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Some interesting facts on Orkut users and demographics

The following facts are an interesting collection of some of the data relating to users on Orkut, the popular social networking site founded on 22 January 2004 sourced from Orkut demographics . According to the presently available official Orkut data as on 8 September 2009 more than 70 per cent of Orkut users are young [...]

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Gigapedia: The greatest, largest and the best website for downloading eBooks

This is a detailed account of ‘www. gigapedia.com’ –”the knowledge sharing site”- including how to download books from the website with elaborate instructions and snapshots. Gigapedia is the largest repository of ebooks on the internet and better than any torrent site and a boon for students and research scholars not born with a silver spoon [...]

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How to get free access to JSTOR

The need for access to JSTOR in developing nations Access to JSTOR [the US based online 'Journal Storage' that archives academic journals]  is a major issue for research scholars and students particularly from the developing countries like India. The rule is that you need to be a member of a participating institution or library to [...]

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Coaxed or Hoaxed?!

A few hours ago I received an email forward from Ratna that exhorted people to be kind in forwarding the email because AOL will contribute 5 cents per email ID! And then some Nirosha Sharma could have another 2 lakhs collected for her husband whose brain is damaged (because a drunk lorry driver hit them [...]

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MTNL sucks!

I am an MTNL subscriber (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, New Delhi, India). I got my first mobile phone is December 2005: MTNL pre-paid connection.  And I got MTNL broadband connection in March 2007. It is about time I ranted about MTNL on my blog because I have been thoroughly unsatisfied with the services. Let me [...]

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Arindam Chaudhuri & Shiv Khera

I am writing this post mainly with an eye on my friends in the university who rarely look beyond the politicians while lamenting the country’s plight.  Next time they talk to me about these luminaries, I’ll ask them to read this post. Most of what I have written is widely available on the internet. Please [...]

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