tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304759862012-02-05T14:40:32.583+05:30"A Supermarket of Blogs where you will find the selection of best reads from across various blogs and sites along with some "in house" writings by me"Sameer Kansehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003567324102104576noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30475986.post-83210082042864610282010-02-17T01:40:00.004+05:302010-02-18T00:39:23.479+05:30

My blog is now available at http://sammysthoughts.wordpress.com just found wordpress more user and reader friendly than blogger ... continue reading and do upgrade ur RSS feeds

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There have been very few movies (especially Hindi) which have touched me enough to make me cry and "My name is Khan" is one of them. A movie with such a simple message "There are only 2 kinds of people in the world - Good or Bad" and a message not drilled into ur head by long speeches but by the adorable characterization of Rizwan Khan is simply amazing.This movie also has a great similarity with

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I logged out of Facebook today for the last time -- I am off the "lay my life bare" phenomenon. Some people may gasp and consider this brash in the world of today which is all about being connected and others may feel my white hair are getting to my brains.Let me clarify this is not a symbolic gesture or a launch against Social N/w in any manner. I simply didnt feel it was adding in any utility

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It was a pleasant surprise that finally someone figured out the futility of the Swine Flu declaration form at Mumbai international airport. For the uninitiated whenever u land from an international flight there was a req to fill in a Swine Flu declaration form which asks various questions to determine if u could potentially have swine flu. You then get the form stamped from a medical officer at

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The internet revolution largely has been built so far on three pillars - Customize, Information at finger tips and Free of which FREE has been the biggest phenomenon. Jog your memory and the biggest debates or "breaking news" bolstering the strength of Internet have been around FREE e.g. Skype, Napster, Torrents, Porn and more recently "justification for Twitter valuation when its FREE".I

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Reproduced from Sujai Karampuri blogThere are scores of articles in every major newspaper and every major magazine comparing India with China on various economic progress indicators. There are even books written about Tiger of India pitted against Dragon of China. To those who base their opinions on such reports, articles and books, it looks as though India is posing a strong completion to China,

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Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, interviewed at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Orlando 2009i will add my comments soon but in the interim would like to listen what all of u out there feelPowered by ScribeFire.

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From my colleague Mark--- Simple and beautifulSimple truths that my dogs have taught me:►When loved ones come home, always run to greet them►Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride►Allow the experience of wind in your face to be pure►Take naps►Stretch before rising►Run, romp, and play daily►Thrive on attention and let people touch you►Avoid biting when a simple growl will do►On

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Just came back from London. Cool climate bustling streets very much like Mumbai or any other metro. Its not been my first time and neither my first foreign city. But something struck me about London this time. At any point of day or night u can find someone running on the road -- not necessarily the fitness freak sort of people - old people, young people, middle aged couples ---all sorts. Yeah

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The Indian Telecom scenario abuzz and considered an example in the world where over 5 million subscribers being added every month. There are more operators joining the bandwagon with crazy valuations of 20-30 K INR per subscriber. I had a trip to the Airtel Customer care today and was waiting for an hour (why is a seperate story for another blog) and what i encoutered there kind off raises doubts

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The beloved Lord Ganesha is here. This is perhaps one idol which has maximum recall in both India and Western world. Lord Ganesh - a symbol of Well being, Prosperity, auspicious, and above all considered the lord of WISDOM. You know what i actually dont believe the last part. GANESHA CANNOT SIGNIFY WISDOM - heres whyEvery year people primarily across Maharashtra /KAranataka but also across the

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Refreshing, unique , Unexpected, Witty , creative, fun, must see, Colorful, clean -- i think there is hardly anything in Mumbai, let alone the tourist spots which fit can fit into all of the above adjectives. But those are some adjectives which exactly fit the "About to be Tourist Hotspot of Mumbai - The MAHIM GRAFFITI WALL"In a move to beautify thecity, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

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Sophie posted an interesting article on facebook " The Luxury Brand Effect: Should BMW sell Ketchup" It hypothesises that recession-wracked shoppers are eager to embrace luxury brand names over a wide range of product categories, including those with little logical connection to the brand's core item.The authors attribute this phenomenon to the "promise of pleasure" — a brand like, say, Cartier

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Today the swine flu really seems to have bugged me. I read this article that Swine flu seems to have created a "Health Rift" in Maharashtra India. The village councils of Shriwardhan and Diveghar have banned tourists from Mumbai and Pune.Both these are popular tourist weekend getaways for people in Mumbai and Pune and the economy of these villages basically survives on tourism. Thus i am sure it

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According to one study, only 1% of those who believe they have swineflu actually have swine flu. The remaining 99% are suffering from anunrelated disease: Mass Panicking Syndrome. And while there is all round scare and hype about "swine flu" there are some good things which i notice as a result of Swine Flu - Some obvious and some not so obvious ones.The illeterate and downtrodden of the world

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All of us "twitterians" are aware of the site being brought down and both the tech kind as well as  the non-tech kind know that it was a "cyber attack". Whithout going into the technicalities whats interesting is that these attacks makes one to think that as we move into the internet world every step u take is as dangerous as the Jungles of Amazon.The cost of renting out 10,000 machines—enough to

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A gut wrenching one from my friend sai on his Blog"It was the 6 in the evening, time to leaveAs I packed my bags and let out a huge heaveMy inbox glowed with a nasty red lightWhat I saw completely changed my sughtIt was a nasty mail from my bossMy whole life went for a tossIt was not one of those everyday blipsA note that gave me what u dread, a pink slipThe car and house dreams vanished into

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We in India have heard of cartels and hoarding of rice, foodgrains, kerosene and even some vegetables like onions by the shrewd Businessman to jack up the prices. Also we have never heard of any litigation leave alone prosecutions in any of these cases. Hence I was shocked to know that someone actually filed for litigation against the increase in prices of “Eggs” --- yes you got it right “Eggs”

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On one of those late night shows I came across the Sikkim Mega Super Lotto lottery or something like that where six numbers are picked up and a winner declared depending on how many of your numbers match up to the selected six. As the beautiful hostess accompanied by a somber man who is supposedly some govt. person roll the container to secure the six numbers I wonder how many people actually win

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"VietNamNet Bridge reports that Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is planning to raise the inter-province calling tariff on fixed line telephone services, which are said to be below cost price. An MIC spokesman said that the country’s wireline providers have long complained that the more they expand their reach, the more losses they incur. Under the plan, the tariff for

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Whats the first thing that’s hits u as you come out of the Hanoi airport – shit did I land in Chandigarh instead of Hanoi!!!! You see Toyata Innovas and Chevrolet Optras roaming around – loads of them. Welcome to Hanoi the Capital of Vietnam where I recently went for a 3 day trip.Its difficult for an amateur traveler (and all the more an amateur writer) to comment on a country based on a 3 day

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The media got its newsbite from crying employees to sob stories of loans gone bad due to job cuts. Jet airways sacking of 1100 people has sent the media in frenzy. Though I find it funny that people say “I took loans to get educated and now u cant sack me!!!” I remember Irfan Khans dialogue in the movie ‘Life in a Metro’ – “Life doesn’t come with a Guarantee clause” – Did Jet sign a contract to

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Invariably when we open a mid-day or Mumbai Mirror we land up reading our Horoscope – often that’s the only interesting thing to read J. Irrespective of whether we claim to be a believer of destiny and horoscopes we do land up reading and somewhere at the back of our mind assessing its implication/ applicability to whats happening in our life. And to your surprise almost 8 out of 10 times there

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A recent Business week article speaks of the surplus Forex reserve of India – USD 291 billion as on Sept 2008.This huge reserve has been build based on years of paranoia about economic fluctuations and need of funds to stabilize the economy. However as per reports we are being too cautious – heres why –According to IMF guidelines, the forex reserves of a country should be sufficient to meet 3-4

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Recently picked up this book – one for its odd title and secondly as it was highly recommended as an accurate view of the Chawl system – where half of Mumbai lives.It is the story of two children in a chawl in Mumbai whose lives move along parallel paths on two floors in the chawl. As a child Ravan – with an interesting episode behind how his names changes from Ram to Ravan – jumps of the first

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The newspapers are splattered with news of the woman whose plea for abortion of her 26-week foetus was rejected by the Bombay High court has not decided yet whether to approach the Supreme Court, as offers poured to look after the child when it is born. There are several viewpoints which have analysed this case. Unethical to deny!!! Say some... We will take care of the kid!! say others.I dont

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After the Arushi Murder case the Indo- US nuclear deal has been the latest entertainment act in the Great Indian Circus. Will the deal sink the govt. and a lot of taxpayers money in re-elections? -- we shall know in 24 hrs. But while the athletes of Indian parliament engage in there pole vaults and acrobatics across parties, I think it is important for we the citizens to know what the deal is all

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Two court decisions in the past week bring to the front the changing face of Indian Justice system.One is the ruling by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on petitions by two Muslim personnel of the Indian Air Force seeking permission to grow beards while in uniform.Two the ruling given by Supreme court on testimony of rape victims being an evidence in itself amounting to conviction of the accused

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Guys, reading all these oil stories is putting my brain in a circular loop over the Oil economics.On one hand we say that the US economy will go in recession because Oil prices will go up. And then over the past few days the analysis for "drop" in crude prices suggests that the prices dropped because of expectation of drop in Oil usage due to US recession. But now that the oil prices have dropped

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There is an interesting jab by Scott Adams on his blog on the increasing life expectancy driven by miracles of medical sciences. Scott in his usual sarcastic flair says that this increased life expectancy points to the need for voluntary "assisted suicide" or Euthanasia.The concept of Euthanasia has been debated again and again in the context of terminally ill patients. While that issue itself

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The latest article on Businessweek talks on the crackdown on Cybercafes in India. It seems that the govt. in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Haryana have started to implement measures like loads of licensing requirement and permits to make life miserable for the Cyber cafe owners. At the same time there is increased onus on the owners to follow Know Your customer (KYC) norms . This all is being

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Man behind Window (MBW) -"VSNL is a government entity"..... Me -"No sir it isnt, ist owned by the Tata group" ... MBW - "No, No Its government, you need a No Objection certificate ...." (yawns)Me (desperate) -- "Sir it WAS a government enterprise its now a listed private company...."MBW -" Please come and meet my senior officer"Me and MBW go to meet senior officer, the whole queue stares at us ..

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"why is he taking so much time" Honk Honk.... "I should have been in the other queue, It seems ot be moving faster".... "Sorry Lunch break you will have to wait for another half hour".....I am sure each one of us had had these thoughts and heard this waiting in queues -- be it at the toll plaza or at the railway ticket counter or in the world of retail boom even at the Supermarket.Imagine if you

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Let’s say your spouse decides to cook you an extra special meal. It’s your favorite. It takes him/her a lot of work. You enjoy the meal and naturally offer to do the cleaning up by yourself.But here’s the kicker: Your spouse loves to cook, and you hate to clean up, especially after a long day and a big meal. As you wipe down the table and wash the extra-high pile of pots and pans from the

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My aunt has diabetesYou see, that's the trouble with people you know slightly. Those you know well, you can sit and talk for hours. And those who are strangers, you can ignore completely. But those inbetween, the ones you sort-of know, as a passing acquaintance, they are the ones who are most difficult to handle. And I was stuck with one such on a train journey.She was my aunt's neighbour and I

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After several attempts to continue postings on my blog i have realised some things,1. My life doesnt seem to be as happening as other bloggers who have something to write everyday OR2. I dont have the perspective to create a readable article out of the things which DO happen in my life.3. My once in a month article is not going to get regular visitors to my blog, which makes the effort of writing

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Hot Babes, Electrifying beuty... the term now has a literal meaning."American designer called Andrew Schneider who has developed, as a project for the ITP Winter Show in New York, what he calls the iDrink swimwear line of solar bikinis. A concept idea has been developed by Schneider to cover it with a socket for recharging a mobile phone while you sunbathe. The iDrink’s photovoltaic film panels

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Microsoft To Buy out Yahoo!!! ... Goes the recent headlines in a leading Indian business daily. Media Hype or "there is no smoke without fire" only time shall tell. But Telecom pundits have been hinting of this kind of consolidation for a long time. The Google Microsoft fight has already emerged from being the David and Goliath fight to be the "Clash of the Titans" and its now a game of chess

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There is a new Internet world and its on your mobile. I see the scorns on your face and i read your thoughts..."Mobile internet is for the savvy and more importantly rich people who can afford the high end phones" " who would want to surf on the small screed" " where is the technology"... and so on. But heres a news which forecasts that the mobile internet mania is not just a "time machine" and

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According to this press release, last Saturday, Don became the first Bollywood movie whose music has been released on iTunes even before its CD’s hit the stores. Hungama Mobile, which focuses on marketing Bollywood content in the form of images, videos, games and applications, has made the Don music available on iTunes.The Don soundtrack has been featured on the ‘World’ music page of iTunes. Six

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There has been recent UBS survey on Mumbai and Delhi being the "cheapest" cities in the world. OK OK dont fall off your seats yet.Rashmi Bansal in her guest column in Business Standard proves that if we consider Purchasing power vs prices, this may not be true. The numbers speak the truth, however I believe that Mumbai, Delhi are still cheap cities. They are not cheap because of the purchasing

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"I dont know which side to take but the govt must do something about it....." Ended Barkha Dutt on "we the people" talk show on NDTV yesterday featuring the "Pesticide in Cola" controversy.I think most people would echo her words in this controversy. Its too complicated for the common man to comment anyway - what with technical standards who themsleves are challenged, talks about Carcinogens and

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The Britishers came to India and ruled over us for 100+ years. In the process they gave India, and especially Mumbai, a lot of things. They built the drainage system prevents Mumbai from drowning and lets the Mubaikars get away with just waterlogging. They also gave us the first local train which now is the lifeline of Mumbai and the reason for some thrills in over blatant everyday lives. They

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Over the past few days we have seen everyone (including myself in my blog "letter to terrorist"below)appluading the "reselience" of mumbai. I found this peculiar blog entry which raises a contarary point without any sarcasm or hatred. His point makes me confused and raises many questions. Does the writer has a point... or does he??!!.....Your Comments invited to sort this.............."I heard it

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"MSN and Yahoo have allowed their Instant messenger (IM) users from India and 14 other countries to be able to invite and chat between each other beggining today. "I see this as a crucial milestone in the death of the "per min" call rate concept we have known for so long.Seems illogical and out of this world right. I mean yes rates could fall to maybe even 50 ps per min to call to US but it

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Hoping he stumbles on to my blogDear Terrorist,Even if you are not reading this we don't care. Time and again you tried todisturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have tried hard to bring death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful. Do you know how

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Cola War, Pesticides, NGO oppositions.......Seems like newspaper headlines some months back? Well they are, but they also form the storyline of "Corporate" - the latest Madhur Bhandarkar film.I generally do not like analysing Hindi film - few have anything to analyze :-), But well of those few which deserve analysis are Madhur Bhandarkar's "Page 3" and "Chandni Bar".So why do I analyse Corporate.

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"Chala chal pudhe chala".... (keep moving ahead)"Uppar number likha hai padke aage jao?...." (Numbers are written above, read and move ahead)Where do you think I heard this?......In the Mumbai bus? Neah.. we dont have numbers... Then? Perhaps in the train u would guess? Or In the State transport Bus...... neaah?... Its the Bus, its the train.......NO its in the Plane.....!!!!!!!!! (Well that last

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I have been seeing several people around me blogging.. (rather i should say people beside me in my cubicle- my friend Ravikiran) and have tried to find the author inside me to be inspired to write a blog.Well..... Let me assure you it was a tough search.. more of an invention I should say ('cause there was no author to discover :-)....).And now I have finally mustered the courage to inflict my

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