. I shall soon post pictures of the little one for you all.
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July 25th 2004, I saw an angel from heaven in my very own hands. My wife (Gayathri) gave birth to a baby girl and the moment was the most memorable one in my life so far.
The baby so tender, innocent and calm, finally life showed it's purest form of all in just 2.75 kgs.
"Srinidhi" is what we have named the angel. I shall soon post pictures of the little one for you all.
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Saturday, June 19, 2004
Fascination
Since childhood, I have a fascination for the rails. I always used to dream about traveling in trains. We are six in our family (my parents + one brother + two sisters + myself) and whenever we got a chance to travel, we used to book a whole block for us.
traveling together has always been fun for me. My father who is a food freak, especially while traveling, always made sure that we taste each and every food at all possible stations. Be it a Rotis at Bhopal / Oranges at Nagpur / Dosa at Ballarshah / Idli at Warangal, I have tasted it all. My father knows the items that are famous in a place so, if you say that the train is halted at 'Chandrapur', he would say a dish which is famous at that place.
The place where I have moved now is very near to a railway station 'Chinchwad'. I make it a point to visit the station daily. I walk down to the station and buy daily newspaper from an agent. At last I am near a thing which I like most. One day I am planning to visit 'Lonavalah' by catching a local train from here and I shall post pictures for you all. Till then happy reading!
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Since childhood, I have a fascination for the rails. I always used to dream about traveling in trains. We are six in our family (my parents + one brother + two sisters + myself) and whenever we got a chance to travel, we used to book a whole block for us.
traveling together has always been fun for me. My father who is a food freak, especially while traveling, always made sure that we taste each and every food at all possible stations. Be it a Rotis at Bhopal / Oranges at Nagpur / Dosa at Ballarshah / Idli at Warangal, I have tasted it all. My father knows the items that are famous in a place so, if you say that the train is halted at 'Chandrapur', he would say a dish which is famous at that place.
The place where I have moved now is very near to a railway station 'Chinchwad'. I make it a point to visit the station daily. I walk down to the station and buy daily newspaper from an agent. At last I am near a thing which I like most. One day I am planning to visit 'Lonavalah' by catching a local train from here and I shall post pictures for you all. Till then happy reading!
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Leaving Scotland
I would be flying back to India next weekend. My stay in this place was
memorable, I would miss:
1) Football matches in sports bar
2) The food at marks and spencer
3) The Soups from opera
4) Cycling to Loch Lomond
5) Bar in my hotel
6) The Australian in the bar
7) The scotts in the lounge
8) TCS collegues in office
9) Capuccino in vending machines
10) Bounty in the retail machines
11) The ambience in the Night Clubs
12) The piper in my street
13) The fans in the park
Even though I fly back with a satisfaction of finishing my work as planned, I always wanted to stay one week more. I think there are so many things to see, so many things to learn, so many different things to feel, even if I would have stayed more, I would always miss more than I could cover.
So, sayanora my friends back in Scotland. They say every thing ends for good and so my visit. Now, I have a more friends and memories to cherish.
Good luck!
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I would be flying back to India next weekend. My stay in this place was
memorable, I would miss:
1) Football matches in sports bar
2) The food at marks and spencer
3) The Soups from opera
4) Cycling to Loch Lomond
5) Bar in my hotel
6) The Australian in the bar
7) The scotts in the lounge
8) TCS collegues in office
9) Capuccino in vending machines
10) Bounty in the retail machines
11) The ambience in the Night Clubs
12) The piper in my street
13) The fans in the park
Even though I fly back with a satisfaction of finishing my work as planned, I always wanted to stay one week more. I think there are so many things to see, so many things to learn, so many different things to feel, even if I would have stayed more, I would always miss more than I could cover.
So, sayanora my friends back in Scotland. They say every thing ends for good and so my visit. Now, I have a more friends and memories to cherish.
Good luck!
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Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Small things, great deeds
I have been interacting with this Pakistani news paper agent for quite some time now. I go there once in a week to pick my calling card and during weekends, I pass through his store and usually talk to him for some time. We exchange the feelings that we have for our mother land and talk about our family back home and how we miss them.
This person is one of the first Asian to set up a News paper stall in Glasgow and he is known for his soft spoken nature. All newspapers have rated him as the best news agent in Glasgow. He seems to know everyone who comes to his store and everyone makes it a point to talk to him. His shop is situated in a subway near Queen Street station. He would normally greet everyone "How are you dear?, What can I do for you?", he picks up local accent very easily but one thing that amazes me is that he can't speak English. He just knows how to greet people, recognize the accent and correlate with the items in the store and that's all and he is doing this with ease for over seven years now. Great feet, I am flattened.
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I have been interacting with this Pakistani news paper agent for quite some time now. I go there once in a week to pick my calling card and during weekends, I pass through his store and usually talk to him for some time. We exchange the feelings that we have for our mother land and talk about our family back home and how we miss them.
This person is one of the first Asian to set up a News paper stall in Glasgow and he is known for his soft spoken nature. All newspapers have rated him as the best news agent in Glasgow. He seems to know everyone who comes to his store and everyone makes it a point to talk to him. His shop is situated in a subway near Queen Street station. He would normally greet everyone "How are you dear?, What can I do for you?", he picks up local accent very easily but one thing that amazes me is that he can't speak English. He just knows how to greet people, recognize the accent and correlate with the items in the store and that's all and he is doing this with ease for over seven years now. Great feet, I am flattened.
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Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Loch Lomond
Last weekend was a long one, third may was declared a holiday here in Glasgow and we (eight of us) decided to embark on a journey to Loch Lomond. Loch in Scotland means Lake and Loch Lomond is a famous Loch in Scotland situated some 25 miles away from Glasgow. You can reach there either by flight, bus or train. We decided to cycle to Loch Lomond.
Cycles in UK costs something from £200 to £400, my manager has a cycle which costed him £1200 so cycling is not the cheapest mode of transport in UK but since there is a separate traffic free cycle route to almost all places in and around Glasgow, we decided to rent cycles to make up for our journey. The cycles had eight speeds for ascent and five speeds for descent, all were mountain bikes. It cost us £18 per day. It was on a Sunday morning at around 9 AM that we started our journey, the temperature was not conducivesive for cycling as it became windy and cloudy with a overcast prediction. All these couldn't stop eight brave souls.
Aftravelingling for some six miles, we reached the cycle track just outside the city. The distance to Loch from that place as 19.5 miles. We had decided to take breaks so that we could enjoy the journey. The moment we crossed the city limits, the nature unfolded itself, the picture perfscenerynary, the old houses, the canals passing by the roads were so refreshing that we didn't feel the paintravelingling so far. Soon, the first break came by and we stopped at a store away from the city, we Swisswiss rolls and red bull each (a drink with taurine, preferred by athletes and footballers for instant energy). The journey resumed after about thirty minute break, now we felt it difficult to keep up the pace with each other so we formed groups of 2 each traveledlled in our own pace. My cycle puncturedtred and all chipped in by putting the cycle tube in the canal to check punctureutre, it took us 30 minutes to fix it, and we all started again. We reached Loch Lomond at around 3:15 PM aftravelingling for 5 hours. We witnessed a rowing competition in the lake for families and after spending some 2 hours we decided to head back.
Now, the distance took a toll on us. We found it difficult to even pedal for 5 minutes now and I started walking with my friend, who also felt Walking is better than cycling. We enjoyed each and every moment of the journey and reached Glasgow at around 11 PM in night. Someone who said, that the joy is in the journey than destiny was dead right. It was a memorableable journey and experience for me and probably the last one as I might be heading to India next weekend. The only thing that was not good was my "sour butts" (Sorry for the language but nothing could have described it better).
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Last weekend was a long one, third may was declared a holiday here in Glasgow and we (eight of us) decided to embark on a journey to Loch Lomond. Loch in Scotland means Lake and Loch Lomond is a famous Loch in Scotland situated some 25 miles away from Glasgow. You can reach there either by flight, bus or train. We decided to cycle to Loch Lomond.
Cycles in UK costs something from £200 to £400, my manager has a cycle which costed him £1200 so cycling is not the cheapest mode of transport in UK but since there is a separate traffic free cycle route to almost all places in and around Glasgow, we decided to rent cycles to make up for our journey. The cycles had eight speeds for ascent and five speeds for descent, all were mountain bikes. It cost us £18 per day. It was on a Sunday morning at around 9 AM that we started our journey, the temperature was not conducivesive for cycling as it became windy and cloudy with a overcast prediction. All these couldn't stop eight brave souls.
Aftravelingling for some six miles, we reached the cycle track just outside the city. The distance to Loch from that place as 19.5 miles. We had decided to take breaks so that we could enjoy the journey. The moment we crossed the city limits, the nature unfolded itself, the picture perfscenerynary, the old houses, the canals passing by the roads were so refreshing that we didn't feel the paintravelingling so far. Soon, the first break came by and we stopped at a store away from the city, we Swisswiss rolls and red bull each (a drink with taurine, preferred by athletes and footballers for instant energy). The journey resumed after about thirty minute break, now we felt it difficult to keep up the pace with each other so we formed groups of 2 each traveledlled in our own pace. My cycle puncturedtred and all chipped in by putting the cycle tube in the canal to check punctureutre, it took us 30 minutes to fix it, and we all started again. We reached Loch Lomond at around 3:15 PM aftravelingling for 5 hours. We witnessed a rowing competition in the lake for families and after spending some 2 hours we decided to head back.
Now, the distance took a toll on us. We found it difficult to even pedal for 5 minutes now and I started walking with my friend, who also felt Walking is better than cycling. We enjoyed each and every moment of the journey and reached Glasgow at around 11 PM in night. Someone who said, that the joy is in the journey than destiny was dead right. It was a memorableable journey and experience for me and probably the last one as I might be heading to India next weekend. The only thing that was not good was my "sour butts" (Sorry for the language but nothing could have described it better).
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
S Sriram - Scotland
Sridharan Sriram finds a way to Scotland, he has arrived here and would be playing for a Scotland side. The move is aimed at bringing some discipline and professionalism to the Scotland side. May be People back home thought that Sriram is not a professional and didn't include him in the team.
Some may debate on Sriram not being loyal to his team, but what would a person do sitting idle and waiting for a call from a team which would never do so. There is this man who has braved the circumstances and there are others like Sadagoppan Ramesh and Shiv Sunder Das, who are waiting for a call from national side. This is not the first time such a thing has happened, I still can remember Kambli, deciding to play from a South African side. My thought is that in a land of billions, only 15 or 20 get a chance to play for a national side, it doesn't mean that others are not capable enough to find a place. So, the answer is migrate like Deepak Patel and make a name for yourself.
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Sridharan Sriram finds a way to Scotland, he has arrived here and would be playing for a Scotland side. The move is aimed at bringing some discipline and professionalism to the Scotland side. May be People back home thought that Sriram is not a professional and didn't include him in the team.
Some may debate on Sriram not being loyal to his team, but what would a person do sitting idle and waiting for a call from a team which would never do so. There is this man who has braved the circumstances and there are others like Sadagoppan Ramesh and Shiv Sunder Das, who are waiting for a call from national side. This is not the first time such a thing has happened, I still can remember Kambli, deciding to play from a South African side. My thought is that in a land of billions, only 15 or 20 get a chance to play for a national side, it doesn't mean that others are not capable enough to find a place. So, the answer is migrate like Deepak Patel and make a name for yourself.
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Monday, April 26, 2004
Great Weekends
Last weekend was the first time, I got out of my room to see the world around. I don't drink or smoke, but I choose a bar next to my hotel as my hang out place. Soon, I was joined by two Glasgow residents, one Irish international and one English woman. I was accompanied by one of my Punjabi colleague.
We all had a ball talking about our cultures, religions and the kind of people in our country. I managed to click two photographs of the gang. Few things that I learnt from them
1> People in Scotland doesn't like them to be called English, they are OK if you call then British
2> Whisky is a product of Scotland while Whiskey is from America and other countries
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Last weekend was the first time, I got out of my room to see the world around. I don't drink or smoke, but I choose a bar next to my hotel as my hang out place. Soon, I was joined by two Glasgow residents, one Irish international and one English woman. I was accompanied by one of my Punjabi colleague.
We all had a ball talking about our cultures, religions and the kind of people in our country. I managed to click two photographs of the gang. Few things that I learnt from them
1> People in Scotland doesn't like them to be called English, they are OK if you call then British
2> Whisky is a product of Scotland while Whiskey is from America and other countries
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Friday, April 23, 2004
Read this
If you like fairy tales, then you have got the right piece. This article will make you go mad. I was going "oh, c'mon...." after reading this. Donno about you.
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If you like fairy tales, then you have got the right piece. This article will make you go mad. I was going "oh, c'mon...." after reading this. Donno about you.
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Diana
Recently a US broadcaster showed pictures of dying Diana in their channel. It is believed that they have obtained the same from French agencies probing the death. The title of the program was "Diana's Secrets". The title and the content of the program didn't gel in too well and I was sickened by the program.
The Royal family yet to comment on the program, but it is obvious that general opinion is "please don't do cheap things....". All British channels decided not to show the making-rounds pictures in their channels. More than anything else, they wanted to respect the privacy of the individual. The same US has condemned a website showing bodies of dead US soldiers. Now, how can we justify this?
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Recently a US broadcaster showed pictures of dying Diana in their channel. It is believed that they have obtained the same from French agencies probing the death. The title of the program was "Diana's Secrets". The title and the content of the program didn't gel in too well and I was sickened by the program.
The Royal family yet to comment on the program, but it is obvious that general opinion is "please don't do cheap things....". All British channels decided not to show the making-rounds pictures in their channels. More than anything else, they wanted to respect the privacy of the individual. The same US has condemned a website showing bodies of dead US soldiers. Now, how can we justify this?
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
Deportivo - Bad luck
Last night I was with a (newly acquired) friend in a sport bar near our office. We were watching the match between Deportivo and Porto. It was a first experience for me to watch a football match in a projection screen. Because of my dislike to hard drinks, I made myself comfortable by picking up a fresh orange juice and a packet of peanuts. We were on time for the match and we were joined by equally crazy crowd in the bar.
The bar had some 20 TVs and 5 projection screens, an ideal place for a football / NBA lover. I loved the match but I have to say that Deportivo was a sure winner deprived only by the referee. Better luck next time Deportivo.
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Last night I was with a (newly acquired) friend in a sport bar near our office. We were watching the match between Deportivo and Porto. It was a first experience for me to watch a football match in a projection screen. Because of my dislike to hard drinks, I made myself comfortable by picking up a fresh orange juice and a packet of peanuts. We were on time for the match and we were joined by equally crazy crowd in the bar.
The bar had some 20 TVs and 5 projection screens, an ideal place for a football / NBA lover. I loved the match but I have to say that Deportivo was a sure winner deprived only by the referee. Better luck next time Deportivo.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Got a compliment
Today I got a compliment from an Admin guy in our office, he said "Inspite of being from India, you have a good English....". When I had asked about the other Indians working in the office he says, half of the time they talk in their own language. His perception is valid, he thinks that Indians are not comfortable in talking in English and that's why they converse in their native language. His perception could be wrong but what amazes me is that Indians tend to talk in their native language in front of Englishmen.
People who said to me that don't speak in Hindi was seen conversing in Marathi with their fellow counterparts in India and when I was in a call from India, people asked me why are you talking in English, are you trying to impress?. Can we change a little?
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Today I got a compliment from an Admin guy in our office, he said "Inspite of being from India, you have a good English....". When I had asked about the other Indians working in the office he says, half of the time they talk in their own language. His perception is valid, he thinks that Indians are not comfortable in talking in English and that's why they converse in their native language. His perception could be wrong but what amazes me is that Indians tend to talk in their native language in front of Englishmen.
People who said to me that don't speak in Hindi was seen conversing in Marathi with their fellow counterparts in India and when I was in a call from India, people asked me why are you talking in English, are you trying to impress?. Can we change a little?
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Monday, April 19, 2004
In Scotland
This is my first trip overseas and it took me less than 11 hrs to reach a place that is exactly opposite to one I am used to. Scotland is cool, it's clean and it rocks.
From a plane you hardly see houses in this city. From a birds eye view, you see pieces of land sandwiched between water bodies. Being the home ground of Celtic, people are football crazy here. I could see those color full faces and white and green striped hats all around, after Celtic won the SPL (Scottish Premier League) with some 9 matches to spare. People say it's different from London and SPL is one of them. This place has lesser Indians than London has. Indians were there everywhere in London starting from a bus driver to garbage picker. Some even managed "Sau saal pehle mujhe thumse pyaar tha...", it was a heartening scene.
Glasgow is a small city with moderate climates 10-11 degrees in summer and 2-3 in winter, that's what moderate means in this part of the world :-). This is summer now and the temperature is around 6. People prefer walking than ride so you can find everyone walking to their office in the morning. Public transport is dominated by Scotrail (an underground rail service) and taxis which buzzes through the streets of Scotland at over 90 KMs per hour. People here fly to Newcastle and London during weekends.
Today I have planned to visit a Pakistani restaurant. Pics are not yet taken as I await my first purchase of a camera here, but shall be coming your way soon. Till then good bye!
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This is my first trip overseas and it took me less than 11 hrs to reach a place that is exactly opposite to one I am used to. Scotland is cool, it's clean and it rocks.
From a plane you hardly see houses in this city. From a birds eye view, you see pieces of land sandwiched between water bodies. Being the home ground of Celtic, people are football crazy here. I could see those color full faces and white and green striped hats all around, after Celtic won the SPL (Scottish Premier League) with some 9 matches to spare. People say it's different from London and SPL is one of them. This place has lesser Indians than London has. Indians were there everywhere in London starting from a bus driver to garbage picker. Some even managed "Sau saal pehle mujhe thumse pyaar tha...", it was a heartening scene.
Glasgow is a small city with moderate climates 10-11 degrees in summer and 2-3 in winter, that's what moderate means in this part of the world :-). This is summer now and the temperature is around 6. People prefer walking than ride so you can find everyone walking to their office in the morning. Public transport is dominated by Scotrail (an underground rail service) and taxis which buzzes through the streets of Scotland at over 90 KMs per hour. People here fly to Newcastle and London during weekends.
Today I have planned to visit a Pakistani restaurant. Pics are not yet taken as I await my first purchase of a camera here, but shall be coming your way soon. Till then good bye!
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Friday, April 16, 2004
Taking wings
Yeah, I think I will do it this time around. I would most probably fly to Glasgow which is in Scotland this weekend. I am taking a flight to London and then to Glasgow from there.
It's a maiden visit for me and I am very much excited about it. I shall be updating my blog regularly with all the photos and the events that I come across, so don't miss. Till then good bye!
Note: Last time I had similar plans to go to Blythewood and after all the preparations the trip got cancelled. So, till the time you hear from me, nothing is certain :-)) my friend.
Here is a perfect example of un-certainity from my to-be-autobiography - Journey of a thousand mile
My manager once denied me off a decent incentive and this is what he had to tell - "Nothing is certain in life, in life we can talk only of possibilities. It was just a possibility that I could have given you a decent incentive. Remember only mother nature can assure you that the sun would rise from east every day...".Isn't that a nice reason to deny a decent incentive.
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Yeah, I think I will do it this time around. I would most probably fly to Glasgow which is in Scotland this weekend. I am taking a flight to London and then to Glasgow from there.
It's a maiden visit for me and I am very much excited about it. I shall be updating my blog regularly with all the photos and the events that I come across, so don't miss. Till then good bye!
Note: Last time I had similar plans to go to Blythewood and after all the preparations the trip got cancelled. So, till the time you hear from me, nothing is certain :-)) my friend.
Here is a perfect example of un-certainity from my to-be-autobiography - Journey of a thousand mile
My manager once denied me off a decent incentive and this is what he had to tell - "Nothing is certain in life, in life we can talk only of possibilities. It was just a possibility that I could have given you a decent incentive. Remember only mother nature can assure you that the sun would rise from east every day...".Isn't that a nice reason to deny a decent incentive.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Home Sick
Yeah, I am one. I am going back to Indore, to see my parents. I had been to my place just two months back but I feel as if I am away for years. That's what can happen to you if you are home sick.
So, I won't be updaitng my blog for the next three days, Happy weekends!
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Yeah, I am one. I am going back to Indore, to see my parents. I had been to my place just two months back but I feel as if I am away for years. That's what can happen to you if you are home sick.
So, I won't be updaitng my blog for the next three days, Happy weekends!
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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
MS Outlook - Ctrl+F means something else
To a common wired man, Ctrl+F means finding help in applications, thanks to MS Word and other applications from Microsoft who taught this lesson to us.
Now comes the most inersting part. Today I write a long mail in MS Outlook and I wasn't sure whether I have included a piece in it or not.I started to search for the text by pressing Ctrl+F and instead of getting the usual dialog box of find, find next and replace, I was surprised to see a new window opening with the same message. That is Ctrl+F replaced Ctrl+N's functionality. I even tried to search for a menu option to help me search but I think the software giant decided not to provide search option to newly composed mails. Beats me!
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To a common wired man, Ctrl+F means finding help in applications, thanks to MS Word and other applications from Microsoft who taught this lesson to us.
Now comes the most inersting part. Today I write a long mail in MS Outlook and I wasn't sure whether I have included a piece in it or not.I started to search for the text by pressing Ctrl+F and instead of getting the usual dialog box of find, find next and replace, I was surprised to see a new window opening with the same message. That is Ctrl+F replaced Ctrl+N's functionality. I even tried to search for a menu option to help me search but I think the software giant decided not to provide search option to newly composed mails. Beats me!
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Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Magarpatta – A success story
'Magarpatta' is a IT city in Pune and the thing that fascinates me in this IT city is that it is built by farmers. When 400 farmers in the 'magar' (a surname) dominated area were struggling to sustain their occupation of farming, they decided to pool in their lands and build a IT city. With some loan from financial institutions today they have realized their dreams. ‘Magarpatta’ has already got two fully occupied towers working and has plans for adding 4 more to their list with the demand growing. The city not only has buildings for IT infrastructure but they also have outsourced gardens, playgrounds, schools, hospitals and all necessary amenities.
The IT city is owned by all those farmers who are see in Lancers instead of their usual tractors. Their relatives, who were working outside Pune in reputed companies have left their jobs to take care of the IT city like electrical fittings, painting etc. What an example of Entrepreneurship. All the Business School may teach you everything that you may need in life but not things like common sense and presence of mind.
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'Magarpatta' is a IT city in Pune and the thing that fascinates me in this IT city is that it is built by farmers. When 400 farmers in the 'magar' (a surname) dominated area were struggling to sustain their occupation of farming, they decided to pool in their lands and build a IT city. With some loan from financial institutions today they have realized their dreams. ‘Magarpatta’ has already got two fully occupied towers working and has plans for adding 4 more to their list with the demand growing. The city not only has buildings for IT infrastructure but they also have outsourced gardens, playgrounds, schools, hospitals and all necessary amenities.
The IT city is owned by all those farmers who are see in Lancers instead of their usual tractors. Their relatives, who were working outside Pune in reputed companies have left their jobs to take care of the IT city like electrical fittings, painting etc. What an example of Entrepreneurship. All the Business School may teach you everything that you may need in life but not things like common sense and presence of mind.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Ga Ga
It was not long back that I published one article regarding GARUDA the volvo bus service from APSRTC. I think I have penned down things in a rush, there are more reasons for highlighting APSRTC as I have discovered them in my latest trip to Vijayawada. Look at these.
1. All buses are Bharat-I and Euro-I emission compliant
2. They give an awesome mileage of 6 KMs / L
3. They all have speed lock, which prevents the bus from accelerating beyond 80 KMs / Hr.
4. Some of them have Global Positioning System attached (tried as a pilot), which enables the passenger in other stations to know the location of the bus at any point of time.
More reasons to travel by one now...
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It was not long back that I published one article regarding GARUDA the volvo bus service from APSRTC. I think I have penned down things in a rush, there are more reasons for highlighting APSRTC as I have discovered them in my latest trip to Vijayawada. Look at these.
1. All buses are Bharat-I and Euro-I emission compliant
2. They give an awesome mileage of 6 KMs / L
3. They all have speed lock, which prevents the bus from accelerating beyond 80 KMs / Hr.
4. Some of them have Global Positioning System attached (tried as a pilot), which enables the passenger in other stations to know the location of the bus at any point of time.
More reasons to travel by one now...
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
Goof up of the year
Just when you thought that Maruti has done everything right from slashing prices to airing ads where Sardar kid jumps all around, you get this heart shocking ad. The ad reads out
Happy? then you must be having a Maruti
Here they have assumed that the answer would be Yes, what happens if the answer is No?, yet the reason is Maruti?
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
Just when you thought that Maruti has done everything right from slashing prices to airing ads where Sardar kid jumps all around, you get this heart shocking ad. The ad reads out
Happy? then you must be having a Maruti
Here they have assumed that the answer would be Yes, what happens if the answer is No?, yet the reason is Maruti?
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
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