Emotionally Speaking

These are four photos of the steel balloons near the AIIMS flyover. Their utility and futility has certainly been debated in the media. According to a Tribune report, even the CM Shiela Dixit was not very happy with them. I shot them from the bus yesterday en route to the Delhi book fair. They are [...]

These are some interesting photos from the 19th New Delhi World Book Fair (Pragati Maidan). I was there from about 11:30 am to 4 pm on 4 February 2010. Please see the end of the post for links to many more photos of the Book fair and the Pragati Maidan. What I did not like [...]

Loved the film Avatar?! Want to Avatarize yourself? Want to see how your Avatar would look? There was this McDonald Ireland link that no more works now but another site called Avatarize Yourself works perfectly! You can create your Avatar, customize it, change background and share and/or download the image Avatar. The site may take [...]

A lot of visitors come to this blog searching for Hindi poems, messages, Hindi SMS text etc. With Valentine’s Day round the corner, it would be in order to publish a Hindi poem on the theme of love and Valentine’s Day. The Hindi poem linked below is by JNU student Wasiul Haque and was written [...]

We have many things wrong with our healthcare system. But, one thing we do right is give Americans (or at least those with insurance) plenty of choices in healthcare. Large cities often have many hospitals for patients to choose from, and even smaller areas offer competition among hospitals for patients. So, what can hospitals do [...]

www. surajkundmela.wordpress.com It was my maiden visit to the famous SurajKund Crafts Mela on 14 February 2010 as part of the JNU UNESCO and Photography clubs’ trip to the fair. I shot more than 450 pics of the 24th edition of the fair and ended up making an online pictorial documentation of the fair a [...]

UPDATE: June 2010. Now I have shopped some 350 books from flipkart.  Flipkart rocks! Flipkart now also sells CDs, DVDs, Music and games and have raised $8 to $10 million dollar VC funding (source); so expect more! I had a very bad experience with online shopping (I was cheated by Rediff Shopping and then had [...]

This site gets some good traffic due to some search terms in Google related to downloading books, downloading ebooks, gigapedia, library . nu, best sites for downloading books, jstor free access etc. . With the SOPA/PIPA threat, megaupload  shutdown, the trend of searching free books or files on the web may only increase. These are [...]

Not many Indians know that the love of Bollywood and Indian culture and things has smitten many Finns. I know many (including one of my best friends) who love the Indian films, food, music and culture. Recently, Finalnd (Helsinki) added to the list of rising Bolly flash mobs in India and abroad. A number of [...]

H Vasanthakumar, a Congress political personality from South India is someone readers of Hindu newspaper cannot forget. Very often he takes out front page newspaper advertisement ridiculously praising the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Very recently (Sunday, January 1, 2012, Delhi edition) he took out a full page ad “we remain madamji at your feet” , [...]

I am using the Samsung Galaxy Y since quite some time now. If you are looking for a very affordable Android smartphone then go for it without hesitation. I had bought the Samsung Galaxy Y GT S-5360 in 5990 rupees only after a thousand rupee discount coupon on Homeshop18 in late November. The present market [...]

I have done a lot of online shopping from various sites and could be one of the most experienced online shoppers in India. I have bought most things that you could name from a small cycle horn (Decathlon, Btwin) to hundreds of books (Flipkart) or contact lenses (Healthkart, Lenskart). Recently I bought insurance online from [...]

I could not go for Mumbai Marathon today because I had some knee pain since my 32 km 11 December 2011 run. I realized only two days ago that it was because my worn out  shoes was aiding the mild underpronation that I have. I wish I had diagnosed my case earlier; I have been [...]