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[17 Jul 2009 | 4 Comments | 359 views]
Traffic light for footover bridge in gurgaon !

This can happen only here in India. We know how to ulitize all the resources to fullest and look forward to accept new challenges. Look at the images below I clicked of foot over bridge meant for pedestrian in millenium city, gurgaon.

No hurry at all – Guy seems to be attending a call from home

 Wow ! such a good negotiater of sharp turns
Pedestrian should be given adverse travel advisory for crossing expressway by footover bridge build in gurgaon. Or considering the amount of motor vehicles goverment should put up traffic lights …

Me , my family & life »

[16 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 58 views]
New life in my home

Hold your gun man and don’t jump to conclusions and don’t go by the post image at all. Its not me and monica in the pic, I am talking about …well why don’t you read below.
Wow ! great to see my garden getting inhabited by a new couple (weaver bird but off course). They have build up a nice cozy home for themselves (see images of the progress in last 15-20 days). 
                      
         July 02, 2009                         July 09, 2009                       July 16, 2009
Like a typical middle class Indian neigbour I peeped into their home …

Internet & Mobile, Marketing & advertising, Mobile »

[10 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments | 264 views]
Safeguard your SIM card against misuse

There seems to be a perfect synergy in the marketing and sales department of cellular companies. Both departments are supplementing each other in growing the subscriber base (And possibly redcuing ARPU).
The telesales ladies pushes hard to sell complementary ‘Golden’, ‘Platinum’ and matching/similar numbers to your current Mobile number in ever sweet voice. I have recd two such calls since morning. Good I have recieved two call in morning itself and now I can chill (My average incoming telesales call stands at 2). I am sure you want to know how have …

Me , my family & life »

[5 Jul 2009 | One Comment | 149 views]
I am a club hopper now

Just other day while checking mails on my Nokia E63, I noticed an invitation to a B’day bash of my dear friend Vivek Bhatia . I replied promptly for two reasons :
a)  I was too excited to meet old bunch of friends from Time of India after a really long time. 
b) Wanted to check , how does ‘send from my mobile device’ appears in my mail signature
So on the D day, we (me and wify) found ourselves the first one to turn out at Turquoise Cottage, Vasant Vihar as usual …

Internet & Mobile, Me , my family & life, Mobile »

[27 Jun 2009 | 3 Comments | 485 views]
My new mobile Nokia E63

It has been now three days, and initial euphoria has died down. I feel this is a good time to write about my new possession a Nokia E63. 
There are three small stories behind my new mobile.
  – Deciding on the mobile
  – Moving from Touch screen to Keyboard based phone
  – Joy of learning
Deciding the mobile: This is the most difficult part of the complete process. My previous mobile, good old pal for close to 3 years was a Windows based iMate Jam (Now this model is discontinued). A …

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[10 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 50 views]
Gayatri Mantra and meaning

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः । Om Bhur bhuva swaha
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं । Tat savitur Varenyam
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥ Dhio yo nah Prachodayat
“O God, Thou art the giver of life, the remover of pain and sorrow, the bestower of happiness; O Creator of the Universe, may we receive Thy supreme sin-destroying light; may Thou guide our intellect in the in the right direction.” – Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
 
Why this post – God knows.

Google, Internet & Mobile »

[29 May 2009 | One Comment | 61 views]
Google Wave – a new wave of communication

Google announced to launch Google wave later this year. This is bound to create a wave across the Internet world. So what is exactly is a wave. In a simple words Google wave is a real-time communication platform. It’s a hybrid of email, instant messaging, web chat, social networking, micro bloging, file share all build into one interface.

Features of wave :

You can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants …

Marketing & advertising »

[26 May 2009 | No Comment | 272 views]
Grow Red Tail with Dabur India

I clicked this at a medical store market today. I was totally amused at branding of the baby product from Dabur India. Now what on the earth product called ‘Dabur Lal Tail’ from the Ayurvedic Expert for babies would convey to the parents.  It is for child growth or growing tail for your child
Dabur could have aptly named it as ‘Dabur red Oil’ and also retained the name in devnagiri ‘डाबर लाल तेल’ to appeal to the loyal base and cash on the recall value.
They have …

Marketing & advertising, Me , my family & life »

[24 May 2009 | No Comment | 153 views]
My nephew voted today

This election season all the non-pappu population on country got their figure marked and proved that common men (no offence to all the women out there) has the ultimate say in democracy.
 
Today is the day for generation next to go out get the mark. I am proud of my nephew (Kavya), he voted for the right choice – Polio Drops.
 
 
Kavya proudly showing his marked fingure
Thanks to the well-coordinated government campaign ‘Pulse Polio‘ to eradicate polio out of our country, there has been significant drop in the polio cases …

Food, Me , my family & life »

[19 May 2009 | No Comment | 130 views]
How to make a pizza (sinful eating)

So folks let me take you thru the process of making a sinfully unhealthy but amazingly delicious Pizza.
 
Ingredients:
a) Pizza base
b) Cheese (Britannia)
c) Pizza Sauce (By Cremica)
d) Oregano and Chilly Flakes (Leftover from Domino’s blend perfectly)
Toppings:
a) Mushrooms
b) Fresh Paneer
c) Onions
d) Capsicum
e) Red Jalapeno (In Vinegar)
Other key requirement
a) Microwave
b) Electricity (Scarce in Gurgaon)
 
Step 1: Apply a thin coating of pizza sauce on the base.
Step 2: Put Sliced toppings of about 1/2 inch size and put them evenly on base.
Step 3: Now put the shredded Pizza Cheese and cover the pizza base evenly.
Step …