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Book Review: Diana’s Ring

6 Oct

Diana's Ring - Sunil Bhatia

One of the best habits I picked up from my dad and his brothers – Reading. Yes, we read a lot – Newspapers, Magazines, Books and now of course there is a lot of online reading; blogs, news sites, forums and more. Rarely do I get tempted to read fiction but lately I noticed that [...]

Kindle, I like you the old way

30 Sep

This week Amazon launched 3 new varieties of the Kindle. So now, besides the Kindle Keyboard there is also the Kindle, Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire. I haven’t done a product test, but I have been a Kindle Keyboard 3G for just about a year now and here is my take from what I see [...]

Drive Another Day – A social initiative by college students

23 Sep

don't drink and drive

A few days back I got one of those BBM messages which looked like SPAM – Like this page on Facebook and you could help a friend. IGNORED. But then I got an email from a cousin who pointed me out to the interesting initiative by a group of BBM Students from R.D National College [...]

My notes on 3 weeks in Nairobi

23 Jul

At the start of this year something interesting happened. First, I moved jobs and started doing something I was passionate about – working with a digital communication agency. And before I could even warm the office chair I was packed off for 2 months to visit the jungle land. Yes, I was in the Kenya [...]

Rainy day out in the garden

11 Jun

It’s been a wet weekend in Mumbai and what better way to capture it then to see the beauty which comes out in our little home garden. Here are few shots I took earlier today. See more photos at my flickr collection.

Featured as the twitterati in Campaign India

25 May

In a late last night tweet sir @additiyom tells me about the twitterati column in Campaign India’s latest issue. Thanks to a super network and some efficient ex-colleagues at Mudra I was able to finally see what the buzz was all about. So here it is for you to stare and for me to smile. [...]

Starbucks Coffee coming to India. Soon!

13 May

Late last night, I picked up the news from my twitter timeline. And before I could confirm the bit on a news portal, it was more fun to check out the official twitter handle – Starbucks_India and the hashtag conversations – starbucksisfinaallyinindia It’s really interesting how this superb brand has once again used the social [...]

Two months with the Blackberry Curve 8520

9 May

It’s too late to write a review on Blackberry Curve 8520. So, this post intends to share my experience of using the Blackberry for a couple of weeks during my stay in Kenya. I’ve been a satisfied user of Nokia phones for more than 6-7 years now. I also used the iMate Jam for about [...]

Books I read in 2010

14 Apr

At the start of the 2010, I read @jax ‘s tweet which said he wanted to read 100 books in 2010. Got me kicked. I said if not 100 I should at least do a ten to my record. And here it is, a snapshot of the books I read this year. You Can Negotiate [...]

Cheering the team from a 1000 miles far away

3 Apr

There is enough excitement in the air surrounding India’s win at the ICC World Cup 2011. At the end of the evening I was proud to have witnessed the victory even a 1000 miles away from my home country. I am in Nairobi working on a project for a partner company and the team here [...]