After the glitzy and glamorous Indian Premier League, it’s time for some serious Cricket. The ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY is all set to start today with INDIA taking on SOUTH AFRICA in the opening match. The tournament will see the best cricketing sides lock horns with best batsmen taking on finest …
Read More »Delhi to Ahmedabad – the VOLVO way !
Posting after a long long time…Had been busy with summer internship and a whole lot of other things. Well, the last week was a hectic yet a fun filled week for me. I would rather term it as a tailor-made week for me. Why ? The whole of last week I …
Read More »Obama sacrifices own salary to curb economic instability
Was reading through the TOI today and came across this news that – Obama has trimmed his salary and will return it to the Government treasury to counter the economic crisis in the States. I seriously salute this man. That’s how a leader is supposed to be. He’s certainly a …
Read More »At last, some life in my internet !
It’s be three LONG days (believe me real long days !) without internet. Not that I’m hooked to facebook or twitter all the time. But just that there was no internet ! While chrome and firefox were busy telling me “Time-Out”, I had to search for some other works to spend …
Read More »Dakor – journey to holy city.
Wondering what’s Dakor ? Well this is small hustling-bustling town in Kheda district of Gujarat. This is about 30 kms from Nadiad and Anand – the two major cities. Dakor is famous for the Shree Ranchhodrajii Temple( Lord Krishna ) One can say that this is another Mathura-kindof city which houses many Krishna devotees. Each …
Read More »Passport Application – Third Checkpoint Cleared
Well, this is in continuation to my previous posts on How to Apply for Passport in India that included all things required and step-by-step guide. Today, I successfully cleared the Third Checkpoint in the passport application procedure – Police Verification. I had visited the Passport Seva Kendra on 7th March. When checked the status …
Read More »UP CM's LAPTOP Bug !
You certainly might be a proud owner of a laptop. But I bet you would have certainly spent a good amount of your savings on it. But the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh was on a laptop thro-away spree in which he provided over 19,000 laptops to eligible students who …
Read More »Passport Application – Second Checkpoint Cleared
Coincidentally, this is my 100th post ! The time passed way too quickly ! Anyways, I had talked about the Passport Application – Initial formalities in my previous post. Today I’ll be sharing my experience about the second (all important) phase. To begin with, a HUGE HUGE compliment to the Ministry of External …
Read More »India and its Mughal connection
Yesterday I was watching a documentary on Taj Mahal on the National Geographic channel. The show talked about Zillelahi Shahjahan and his wife Mumtaz and their eternal love than led to the building of the world’s most magnificent structure. The show talked about how India prospered under the reign of of Shahjahan, how trade, art and culture was at …
Read More »Hostel or Hotel ?
Was reading through an article about how boarding schools are slowly and steadily turning into luxury hotels. I feel not only boarding school, but even the day schools are following the same path. With parents ready to shell out almost 10 Lac a year, the school certainly has to provide luxury, haute …
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